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Department of Biological and Medical Sciences news articles
02 May 2025
Professor honoured with prestigious international award in radiation science
Oxford Brookes University is proud to announce that Professor John Harrison has been awarded the prestigious Gray Medal by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU).
26 February 2025
Tiny genetic tweaks can lead to big differences in fruit flies’ eye size, scientists have discovered
An international team of scientists including experts from Oxford Brookes University has discovered that small changes in the activity of a single gene can have a big impact on fruit flies’ eye size.
15 November 2024
Oxford Brookes Helps Train Future Science Leaders
Oxford Brookes partners with leading institutions to train the next generation of researchers addressing global challenges in life and environmental sciences.
20 June 2024
Environmental scientist spends more than four decades researching a potential climate game-changer
In the ongoing fight against climate change, one remarkable discovery has gained significant attention over the past years: phytoliths.
12 March 2024
Scientists find hundreds of unique species in Africa’s newest and most threatened ecoregion
After two decades of biological surveys and over 30 scientific expeditions, groundbreaking research in southern Africa has unearthed a wealth of previously undocumented biodiversity in a newly recognised ecoregion.
01 June 2023
Oxford Brookes University works to bridge gender gap in science, technology, engineering and maths
An initiative to find solutions to the gender gap in STEM researchers who become business leaders is taking place at Oxford Brookes University.
09 January 2023
Oxford Brookes student wins prestigious award for report into work with endangered monkeys
An Oxford Brookes student has won the Lord Mayor of London’s 800th Anniversary Trust Award following a research expedition investigating endangered monkeys in Mexico.
30 September 2022
Newly opened Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre will boost biotech, digital and business innovation
The Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre, created to provide lab and office space, and access to academic and technical expertise to start-ups, spin-outs and small businesses in the biotech and digital sectors opened today at the Headington Campus.
