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Last week I had the opportunity to present my PhD research at the Royal Horticultural Society Wisley and share how remote sensing technology can helps us to build more complex landscapes.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Last week I had the opportunity to present my PhD research at the Royal Horticultural Society Wisley and share how remote sensing technology can helps us to build more complex landscapes.
@rbgkew.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social
@rbgkew.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social
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We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
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New OA #TreeDivNet paper is out in @geoderma.bsky.social and it is focussed on effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New OA #TreeDivNet paper is out in @geoderma.bsky.social and it is focussed on effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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An eventful day in winter wonderland! It was a pleasure to show Satakunta forest diversity experiments to colleagues from @trees4adapt.bsky.social project
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
An eventful day in winter wonderland! It was a pleasure to show Satakunta forest diversity experiments to colleagues from @trees4adapt.bsky.social project
Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Kourosh Ebrahimi from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Come to learn about his scientific journey from chemical engineering to immunology and stay for the 'meet the speaker' session after the seminar
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Kourosh Ebrahimi from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Come to learn about his scientific journey from chemical engineering to immunology and stay for the 'meet the speaker' session after the seminar
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Another great @rhulbiology.bsky.social PhD student conquers their viva - congratulations 🥂 @rsmehlhausenfranks.bsky.social
Big congratulations @rsmehlhausenfranks.bsky.social on passing your viva today with minor corrections. It’s been a pleasure supervising you. Thank you to the examiners @rjpheathcote.bsky.social and @markjfbrown.bsky.social! And thank you Paul Devlin and @evolecollab.bsky.social for your help too!
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Another great @rhulbiology.bsky.social PhD student conquers their viva - congratulations 🥂 @rsmehlhausenfranks.bsky.social
The Precision Breeding Act which came into force in England yesterday will help reshape how British agriculture tackles productivity and environmental pressure. Congratulations to Prof. Paul Fraser and his group whose work has led the way to this regulatory change
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Precision Breeding Act ushers in new era for British farmers, say MPs
Farmers could soon see new crop varieties that yield more, resist disease and rely less on chemical inputs, as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Precision Breeding Act which came into force in England yesterday will help reshape how British agriculture tackles productivity and environmental pressure. Congratulations to Prof. Paul Fraser and his group whose work has led the way to this regulatory change
www.farminguk.com/News/precisi...
www.farminguk.com/News/precisi...
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Delighted to share this note on only the second British record of the #hoverfly Paragus quadrifasciatus, which @amaeda16.bsky.social, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, and I found during a #pollinator survey of the @ucl-pnl.bsky.social garden lab. Read and share! 🧪
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(PDF) A second British record of Paragus quadrifasciatus Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae)
PDF | In short note format, we report the second UK record and the first specimen for Paragus quadrifasciatus (Meigen, 1822), found in Stratford,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Delighted to share this note on only the second British record of the #hoverfly Paragus quadrifasciatus, which @amaeda16.bsky.social, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, and I found during a #pollinator survey of the @ucl-pnl.bsky.social garden lab. Read and share! 🧪
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Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Marta Pérez Suárez from University of Oviedo who will talk about her research on seed biology. Marta has spent 10 years at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and it is lovely to have her back! The seminar will be followed by the 'meet the speaker' session 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Marta Pérez Suárez from University of Oviedo who will talk about her research on seed biology. Marta has spent 10 years at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and it is lovely to have her back! The seminar will be followed by the 'meet the speaker' session 🌱
Come to the screening of short films from 2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social
Film Festival at @royalholloway.bsky.social on Monday Nov 10th. It is organized by our fantastic student-led BioSoc and festival co-founder @sofiaatsea.bsky.social will do intro to the films
Film Festival at @royalholloway.bsky.social on Monday Nov 10th. It is organized by our fantastic student-led BioSoc and festival co-founder @sofiaatsea.bsky.social will do intro to the films
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Come to the screening of short films from 2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social
Film Festival at @royalholloway.bsky.social on Monday Nov 10th. It is organized by our fantastic student-led BioSoc and festival co-founder @sofiaatsea.bsky.social will do intro to the films
Film Festival at @royalholloway.bsky.social on Monday Nov 10th. It is organized by our fantastic student-led BioSoc and festival co-founder @sofiaatsea.bsky.social will do intro to the films
Today we had research day @rhulbiology.bsky.social. Many thanks to @devotolab.bsky.social for organizing! Lots of interesting presentations and discussions and great attendance
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today we had research day @rhulbiology.bsky.social. Many thanks to @devotolab.bsky.social for organizing! Lots of interesting presentations and discussions and great attendance
Congratulations to Prof Alessandra Devoto @devotolab.bsky.social for this fantastic and well deserved accolade! 👏👏👏
Inspiring the next generation of plant scientists 🌻
Professor Alessandra Devoto, from @rhulbiology.bsky.social, has been honoured as a Pioneer Member by @aspbofficial.bsky.social for her outstanding mentorship and training of future change-makers.
An outstanding accolade: ow.ly/c3QF50Xoeqy
Professor Alessandra Devoto, from @rhulbiology.bsky.social, has been honoured as a Pioneer Member by @aspbofficial.bsky.social for her outstanding mentorship and training of future change-makers.
An outstanding accolade: ow.ly/c3QF50Xoeqy
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Congratulations to Prof Alessandra Devoto @devotolab.bsky.social for this fantastic and well deserved accolade! 👏👏👏
Don't miss our @rhulbiology.bsky.social departmental seminar on quantum biology next week by Dr Youngchan Kim from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social. The seminar will be followed by a "Meet the Speaker" session for ECRs
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Don't miss our @rhulbiology.bsky.social departmental seminar on quantum biology next week by Dr Youngchan Kim from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social. The seminar will be followed by a "Meet the Speaker" session for ECRs
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How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
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#Botany #PlantScience
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
#Botany #PlantScience
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
#Botany #PlantScience
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
#Botany #PlantScience
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October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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New OPEN ACCESS paper: Temporal variation in microplastic abundance in sediment, fish and shrimp: a case study in the Thames Estuary, UK
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Cefas Royal Holloway, University of London Natural History Museum
#Microplastic #PlasticPollution
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Cefas Royal Holloway, University of London Natural History Museum
#Microplastic #PlasticPollution
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New OPEN ACCESS paper: Temporal variation in microplastic abundance in sediment, fish and shrimp: a case study in the Thames Estuary, UK
doi.org/10.1098/rsta...
Cefas Royal Holloway, University of London Natural History Museum
#Microplastic #PlasticPollution
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Cefas Royal Holloway, University of London Natural History Museum
#Microplastic #PlasticPollution
It is wonderful to see a new genus - Morrittospora - named after @rhulbiology.bsky.social's Professor David Morritt, to mark his recent retirement and in honour of his research career which included the study of invasive species in the Thames!
Meet Morrittospora corbiculae - a newly discovered microsporidian parasite of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in the Thames. Evidence also suggests infection spillover to declining native Unio mussels. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Morrittospora corbiculae n. gen. n. sp., a microsporidian parasite infecting the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea from the River Thames, London
Microsporidia are highly diverse parasites of a broad range of eukaryotic hosts in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Freshwater diversity of mi…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It is wonderful to see a new genus - Morrittospora - named after @rhulbiology.bsky.social's Professor David Morritt, to mark his recent retirement and in honour of his research career which included the study of invasive species in the Thames!
Prof Enrique López-Juez from @rhulbiology.bsky.social
has contributed to a manifesto for plant science education published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social. It provides a practical evidence-based vision to strengthen plant science education 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
has contributed to a manifesto for plant science education published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social. It provides a practical evidence-based vision to strengthen plant science education 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Prof Enrique López-Juez from @rhulbiology.bsky.social
has contributed to a manifesto for plant science education published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social. It provides a practical evidence-based vision to strengthen plant science education 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
has contributed to a manifesto for plant science education published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social. It provides a practical evidence-based vision to strengthen plant science education 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Want to boost your interdisciplinary collaboration skills? Join us 12 Nov for a 2-hour online #workshop to learn mindset, tools & group problem-solving in interdisciplinary teams.
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (UK time)
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🗓️ 12 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (UK time)
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Book your place for the Interdisciplinary collaboration workshop
Join us on 12 November 2025 🗓️
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October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Want to boost your interdisciplinary collaboration skills? Join us 12 Nov for a 2-hour online #workshop to learn mindset, tools & group problem-solving in interdisciplinary teams.
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (UK time)
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🗓️ 12 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (UK time)
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📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...
Congrats to Dr Becky Thomas @beckythomas.bsky.social
& Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell @sofiaatsea.bsky.social on the award from RHUL Social Science Impact Accelerator fund for a public engagement project on 'Rethinking how we engage with dog walkers to protect nature' www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...
& Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell @sofiaatsea.bsky.social on the award from RHUL Social Science Impact Accelerator fund for a public engagement project on 'Rethinking how we engage with dog walkers to protect nature' www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congrats to Dr Becky Thomas @beckythomas.bsky.social
& Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell @sofiaatsea.bsky.social on the award from RHUL Social Science Impact Accelerator fund for a public engagement project on 'Rethinking how we engage with dog walkers to protect nature' www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...
& Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell @sofiaatsea.bsky.social on the award from RHUL Social Science Impact Accelerator fund for a public engagement project on 'Rethinking how we engage with dog walkers to protect nature' www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...
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Have you taken part in our BioCraft Competition yet?
The competition encourages participants to combine art & science by creating a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials.
Closing date: 12 Nov 2025
Open to anyone UK & worldwide
Learn more: www.rsb.org.uk/biocraft-com...
The competition encourages participants to combine art & science by creating a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials.
Closing date: 12 Nov 2025
Open to anyone UK & worldwide
Learn more: www.rsb.org.uk/biocraft-com...
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Have you taken part in our BioCraft Competition yet?
The competition encourages participants to combine art & science by creating a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials.
Closing date: 12 Nov 2025
Open to anyone UK & worldwide
Learn more: www.rsb.org.uk/biocraft-com...
The competition encourages participants to combine art & science by creating a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials.
Closing date: 12 Nov 2025
Open to anyone UK & worldwide
Learn more: www.rsb.org.uk/biocraft-com...
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🌱 PhD Applications Open – TREES Doctoral Training Programme
TREES (Doctoral Landscape Alliance) is now accepting applications for fully funded PhD studentships in UKRI-NERC science remit.
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#PhDOpportunity #AcademicTwitter #Ecology #ClimateResearch #PhDApplications
TREES (Doctoral Landscape Alliance) is now accepting applications for fully funded PhD studentships in UKRI-NERC science remit.
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#PhDOpportunity #AcademicTwitter #Ecology #ClimateResearch #PhDApplications
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October 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🌱 PhD Applications Open – TREES Doctoral Training Programme
TREES (Doctoral Landscape Alliance) is now accepting applications for fully funded PhD studentships in UKRI-NERC science remit.
🔗 trees-dla.ac.uk
#PhDOpportunity #AcademicTwitter #Ecology #ClimateResearch #PhDApplications
TREES (Doctoral Landscape Alliance) is now accepting applications for fully funded PhD studentships in UKRI-NERC science remit.
🔗 trees-dla.ac.uk
#PhDOpportunity #AcademicTwitter #Ecology #ClimateResearch #PhDApplications
2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social Film Festival takes place tonight @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Sofia Castelló y Tickell (@sofiaatsea.bsky.social) from @rhulbiology.bsky.social, a co-founder of the festival, welcomes everyone. The festival is livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=urvW...
October 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social Film Festival takes place tonight @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Sofia Castelló y Tickell (@sofiaatsea.bsky.social) from @rhulbiology.bsky.social, a co-founder of the festival, welcomes everyone. The festival is livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=urvW...
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New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...