Congratulations to Dr Alison Irwin @AllyIrwin4 for winning the Annual Award for best initial contribution to malacology. Awarded by the Malacological Societyof London @MalacSoc 🎉 #NHM_Science#NHM_Students
Amazing footage of the extremely rare Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) filmed 651m (2135 ft) beneath the waves near the Phoenix Islands Archipelago.
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Molecular Phylogenetics course for postgrad/postdoc level 6-10 March (or 20-24 March online) run by @STWilliams_NHM & @NHM_Science colleagues with @NERCscience funding - it's free! Apply by 9 January https://t.co/j3LF0ORiaO
Why do some species evolve conspicuous coloration as a warning signal whereas other evolve this coloration as a sexual signal?
Turns out that ancestral diel activity can help explain this pattern.
https://t.co/5NN6sHPUEY
Delighted to report that @AllyIrwin4 successfully defended her PhD on conch snail vision, systematics, biogeography and evolution! You can tell it was good news by the wonderful strombid hat from @Hugh_Carter_ ! @NHM_Science @NHM_Students
Huge congrats to @hamishgspencer & my @Zoology_Otago PhD student Kerry Walton (not on Twitter) on the publication of his 1st PhD paper on #ancientDNA from #mollusc shells in @molecology resources 🐚🧬https://t.co/zsqkTt5G2O 1/8
Yesterday was a historic day in plant biotech: a purple tomato engineered with high antioxidants was approved by @USDA@BigPurpleTomato helps prevent cardiovascular disease and fight cancer in humans.
This approval under new regulation ushers in a new era for plant synbio!
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So pleased to announce that Ally's second paper from her thesis has been published! @AllyIrwin4@NHM_Science@NHM_Students
https ://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/225/16/jeb243927/276440/The-marine-gastropod-Conomurex-luhuanus-Strombidae#.YwjPA50yHjo.twitter