Departmental news
Scientists develop genetic ‘monitors’ that detect when genes are active
New genetic sensors, developed by Professor Alfonso Jaramillo and colleagues, could function as a lab test device and even as a live monitoring system inside living cells.
Press Release (26 October 2020)
Audio interview by Dr Stefan Bauer on "The Invention of Papal History"
Listen to Dr Stefan Bauer's audio interview on the "Invention of Papal History" at:
Warwick Alumnus publishes Training Contract Handbook
Warwick alumnus Jake Schogger’s new book ‘The Training Contract Handbook’ was published by City Career Series in July 2020.
The handbook offers a solid grounding in the legal, commercial and financial knowledge required for commercial law interviews and internships.
Precautionary Breaks: planned, limited duration circuit breaks to control the prevalence of COVID-19
Cases of COVID-19 are rising exponentially in almost all regions of the country, with some areas experiencing extremely high levels of infection - new research involving University of Warwick researchers has found. Against this backdrop of rising cases, their paper examines the impact of a short 2-week period of intense control.
Press Release (14 October 2020)
James Harrison wins JCMS Best Article Prize
The Journal of Common Market Studies has announced the winners of their Best Article Prize for 2019 as Governing Labour Standards through Free Trade Agreements: Limits of the European Union's Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters.
New book edited by Professor David Lambert
David Lambert and Peter Merriman had edited a new book called "Empire and Mobility in the long 19th century" and details can be found at:
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
Professor Robin Allaby and colleagues have achieved a number of innovative breakthroughs in analysing sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct an 8,150 year old environmental catastrophe in an area that is now covered by the North Sea.
Press Release(16 July 2020)
COVID-19: Suspending Debt Service for Indebted Countries
Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan are supporting civil society groups, led by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK and Oxfam GB, in proposing legislation in the UK that will have the effect of suspending debt owed to private creditors of countries eligible for the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).
Uta Rautenberg's blog on Homophobia in the Nazi camps published
Warwick History PhD student, Uta Rautenberg's blog on Homophobia in the Nazi camps, is published by the Wiener Holocaust Library, please see:
https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Blog?item=440&returnoffset=0