Janine trying out the new hail simulator she built for the lab

This crazy-looking apparatus is a ToF-SIMS, a special type of electron microscope that Michal was able to use while visiting our collaborator Reinhard Jetter at UBC Vancouver

Characterizing the impact response of the Nepenthes gracilis pitcher lid with a Laser Doppler vibrometer

Torsten and Emily setting up an acoustic tomography scan with a 3D-printed bat pitcher (Nepenthes hemsleyana).

This is essentially a weigh-bridge for ants!

Looking after our pitcher plants in the tropical growth chamber in Bristol

Minute seedlings of Nepenthes gracilis have sprouted in the growth chamber

Molecular lab work while on a field trip

At the cryo-SEM

Using two synchronised highspeed video cameras to understand the impact response mechanics of the Nepenthes gracilis springboard trap

Plants on the move during our relocation from Bristol to Exeter