Returning to Durham

Returning to Durham this academic year has provided the experience I never had during my first year. Admittedly, I lived in Durham in private accommodation over summer, meaning I had the honour of getting to experience Durham’s beauty throughout the lush summer months. However, there was an eerie quiet around Durham over this time, something […]
Contributing to world leading research as a Undergraduate

A new study led by a team of bioscientists from Durham University hopes to exploit the newly characterised defence systems in bacteria, to compare changes to the human genome. Bacteria have evolved a multitude of defence systems to protect themselves from viruses called bacteriophages. Many of these systems have been developed into useful biotechnological tools, […]