Congratulations to Dr Anne-Kristin Lenz, first successful PhD graduate from the Mechanical Ecology Lab! Anne breezed through her viva on… Read more Dr Lenz!
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Soapbox Science 2024 – save the day!
We are thrilled to be part of Soapbox Science once more – this time in our new home town of… Read more Soapbox Science 2024 – save the day!
Pitcher plant trap evolution makes the front cover of Science
The New Year started with a bang for the Mechanical Ecology Lab: our latest paper, explaining the independent evolution of… Read more Pitcher plant trap evolution makes the front cover of Science
German-language postcast episode on carnivorous plants out
Earlier this year, Ulrike spoke to the producers of a German postcast series about carnivorous plants. The episode in the… Read more German-language postcast episode on carnivorous plants out
Join us for the first UK Plant Biomechanics Day on 18 April 2024!
For the first time, the whole of the UK Plant Biomechanics community is meeting up in person for a day… Read more Join us for the first UK Plant Biomechanics Day on 18 April 2024!
Fully-funded 4-year PhD project on hail resistance in crops now open for applications
Come and join us in Exeter next autumn! Applications are now open for a BBSRC SWBio DTP studentship to investigate… Read more Fully-funded 4-year PhD project on hail resistance in crops now open for applications
Coming soon: fully funded PhD opportunity on understanding and improving the hail resistance of crop plants
Do you like weird whacky interdisciplinary research at the forefront of discovery? Would you like to fire objects at plants… Read more Coming soon: fully funded PhD opportunity on understanding and improving the hail resistance of crop plants
We’re moving!
We’re excited to finally share the news that, at the end of this year, the Mechanical Ecology Lab will be… Read more We’re moving!
Back to the field!
After a very long (pandemic-induced) hiatus, we finally went back to Brunei for some field work in January this year.… Read more Back to the field!
Ulrike talks pitcher plants with Genetics Unzipped, the podcast of the Genetic Society
In the latest episode of Genetics Unzipped, I talk to Sally Le Page about how tropical pitcher plants use biomechanical… Read more Ulrike talks pitcher plants with Genetics Unzipped, the podcast of the Genetic Society