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Exploring the breadth and diversity of life on Earth 🌍 Updates on research & teaching @UniofOxford. Merged from Depts of Plant Sciences and Zoology August '22
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Joined May 2019
RT @mplsoxford: This year, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora will mark its 50th anniversa…
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As @CITES turns 50, a new study in @FrontEcolEvol reveals that the global wildlife trade agreement is failing to curb illegal extraction and trafficking. Researchers instead propose a new framework exploring institutionally diverse conservation models⬇️
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RT @WildCRU_Ox: A new study reveals the views of smallholder farmers in Kenya, uncovering the factors that help or hinder farmers from incr…
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RT @Forest_Research: 💡 What does it take to select a new generation of Douglas fir trees that will be adapted to the British climate and ha…
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RT @ProfTtweetsTB: Great to be back in @LesDiablerets🇨🇭 for the @TBVI_EU symposium and VERY proud of our postdoc @BeatriceRNS who won a muc…
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The heritability of these social traits could be determined thanks to long term monitoring in the iconic Wytham Woods - owned and maintained by @UniofOxford since 1942.
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RT @UniofOxford: NEW: A study has found it is unlikely that plants would evolve to warn other plants of impending attack. Instead of usin…
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RT @mplsoxford: A new study from @OxfordBiology finds that active signalling between plants might not be about altruism as previously hypot…
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Underground intelligence: Are plant-fungi networks about collaboration or competition? 🌳📢🍄📢🌳 A new study has investigated whether trees are altruistically warning their neighbours but its more likely a case of eavesdropping 👇 📷Tomas Munita
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Congratulations to Professor Thomas Richards at Oxford Biology and his colleagues on this grant award.
Congratulations to @PagliaraExeter and team who have been awarded a £1.4m grant by @MooreFound to lead research with @UniofOxford @ju_morimoto @aberdeenuni @UFPR into understanding why all life forms use distinct left or right-handed molecules. @UoEBiosciences
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“Why is my bottle cap attached to my plastic bottle?” Find out with @OxfordSparks and @verissimodiogo
🎙️ New #podcast! Noticed something different about your drinks' containers lately? Yep, your bottle cap is now attached to the bottle...But WHY? Will it really help save the planet? We chat to @verissimodiogo to find out... @OxfordBiology @WildCRU_Ox 🔉
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RT @darwintreelife: What is a Bryozoan? The Darwin Tree of Life project sequenced some of these creatures & a recent publication @genomere…
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Seminal fluid not sperm important for age-related fertility decline but it can be reversed 👇 📽️Krish Sanghvi - Sperm swimming inside the female’s seminal receptacle in fruit fly females. @iremsepil, @KrishSangvi, @sam_gascoigne, @TaraLynC, @mplsoxford
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A South American tree-frog in a Sheffield florist and Italian wall lizards in imports of ornamental olive trees. These hitchhiking intruders can become invasive pests that come with environmental, sustainability, and biosecurity risks 👇
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RT @AccforNature: Join Dr. Molly Grace for a #Webinar as she shares groundbreaking insights into: ✅ Identifying natural intact or undegrade…
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RT @sheppard_lab: Great news ! We have received @wellcometrust discovery award for £5M to develop vaccines against the diarrhoea-causing ba…
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RT @WildCRU_Ox: The recent release of 4 lynx in the Cairngorm mountains highlights the nuances of managing the needs of stakeholders, inclu…
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Welcome to new Oxford Biology Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Tutorial Fellow @magdalenoxford - Dr Eunyoung Chae. Find out more about Eunyoung and her research here:
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Many congratulations to Prof. Sam Sheppard, Professor of Microbial Genomics and Evolution in Oxford Biology on this recent award.
Prof Sam Sheppard, Digital Microbiology and Bioinformatics lead at IOI, has been awarded a @wellcometrust Discovery Award of £5m to develop vaccines against the diarrhoea-causing bacteria Campylobacter. Read more about the award ➡️ @sheppard_lab @LSHTM_AMR
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