Had a great time today meeting students in Buxton and delivering a taster session to give an idea what it is like at university and encourage young people to consider it. The 3 day residential event was run by University of Derby and aimed at raising aspirations of year 10 …
I visited a Derbyshire primary school to tell class 1 my experiences of going to Mexico. I went to Mexico in 2004 to present this poster, it was my second ever international conference. I didn’t speak to the children about the poster but I did get to tell them a …
I was interviewed by BBC radio Derby to comment on new touch-free packaging for chicken being introduced by Sainsbury’s. In short I think it’s a good idea so long as it does not lead to extra plastic waste, but I also find it is normally possible to handle standard packages …
Royal Society of Biology
Shrub encroachment is a well-documented phenomenon affecting many of the world’s drylands. The alteration of vegetation structure and species composition can lead to changes in local microclimate and soil properties which in turn affect carbon cycling. The objectives of this paper were to quantify differences in air temperatures, soil carbon, …
Discussing personal and household hygiene on BBC radio Derby with Andy Twigge. Here are my notes and sources on the subject – make up your own mind:
The emergence of high-throughput DNA sequencing methods provides unprecedented opportunities to further unravel bacterial biodiversity and its worldwide role from human health to ecosystem functioning.
Invertebrates account for more than 89% of all extant organisms in the marine environment, represented by over 174,600 species (recorded to date). Such diversity is mirrored in (or more likely increased by) the microbial symbionts associated with this group and in the marine natural products (or MNPs) that they produce. …
Here is a video we made to showcase our Biology degree programme! I’m the programme leader – if you are interested then please get in touch directly with me or via the university.
Peatlands are Important global carbon stores but are also sensitive climatically controlled ecosystems dependent on the maintenance of high water tables. Consequently they are under threat in warmer drier future climate conditions. The natural resilience of peatland systems and the potential to engineer resilience through peatland restoration are therefore important …