🦖BBC News (UK) reports on a new study co-authored by UoR BioSci's Dr Jacob Gardner about the impact temperature played on the size of extinct mammals and dinosaurs

#BBCNews #Paleontology #Dinosaurs #ClimateImpact Uni of Reading

See the full article here:
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Are you a UK undergraduate in your 1st or 2nd year and looking for a summer lab placement? Interested in crop genetics & plant science? Apply for a REP project with me! Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk/biology/eastbi… #plantsci #research #wideningparticipation

#InternationalWomensDay Some of the many scientists involved with Botanical University Challenge over the years, as well as the many women students in the teams. Would not happen without us!! #iamabotanist #womeninSTEM Micheline Sheehy Skeffington

IT IS TODAY! Our 8 plantyastic teams compete in the Quarter Finals of Botanical University Challenge #BUC2024 ! Kick off 14:00 GMT Wednesday 28 February: tinyurl.com/BUCBotany BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Botanical Society of America The Linnean Society of London University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum SL.Botanic Institute New Phytologist Torrey Botanical Society CIEEM The CJS Team

Eight teams UK and Irish students in quarterfinal Botanical University Challenge #BUC2024 . Starts 14:00 GMT Wednesday 28 February streaming on out YouTube Channel. Rounds 1 & 2 still viewable at youtube.com/@BotanicalUniv… New Phytologist SAPS BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland RSK Tyler Grange | B Corp™

Another win for the Plymouth Pears who pass the second round of the Botanical University Challenge finishing fourth! Congrats Billy Fullwood Danny Hunt Simon Cowhig and Jess!! You're great ambassadors of botanical expertise at @plymouthbiol University of Plymouth

Botanical University Challenge #BUC2024 . See happy faces of teams at the start, along with Dr Sarah Dalrymple BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland asking the questions and Hannah controlling them. Also question on Australian plant families. Watch recording
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The Plymouth Pears finished third of the first round of the Botanical University Challenge! What an impressive result 👏👏👏 So happy for them and very proud. Can't wait for the second round next week! University of Plymouth @plymouthbiol

Check out the team from University of Plymouth @plymouthbiol ! Good luck Billy, Danny, Jess and Simon 🤞

Chuffed to have reached third place in the first round of #BUC2024 ! 10/10 on the plant ID round 🍐

Through to the second round of the Botanical University Challenge next week. Was a tough competition, and just about got through but very enjoyable! As expected, Plant ID was my strongest section, but managed okay on the others also. Well done to our team and others! BotanyPlantScience Dr Karen Bacon

✍Applications are open for a fully-funded, 4 year, PhD studying the development and evolution of diverse corona structures in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae).

🌼Apply by 1 March 2024.

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Daffodil season is starting! Fancy doing a PhD looking at the evolution of Narcissus flowers? Fully-funded, 4-year PhD between UoP, SoCoBio DTP and RHS. With Drs. John David and Kálmán Könyves from the RHS. Pls repost and send me any Qs. Deadline 1 March. tinyurl.com/2n3a993e

PhD project Natural History Museum on the Cambrian explosion of echinoderms. Co-supervised by Andrew Meade and Chris Venditti UoR BioSci, Tim Ewin and Frankie Dunn. Application deadline 25th February. Please get in touch! findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

📚 🌱 Calling all PhD students in botany! The @gcascholarships Tropical Botany Fellowship supports independent field research in the tropics that contributes to the preservation of tropical forests. Deadline to apply is January 15. Learn more: ntbg.org/tropical-botan…

‼️New study‼️Delighted to have my first #PhD chapter published 🙂 Looking at how #gardeners define and understand the term #invasive based on #PublicEngagement at the #RHSChelsea Flower Show 👇👇 #OpenAccess sciencedirect.com/science/articl… [1/n]

Plant fossils provide context about the world in which dinosaurs and other ancient creatures lived. Join our palaeobotanist Dr. Christopher West in this week’s “Fossils from the Field” video, which features specimens collected in collaboration with Uni of Reading

How well do you know your botany? Botanical University Challenge sprouted in 2016 as a fun & friendly competition between teams of students where all the questions were about, you guessed it, plants! To join in the fun, or put your knowledge to the test, head here: c-js.uk/463zSdt

So proud to be part of the amazing BUC team! Let’s continue to bring botany to the next generation! 🌱

Could you be the next Digital Engagement Coordinator at Cambridge University Herbarium?🌿

You'll work on specimen imaging, database entry, managing online volunteers, designing image modules for curation, and much more!

👇 More info and apply here 👇

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43080/