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
Finally, a proper research paper out again today!
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!
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!
Funded MScR project available on the mechanical underpinnings of root-soil cohesion
Applications are invited for a fully funded 1-year MScR project on the effects of root surface topography on root-soil cohesion,… Read more Funded MScR project available on the mechanical underpinnings of root-soil cohesion
The group keeps growing!
Thanks to Enhanced Research Funding from the Royal Society, we were recently able to appoint Dr Skylar Johnson as a… Read more The group keeps growing!
BCAI MRes Studentship for Nathanael Tan
We are super-excited that Nathanael Tan has been awarded a competitive Lady Emily Smyth Studentship from the Bristol Centre for… Read more BCAI MRes Studentship for Nathanael Tan
Fully funded PhD opportunity
Are you an international (EU or overseas) student with excellent academic record looking for a PhD? Are you as excited… Read more Fully funded PhD opportunity
Mechanical Ecology at the 2022 SEB Conference in Montpellier!
Abstract submission is open for the SEB Annual Meeting in Montpellier, France, from 5-8 July 2022! Together with Simon Poppinga… Read more Mechanical Ecology at the 2022 SEB Conference in Montpellier!
JXB Special Issue on Mechanical Ecology
It’s finally out! Together with Simon Poppinga from Darmstadt Botanic Garden in Germany, Ulrike guest-edited a special issue in Journal… Read more JXB Special Issue on Mechanical Ecology