Jul 16 Meet the Mickey Mouse Mice

100 Ideas, Epigenetics, Women in genetics

We discover how a chance encounter with some white-gloved mice led to new insights into heredity, through transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

Jun 18

Jun 18 Storm-driven: Maud Slye and her dancing mice

Kat Arney

100 Ideas, Cancer, Women in genetics, History of genetics

Maud Slye was one of the first people to investigate how cancer susceptibility could be inherited, with the help of 150,000 mice.

Feb 28

Feb 28 Mighty Mouse

Kat Arney

100 Ideas, History of genetics, Animals

Mice are arguably the perfect model organism for human biology, putting on their little white furry lab coats to help researchers understand and treat a huge range of human ailments.