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- Evolutionary consequences of population founding in silvereye bird colonies
- Natural climate change solutions highly effective in long term projections
- New simplified tropical forest assessment tool is highly effective at estimating forest condition
- Alumni Newsletter - Letter from HoD
- Biology’s undergraduate strategic outreach report
- Freshwater fish: investigating how multiple stressors alter freshwater communities
- Graduate Research - Trinity 2021
- An evolutionary outlook on antibiotic resistance
- Fighting for fish
- Living Longer Better seminar series: now on YouTube!
- Professor Martin Maiden awarded Marjory Stephenson Prize 2021
- Young male fruit flies make females fight each other more
- Dr Irem Sepil
- British and Irish gardens fuel a novel reverse migration for Blackcaps in winter
- The ocean urgently needs truly collaborative science between partners - Oxford scientists
- Snow moves back, roe deer move forward: effects of climate change on an Alpine ungulate’s altitudinal distribution and winter space use patterns
- Researchers say we don’t know how most mammals will respond to climate change
- Transforming crop and timber production could reduce species extinction risk by 40%
- Scientists confirm bacteria’s genetic ‘Swiss army knife’ is key driver of antibiotic resistance
- Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in NE Atlantic puffins
- Social interactions of mice play a key role in shaping their gut health, study shows
- Asexual animals keep a lid on jumping genes
- Bird parents that receive help live longer
- Joining the spots: leopard print fashion and big cat conservation
- Recommendations to reduce parachute science in coral reef biodiversity research
- Vaccine passports can work but face 12 challenges
- Banning wild meat could increase biodiversity loss
- Oxford University and Global Accelerated Ventures Launches the World’s First Conservation Venture Studio
- Getting the message right on nature-based solutions to climate change
- Four Steps for the Earth: a holistic approach to saving the planet
- £100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
- Covid-19 transmission chains in the UK traced through time and space with remarkable accuracy using genomic epidemiology
- How bacteria protects against genetic parasites: CRISPR-Cas systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Spotting elephants from space: a satellite revolution
- The earlier that birds pair, the better they fare
- Aliens (or at least intelligent ones) are rare...
- ERC Consolidator Grant success for Prof Aris Katzourakis
- Researchers find very high rates of Covid-19 in the Brazilian Amazon
- Scientists call for decade of concerted effort to enhance understanding of the deep seas
- Op-Ed: What is the real point of lockdowns?
- Researchers find new aggressive alga threatening the health of Caribbean coral reefs
- Levine Family Foundation supports graduate study in marine conservation at Oxford
- Microbiology Society prize won by Professor Martin Maiden
- Alumni Newsletter - Letter from HoD
- BIPOC STEM network launches
- Department of Zoology awarded Green Impact Bronze Award
- Graduate Research - Michaelmas 2020
- Will Smith wins ZSL Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize
- Unravelling the secrets of spider limb regeneration to inspire new gen soft-robotics
- Seasonal migration patterns in Eurasian blackcaps
- Project for whole genome sequencing of extinct flightless birds
- Gaming for conservation
- Scientists discover the unique signature of a lion’s roar using machine learning
- Using GPS-telemetry to uncover the migration routes of Black-Eared Kites
- Climate change and mistiming: modelling phenology in great tits
- Research emphasises need for COVID-19 vigilance in tight-knit communities
- Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced
- Evaluating the impact of Blue Planet II on viewers' plastic consumption behaviours
- Can online targeted advertising be used for conservation good?
- Studying compliance with conservation guidelines
- The costs and benefits of paternal care in fish
- How Medieval parasites can inform modern epidemiological interventions
- Discovery promising for millions at risk from antibiotic resistance
- A novel strategy for using compounds as ‘anti-evolution’ drugs to combat antibiotic resistance
- Genomic and epidemiological data sheds light on phases of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil
- Scientists discover key to restricting antibiotic resistant bacteria
- The genetic basis of bats’ superpowers revealed
- Evaluation of journals in conservation and ecology find only 5% comply with all 5 Fair Open Access criteria
- Factors influencing fertility in fruit flies
- Human interactions with wild and farmed animals must change dramatically to reduce risk of another deadly pandemic
- Creating a Comparative Framework of Demographic Resilience
- Bacteria perform mass suicide to defend their colony
- BBC Contagion experiment offers insights into Covid-19 control
- Professors King and Sheldon recognised by The Linnean Society
- Accurate mapping of human travel patterns with global smartphone data
- A tribute to Professor Lord Robert May (1936-2020)
- COVID-19 lockdown: a possible exit strategy
- Proactive engagement to understand and control wildlife trade in an unsettled world
- Equipment to facilitate COVID-19 research loaned to University of Oxford for free from local company IPSEN
- Researchers use virus genomic tracking to reveal the rise and fall of the COVID-19 epidemic in Guangdong Province
- What can the online world teach us about the natural world?
- Researchers to determine community COVID-19 infection rates in the UK using serology, PCR and Nanopore Sequencing Technology
- Identifying drivers of forest resilience in long-term records from the Neotropics
- China’s control measures may have prevented 700,000 COVID-19 cases
- Horizon scanning to identify the emerging risks of the Belt & Road Initiative
- New research stresses the urgent need for serologic testing to help tackle the COVID-19 outbreak
- COVID-19: Study shows that travel restrictions are most useful in the early and late phase of an epidemic
- UK launches whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
- BEE2020 – a new conference for PhD students
- Marian Dawkins wins FFAR SMART Broiler Funding, in partnership with McDonald’s
- Top prize for idea to reduce pollution from world's shipping industry
- Aldabra clean-up team meet with local primary students
- Coronavirus: Egypt, Algeria and South Africa are the main gates for importation in Africa
- Himalayan wolf discovered to be a unique wolf adapted to harsh high altitude life
- Biologists uncover shape of fundamental global relationships that determine bird diversity on islands
- Two top wins for Biology at MPLS Impact Awards ceremony
- Using the power of pop to change minds over sea turtle meat consumption
- Dr Amy Dickman chosen as one of National Geographic’s ‘Women of Impact’
- Meningococcal disease vaccines in the UK and Australia
- Mapping the global distribution of Novel Coronavirus
- The cryptic impacts of invasion: functional homogenization of tropical ant communities by invasive fire ants
- Building sustainability into traditional Chinese medicine trade on the new Silk Roads
- Oxford researchers move one step further towards understanding how life evolved
- Oxford researchers launch a 21st century conservation plan
- Dr Varga awarded 2019 NATO Scientific Achievement Award
- Social influencers: what can we learn from animals?
- Study reveals climate change impact on Antarctic penguins
- Letter from Heads of Department - Michaelmas newsletter
- Ben Sheldon, Andy Hector, and Oli Pybus named as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics
- Nature-based Solutions Conference 2020
- Optimism and pessimism in conservation stories and their salience on social media
- Adaptation is maintained by the parliament of genes
- Biology Class of '89 Reunion Review
- New appointments at the Department of Zoology and the Department of Plant Sciences
- Undergraduate Field Trip to Borneo 2019
- Creating fake rhino horn with horse hair to help save the endangered rhino
- Oxford University to play major role in project to map genomes of all life in the British Isles
- Department of Zoology Statement about Trophy-hunting Debate
- Congratulations to Dr Sarah Knowles awarded an ERC Starting Grant
- Five year funding for international open-access databases for bacterial diversity
- A filament fit for space - silk is proven to thrive in outer space temperatures
- Saving the planet one drone at a time
- HumBug: a new smartphone tool in fight against malaria using acoustic sounds and machine learning
- The Zika virus linked to microcephaly, discovered on the African continent
- How can evolutionary biology help to get rid of antibiotic resistant bacteria?
- Beyond regulating trade: Understanding the consumers driving saiga horn demand
- Artificial intelligence used to recognise primate faces in the wild
- Italian genomes mirror the multilayer history of Southern Europe
- Lord of the flies: competition breeds a better ejaculate
- 'The Nemo effect' is untrue: animal movies promote awareness, not harm
- EJ Milner-Gulland given Distinguished Service Award by Society for Conservation Biology
- Professor Peter Holland, FRS, awarded the Royal Society’s Darwin Medal
- Back-to-back heatwaves kill more than two-thirds of coral
- Blue Water Vaccines, developing universal flu vaccine, completes $7m financing following successful preclinical study
- Display of concern and “consolation” towards an unknown monkey offers hope for endangered species
- Live fast and die young, or play the long game? Scientists map huge variety of animal life cycles
- The older you get, the harder you seek: the mating secrets of Africa's bull elephants
- Professor Dame Angela McLean appointed first female Chief Scientific Adviser by MOD
- The fellowship of the wing: pigeons flap faster to fly together
- In memory of Dr John Iles
- New versions of the COMADRE and COMPADRE databases released
- Elephants walk more direct paths under risk of poaching
- Scientists discover hawk's pursuit of prey uses mixed guidance law, with implications for capturing rogue drones in cluttered environments
- Dr Sarah Hill awarded the Linnean Society's John C Marsden Medal
- Local Oxfordshire schools provide zoological artwork
- Good vibrations: how can spiders locate their prey?
- Professor Kathy Willis attends Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Computer games for fish uncover why some prey lead and others follow
- Zoos and aquaria deliver missing information critical to sustaining biodiversity
- Groundbreaking scientific study maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030
- New model predicts substantial reduction of malaria transmitting mosquitoes in a West African country using gene-drive technologies
- Congratulations to Professor Stu West, awarded an ERC Advanced Grant
- Aldabra clean-up project off to roaring start
- Dr Regina Vega-Trejo
- Lucy Martin
- Spring statement: Welcome support for Ascension Island marine protection
- Courting bugs attract mates using an elastic “snapping organ” for vibrational communication
- Akademeia students awestruck by fly practical
- Enabling targeted interventions to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne diseases
- Vocal information about food availability more prevalent in the mornings
- Penguining around the Southern Ocean
- Zoology researchers recognised by MPLS Impact Awards
- Oxford students and Seychellois volunteers team up for an epic beach-clean mission
- Oxford University signs universal flu vaccine development deal with US startup BWV
- Global Research Hubs tackle world's toughest challenges
- Professor Alex Kacelnik awarded the ASAB Medal
- Fruit fly promiscuity alters the evolutionary forces on males
- Satellite data suggest conservation success likely for marine ‘Blue Belt’
- Asking sensitive questions in the field of conservation
- Bacteria infecting cystic fibrosis patients resort to 'going private' to survive
- Dr Jennifer Lucey awarded a NERC Early Career Impact Award
- Extreme flow for Hillstream loaches
- Genomic clues to the origin of the vertebrates
- Michaelmas 2018 e-newsletter: Message from Professor Ben Sheldon
- Professor Oliver Pybus enters new partnership with the Royal Veterinary College
- New Caledonian crows can create tools from multiple parts
- Shifting desires for forbidden goods
- Tapeworm DNA hints at discomforts of life in a medieval trading hub
- More big companies commit to addressing environmental impacts
- Bold male birds fall faster and harder for their partners
- Evidence that addictive behaviours have strong links with ancient retroviral infection
- Pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine offers hope for new third generation approach
- On the value of big data in ecology and conservation science
- Creating a continental bird migration forecast
- Half-a-billion-year-old fossils offer new clues to how life exploded on the sea floor
- New understanding of worm stem cells could untap potential of our own
- Study launched on reducing demand for illegal wildlife products
- Breeding black-tailed godwits affected locally by climate change
- Tracking the evolution and transmission of yellow fever
- Professor Kathy Willis awarded BES Marsh Award for Ecology
- Link found between sleep and strength of family tree
- Do plant-feeding insects affect photosynthesis?
- Dr Kayla King awarded an ERC Starting Grant
- A UNIQ experience for budding biologists
- Professor Oliver Pybus awarded the Mary Lyon medal
- Nature is our greatest ally in the fight against climate change
- Exploring the links between functional traits and population performance
- Congratulations to Joe Wynn and Shano Caro, recognised at ZSL Scientific Awards
- Professors Angela McLean and Kathy Willis appointed Honours in The Queen's Birthday Honours List
- Making your research accessible to school kids
- Research reveals large differences in environmental impact for the same foods, and outlines a new approach to reduce them
- Could we work together with our bacteria to stop infection?
- Dr Jeyaraney Kathirithamby on Maria Sibylla Merian
- The evolution of division of labour
- A general model of biological signals, from cues to handicaps
- World Of Parasites
- Blimp1/Prdm1: a key regulator of mammalian embryonic development
- Major fossil study sheds new light on emergence of early animal life 540 million years ago
- Exploring the evolution of pathogen plasticity
- Professor Angela McLean awarded the Weldon Medal
- Pond Collection at WildCRU opens
- Professor Kathy Willis elected new Principal of St Edmund Hall
- Picking up good vibrations: Feeling the beat through the elephants feet
- Professor Sunetra Gupta awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant
- Professor Jordi Bascompte presents the architecture of biodiversity
- Plant relationships breakdown when they meet new ‘fungi’
- Dr Ben Lambert publishes the 'Student Guide to Bayesian Statistics'
- Scientists identify genetic catalysts that speed up evolution of antibiotic resistance
- Andrew Martin and William Harvey ‘highly commended’ in recent MEE Early Career Researcher Awards
- How can we balance people's needs with our desire to conserve biodiversity?
- Zoology meets the Saïd Business School: insights from the Ideas to Impact programme
- Dr Annette Fayet announced as a Sky Ocean Rescue Scholar
- Extremely fast dives help peregrine falcons maneuver to catch agile prey
- A comparative population ecologist joins the Department of Zoology and Pembroke College
- Biology News 2018: HoD message from Professor Ben Sheldon
- Island Life: Evolution in splendid isolation
- Of Meerkats and Microbes
- Tracking the origin and spread of emerging epidemics
- Postglacial expansion of trees and declining nitrogen availability linked to plant-plant interactions, not mega-herbivores
- Professor Ben Sheldon awarded prestigious Edward O. Wilson award
- Professor Kevin Foster's 'Bacterial Warfare' project a winner in ERC €650m funding call
- Researchers call for volunteers to refine mosquito-detecting app
- Armed conflicts threaten wildlife
- A list for the Optimist: The IUCN Green List of species
- Deep-sea wildlife more vulnerable to extinction than first thought
- Jaguars in the media: what we know and do not know about illegal jaguar trade
- The WildCRU game: Global carnivore conservation
- How much do we know about the life history of the world's vertebrates? Dr. Dalia Conde from Species360 has an answer
- Antarctic Penguin hotspot discovery fuels need for marine reserve
- Studying flatworms to understand human diseases
- First detection of honey bee viruses in hoverfly (syrphid) pollinators
- Ecology on the move
- Geraldine Werhahn wins Future for Nature Award
- Wolves for Yellowstone: predicting dynamics with Mark Boyce
- International Day for Women and Girls in Science
- The evolutionary genomics of Staphylococcus aureus infection
- Mammals move less in human-modified landscapes
- Professor David Macdonald named as global finalist for lifetime Award for Conservation Excellence
- Global use of mosquito nets for fishing is potential threat to both humans and nature
- Professor Chris Dye gives a remarkable Southwood Memorial Lecture
- Dr Cedric Tan awarded Public Engagement with Research funding
- Professor Luo's assembly and organisation of neuronal circuits
- The bacterial Game of Thrones
- Wild Sri Lankan Elephants retreat from the sound of disturbed Asian honey bees
- Scientists uncover secret of mass mortality event in remote steppe grassland of Central Asia
- Professor Sir Charles Godfray appointed Director of Oxford Martin School
- How behaviour changes evolution: experiments with burying beetles
- War in Ukraine has escalated HIV spread in the country
- Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Evolution and Development (19 Jan)
- Elephant conservation debates need to be more constructive
- Postdoctoral Research Assistant (31 Jan)
- Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Coordinator (31 Jan)
- Technician (31 Jan)
- Elton Prize awarded to Dr Rob Salguero-Gomez
- Physical contact may be good for your health, according to new research
- Professor Michael Bonsall appointed MPLS Associate Head of Division for Education
- Replicating peregrine falcon attack strategies could help down rogue drones
- Migration makes breeding harder for seabirds
- Short-lived African turquoise killifish shed light on the evolutionary basis of vertebrate ageing
- African honeybees as a mitigation method for elephant impact on trees
- Two puzzles: Hurricanes and menopause
- An evolution of epigenetic mechanisms through genomic analyses of nematodes
- ‘Friends of friends’ relationships may be simpler than they seem
- Interview with a vampire – exploring the predatory bacteria Bdellovibrio
- Aliens may be more like us than we think
- Chimpanzees shown spontaneously 'taking turns' to solve number puzzle
- The Physiological Costs of Reproductive Effort in Male Primates
- NaturalMotion: from neural research to Grand Theft Auto
- Super-materials from silk
- The origin of the first genomes
- Using maps to defeat malaria
- WildCRU: balancing the needs of conservation and local people
- How 14 billion dollars protected Earth's species
- Kayla King wins prestigious Leverhulme Prize
- Shocking gaps in basic knowledge of deep sea life
- Combatting a serious cause of meningitis in the UK and Africa
- Defeating dengue with GM mosquitoes
- Predicting the effect of habitat modification on networks of interacting species
- Transforming the welfare of commercially-reared poultry
- Using bees to deter crop-raiding elephants
- Vice-Chancellor's Oration 2017
- 9/11 memorial research reveals artificial light at night radically changes migratory bird behaviours
- Keeping moving - stem cell migration in worms is controlled by genes involved in human cancer
- Shocking gaps in basic knowledge of deep sea life
- Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
- The wintering whereabouts of penguins
- Unknown virus in ‘throwaway’ DNA discovered
- £6.3m funding to develop Africa’s agriculture without losing biodiversity and harming human societies
- Good bacteria passed between generations benefit you more
- New rules are urgently needed to protect life in the open seas, scientists have warned
- Tinbergen closure
- Oxford team wins prestigious Equator Prize
- Allopreening in birds associated with stable bonds
- Mutation hotspot in the desert
- Two top wins for Zoology in the Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research awards
- Congratulations to Professor Sir Charles Godfray
- New project led by Oxford University’s Zoology Department to study the community ecology of the African mosquito vectors of malaria
- Earning a living in a changing climate – the plant perspective
- Learn to love maths: The mathematics of why our grandmothers love us
- Oxford University collaboration wins ‘green Oscar’ for conservation
- Fake caterpillar study reveals global pattern in predation
- Doctoral Awards Ceremony
- Good Grief! Losing a friend brings wild birds closer together
- Frisky female fruit flies become more aggressive after sex
- Grace Young named as Nat Geo Emerging Explorer
- African lions face same threats as extinct Ice Age ancestors
- Birds choose their neighbours based on personality
- Wildlife summit gives reasons to be cheerful about conservation
- Women in Science: Brightening the conservation conversation
- Homing pigeons share our human ability to build knowledge across generations
- Should I take a selfie with a wild animal?
- Smart wing rotation and trailing-edge vortices enable high frequency mosquito flight
- Who can tell us the truth about love?
- Puffins that stay close to their partner during migration have more chicks
- Peter Holland elected as 2017 Yen Kwo Yung Lecturer at CUHK
- Blood ties fuel cooperation among species, not survival instinct
- How bees are helping farmers live alongside elephants
- Happy Anniversary to ERC
- Deadly spider’s spinning technique could inspire tougher materials
- The drone inspired by a dragonfly
- Some animals are more equal than others - to the media
- Our Planet, Our Health
- 'Good bacteria' make diseases less deadly
- Fair-weather badgers: how appearances can be deceptive in climate change ecology
- Predicting the spread of yellow fever in central Africa
- Retroviruses 'almost half a billion years old'
- Stunning image of spotty caterpillar wins photography contest for Oxford DPhil student
- Oxford scientists discover how to alter colour and ripening rates of tomatoes
- Alumni Newsletter - Letter from HoD
- Determining the rules for self-organised adaptive biological networks
- Imitating to understand: a synthetic biology approach to studying oxygen sensing
- The physical properties that shape plant cells
- Breaking Barriers in Biology
- Pea plants make smart investment decisions that could help inform sustainable agriculture
- Professor Renier van der Hoorn awarded grant from the European Research Council
- Dr Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez elected as President of the Systematics Association
- Global warming may increase plant mutation rates
- ERC Consolidator Grant success for Dr Francesco Licausi
- BIPOC STEM network launches
- Rosemary Wise awarded Engler Medal in Silver
- Plant Sciences to offer a Radford Scholarship for DPhil study into improving crop yields
- Engineering drought-resistant crops with Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis
- Oxygen-sensing mechanisms across eukaryotic kingdoms and their roles in complex multicellularity
- Millions of dollars needed to clean up tuna nets and flip flops from one small island state
- Oxford teams up with The Royal Horticultural Society to develop innovative plant data management
- Changing plant chloroplasts to improve crop performance
- Dr Pablo Muñoz Rodríguez awarded the very first CETAF E-SCoRe Award
- Professor Jane Langdale admitted as a Corresponding Member to the Australian Academy of Science
- Hardly an overnight success: 100 years to discover plant species
- Unearthing the complex evolutionary origins of root branching
- Getting to the root of the global food crisis
- Two top wins for Biology at MPLS Impact Awards ceremony
- Branching out for a new green revolution
- Rice to feed the world given a funding boost
- New appointments at the Department of Zoology and the Department of Plant Sciences
- Engineering new rhizosphere signalling networks to produce crops that need less fertiliser
- Ant farmers boost plant nutrition with faeces, offering clues for future food security
- Widening access to Oxford's botanical treasure troves
- Ash dieback is predicted to cost £15 billion in Britain
- Professor Jane Langdale appointed a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
- Oxford University Innovation appoints Prof Liam Dolan as new board member.
- Scientists discover a new biochemical pathway that may aid development of more resilient crop varieties
- Oxford students and Seychellois volunteers team up for an epic beach-clean mission
- Message from Professor George Ratcliffe
- Professor John MacKay appointed as Chairman for the Conifer Breeding Co-operative.
- A new scholarship fund for the next generation of plant scientists
- Obituary of Dr Ian Moore
- Getting to the root of plant evolution
- Seeding a new green revolution
- Molecular penny-pinching is the key to bacterial evolution
- Professor Jane Langdale awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Science from University of Bath
- Radka Slovak awarded the Society of Experimental Biology Young Scientist award
- Professor Jane Langdale appointed a CBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List
- Congratulations to Prof John MacKay and Dr David Boshier, awarded a Darwin Grant
- Dr Sandy Hetherington awarded the Irene Manton Prize
- Congratulations to Stephen Harris, awarded the title of Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences!
- Photosynthesis in plants the key to speedy evolution
- New sweet potato research challenges early contact between America and Polynesia
- Congratulations to Professor Liam Dolan, awarded ERC funding
- Computational analysis of the productivity-potential of CAM plants
- Tobacco for health with new plant breeding techniques
- Genetic regulation of the 2D to 3D growth transition in the moss Physcomitrella patens
- Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation supports research on pollinator conservation and management at Oxford
- Professor Sir Charles Godfray CBE FRS appointed as new Director of the Martin School
- Cells protect genes more than they protect the rest of the genome
- Professors van der Hoorn, Hector, and Sweetlove named as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics
- Plant diversity is crucial for a successful ecosystem
- Breakthrough in efforts to ‘supercharge’ rice and reduce world hunger
- Renier van der Hoorn awarded the title of Full Professor
- Professor John Mackay presenting the NDG James Memorial Lecture on 24 October 2017
- ATP sensing in living plant cells reveals tissue gradients and stress dynamics of energy physiology
- Growing better trees faster - a new research collaboration.
- New Suppressors of the Chloroplast Protein Import Mutant tic40 Reveal a Genetic Link between Protein Import and Thylakoid Biogenesis
- Professor Lee Sweetlove new Editor in Chief of the Plant Journal
- National Tree Improvement Strategy launches with Future Trees Trust
- DPhil student Jack Parsons made Cumberland Lodge Scholar
- Policing the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis: a critical test of partner choice
- Bodleian display showcases scientific research into Bauer's botanical masterpieces
- Global Pulse Day
- Professors van der Hoorn, Hector, and Sweetlove named as Highly Cited Researchers by Thomson Reuters
- Scientists uncover genetic evidence that 'we are what we eat'
- Plant-species hotspot maps identify priority conservation areas of tropical Africa
- APFORGEN Regional Training Centre on Forest Genetic Resources opens
- India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC) launched on 6th October 2016
- Death of Lionel Clowes (1921-2016) – the discoverer of the Quiescent Centre
- Prize Winners at Graduate Symposium 2016
- John Wood awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Saint Francis Xavier
- UNIQ Summer School in Biological Sciences 2016
- Oxford Congress on Plant Sciences 2016
- Plant Sciences Achieves Silver Green Impact Award, Rob Bryant Runner Up for Staff Award
- Scientists discover oldest plant root stem cells
- Oxford researchers discover the structure of roots that held up the first giant trees that grew on earth over 300 million years ago!
- Fascination of Plants Day 2016 Success!
- New Website for Herbaria and Plant Diversity Research Team
- Vacancy: Postdoctoral research Assistant (123106)
- SARS-CoV-2 naming system given open platform to harness international scientific collaboration and keep pace with virus transmission and evolution
- COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced transmission of invasive bacterial diseases
- On COVID-19, and rebalancing our relationship with nature: what have we learned one year on?
- 70-year-old coffee-killing fungus brought back to life to fight the disease
- Dr Refath Farzana
- Using bees to deter crop-raiding elephants
- Transforming the welfare of commercially-reared poultry
- Defeating dengue with GM mosquitoes
- Combatting a serious cause of meningitis in the UK and Africa
- WildCRU: balancing the needs of conservation and local people
- Using maps to defeat malaria
- Super-materials from silk
- NaturalMotion: from neural research to Grand Theft Auto
- Researchers call for volunteers to refine mosquito-detecting app
- COVID-19 Research
- Latest OxLEP-backed Local Growth Fund project is completed and set to have major impact on agricultural and forestry sectors
- Liam Dolan appointed Queen’s Trustee at Kew
- Botanists name astonishing new species of ‘fairy lantern’ from Malaysian rainforests
- The wet market sources of Covid-19: bats and pangolins have an alibi
- New study finds elephants show risk-avoidance behaviour in response to human-generated seismic cues
- James Hammond
- Dr Laura Espina
- Ear to the ground: Locating elephants using ground vibrations
- Top wins for Biology at the MPLS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2021
- Lauren Rudd
- Restoring forest biodiversity in the Scottish Highlands
- Sustainability
- Dr Sarah Scriven
- Dr Robert A. Montgomery
- Dr Torsten Reil
- Dr Penny Sarchet
- Josh Thomas
- Dr Simon Townsend
- Emma Parkin
- Dr Cicely Marshall
- Dr Jamie Males
- Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton
- Dr Suzanne Ford
- Megan Harvey
- Elin Havard
- Jack Common
- Tom Chaloner
- Al Adamoulas
- Dr Mark Wilkinson
- Joy Aston
- Genetically engineering rice to feed the world
- Molecular Pharming: Using plants to make vaccines
- Simon Eustice
- Callum Bucklow
- Simon Kershenbaum
- Tracking the spread of the Alpha variant of Covid-19 via 'super-seeding' events within the UK
- Plants400: Celebrating a Renaissance for Plant Sciences
- From California condors to East Asian mangroves, IUCN’s New “Green Status of Species” Measures Impact of Conservation Action
- Preventing deaths due to neonatal sepsis by updating antibiotic recommendations in LMICs
- How do rhizobia bacteria provide ammonia to legumes?
- Andrew Wood
- Dr Kathryn Thomson
- Tom Hall
- Dr Elizabeth Preston
- Saran Davies
- Yuqing Zhou
- Paris Jaggers
- Emma Borsier
- Trisha Gupta
- Stella Marie Felsinger
- Sumali Bajaj
- Tom Wells
- Graduate Study
- Sharing vaccines between nations: a mathematical approach
- Dr Thomas Hesselberg
- Lessah Mandoloma
- Reducing children’s exposure to malaria infection in Africa substantially cuts the risk of hospitalisation for emergency care
- John Dave Aquino
- Troubled waters: How global marine wildlife protection can undermine fishing communities
- Coronavirus Epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
- Dr Irem Sepil awarded Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
- SUMO wrestles with photosynthesis in plant chloroplasts
- Dr Carmen Sánchez-Cañizares awarded the Highly Commended Award For Women In Science Rising Talent Award
- William Langdon
- Anna Jones
- Annie Kerriage
- Bryony Blades
- Lewis Fisher-Reeves
- Guilherme Costa Alvarenga
- Chrishen Gomez
- Patrick Lewin
- Tianqi Wang
- Juliet Turner
- Katie Lois Hutchinson
- Alison Hochen
- Ellen Baker
- Tree health linked to how birds respond to climate change
- New research provides compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods
- New funding for research on agriculture and the environment from the Login5 Foundation
- Moving conferences online: lessons learned
- Anna Dorling
- Denise Wawman
- Joseph Tsui
- Michael Tansley
- Hasita Bhammar
- Jakke Neiro
- Dr Alexandre Figueiredo
- Katrina Kendall
- Dr Luis Javier Galindo González
- Dr William Thompson
- Dr Tobias E. Hector
- Dr Varsha Mathur
- Dr Aline Soterroni
- Frances Spragge
- Overcoming racism in conservation science and practice
- New software predicts the movements of large land animals
- Graduate Research - Michaelmas 2021
- COP26: Professor Nathalie Seddon informing policy
- New look for the Department of Biology
- Professor Geraldine Wright appointed Hope Professor of Entomology
- Michaelmas Term Alumni Update
- Ground Broken at the Life & Mind Building
- Dr Jani R. Bolla
- Alumni Newsletter: HoD letter from Mark Fricker
- Alumni Newsletter: HoD letter from E.J. Milner-Gulland
- Vinay Shukla
- Student start-up CyanoCapture is a winner in $5m XPRIZE for carbon removal projects
- Identifying the world’s rarest coral
- Dr John S Park
- Dr Eric D. Nana
- Island conservationists identify barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
- Dr Zhuoren Ling
- In Remembrance of Sir Martin Wood
- Social media firms can tackle wildlife trade
- Isabel Riddy
- Dr Eoghan Mánus Cunningham
- New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
- News
- Prof Amy Dickman will be WildCRU’s Director from January 2022
- Antibiotic-resistance developed in hedgehogs long before the discovery of antibiotics
- Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen
- Claudia Orbegozo Rubio
- Emily Stott
- Novel approach to monitor white-tailed tropicbirds in the Seychelles
- Saifur Rahman
- In Remembrance of Professor Jeff Burley
- Christine Soper
- Holly Coombes
- Monica Gujral
- Plastic Drawdown tool to help Maldives slash plastic waste by 85 percent
- Discovery of unexpected deep diving in albatross could help protect them from fishing gear
- Songbirds use the Earth’s magnetic field as a stop sign during migration
- Researchers show common methods of rat control often fail to consider animal welfare impacts
- Missing link plant solves the mystery of sweetpotato origin
- Emma Burke-Smith
- Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
- Anna Garcia
- Forgotten species go extinct twice
- Fast-paced research programme for environmental solutions wins £10 million official backing
- How to harvest iron and influence prokaryotes: detecting cooperation in wild bacteria
- Large animal activity can combat climate change
- Chimpanzee culture and novel behaviours in Guinea-Bissau
- Rachel Velasco Davis
- Claire Marr
- Microbiology & Infectious Disease
- Branding Toolkit
- Historical catastrophes may have accelerated major evolutionary changes
- Much more room for mushrooms: placing fungi at the heart of sustainability
- New WILDMEAT database addresses unsustainable wild meat hunting, consumption and trade
- Monica Perri
- Nadira Naznin Rakhi
- Developing crops that make their own fertilizer
- No rest for new elephant mothers
- Mitigating Oxford University's impacts on biodiversity
- Ancient skeletons reveal the history of worm parasites in Britain
- Wytham Woods Great Tit study celebrates 75 years: Part 1 - Past
- Wytham Woods Great Tit study celebrates 75 years: Part 2 - Present
- Wytham Woods Great Tit study celebrates 75 years: Part 3 - Future
- Evolutionary Biology
- Nathalie Seddon appointed to the UK Government's Climate Change Committee
- Amy McCourt
- Dr Matthew Wijers
- Maria Nieto Rosado
- Sue Brown
- Dandelions use water to open and close their seed parachutes
- Sale of donkey skins linked to trade in illegal wildlife products
- Professors Ben Sheldon and Oliver Pybus elected as Fellows of the Royal Society
- Ecology and Conservation
- Oxford Biology’s contribution to REF2021
- Behaviour and Biomechanics
- Kathy Willis appointed as peer in House of Lords
- The loneliest trees are at most risk of extinction
- Save the saiga: research underpinning international conservation efforts
- An ancient gene regulatory circuit controls head sensory cell development in vertebrates
- Dr Charlotte Gray-Hammerton
- International award for new departmental logo
- Made Ananda Krisna
- Muhammad Umair
- Oxford plant scientists welcome Genetic Technology Bill
- Biology welcomes new Associate Professor Tutorial Fellows
- Common drug-resistant superbug develops fast resistance to ‘last resort’ antibiotic
- New boost to universal flu vaccine development
- Tanzania field course: Understanding conservation in practice
- Researchers show dynamic soaring isn’t just for albatrosses
- New doctoral research initiative launched to tackle antimicrobial resistance
- Molecular Plant Biology
- Dr Erola Fenollosa
- Juli Cohen
- Dr Prathyush Sambaturu
- Niko Tinbergen honoured with a Blue Plaque
- Badger genome to enable study of disease, climate change and social interaction
- Funding
- Reports by previous Varley Gradwell Fellows
- Chris Newman
- Campylobacter restatement shows no conclusive evidence that chlorinated chicken will reduce food poisoning
- A 50-year reunion for Oxford Biology students
- Dr Ziad Soufi
- Katia Jindrich
- Harnessing nature-based solutions to respond to climate breakdown
- Wild ancestors of feral pigeons found living on British and Irish islands
- Hawks prioritise safe landings over saving energy or speed
- Dr Divya Venkatesh
- Saverio Carrera
- Solving ‘Crozier’s paradox’ shows genetic kin recognition can evolve easily
- Thomas Scott
- Ernest Ting Yu Wu
- Sophie Johnson
- Roxaana Clayton
- Nature-based Solutions Conference 2022: key themes and outlooks
- Lonely Old Deers: Ageing Red Deer become less social as they grow old
- New scholarships to help students from developing countries tackle climate change
- Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers
- Department of Biology launches at the University of Oxford
- Biology take Gold at Environmental Sustainability Awards
- Research Sections
- Ramesh Wilson
- Tymoteusz Pieszko
- Thomas Underwood
- Konstantina Beritza
- Stephanie Oldham
- Kyu Min Huh
- Dr Jie Huang
- Northern Ireland field course: learning vital skills for bird ecology studies
- Dr Brian Mooney
- Dr Kaijie Zheng
- Sarah Nichols
- Dr Hany Zinad
- Dr Anselmo Jiro Kamada
- Dr Aura Raulo
- Dr Elena Baena-Gonzalez
- The environmental impact of 57,000 multi-ingredient processed foods revealed for the first time
- Shi-Jian Song
- Jenny Linden
- See you later, alligator? The irreplaceable roles of crocodilians are at risk of being lost
- Early-life acquisition of antimicrobial resistance in newborn children from low- and middle-income countries
- Natalie Elizabeth Duffus
- Na Li
- Dr Mariia Trush
- Oliver Mattinson
- Charles Reuben Hugo de Souza
- Story of the UK’s COVID-19 Delta variant epidemic revealed by genome tracing
- Shannon Taylor
- Yusuf B Samsudin
- Godfrey Mtare
- Mayur Prag
- Bergthor Traustason
- How hunting hawks zero in on a single bat inside a chaotic swarm
- Rhys Inward
- Biology welcomes new Associate Professor Tutorial Fellows
- Dr Daniel Hending
- Jacob Bradbury
- Twelve new UK sites created or restored for globally endangered Large blue butterfly
- Maldivian Aquanauts to explore and protect their ocean nation as climate crisis grips
- Dr Sarah Hill
- Audrey Wagner
- Stefan Dascalu awarded a Knighthood of the Order of Cultural Merit
- Asia Hoile
- Dr Emily Warner
- Biology welcome new Sherardian Professorship in Botany
- Chinenye Akpulu
- Jun Wu
- Joseph Gillson
- Dr Sandra Lai
- Oliver George Spacey
- Dr Jayna Raghwani
- Emily Hogg
- Brian Mullin
- Samuel TE Greenrod
- Professor Samuel Sheppard
- Dr Erik Bakkeren
- Eliza Williams
- Institutes
- Buntu Fanteso
- Adelaide Abraham
- Divjot Kaur
- Francisco Navarro Rosales
- YiFeng Leo Wang
- Thomas Pavey
- Ziqian Xu
- Yanru Huang
- Lucy Morley
- Resource availability can help predict how a species responds to climate change
- Mayuri Chopra
- Justin Patrick Cheung
- A night to celebrate the official launch of the Department of Biology
- Dr Joseph Bull
- Ahmed Aljohani
- Jonathan Rutter
- Katie Blake
- Dr Georgina Stooke-Vaughan
- Biology welcomes new Associate Professor Tutorial Fellows
- Seth Thomas
- Tabitha Taberer
- Shahzoda Alikhanova
- Dr Isabella Tomanek
- Meningitis vaccine programme providing herd immunity across all age groups
- Abir Hossain Patwary
- Dr Ricardo Rocha
- Holly O'Donnell
- Black History Month – A reflection on the contributions of Black Biologists
- Tanzania field skills course: priorities and tensions in wildlife conservation
- “You’ll find us there”: Dr Tanesha Allen for Black History Month 2022
- Regenerating tropical forests can support common bat species in fragmented landscapes, but cannot replace intact old-growth forest
- Emily Madsen
- Bethan Wallace
- Devi Satarkar
- Goldfish show a keen ability to estimate distances
- Carla Wagener
- Dr Victoria Hayman
- Shuyang Cheng
- Dr Emily Flashman
- Zohar Katz
- $3m investment into Oxford spin out to strengthen pathogen surveillance
- Biliana Todorova
- Jun Fang
- Sickly shades of grey: disease outbreaks influence the colour of wolves across North America
- "Our hope for the future is each other": Godfrey Mtare for Black History Month 2022
- Katherine Mather
- "Accept your achievements and enjoy your time": Dr Lois Ogunlana for Black History Month 2022
- Olivia Tjahjono
- Isabel Williams
- Discovery of new ecosystem that is creating oasis of life in the Maldives
- Oxford joins $148 million global initiative to accelerate use of artificial intelligence in scientific research
- Nikita Trojanskis
- Most Asian countries are unlikely to meet future biodiversity targets for protected areas
- Dr Rachel Tanner
- BugBlitz! Public engagement in biodiversity at Wytham Woods
- Everlyn Kamau
- Dr Chris Terry
- Photosynthesis: how the vital process is maintained like well-oiled machinery
- First evidence that antibiotic resistant bacteria can travel from the gut to the lung, increasing risks of deadly infections
- Flora Clark
- Anniella Hutchinson
- Merita Mici
- Dr Evangelos Mourkas
- Aditya Kumar Lankapalli
- Tiffany Martineau
- Jenny Borer
- Dr Mahan Ghafari
- Ian Bishop
- Fellowships
- Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic samples show the ‘pristine’ continent is now a sink for plastic pollution
- Professor Lars Østergaard
- How Robo-dogs are helping gather species diversity data
- Alena Goebel
- Obituary: Philip Stewart
- Will Paine
- Dr John Lynch
- Big egos, lack of staff training and policy enforcement are major barriers to island conservation
- We must listen to local fisheries in order to make the new CITES shark fin trade regulations work
- Higher education sector commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide alliance
- George Siegwart
- Kate Cook
- All roads lead to an elephant's favourite food
- Obituary: Mark Stanley Price
- Barbara Zweifel
- Emma Watts
- Organisations must set bold targets for their catering in order to become “nature-positive”
- Human well-being is associated with reduced elephant poaching
- Dr Claire Tanner
- Dr Mark Butler
- Raising the minimum age of trophy hunted lions could make hunting more sustainable
- Nina Womack
- Yi Wang
- Two Department of Biology researchers take home Outstanding Supervision Awards
- Most plastic debris on Seychelles beaches comes from far-off sources
- Serena Qiao
- Amrita Pondit
- Lucy Radford
- Lizzie Ledger
- Learning from the past to guide the future of large carnivore rewilding efforts
- Bright orange lichens are able to use their own pigments as a ‘sunscreen’
- Obituary: Barrie Juniper
- Women in STEM day: shining a light on our researchers
- Oxford’s hub for Plant Science Innovation shows promising expansion
- Life and Mind Building celebrates topping out
- Operation Pangolin launches to save world’s most trafficked wild mammal
- Silk from spiders and silkworms found to be a promising material to repair injured nerves
- Dr Jay Jethva
- World’s oldest European hedgehog found in citizen science project
- Claire Petros
- Discovering Príncipe’s human-nature connections, past and present
- Oxford Biology professor named new Chief Scientific Adviser
- Competitive mating strategies may not give the full picture of reproductive success and selection
- Laura Warmuth
- Rebecca Horrell
- Turtles and crocodiles with unique characteristics are more likely to go extinct
- Timothy Wroe
- Should we be naming species after people?
- Modelling habitats: the importance of accuracy in investigating suitable areas for species
- Use of colistin in animal feed is increasing antibiotic resistance amongst humans
- People's Plan for Nature: public calls for urgent change following pioneering citizens’ assembly
- €5m for research into evolutionary drivers of antibiotic resistance and predator influence on ecosystems
- Oxford biologists comment on new Genetic Technology Act
- New study highlights unique biodiversity and ecological functioning of deep reefs
- Dr Tara-Lyn Camilleri
- Dr Norberto Escudero Urquijo
- Dr Anna Borlase
- Thomas White
- Dr Carmen Sánchez-Cañizares awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship
- Samuel Holland
- Dr David López Idiáquez
- Antimicrobial use in agriculture can breed bacteria resistant to first-line human defences
- Vaccine providing infants with strong protection from meningococcal disease
- Trading to extinction: the ambiguous threat of the wildlife trade
- A billion-years arms race between viruses and their hosts
- Popularity isn’t easy: the influence of social connections on learning
- Public is more interested in nature, but not enough to act
- Gabi Colling
- Dr Pushan Bag
- €1.5m for research into the assembly of critical membrane proteins
- Dr Christoph Treiber
- Resilience comes from deep evolutionary history, not recent environmental instability
- Chloe Ellison
- €1.9m for research on how humans shape large mammal populations
- Tenerife skills course: identifying plants on a diverse oceanic island
- Dr Simon Busch-Moreno
- Dr Katherine Ansbro
- Strength of therapy components influence control of traumatic memories
- Dr Rachel Parkinson joins inaugural Schmidt AI in Science Programme
- Professor EJ Milner-Gulland recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023
- Biology’s sustainability advocates recognised at Oxford’s Environmental Awards 2023
- Too hot to handle: male elephant reproduction may link to cancer prevention
- How can we advance rights-based conservation?
- Carol Baggiolini
- Fragmentation degrades critical tropical forest habitats
- Study reveals new mechanism for rapid evolution of multi-drug resistant infections in patients
- More than 900 at-risk animal and plant species not covered by global trade protections
- Plastic pollution is almost ubiquitous across coral reefs, mostly from fishing activities
- Lexie Edwards
- Rida Toufiq
- George Shillcock
- Dr Tina Schreier
- Relocating female tigers could help boost small populations and their genetic diversity
- New research to investigate impact of offshore wind farms on UK seabirds
- Boogie wonderland: new research shows elephant fish dance to see in 3D
- Biodiversity compensation faces challenges and presents opportunities in China
- Nutrient and Stress Signalling
- Virus Evolution
- Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics
- Marine Spatial Ecology Applications
- Molecular Signalling in Plant Development
- Male Reproductive Ageing
- Social Behaviour
- One Health; TB Immunology a& Vaccine Development
- Evolutionary Ecology and Biogeography
- Infectious Disease Modelling and Epidemiology
- Social Evolution
- Ann-Kathrin Maurer
- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU)
- Animal Vibration Lab
- Dr Samuel James Macaulay
- Dr Zheren Zhang
- Dr Rosa Bonifacii
- Nell Miles
- Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life
- Laura Dalle Carbonare
- Spatial Cognition
- Dr Samuel Cushman
- The race to save rosewoods, the world's most trafficked wild species
- Amy Cooke
- Robbie Hussain
- Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease
- Enzyme Engineering
- Root Endosymbiosis & Extracellular Vesicles
- Genetic Regulation of 3D Growth in Plants
- Leonie Wilson
- Nature Positive Initiative launches to support and promote the Global Goal for Nature
- Dr Robert Heathcote awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship
- Development, Genomes, & Evolution
- Funding awarded to develop alternative to animal testing for cattle vaccines
- Beth Gray
- Lions on the brink: threats to African lion populations
- Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration
- Sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture
- Brittany Bartlett
- Celia Hanna
- Harrison Carter
- Bacterial Interactions & Regulatory Networks
- Matthew Campbell
- Emma O'Donnell
- Sandy Slovikosky
- Yuanzhen ZHU
- Katherine Tubb
- Greenwashing is a threat to achieving a Nature Positive world
- Priyanshu Singh Raikwar
- Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology
- Wing Yi Chung
- Benjamin Stimpson
- James Cordery
- Lubasi Limweta
- Dillan Hoyt
- Christopher Bell
- Reducing antibiotic usage in animal feed is not enough to combat antibiotic resistance
- Dylan Feldmeier
- Zoe Brown
- Oxford Mosaic Accessibility Statement
- Sarah Hilton
- Matilda Brindle
- Tyler Murray-Ramcharan
- Dr Elizabeth Cummins
- Warm summers and wet winters yield better wine vintages
- Jessica Tacey
- Dr Filipa Lopes
- Dr Christina Hernandez
- Dr Cameron Smith
- Anna Ahlberg
- Anna Rouviere
- Henry Cerbone
- Sophus zu Ermgassen
- Hollie Thompson
- Yuming He
- The UK’s COVID-19 Infection Survey data tells the story of the virus’ genomic evolution and spread
- Department of Biology researchers success in the NERC impact awards
- Using a lower plastic method of DNA research is more time efficient
- Bumblebees make decisions ‘on the fly’ to maximise energy returns
- Community Ecology
- Seungwon Ko
- Nature-based solutions are essential for Brazil to meet its 2050 net zero pledge
- New training centre will bridge the gap between environmental science and AI to address global environmental challenges
- Olivia Sinclair
- Rewinding evolution to uncover the forces ruling plant growth
- Found at last: critically endangered echidna finally rediscovered after 60 years
- Hannah Lemon
- Ilke D. Boran
- Dr Juliet Wright
- Ian Will
- Bees cannot taste even lethal levels of pesticides
- Dr Georgios Voulgaris
- Supporting local nature recovery at Broughton Sanctuary
- Climatic effects on the natural infection of Japanese Larch in the UK
- Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen, winner of the NERC Impact Awards 2023
- Dr Erola Fenollosa wins the John L. Harper award from the British Ecological Society
- Armed to the hilt: Study solves mystery behind bacteria’s extensive weaponry
- Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world?
- Jørgen S. Søraker
- Max Hadoke
- Conservation triumph: Saiga antelope reclassified from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened on IUCN Red List
- Ancient DNA reveals how a chicken virus evolved to become more deadly
- Diverse gut bacteria communities protect against harmful pathogens by nutrient blocking
- Eloise Newman
- Lara Boudinot
- Asha Workman
- Dr Alexander Bowles
- ECO-WILD – a new CDT that aims to help protect wetland wildscapes
- Persistent COVID-19 infections are common in the general population
- Abi Johnston
- Unearthing the social life of ants
- Alicja Rutkowska
- Hedgehog safety test developed for robotic lawnmowers
- Domesticating plants impacts their microbiome
- For most animals, sperm quality does not reduce with age
- Rona Learmonth
- Andrew Spires
- Anett Kiss
- Dr William Kay
- Dr Dušan Živković
- Sarah Coose
- Rewilding offers a carbon capture alternative to tree plantations with a wealth of biodiversity benefits
- Joe Foy
- Athira Menon
- Endangered seabird shows surprising individual flexibility to adapt to climate change
- Sarah Skinner
- Brett Wadley
- Dr Kasia Maria Parfitt
- Alison W McDonald
- Understanding how and why soil microbes move is key to improving legume crop yields
- M Garrido Davies
- Jessica Bassett
- Alice Rosen
- Dr Sruthi M Krishna Moorthy
- Viktoria Thuroczy
- Dr Diogo Verissimo awarded a 2024 MPLS award for outstanding research supervision
- Dr Man Qi
- Dr Charlotte E Searle
- Nora Liu
- Lila Stewart-Roberts
- Department of Biology: Use of cookies on this website
- The world’s most prolific carbon-fixing enzyme is slowly getting better
- Dianali Rodriguez Fernandez
- A coral superhighway in the Indian Ocean
- Malak Choucri
- Professor Shouli Li
- Marcus Gray
- Dr Martina Muraro
- Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants
- Dr Robert Heathcote
- Lea Beaupere
- Dr Mason Stothart
- More social birds are more adventurous feeders, study finds
- Dr Rebecca Dean
- Incentivizing pangolin conservation: Policy decisions may reduce conservation options for threatened pangolins
- Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers
- Harriet Bartlett
- Advancing plant and evolutionary biology with BBSRC grant success
- Island bats are valuable allies for farmers
- Three biology researchers join Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship 2024
- Conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss