I am so pleased to share that the first publication from my PhD has been accepted by FEMS! We found that Arctic cyanobacterial mat community diversity decreases with latitude across the Canadian Arctic... and talk a lot about #protists along the way! doi.org/10.1093/femsec…

Our very own Tiffany Taylor has got a DNA bedtime story for #DNAday ! Happy DNA Day to all who celebrate! 😊🧬👇
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It's #DNADay and to celebrate, we've made this short video about the structure of DNA! 😊🧬
Today celebrates the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA by Watson, Crick, Franklin and Wilkins in 1953 and the completion of the human genome sequencing project in 2003.…

I am so looking forward to taking part in the Festival of Nature . So much to see and do in Bristol and Bath. I’ll be interviewing fantastic Prof.Turi King amongst others at Bath’s NT Bath Assembly Rooms on the 8th June. Can’t wait!

NEW TODAY in nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬

This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿

nature.com/articles/s4158…

New jobs klaxon! Two new permanent jobs in our department! Lecturer in #Archaeology and #Sustainability : jobs.ac.uk/job/DHD875/lec…
Lecturer in Archaeology and Artificial Intelligence #AI :
jobs.ac.uk/job/DHD858/lec…
Please share widely. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

#Microbioj is looking to strengthen the eukaryotic microbiology expertise of its editorial board. Please spread the word and if this is you, apply!

Looking forward to being part of Festival of Nature chatting to Ali Vowles about Milner Centre for Evolution and public engagement in science. Tickets available here! 👇😊
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Chris Lennard 🕷
University of Bath

The Festival of Nature 2024 programme is here! 🐸📣

Join the UK’s largest celebration of the natural world this summer, 1-9 June. 🙌🐦

70 free events to get involved in across Bristol & Bath! 🎪 #FestOfNature

View the programme and grab your tickets: 🔗 festivalofnature.org.uk

Had a great time chatting to Stephanie Lo about her research for the Milner Centre for Evolution podcast series. Really fascinating to hear about her groundbreaking research, both here at the MCE and Wellcome Sanger Institute, on the sequencing of the bacteria which causes pneumoccocal…

'Evolution's recipe book: How 'copy paste' errors led to insect flight, octopus camouflage and human cognition' phys.org/news/2024-04-e… via Phys.org

What do we really know of #WilliamShakespeare ? Was he a secret Roman Catholic? Join the #BathShakespeareSociety ’s annual #Shakespeare birthday lecture to find out!
brlsi.org/whatson/shakes… #ralphfiennes #williamshakespeare #ralphfiennes edit #ralphfiennes smiles

Oooo cool!
Loving the handy club as its tail!

nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-….

Oooo! Okay, so favourite dinosaurs! Who has a favourite dinosaur and why?
Natural History Museum Science tells us that for Dr Susie Maidment, it's the Stegosaurus stenops. 👇
Anyone else? Prof Ben Garrod? Got a favourite dinosaur? 🦖🦕😍
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Wait, is it a dinosaur?! 🤯

Meet the Archaeopteryx - a small, early #bird from the Late Jurassic Period that changed the narrative around #evolution . (1/5)

Member of the Milner Centre for Evolution, and a former director, Laurence Hurst was recently awarded the Humboldt Prize Humboldt-Stiftung. This global research award for lifetime achievement was awarded on March 21, 2024. The prize certificate was presented by the President of the…

Looking to apply for a Marie-Curie fellowship in microbial genomics? Milner Centre for Evolution is hosting! Join our group Ed Feil Andrew Preston Stephanie Lo Lauren Cowley Zamin Iqbal for broad training opportunities. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting/m…

Dino diversity: the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in the USA is where many iconic dinosaurs have been found - Susie Maidment Dr Susie Maidment NHM looks at patterns of biodiversity over time tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change. Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals theguardian.com/science/2024/a…