Biology

Living things and their systems.

People in Biology

10 profiles

Explaining evolution through natural selection.

Pioneering microwave experiments and measuring electrical responses in plants.

Helping transform India’s food production through the Green Revolution.

Using plant chromosomes to improve crops and understand their diversity.

Mapping how protein chains can fold and proposing collagen’s triple helix.

Revealing that wild chimpanzees make and use tools.

Establishing that the nervous system is built from individual cells.

Discovering mobile genetic elements, often called jumping genes.

Revealing patterns of inheritance through pea-plant experiments.

Explaining microbial fermentation, developing pasteurisation and advancing vaccination.