‘Sleeper cells’, which can survive doses of antibiotics and lie resting in a dormant state, may hold a key to understanding antibiotic resistance, research has found. The research, published in the journal BMC Biology, lays the foundation for understanding the special properties of Read More …
Congratulations to Emma Robson who won the competitive Ede and Ravenscroft prize for best PhD student. The title of Emma’s presentation was ‘Finding your way around: The importance of brain rhythms’. In her talk, Emma explained her research into glutamate, Read More …
Congratulations to Jeremy Froidevaux who has recently had a paper published: “Catching insects while recording bats: impacts of light trapping on acoustic sampling”. Passive acoustic sampling has become an increasingly popular method to study the ecology of echolocating bats. However, the Read More …
Congratulations to Claire Dumenil (current 3rd year SWBio DTP student) who won the #agrifoodbecause 2017 twitter competition. This competition organised by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI)’s Agri-Food Early Career Forum. Claire tweeted the reason for doing her PhD in Read More …
Staphylococcus aureus is a medically important pathogen responsible for a range of infectious diseases from minor skin and soft tissue infections, to more serious life-threatening infections such as septicaemia and meningitis. It is best known as the causative agent of MRSA Read More …
Jeremy Froidevaux (current final year student, University of Bristol) has been awarded this year’s Vincent Weir Scientific Award for his contribution to bat research. This annual award is given by the Bat Conservation Trust to a postgraduate student who has Read More …
Claire Duménil (current third year, Cardiff University) has presented her work at the joint meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists (APACE), held in Kyoto (Japan), August 23rd-27th. She received a Read More …
Organic farming has been proposed a key agri-environment scheme to counteract the negative impact of agricultural intensification on biodiversity. The high expenditure invested in this conservation programme has led to a rapidly growing number of studies evaluating its effectiveness. However, Read More …
Rachel Hutchinson, second year SWBio DTP student based at the University of Bristol, published a paper using a high-powered scanning electron microscope to examine how the African tsetse fly sucks up blood. The African tsetse fly is responsible for transferring sleeping Read More …
SWBio DTP students from the Agriculture and the Environment Research Theme recently led a ‘Plant Power Station’ stall at the Green Man Festival. This was part of Einstein’s Garden which focuses on celebrating science, art and nature. Read Jordan Cuff’s Read More …
The evolution of plants has been punctuated by major innovations, none more striking among living plants than the flower. Flowering plants account for the vast majority of living plant diversity and include all major crops. The discovery that all flowering Read More …
The Bristol Teaching Awards recognise and reward those members of staff who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching, providing support for students and enhancing the student learning experience. Dr Paul Curnow was chosen for the University Award for Education (Biomedical Sciences) Read More …
