New paper from @mabelsyd , Tracey Chapman & me. First from Mabel's PhD 🎉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… How does mating affect what animals eat? We know that mating really changes what females eat (in at least some species). After mating, females eat more & prefer more protein. 🧵

Really enjoyed writing this blog post 📝 A great opportunity to find out about the #publicengagement work of lifesciencebath, featuring Josie Elliott and Tiffany Taylor and myself! 🔬🥼🧫🪰 Milner Centre for Evolution @EETrustUK Public Engagement Unit at the University of Bath #citizenscience

Taylor Swift has donated enough money to cover the food bills for an entire year across 11 food banks and 8 community pantries in Liverpool. She has done this for every city she's toured in the UK meaning she’s done more than the govt has in 14 years to eradicate food poverty.

It’s Evolutionary Fact Friday for the first Friday of the month! Humans aren't the only animals who vote for a leader, but some do it a little differently. Three-spined stickleback fish choose their group leaders according to how plump and smooth-skinned the candidate is! These

Wooooo! Election-themed Evolution Fact Friday from the fab Ellie Jarvis of Milner Centre for Evolution! Now makes me look at our human candidates in a slightly different light! 😮🤭🐟

Loved giving my first conference presentation at #Evol2024 Evolution Meetings in lovely Montréal 🇨🇦 if you want to have a sneak peak at my research on citizen science and science capital, my talk is at 41:54! youtu.be/P7hfq2-D2ZQ?si…

What happened to flowering plants 66 Mya at the K-Pg mass extinction? If you want to hear about what phylogenies and fossils say, and the work @LabSpiritu and I have done, I am doing a Royal Society Publishing seminar in a few weeks. Chaired by Prof Chris Venditti cassyni.com/events/EJXN1Vm…

Grab yourself some handmade microbiology themed jewellery! 🦠🧫 Keira is so incredibly talented and she deserves every success with this new venture 🥰

Lots of cancer drugs are plant derived. But can ethnobotanical knowledge and phylogenies guide the discovery of future cancer drugs? Our study suggests potential, and we discuss areas for future research. Work with Julie Hawkins in Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐 🌱 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.1…

It's September now which basically means it's Halloween! Check out these spooky looking plate pins and glow-in-the-dark gel earrings 🎃💚 pinkpetri.etsy.com

Thank you so much, glad it could be of some inspiration! ✨

Feel free to join this or watch it later. It should be fun, hopefully people will find it interesting! Not sure if my picture with the angry screaming kitten was the most professional choice for the Royal Society website though... Oops

Mind is blown seeing my work on cactus evolution in New Scientist! It's a very nice piece UoR BioSci Milner Centre for Evolution

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Today we celebrate and reflect upon the contributions of women to STEM fields. History shows and the present proves that women in STEM play an integral role in shaping the evolution of science research, engagement, and communication for the better.

ANIMALS THAT LOOK LIKE FOOD - a thread 🧵 Barn owl + apple

The secret's out! 👀 The series title for this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI Global, is: The truth about food 🙌 Watch this year's lectures, presented by Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈, between Christmas and New Year on BB4 or catch-up on iPlayer.

New piece in The Conversation about everyone's favourite spiky plant family 🏜️ The Conversation UoR BioSci British Cactus and Succulent Society theconversation.com/cacti-are-surp…

A sad subject to blog about, but felt it was important to highlight the successes of the incredible work of FindingAda and the issues facing the women in STEM space 👩‍🔬

Consciousness – the idea has perplexed both philosophers and neuroscientists for years. How much do we know about what it actually is? 🧵👇(1/9)