Adapted to the Antarctic: a cold-lover's genetics

Posted on April 28, 2016

Life can thrive in the most extreme climates - from the very hot to the very cold. Something that not long ago was believed to belong in science fiction has now been brought into the realm of reality by a researcher at UP.

Genomes, structural biology and drug discovery: fighting drug resistance in cancer and tuberculosis

Posted on April 08, 2016

Prof Sir Tom Blundell, Director of Research and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, presented a public lecture titled 'Genomes, structural biology and drug discovery: fighting drug resistance in cancer and tuberculosis', at the University of...

Looking at life in seemingly lifeless habitats

Posted on July 08, 2015

They are called extremophiles - microorganisms that can survive under extreme conditions such as in the Namib Desert or the Antarctic Dry Valleys.