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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! Did you know that Candidozyma auris, a fungus, has evolved to become drug resistant and is now spreading in hospitals in over 40 countries! Find out more in Ed Feil, Joni Wildman and Dan Henk's new article!
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Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading rapidly through European hospitals
Health authorities race to contain fungus that survives routine disinfection.
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Fab day last Friday with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social visiting us to chat about all things evolution. So much of our work has synergies with his. Over the day he met with staff & students & also gave an amazing free public lecture. Lots of people said it was the best talk they've ever seen! 🤩
We're so, so excited to be having @chrisgpackham.bsky.social come visit us and give a public talk. Chris is one of the foremost science communicators in the country and his work has so many synergies with our aims. It promises to be a really engaging evening! 🤩
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! Did you know some fungi sniff and smell plants before attacking them. Our very own Neil Brown is studying how we can use that knowledge to protect our crops. Listen to our podcast here: 🎧
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Discovering Ways To Fight Fungal Diseases That Threaten Our Food Security & Health - Dr Neil Brown
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Laurence's book, The Evolution of Imperfection, is out now and available through the usual outlets.
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! The evolutionary process is not all about organisms becoming ever better, some processes make us more imperfect. Our very own Laurence Hurst has written a book about The Evolution of Imperfection. Listen here 👇
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The Evolution of Imperfection: The Science of Why We Aren't and Can't Be Perfect - Professor Hurst
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We’ve been lucky enough to work with the wonderful team at BBC Ideas & Bold Yellow Media putting this video together about the evolution of the menopause. Shout out to the amazing Victoria Gill & Radhika Vohra for being part of it.
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What's the point of the menopause?
Why do women go through the menopause - are there any evolutionary benefits?
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! The Red Queen Hypothesis is that species must continually evolve in response to evolutionary changes in other organisms. Listen to our own Paula Kover talk about her research in our latest podcast.
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Natural Selection, Genetic Variation and Magic Populations - Dr Paula Kover
Podcast Episode · Milner Centre for Evolution · 11/04/2025 · 19m
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! The biological definition of a species is a group of organisms that's reproductively isolated: either they won't mate with other organisms or the hybrids aren't fit or able to reproduce themselves. Listen to Dr Leslie Turner in our podcast: 🎧 youtu.be/theUVye9S5o
Understanding How Speciation Takes Place - Dr Leslie Turner
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! People often think that evolution is directional, it's aiming for something ever better. It's not. It's much more complex than that! Listen to the rather wonderful @bengarrod.bsky.social talk about his evolution misconception bugbears here
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Primates of the Caribbean, Science Communication and Perceptions of Evolution - Professor Ben Garrod
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It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! Did you know that treating infectious disease is an evolutionary challenge. Hear Zamin Iqbal speak about his antimicrobial resistance research in our podcast
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How Bacteria Evolve by getting DNA from Family and Friends - Professor Zamin Iqbal
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Great afternoon hosting the Images of Research 2024 celebration event spearheaded by our PVC Research and Enterprise, Sarah Hainsworth. Lots of amazing entries & a wonderful way to get researchers thinking about how to showcase their research and its impact in a single image. 📸