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TOXICOLOGY NEUROSCIENCE INTERVIEW POISON TO POTION GUIDING LIGHT DR ALISON WOOLLARD Th e medical potential Understanding behaviour On her Royal Contents of arsenic with optogenetics Institution Lectures Volume 61 No 2 April/May 2014 IN THIS ISSUE 9 Opinion: Patently false pobert Andrews on why biologists shouldn’t fear patenting research 12 12 Poor relations Ashley Leiman explores the complex relationship between humans and great apes 18 Great communication Two science communicators rekeal the outreach projects that won them Society awards 22 A very Victorian poison Alan Lansdown looks at the toxicology and surprising medical uses of arsenic 26 Travellers’ tales Tracking the research adkentures of fike biologists awarded a £500 Society trakel grant 30 Dr Alison Woollard The dekelopmental biologist talks to Tom Ireland about her poyal Institution Christmas Lectures 22 18 34 Theory of devolution Catherine Ball on science funding in an independent Scotland 36 Shedding light on the brain Jenni Lacey explains how optogenetics can help us better understand behakiour News 4 Society news 42 Members 45 Branches Regulars 3 Nelson’s column 8 Opinion
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