Combating superbugs
MRSA, one of the 'superbugs' under study at St Andrews.
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CBMS celebrates 5 years
CAPTION: The glass and steel building, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, was established five years ago. CREDIT: University of St Andrews.
Cancer research goes ‘back to basics’
CAPTION: Dr White will study the repair systems of archaea - a group of microbes often found in extreme environments such as volcanic pools - to find out more about human repair systems.
Prestigious medal for biochemist
CAPTION: Professor James Naismith
£1.6m funding for biochemist
CAPTION: Professor James Naismith
Double boost for research achievements
Two University of St Andrews academics have been awarded £50,000 prizes for outstanding research achievements.
Scientists leading the way in TB cure
Scottish Scientists have made a key discovery which brings them ever closer to finding a cure for tuberculosis (TB) - the contagious disease which currently affects one third of the population of the planet.
St Andrews science in national spotlight
Imagine a beam of light that can trap and manipulate microscopic objects like the tractor beam in Star Trek. Science fiction? No, science fact, thanks to the 'optical tweezers' used at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews.
Optical tweezing creates 3-D structures
PICTURE CREDIT: The University of St Andrews
Meet the relatives: microbes mirror mankind
*Caption: boiling volcanic pool in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming - typical conditions for growth of archaea*