The second PIPS conference of the BBSRC SWDTP was held at the University of Bath on 24th June 2014. Some forty students from the partner institutions contributed enthusiastically to the interesting and informative day. The VIP Keynote Lecture, entitled ‘From Read More …
Anna Tiley is currently on a placement at the Society of Biology in London. Below is her account so far. One of the unique aspects of doing a SWDTP PhD is the opportunity to do a 3 months placement in Read More …
SWDTP student Olivia Godber recently had her paper “Livestock and food security: vulnerability to population growth and climate change.” Global Change Biology, accepted for publication. Olivia has been accepted to present the work at the EAAP (European Association of Animal Read More …
SWDTP student Sarah Jose took part in a “I’m a Scientist: Get me out of here” event. Sarah was answering questions from school children about food security, nutrition and general scientific research. The students watched a play addressing malnutrition in Read More …
Kleio Petratou attended the Cancer Research at Bath (CR@B) Symposium on 9th April. Below is her account CR@B is a network organised to provide cancer research awareness, opportunities of interaction between interested individuals of different levels of knowledge and of Read More …
Anna Tiley attended the 12th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG) in Seville, Spain ECFG12 poster winners (Anna in pink trousers, RH side) At the end of March, Anna attended the 12th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG) in Seville, Read More …
Odette Wills has completed a PIPS placement at the British Society of Plant Pathology. Below is an account of her placement. I worked as part of the BSPP outreach team with Katie Tomlinson (BSPP Outreach Officer). Most days I was Read More …
In a recently published study in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, co-authored by SWDTP student Michael Hawkes, scientists from the University of Exeter have shown that a trait subject to mate choice in the fruit fly Drosophila simulans varies in Read More …
Kleio Petratou’s poster ‘Gene networks governing fate segregation in the Neural Crest’ wins prize I presented a poster describing my work to date at the departmental research day, which took place at the University of Bath on the 30th of Read More …
Ilse Daly recently completed her PIPS placement with SCISYS (Space Division) in Bristol. Below is her account of her placement. I spent my internship working with scientists and engineers in the space division of SCISYS in Bristol. We were working Read More …
Kleio Petratou attended the Colston Research Society Zebrafish disease model meeting in November. Below is her account The Colston Research Society Zebrafish disease model meeting took place in Bristol on the 21st of November 2013 and included fascinating presentations from Read More …
In September the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus hosted the 19th annual European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB 19). SWDTP students Michael Hawkes and Emma Wood were both members of the organising committee and helped to run Read More …
