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Exploring the breadth and diversity of life on Earth 🌍 Updates on research & teaching at @ox.ac.uk. Merged from Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology August 2022
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@egioxford.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukExcellent long discussion with Daisy about her DPhil research on social networks in great tits with @jorgensoraker.bsky.social. Very nice to have long enough to go into depth on a full DPhil project.
@egioxford.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukPleased to announce first EGI seminar of 2026-27 with @erikpostma.bsky.social from @uniexecec.bsky.social talking about Evolutionary Dynamics & Constraints on Avian Reproductive Effort. Abstract in ALT-text. Erik's seminar is at 3.30 in LT2 in LaMB @biology.ox.ac.uk. All welcome; also streamed ⬇️
@pauljarvislab.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.uk🥼🧪🌱 An overdue celebratory post as the Jarvis group settles into our new digs in Oxford's new Life and Mind Building @biology.ox.ac.uk
@naturebasedsols.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.uk📢 A new Comment in #NatureClimateChange by experts across climate, nature, health, national security, and financial risk calls on governments to reconcile how climate and nature risks are assessed.
Read more ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/experts...
@ariskatzourakis.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukHow do we trace viral evolution? A nice start to the term with our work featured by @ox.ac.uk #paleovirology @biology.ox.ac.uk
@biology.ox.ac.ukCould microscopic animals help us develop safer antifungals? A new £1m Oxford Martin School programme is exploring bdelloid rotifers as a potential source of antifungal compounds, opening a new route to developing crop treatments as resistance to existing fungicides grows 🔗
@biology.ox.ac.ukWant to know more about vaccines? Rachel Tanner appeared on the ImmunoTea podcast to chat all about the vaccine development pipeline and vaccinating against Mycobacteria tuberculosis 👇
@naturebasedsols.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukLast chance to apply for a discounted place on the Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course! 🌎🎓
Twice a year we host a remarkable group of professionals who are dedicated to tackling societal challenges
🔗To apply: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...
@dunnschool.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukNew research by the Tang lab and collaborators in @biology.ox.ac.uk and @ukhsa.bsky.social has identified the new genes acquired by the bacteria responsible for the severe Kent meningitis outbreak earlier this year.
@rhulbiology.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukThis year's @rhulbiology.bsky.social Jack Pridham Memorial Lecture will be by Professor Peter Holland from @biology.ox.ac.uk, one of the PIs of the ‘Darwin Tree of Life’ project which aims to sequence the genomes of all life on Earth. Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jack-pridh...
@biology.ox.ac.uk🪱 Oxford researchers have developed a new system for growing parasitic flatworms outside a host, even enabling male-female pairing. The advance could open up new ways to study schistosomiasis while reducing reliance on animal models. Read more:
@biology.ox.ac.ukCongratulations to Michelle Jackson, who has been awarded the Marsh Award for Ecology in the 2026 @britishecologicalsociety.org awards!
Her research has advanced understanding of biodiversity dynamics, reshaping perspectives on community assembly and species interactions 👇
@biology.ox.ac.ukWhat made the March 2026 Kent meningitis outbreak so unusual?
A new preprint from UKHSA, Oxford scientists & collaborators uncovers genetic changes in the outbreak bacteria https://bit.ly/47jVGDH
Hear more at our #BiologyWeek talk:
@biology.ox.ac.uk15 years after the last range-wide assessment of jaguar connectivity, landscapes are much changed
A new study has found an extensive, highly connected core area, but also identified major connectivity gaps and threatened corridors 👇
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.71093
📷 Emiliano Ramalho
@biology.ox.ac.uk@wildcru.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.ukCongratulations to Alexandra Zimmermann, who has been awarded the Midori Prize for Biodiversity! The award recognises Alexandra’s role in advancing human-wildlife coexistence as a global policy priority for biodiversity conservation 👇
@ariskatzourakis.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukWrote up a piece for @theconversation.com on whether ancient smallpox can be brought back from 500 year old smallpox DNA (I wouldn't worry about that) and what the smallpox samples from the Chilean burial sites show us.
@ariskatzourakis.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukOur paper on the enigmatic alpharetrovirus lineage in bats is out! Huge credit to @emma-harding.bsky.social, and of course all co-authors involved in helping experiment, draft, analyse and discuss.
@wildcru.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukWe are thrilled to see recent PhD researcher Jenny Linden featured in new book ‘Scientists Making a Difference’ by
Dr Shini Somara.
Jenny’s research investigates the potential impacts of climate change on the endangered African wild dog.
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@timbarra.bsky.socialReposted by @biology.ox.ac.ukWe are recruiting a 4-year lab technician on safer antifungals from bdelloid rotifers @biology.ox.ac.uk. Please spread the word or apply! Culturing rotifers, fungi, running experiments, extracting biological molecules, assay antifungals and toxicity. Closes 30th Sept.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
