News in 2016
- UV-B stops plants chilling out in the sunshine 16 December 2016
- Leading piece in The Conversation today on saiga die-offs, following appearance of saigas on Planet Earth last night. 6 December 2016 Congratulations to Eric Morgan for having his research featured in Planet Earth II. Eric Morgan received funding from NERC to investigate causes of the saiga die-off.
- Mobbing mongooses get by with a little help from their friends 30 November 2016 In their notorious battles with snakes, dwarf mongooses are more likely to help attack the enemy if they are closely bonded to the individual raising the alarm, reports new experimental research from scientists at the University of Bristol.
- Polarization vision at the London Science Museum "Lates" event. 24 November 2016
- Bristol Genomics facility 22 November 2016 Enabling genomics research Summary of equipment & services available here in the Life Science building for Bristol researchers.
- A bespoke laboratory sized track sprayer has been built to investigate herbicide effectiveness in crops. 15 November 2016 Fiona Belbin's Research - Plant & Agricultural Sciences
- Bristol postgraduate wins Golden Gecko Award for ecological study 10 November 2016 Joanna Riley, a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences, has won a prestigious environmental award from the Government of Western Australia.
- BBC's Planet Earth II will feature bat research by Marc Holderied in the 'Deserts' episode. 9 November 2016
- Rediscovery of Trypanosoma (Pycnomonas) suis, a tsetse-transmitted trypanosome closely related to T. brucei. 8 November 2016 Congratulations to Rachel Hutchinson and Professor Wendy Gibson on the below paper.
- The effectiveness of 3D camouflage 1 November 2016 Over 100 years ago, the American artist Abbot Thayer proposed that the reason so many animals are darker on their backs than their bellies is to disguise their 3D shape and so improve camouflage.
- Electrical output of bryophyte microbial fuel cell systems is sufficient to power a radio or an environmental sensor 31 October 2016
- The houseplant with a blueprint for improving energy harvesting 25 October 2016 For many people, nanotechnology belongs in the realm of science fiction. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Essex have solved the mystery of the blue sheen on the leaves of some begonias and have found that their chloroplasts have evolved a nanoscale light-trapping structure to help them survive in the darkness of the forest floor.
- Man-made noise can affect how animals use information from scents 25 October 2016 Research by scientists at the University of Bristol has, for the first time, found that man-made noise can have a detrimental impact on an animal’s use of scent – putting them at greater risk of being attacked by predators.
- Establishment of a new GW4 EM facility 4 October 2016
- New appointment - Plant Sciences Facilitator 4 October 2016
- A faster inoculation assay for Armillaria using herbaceous plants 30 September 2016 Kathryn L. Ford, Kendra Baumgartner, Béatrice Henricot, Andy M. Bailey, Gary D. Foster (2016)
- A native promoter and inclusion of an intron is necessary for efficient expression of GFP or mRFP in Armillaria mellea 30 September 2016 Kathryn L. Ford, Kendra Baumgartner, Béatrice Henricot, Andy M. Bailey, Gary D. Foster (2016)
- A reliable in vitro fruiting system for Armillaria mellea for evaluation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation vectors 30 September 2016 Kathryn L. Ford, Kendra Baumgartner, Béatrice Henricot, Andy M. Bailey, Gary D. Foster (2015)
- Functional analysis of Agaricus bisporus serine proteinase 1 reveals roles in utilization of humic rich substrates and adaptation to the leaf-litter ecological niche 30 September 2016 M.N. Heneghan · C. Burns · A.M.S.B. Costa · K.S. Burton · M.P. Challen · A.M. Bailey · G.D. Foster (2016)
- Identification and manipulation of the pleuromutilin gene cluster from Clitopilus passeckerianus for increased rapid antibiotic production 30 September 2016 Andy Bailey, Fabrizio Alberti, Sreedhar Kilaru, Catherine Collins, Kate de Mattos-Shipley, Amanda Hartley, Patrick Hayes, Alison Griffin, Colin Lazarus, Russell Cox, Christine L Willis, Karen O'Dwyer, David Spence, Gary Foster (2016)
- The Effects of Plant Virus Infection on Polarization Reflection from Leaves 30 September 2016 Daniel J. Maxwell, Julian C. Partridge, Nicholas W. Roberts, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster (2016)
- Evidence for different, host-dependent functioning of Rx against both wild-type and recombinant Pepino mosaic virus 30 September 2016 Duff-Farrier, C. R. A., Candresse, T., Bailey, A. M., Boonham, N. and Foster, G. D. (2016)
- A pathogenicity determinant maps to the N-terminal coat protein region of the Pepino mosaic virus genome 30 September 2016 Duff-Farrier, C. R. A., Bailey, A. M., Boonham, N. and Foster, G. D.
- New research in Bristol shows how chloroplasts in plants respond to light 16 September 2016
- Consensus and experience trump leadership, suppressing individual personality during social foraging 16 September 2016 N.D. McDonald, S.A. Rands, F. Hill, C. Elder, C.C. Ioannou have their paper published in Science Advances
- A social mechanism facilitates ant colony emigrations over different distances 16 September 2016 Thomas A. O'Shea-Wheller, Deraj K. Wilson-Aggarwal, Duncan E. Edgley, Ana B. Sendova-Franks, Nigel R. Franks have their paper published in Journal of Experimental Biology.
- Back the bees and friends - big agriculture has the chance to help or hinder our most important pollinators 2 September 2016
- Well done to Shelby Temple who has been awarded an InnovateUK Aid for Start-Up grant! 18 July 2016 Shelby Temple has been awarded an InnovateUK Aid for Start-Up grant of half a million pounds.
- NERC Standard Grant awarded to Jon Bridle, and former Bristol colleague Simon Hiscock, on Evolutionary Rescue and Phenotypic Plasticity in Senecio plants. 18 July 2016
- Congratulations to PhD student Anna Tiley! 18 July 2016
- Congratulations to Thomas O'Shea-Wheller, Ana Sendova-Franks and Nigel Franks 11 July 2016 Congratulations to Thomas O'Shea-Wheller, Ana Sendova-Franks and Nigel Franks for publishing the recent paper titled 'Migration control: A Distance Compensation Strategy in Ants'.
- PhD Student Kelly Atkins Wins Prize 8 July 2016 Kelly Atkins wins the Irene Manton Poster Prize in the Cell Biology Section of the SEB (Society of Experimental Biology session).
- Dazzle camouflage, target tracking, and the confusion effect 6 July 2016
- The anti-predator role of within-nest emergence synchrony in sea turtle hatchlings 5 July 2016
- New study to identify the most commonly planted pollinator-friendly plants 5 July 2016 The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the University of Bristol are asking gardeners to take part in a new study to identify the most commonly planted pollinator-friendly plants and assess how good UK gardens are for pollinators.
- Dr Lozano Fernandez Publishes New Paper 29 June 2016 Article published by University of Bristol Fellow Dr. Jesus Lozano Fernandez on the molecular palaeobiological exploration of arthropod terrestrialization
- Biological Sciences Alumni Wins University of Bristol's Alumni Foundation Travel Award 2 June 2016 Congratulations to Swaid Abdullah from the School of Biological Sciences who has received the University of Bristol's Alumni Foundation Travel Award!
- Dancing Hairs Detect Floral Electric Field In Bees 1 June 2016 The mystery of how bumblebees detect the electric fields of flowers has been solved.
- Dr Nick Roberts receives the 2016 IEEE Donald G. Fink Award 27 May 2016 Dr Nick Roberts was one of the recipients this month of the 2016 IEEE Donald G. Fink Award, which is given for the most influential paper in any of the IEEE Transactions, Journals, Magazines, or Proceedings.
- Summer Life in the Botanic Garden 25 May 2016 It has been great to see so many students now making use of the tranquillity and quiet that the Botanic Garden offers. Sitting in the sun with laptops fired – up, studying for exams or catching up on coursework, it is an ideal place to come for a change of scenery or just to enjoy a break and a coffee away from the crowd.
