First comment: Misunderstood Microbes A great piece of writing! Engaging and informative, while covering all the points stated by Dr Yu. I definitely agree with you, microbes and bacteria are an essential part of any ecosystem (be it terrestrial, marine,freshwater or even ourselves). I mean, what would we do without our mitochondria, or plants without […]
Today we had a very interesting session, quite different from all the other seminars. Five Bangor University alumni were invited to talk a bit about their careers and to give us a taste of what we could do after we finish this chapter in our lives. Ross Piper was the first one on the list. […]
I recently attended a very interesting talk by Adrian Lloyd Jones, a co-ordinator for the Welsh Beaver Project, regarding the idea of reintroducing beavers into Wales. As part of one of my modules, I had a few lectures on this particular topic, so this was a very good opportunity to get a better insight into […]
First comment: Are you aware of the Pine Martens’ plight? A very well written and structured article. I agree with both the writer and the previous commentators in the sense that pine martens are in their current dire situation due to various anthropogenic actions (mass cutting of woodland, poaching, persecuting). I also believe that it is […]
Last week I attended a very interesting seminar led by David Bavin, a Bangor University alumnus and also a project officer from the Vincent Wildlife Trust, who is currently working on the conservation and potential reintroduction of pine martens in Wales. As it turns out, the VWT has been an active participant of the conservation […]
When I first heard of this term, I was not sure what to expect from this assignment. As someone who never went to an Assessment Center before, I was very interested in how it would turn out. The chance to practice mock interviews was the best part of the whole assignment, because no amount of […]
First comment: First Seminar! I really enjoyed reading your post, it hides a lot of enthusiasm behind it. It was well structured and very easy to read. I do agree with you, the technological advances that have been made in the past four decades are astounding. Needles to say that without them many studies (including […]
During this seminar, Professor George Turner described the evolutionary process of adaptive radiation by using a well-known example, the cichlid fish (similar to Darwin’s finches). He used population genomics to study different cichlid communities within several large African lakes: Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria (on the right you have a satellite image of Lake Malawi, the […]
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