Author Archives: Judith Lock

SEEN 4.8 Website of the week

There is a very good series currently on BBC4 – Secrets of Bones. This is the series’ website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrtkp The frog at the end of the 1st episode is courtesy of the one and only Rob Gandola

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SEEN 4.6 Southampton News

Biodiversity seminar You are invited to attend the 5th annual Biodiversity monitoring projects seminar on Wednesday 12th February at 2pm in 35/1001. In Summer 2013 recent graduates from the University of Southampton’s Biological Sciences, Ocean & earth sciences and Environmental Sciences programmes worked as ecological researchers, collecting data for collaborative projects with two local partners: […]

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SEEN 4.6

From staff contributor of the week, Lex, he says “Especially relevant to students on BIOL1004, but hopefully of interest to anyone” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25944817   Evolution and complexity http://nautil.us/issue/9/time/evolution-youre-drunk   Parasites very rarely change their hosts’ sexual behaviours http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/01/why-sexual-mind-control-rare-nature   Moles swimming through couscous (this is real research) http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002665100/creaturecast-swimming-with-cilia.html (sorry, there is an advert first)   Alpine […]

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SEEN 4.6 Employability

Rich Carruthers from Career Destinations is now offering 15 minute 1-2-1 appointments. You need to book your appointment in advance at the Career Destinations reception either in person of over the phone (023 8059 3501). Dates and times on offer are: 7th FEB 2PM-4PM 13th FEB 2:30PM – 4:30PM 19th FEB 3PM – 5PM 5th […]

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SEEN 4.6 Placement

PV Ecology are offering 4-5 week work placements between July and September around Romsey. Duties will involve assisting the existing ecology team with a range of field-based and office-based surveys and research including: protected species surveys; phase 1 habitat assessments; professional report writing; habitat map production. Please contact me for more details, or send me […]

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SEEN 4.6 Species of the week

Lumpsucker fish http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2014/01/27/lumpsucker-fish-just-when-you-thought-the-ocean-couldnt-get-more-lumpy-and-adhesive/

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SEEN 4.6 – Website of the week

Tiny Farms (suggested by Becks Spake, thank you Becks!) –  If you are following the entomophagy movement and interested in growing your own bugs then keep your eye on Tiny Farms, a DIY open-source bug farming kit that hopes to be commercially available in early 2014: http://www.tiny-farms.com/

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SEEN 4.5 Southampton News

In July I met Simon Watt from “Inside Nature’s giants” at the Winchester science festival. I approached him, on BioSoc’s behalf, to give a talk and he agreed! Here is some more information from BioSoc’s Biology/Zoology education rep, Sophie Watts: “BioSoc is very proud to announce that Simon Watt from ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ will be […]

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SEEN 4.5 – Placements

2nd years – the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s sandwich placements are now open for applications. Several of you have previously as me about these placements. There are 9 placement opportunities in 6 departments: Geographical Information Science (GIS) and Predation Research (2 placements) Farmland Ecology Unit (FEU) (2 placements) Lowland Game & Wildlife Research (LGR) […]

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SEEN 4.5

Rob Gandola sent in a link to a youtube film “101 East: return of the lizard king” which he says gives “a very real picture of what’s going on at ground level in Madagascar” (thank you Rob!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo7O2DhUH8A   Another film from Lex Kraaijeveld, very funny (thank you Lex)! http://www.edisproduction.de/2013/10/02/what-if-animals-were-round/   Zoe Harris has found […]

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