English, Biology
Biological crystals: at the interface between physics, chemistry and biology
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Dominique Cornuéjols from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility introduces us to the world of crystallography. It’s not all shiny diamonds… |
Systems biology in the classroom?
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Systems biology is one of the fastest growing fields in the life sciences. But what is it all about? And does it have a place in the classroom? Les Grivell from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg, Germany, investigates. |
Growing crystals from protein
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Beat Blattmann and Patrick Sticher from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, explain the science behind protein crystallography and provide a protocol for growing your own crystals from protein – an essential method used by scientists to determine protein structures. |
Outmanoeuvering influenza’s tricks
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Catching the influenza virus can be more than just a nuisance: these pathogens have caused the most deadly pandemic in recent history. Claire Ainsworth investigates how scientists are working to prevent it happening again. |
Sugary insights into worm parasite infections
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Schistosomiasis is the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease after malaria. Alan Wilson and Stuart Haslam investigate new ways to combat the parasite – taking advantage of its sugar coating. |
Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration
By Douglas A. Melton and Nadia Rosenthal
Reviewed by Michalis Hadjimarcou, Cyprus
Serendipity in life (and) science: Christian Mellwig
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Life has a funny habit of turning out quite differently from what you expect. Take Christian Mellwig, for example. He explains to Vienna Leigh that he was determined that, whatever path he took in life, it wouldn’t be teaching. |
Water – Humanity's Project: media collection for the classroom
By Siemens AG
Reviewed by Michalis Hadjimarcou, Cyprus
Ecology: media presentation CD-ROM
By Biozone
Reviewed by Sue Howarth, Institute of Education, University of Worcester, UK
Teaching in Sweden: tackling creationism, making waves
 | Conspiracies are at the heart of many a good film and book. Swedish biology teacher Per Kornhall is the author of a critical book on intelligent design and how it is taught in biology lessons in religious schools in Sweden. He talks to Sai Pathmanathan and Marlene Rau about his fascination with modern science and his views on teaching the diversity of life. |
