9 December 2010
Heather Whitney has just been awarded an ERC starting grant of just over 1.1 million euros to investigate iridescence in leaves.
6 December 2010
Life in a demanding environment with limited resources might be better for the immune system than living in comfort, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
2 December 2010
The winning entries from last month's Art of Science competition - including one Biologist (Jonathan Potts) - go on display at the Bristol Gallery this week.
1 December 2010
Unseasonal warm temperatures caused by El Niño have a profound effect on the fish populations of coral reefs in the South Pacific, scientists have found.
25 November 2010
An international team of scientists has developed a new technique to aid crops at risk from a devastating agricultural parasite commonly known as the ‘honey fungus’, one of the most serious diseases of trees and shrubs across the northern hemisphere. The development allows crops to be screened for natural resistance by adding DNA with fluorescent genes to the fungus before being planted out.
18 November 2010
Like gangsters running a protection racket, drongos in the Kalahari Desert act as lookouts for other birds in order to steal a cut of their food catch.
17 November 2010
An Award Ceremony will take place during the evening of Wednesday 17 November for the 2008-10 cycle of the Certificate in Wildlife Biology. The awards will be presented by Professor Juliet Brodie, President of the British Phycological Society and Chair of Botanical Research at the Natural History Museum, London.
10 November 2010
A Biology/Mathematics undergraduate, Katherine Coyte, was one of an interdisciplinary team of students that came third in the finals of one of the most prestigious international events in Synthetic Biology, the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.
4 November 2010
Natasha is joining the department as a Marie Curie Research Fellow for the next two years to work in Daniel Robert's research group.
4 November 2010
Farmland birds that are poorer parents and less "brainy" are faring worse than other farmland bird species, a study at the University of Bristol has found.