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Bristol Mechanical Ecology Lab

Our research on biomechanics and ecology of plants and plant-insect interactions

Author: ulrike.bauer

Ulrike talks pitcher plants with Genetics Unzipped, the podcast of the Genetic Society

Posted on 08/11/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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!

Posted on 03/08/202203/08/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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!

Posted on 14/07/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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

Posted on 10/05/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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!

Posted on 26/04/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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

Posted on 22/03/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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

Posted on 14/03/202214/03/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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!

Posted on 09/03/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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

Posted on 24/02/202224/02/2022 by ulrike.bauer

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

Congratulations to Oona!

Posted on 07/02/2022 by ulrike.bauer

On Friday, Oona became officially the first postgraduate research student to graduate from our lab. Despite all the added difficulties… Read more Congratulations to Oona!

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