We wish you all the best in your new adventures, Mark @markjfbrown.bsky.social! You have achieved so much in 17 years at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and we are enormously grateful for your contribution to the department and beyond. Don't be a stranger and please keep in touch!

I am absolutely thrilled to share my first chapter, published today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Results are summarised in the thread below, or you can read it OA here doi.org/10.1111/1365... @ellileadbeater.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social 1/7 🧪

I work with the best and most wonderful people. Our last lab meeting @rhulbiology.bsky.social after a wonderful 17 years, and I was surprised with the most fantastic cake. As you might guess, we love 🐝

Last week I had the opportunity to present my PhD research at the Royal Horticultural Society Wisley and share how remote sensing technology can helps us to build more complex landscapes. @rbgkew.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social

We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪 If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

New OA #TreeDivNet paper is out in @geoderma.bsky.social and it is focussed on effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

An eventful day in winter wonderland! It was a pleasure to show Satakunta forest diversity experiments to colleagues from @trees4adapt.bsky.social project

Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Kourosh Ebrahimi from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Come to learn about his scientific journey from chemical engineering to immunology and stay for the 'meet the speaker' session after the seminar

Another great @rhulbiology.bsky.social PhD student conquers their viva - congratulations 🥂 @rsmehlhausenfranks.bsky.social

The Precision Breeding Act which came into force in England yesterday will help reshape how British agriculture tackles productivity and environmental pressure. Congratulations to Prof. Paul Fraser and his group whose work has led the way to this regulatory change www.farminguk.com/News/precisi...

Delighted to share this note on only the second British record of the #hoverfly Paragus quadrifasciatus, which @amaeda16.bsky.social, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, and I found during a #pollinator survey of the @ucl-pnl.bsky.social garden lab. Read and share! 🧪 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Our next departmental seminar will be by Dr Marta Pérez Suárez from University of Oviedo who will talk about her research on seed biology. Marta has spent 10 years at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and it is lovely to have her back! The seminar will be followed by the 'meet the speaker' session 🌱

Come to the screening of short films from 2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social Film Festival at @royalholloway.bsky.social on Monday Nov 10th. It is organized by our fantastic student-led BioSoc and festival co-founder @sofiaatsea.bsky.social will do intro to the films

Today we had research day @rhulbiology.bsky.social. Many thanks to @devotolab.bsky.social for organizing! Lots of interesting presentations and discussions and great attendance

Congratulations to Prof Alessandra Devoto @devotolab.bsky.social for this fantastic and well deserved accolade! 👏👏👏

Don't miss our @rhulbiology.bsky.social departmental seminar on quantum biology next week by Dr Youngchan Kim from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social. The seminar will be followed by a "Meet the Speaker" session for ECRs

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... #Botany #PlantScience

🚨 Two days remaining 🚨 You don't have long left to apply to join the editorial team as a Research Highlights Editor! 📚🌏🧪 This role would be ideal for an Early Career Researcher looking to gain experience in editing ✍️ More info here 👇 bit.ly/4o0bTV8

New OPEN ACCESS paper: Temporal variation in microplastic abundance in sediment, fish and shrimp: a case study in the Thames Estuary, UK doi.org/10.1098/rsta... Cefas Royal Holloway, University of London Natural History Museum #Microplastic #PlasticPollution

It is wonderful to see a new genus - Morrittospora - named after @rhulbiology.bsky.social's Professor David Morritt, to mark his recent retirement and in honour of his research career which included the study of invasive species in the Thames!

Prof Enrique López-Juez from @rhulbiology.bsky.social has contributed to a manifesto for plant science education published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social. It provides a practical evidence-based vision to strengthen plant science education 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Want to boost your interdisciplinary collaboration skills? Join us 12 Nov for a 2-hour online #workshop to learn mindset, tools & group problem-solving in interdisciplinary teams. 🗓️ 12 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (UK time) 🔗 Book your place: www.sebiology.org/resource/boo...

📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...

Congrats to Dr Becky Thomas @beckythomas.bsky.social & Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell @sofiaatsea.bsky.social on the award from RHUL Social Science Impact Accelerator fund for a public engagement project on 'Rethinking how we engage with dog walkers to protect nature' www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...

Have you taken part in our BioCraft Competition yet? The competition encourages participants to combine art & science by creating a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials. Closing date: 12 Nov 2025 Open to anyone UK & worldwide Learn more: www.rsb.org.uk/biocraft-com...

🌱 PhD Applications Open – TREES Doctoral Training Programme TREES (Doctoral Landscape Alliance) is now accepting applications for fully funded PhD studentships in UKRI-NERC science remit. 🔗 trees-dla.ac.uk #PhDOpportunity #AcademicTwitter #Ecology #ClimateResearch #PhDApplications

2025 @conservoptimism.bsky.social Film Festival takes place tonight @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Sofia Castelló y Tickell (@sofiaatsea.bsky.social) from @rhulbiology.bsky.social, a co-founder of the festival, welcomes everyone. The festival is livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=urvW...

New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Today we had @rhulbiology.bsky.social annual fungal foray @royalholloway.bsky.social campus led by our fungal expert Dr Brian Ferry. Lots of interesting finds! Many thanks to everyone who came and to Brian for sharing his vast knowledge 🍄‍🟫

Applications for PhD Studentships with @treesdla.bsky.social now open for 2026 intake. @kratina.bsky.social and I offer a PhD project on trophic ecology of invasive mosquitofish in Italy, France, and Spain (www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/tro...). Please get in touch if you are interested.

PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

Congratulations to Dr Walter Lucchesi and Dr Becky Thomas (@beckythomas.bsky.social) who have been awarded Senior Fellowship of @advancehe.bsky.social (formerly the Higher Education Academy). This reflects their leadership in education both within and beyond @rhulbiology.bsky.social 🎉👏

We're pleased to announce that our 2026 travel grants are now open! AMRSB and early-career MRSB members can apply for a travel grant of up to £1,000 to support future travel for biological study, teaching, or research. 📆 Applications close 23 Jan 2026 Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/travel-grant...

Lovely footage of some mammals at @royalholloway.bsky.social campus captured by one of @rhulbiology.bsky.social students as part of their final year research project 🦡 🦌 www.linkedin.com/posts/royal-...

⏳ Submit your abstract by 14 Nov! Join the Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium to share your research and experience on tackling biodiversity loss & climate change through collaboration at scale 📅 10–11 Feb 📍 Edinburgh 👉 https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/rlas-call-for-submissions

Curious how AI can transform student feedback and assessment? Join us in one week to hear from experts Nigel Francis and Jordon Millward + open discussion. Free webinar on 15 October 2025, 13:00-14:00 BST. Sign up now: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e... #Education #AI #Webinar

Apply for the New Phytologist Tansley Medal! 'It was exciting to have a chance, as an early career researcher, to write something in my voice, with my take on where my field is going.' – Matthew Naish, 2024 #TansleyMedal winner Deadline 1 November 2025:

How to make science outreach more engaging? Our recent alumna Eva-Mae shares some tips in @physoc.bsky.social blog based on her final year research project with Dr Lydia Hanna on evaluating effectiveness of science communication during #PhysiologyWeek #SciComm www.physoc.org/blog/physiol...

Kat Maslova & Prof Robin Williams have recently presented at 'Living with epilepsy - Insight and Innovations' Queens Square London. This was a patient outreach day, and highlighted their work to develop a new dietary approach for the treatment of people with drug resistant epilepsy

I just finished an exciting full year collecting data for my PhD and I wrote a quick blog post on @jappliedecology.bsky.social about why it matters🌍 @britishecologicalsociety.org appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/10/07/f...

Calling all early career researchers! Are you able to create a compelling poster that will communicate your research to a non-specialist audience? Then why not enter the STEM for BRITAIN poster competition? 📆 Applications close Mon 24 Nov Find out more: stemforbritain.org.uk #scicomm

While our 2nd year UG students have recently returned from Marine Biology course in Scotland, some of our 3rd year students took part in Borneo Rainforest Expedition with @sarahpapworth.bsky.social and described their experience as 'a once in a lifetime opportunity' www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-b...

Another lovely post by one of our UG students who have recently returned from Marine Biology course at @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social research centre in Millport, Scotland www.linkedin.com/posts/isabel...

How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

#BiologyWeek starts this Saturday 11 October - are you planning on getting involved? From joining an event to using our resources, there are many ways that you can take part! Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/biology-week... #BiosciencesForAll

Delighted to see Hannah’s penultimate PhD paper come out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Strong evidence against the ‘warmer, sicker world’ hypothesis. Parasites 🪱🦠 and their hosts are just very variable! Another great collaboration with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social

It's 1st week of the autumn term, so it's harvest time for field journals from @rhulbiology.bsky.social practical field ecology course. Very much looking forward to reading these and learning what observations and surveys our students have completed over the summer 🐾🐞🌿🍄‍🟫🐦🐛🦔🕸🫎🔎📈📗

One of @rhulbiology.bsky.social UG students, Alice, attended @britishecologicalsociety.org summer school this year and shared these lovely phots. She befriended many like-minded ecologists, networked with people from different environmental sectors, and studied a wide range of topics & organisms

The second @rhulbiology.bsky.social talk at @ceevol.bsky.social Autumn Sympooum today is by @alexisggk.bsky.social who presented his PhD research on distribution of bumblebee parasites

Our second year students have just returned from Millport, Scotland where they participated in Marine Biology course. Read this lovely post by one of our students, Yasmina, about their experiences