Puffy skin disease (PSD) is an emerging skin condition which affects rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). The transmission pattern of PSD suggests an infectious aetiology, however, the actual causative infectious agent(s) remain(s) unknown. In the present study, the rainbow trout epidermal immune Read More …
We tend to think of microbes as ‘simple’ organisms that are not capable of the ‘complex’ behaviour that we see in animals like ourselves. But this assumption more often stems from our own ignorance of other life-forms than it reflects Read More …
James Clark (fourth year SWBio DTP student) has recently had some of his work published as part of a paper that demonstrates how plants colonised the earth 100 millions years earlier than previously thought! These findings have then been featured Read More …
‘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 …
