Spent some time in Cole Zoology Museum fossil collection this week admiring and trying to identify lenticular Nummulites sp and bike-chain of Bryozoa (Pyripora huckei?) NHM_Bryozoa NHM Micropalaeo NatSCA Nigel Larkin

Microscopic worms can be used to see what happens in human brain cells during neurological diseases like Parkinson’s and dementia 🪱

See the tiny transparent worms that are helping researchers design new and effective therapies at the Community Festival!

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Join Dr Alice Pollitt from UoR BioSci to explore the platelet conundrum at the Community Festival !

Find out how these tiny blood cells help our bodies form clots to stop bleeding and how they communicate with other cells. 🫀

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☀️Happy May Bank Holiday to everyone in the School of Biological Sciences!

We hope you have brewtiful🍵 long weekend and take the opportunity to unwind and recharge.

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It's #NationalGardeningWeek !

This study by researchers from UoR BioSci and The RHS explores whether gardeners could be the key to identifying invasive plants early. 🌱

🔗 Read about it on the Pensoft blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/02/27/gar…

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Dr. Brian Pickles and Issy Walker from the University of Reading recently visited our Collections to study Pachycephalosaur fossils. The Foraminacephale brevis skull dome Dr. Pickles holds in 📸 #2 was collected in 2022 and is the best-preserved example of that species.

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