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£2.2m funding to find non-addictive painkiller

2 October 2023

MRC supports Medicines Discovery Institute

Scan showing prostate cancer which has spread to the spine. Credit: Dr Tom Rackley, consultant clinical oncologist at Velindre Cancer Centre

Targeting BCL3 to treat prostate cancer

28 September 2023

Prostate Cancer UK awards £0.5 million to prostate cancer treatment research

Two ant species - anoplolepis gracilipes and monomorium floricola / Dwy rywogaeth o forgrug - anoplolepis gracilipes a monomorium floricola

Ant invasions cause species loss

21 August 2023

Ant invasions can reduce native species numbers by 53%

Teaching excellence recognized

3 August 2023

Dr Emma Yhnell awarded National Teaching Fellowship

Stamps featuring river wildlife -Stampiau sy'n cynnwys bywyd gwyllt yr afon

New stamps celebrate UK river wildlife

13 July 2023

Cardiff academic helps Royal Mail develop celebratory river stamp collection

Foxface rabbitfish in aquarium - Foxface rabbitfish mewn acwariwm

The carbon footprint of a pet fish

11 July 2023

Tropical fishkeeping could contribute up to 12.4% of the UK average household emissions

A closeup image of a female Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding

Scientists to set ‘sugar traps’ for mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa

30 May 2023

Project to tackle insecticide resistance and increase malaria transmission prevention

Cardiff University marks the passing of a world-leading conservationist and its first Dean for Environmental Sustainability

27 April 2023

Professor Mike Bruford died on Thursday 13 April 2023 having dedicated his career to understanding and halting biodiversity loss

What lockdown taught us about roadkill

18 April 2023

Lockdown highlighted British wildlife most at risk of becoming roadkill

Student completing kick-sampling in a river

River pollution recovery slowdown

14 April 2023

The health of English and Welsh rivers has improved over the last 30 years – but their recovery may be slowing.

Biosciences Senior Lecturer wins Biochemical Society Teaching Excellence Award

13 April 2023

Congratulations to Dr Emma Yhnell of the School of Biosciences, for being awarded the ‘Teaching Excellence – Early Career’ Award by the Biochemical Society

Professor celebrates 80th birthday

9 March 2023

International symposium marks the birthday of Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS

A man interviews a woman on a stage. Each are speaking into microphones. A Radio 4 table cloth is draped over a small table between the two people. An audience looks on.

Inspiring young people to live a life scientific

6 March 2023

University experiments, workshops and demonstrations delivered as part of city’s science festival

Professor Sir Martin Evans legacy celebrated by School of Biosciences

2 March 2023

Extraordinary achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and inaugural School Director recognised at celebration

Clinical trial launches for new schizophrenia drug

27 February 2023

Medicines Discovery Institute pioneers new therapy

A female scientist in a lab undertaking an experiment

Astex and Cardiff University announce drug discovery collaboration

13 February 2023

Partnership to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

Tackling infections that pass from animals to humans

24 January 2023

£6.6m in funding to train the next generation of scientists to identify and control zoonotic infections

Wastewater samples being collected at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water treatment works

Testing wastewater for Covid-19 and communicable diseases

16 January 2023

Wastewater monitoring will now track levels of communicable diseases in hospitals.

Scientists grow concerned for the genetic health of otters in the UK

15 November 2022

The genetic health of otters in Britain could be putting them at risk despite conservation efforts

Bioscience academic shortlisted for national award in innovative education

8 November 2022

Dr Nigel Francis has been recognised for his #DryLabsRealScience project, started during the Covid-19 lockdown to bring laboratory classes and fieldwork to life