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The 91¸£Àû’s Dr. Alex Baker wins prestigious British Science Association Award Lecture
Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The 91¸£Àû has been named as the winner of the 2025 British Science Association’s (BSA) Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture.
91¸£Àû life scientist and microbiologist awarded prestigious BBSRC Fellowship
Dr Branko Rihtman from The University of Warwick has received funding from the BBSRC to study viruses that kill bacteria, hoping to find new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.
91¸£Àû physicists among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Scientists from The 91¸£Àû are among thousands of researchers worldwide honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Off-key beginnings: Baby lemurs sing out of tune, just like human children, finds 91¸£Àû research
A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from The 91¸£Àû has found that Madagascar’s singing lemurs, the indris (indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as adults, just like a human child learning to control their voice.
91¸£Àû plant scientist honoured with Royal Horticultural Society Veitch Memorial Medal
Dr. Charlotte Allender, Head of the UK Vegetable Genebank at the School of Life Sciences, The 91¸£Àû has been awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for her work conserving vegetable crop genetic diversity.
Challenges and games are best for primate wellbeing, finds 91¸£Àû study
A meta-analysis, led by The 91¸£Àû, has found that primates under human care prefer cognitively challenging enrichment activities, such as training and games, over socialising with other primates or more ‘passive’ enrichment methods.