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Pitcher plant trap evolution makes the front cover of Science

Posted on January 17, 2024 by ulrike bauer

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

Posted on December 7, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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!

Posted on November 22, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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

Posted on October 24, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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

Posted on October 12, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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!

Posted on September 21, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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!

Posted on June 15, 2023 by ulrike bauer

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

Posted on November 8, 2022 by ulrike bauer

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

Finally, a proper research paper out again today!

Posted on August 3, 2022 by ulrike bauer

Like most (experimental) labs, we struggled to keep up with publishing through the pandemic, with lockdowns and university closures making… Read more Finally, a proper research paper out again today!

Mechanical Ecology at the 2022 SEB Conference – A full success!

Posted on July 14, 2022 by ulrike bauer

Last week, the lab attended the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology in Montpellier, France. For most… Read more Mechanical Ecology at the 2022 SEB Conference – A full success!

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