Computational biology: plus c'est la même chose,plus ça change

A report on the joint 19th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB)/10th Annual European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) meetings and the 7th International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 15-19 July 2011.     

Complex cell behaviors in development: recent progress and emerging challenges

A report on the British Societies for Cell Biology and Developmental Biology Joint Spring Meeting, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 6-9 April 2005.     

Stem cells in the genomic age

A report on the 2006 Joint Spring Meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology and the British Society for Cell Biology, York, UK, 20-23 March 2006.     

Conquering computational challenges of omics data and post-ENCODE paradigms

A report on the 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and 12th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), held in Berlin, Germany, July 21-23, 2013.     

Nuclear processes controlled by molecular machines

A report on the 'Nuclear Structure and Function' symposium at the joint spring meeting of the British Society for Cell Biology, British Society for Developmental Biology and Genetics Society, York, UK, 20-23 March 2002.     

Equipment Reviews

A report of the Royal Society—Institute of Biology Biological Education Committee Working Party on Mathematics for Biologists under the Chairmanship of Professor M. H. Williamson, Department of Biology, University of York.     

Interfacing systems biology and synthetic biology

A report of BioSysBio 2009, the IET conference on Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Cambridge, UK, 23-25 March 2009.     

Reviews

Introductory Statistics for Biology. Studies in Biology, no. 43. By R. E. P arker .
Biological Management and Conservation. By M. B. U sher .
Systemic Fungicides. Edited by R. W. M arsh with the assistance of R. J. W. B yrde and D. W oodcock .
The Structure and Function of Enzymes. Studies in Biology, no. 42. By C olin H. W ynn .
Annual Review of Phytopathology. Vol. 10. Edited by K. F. B aker ; associate editors G. A. Z entmyer and E. B. C owling .
The Biology of Pollution. Studies in Biology , no. 38. By K enneth M ellanby .     

Book Reviews

Peroxisomes in Biology and Medicine Edited by HD Fahimi and H Sies Springer-Verlag

Molecular Biology of DNA Methylation (In Springer Series in Molecular Biology, Series Editor: A Rich) By R.L.P. Adams and R.H. Burdon.     

Understanding biology through intelligent systems

A report on the Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Edmonton, Canada, 3-7 August 2002.     

An international showcase of bioinformatics research

A report on the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 June - 3 July 2003.     

Bringing the real world into the biology curriculum

This study followed a small but diverse group of biology teachers through the first two years of the pilot for a new Advanced Level Biology course - Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology. SNAB aims to modernise A-level Biology using real world contexts and examples as the starting point, promoting conceptual understanding rather than factual recall, encouraging active learning and developing a capacity for critical thinking and reflection. If the teachers were to implement this new curriculum as intended they would have to change some of their usual practices. The challenges which they encountered and the ways in which they responded were identified through a series of semi-structured interviews with each teacher, supported by lesson observations and interviews with students and technicians. A major constraint on changing practice was uncertainty about how to manage new approaches effectively.     

The intelligence in developing systems for molecular biology

A report on the 14th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Fortaleza, Brazil, 6-10 August 2006.     

Putting the 'bio' into bioinformatics

A report on the 13th Annual Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Detroit, USA, 25-29 June 2005.     

The epigenetics of the cell

A report on the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, 14-18 December 2002.     

Developments in developmental genomics

A report on the 62nd Annual Meeting for the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB), Boston, USA, 30 July to 3 August 2003.     

REVIEWS

Review in this article:
British Parasitic Fungi . By W. C. M oore .
Chemistry and Biology of the Starch Granule . By N. P. B adenhuizen .
Plant Pathology: an Advanced Treatise . Vol. 1. The Diseased Plant. Edited by J. G. H orsfall and A. E. D imond .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Edited by L. V. H eilbrunn and F. W eber .
Papierchromatographie in der Botanik . Second edition. By N. F. L inskens and others.
Morphology and Physiology of Plant Tumours . By A rmin C. B raun and T om S tonier .
Exchange of Genetic Material: Mechanisms and Consequences . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume 23.
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie). Volume XI. Heterotrophy. Edited by W. R uhland .
The Biology of Mycorrhiza . By J. L. H arley .
Cold Spring Harbor Svmposia on Quantitative Biology . Vol. XXIV.     

Book Reviews

Laybourn-Parry, J. (1984) A Functional Biology of Free-living Protozoa.
Zaret, T.M. (ed.) (1984) Evolutionary Ecology of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes.
Por, F.D. & Dor, I. (eds.) (1984) Hydrobiology of the Mangal. The ecosystem of the mangrove forests.
Trewavas, E. (1983) Tilapiine Fishes of the Genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Dankilia.
Downing, J.A. & Rigler, F.H. (eds.) (1984) A Manual on Methods for the Assessment of Secondary Productivity in Fresh Waters
Pequeux, A., Gilles, R. & Bolis, L. (1984) Osmoregulation in Estuarine and Marine Animals.
Dumont, H.J., el Mogrhaby, A.I. & Desougi, L.A. (eds.) (1948) Limnology and Marine Biology in the Sudan.
Hakumat, R. & Marker, A.F.H. (eds.) (1982) The Measurement of Photosynthetic Pigments in Freshwaters and Standardization of Methods.
Templeton, R.G. (ed.) (1984) Freshwater Fisheries Management.
Resh, V.H. & Rosenberg, D.M. (Eds) (1984) The Ecology of Aquatic Insects.
Heip, C. (ed.) (1984) Biology of Meiofauna.     

Understanding embryonic development: from screens to genes

A report on the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, San Francisco, USA, 27 July-1 August 2005.