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 …
Promoting Plant Power: PhD Researchers from across the SWBio DTP successfully engage with thousands of people about plant and agricultural sciences at the Green Man Festival by Beth Eldridge and Sarah Raffan The ‘Plant Power Station’ was a public engagement 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 …
Perceptual learning in the rodent system is commonly investigated using the visual system. This review focuses on the somatosensory system with an emphasis on tactile learning using the whiskers. The review details the results of some recent behavioural experiments investigating Read More …
Opioid drugs, such as morphine and heroin, are widely used; both medicinally as analgesics, and illicitly as narcotics. Despite the extensive use of these drugs, relatively little is understood about how they activate their target protein – the μ-opioid receptor. Read More …
Gareth Thomas and Claire Duménil (SWBio DTP students of Rothamsted Research and Cardiff University, respectively) have been awarded first and second place awards for their poster presentations at the annual Agrisciences Chemical Biology Postgraduate Symposium, Imperial College London. The meeting Read More …
