Pitcher plants prey upon ants, yet ants keep visiting them. How can this relationship be maintained when ants make foraging… Read more Another fully-funded PhD studentship now available!
Fully funded PhD Studentship available for a start in 2025
Photo credit: Ivica Samardžić With climate change accelerating, hailstorms become increasingly frequent, violent, and damaging. We offer a 4-year fully… Read more Fully funded PhD Studentship available for a start in 2025
Oona’s first research paper is out!
At the start of October, Oona’s first paper from her PhD was published in Annals of Botany. Oona used cryo-scanning… Read more Oona’s first research paper is out!
Fully funded PhD opportunity – apply by 4th October 2024
Controlling liquid flow on surfaces underpins diverse technologies for critical 21st Century applications that can help to optimize production processes,… Read more Fully funded PhD opportunity – apply by 4th October 2024
Dr Golos!
Just under two weeks after Anne defended her thesis, our second first-generation PhD candidate, Michal Golos, followed suit. While Anne… Read more Dr Golos!
Dr Lenz!
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!
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!