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Explore hidden world of microbes in new comic book
Research led by University of Manchester scientists has inspired a comic book aiming to help young people aged 10 and above understand the wonder of microbes.
The comic book was written by author and illustrator Edward Ross and microbiologist Dr Jamie Hall from The University of Liverpool, with input from a team of scientists from the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool, York, Sheffield and Birmingham and the John Innes Centre.
Aimed at pupils at key stage 3 and above, Luna & Simon: Bizarre Bacteria and Peculiar Plasmids is available to download or print at home here. Readers can join Luna and her sulky brother Simon as they explore the wonderful world of microbes. Read about the diversity of bacterial life, and the strange ways in which microbes continue to evolve and change our world.
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Ian Gibson, former radical who became a Labour MP after a distinguished academic career investigating cancer – obituary
In Parliament Gibson was a respected voice on science, urging more research into organophosphates and insisting Gulf War Syndrome was real
Ian Gibson, 2008
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Ian Gibson, who has died aged 82, was a geneticist who gave up the leadership of a cancer research team at the University of East Anglia (UEA) at the age of 58 when elected Labour MP for Norwich North.
A Scot who began his political life on the extreme Left, Gibson from 1997 to 2009 was a listened-to scientific voice in the Commons, chairing the Science and Technology Select Committee and the all-party group on cancer.