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SEEN 4.8 Website of the week
There is a very good series currently on BBC4 â Secrets of Bones. This is the seriesâ 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 Southamptonâs Biological Sciences, Ocean & earth sciences and Environmental Sciences programmes worked as ecological researchers, collecting data for collaborative projects with two local partners: […]
Posted in Southampton News
SEEN 4.6
From staff contributor of the week, Lex, he says âEspecially relevant to students on BIOL1004, but hopefully of interest to anyoneâ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25944817 Â Evolution and complexity http://nautil.us/issue/9/time/evolution-youre-drunk Parasites very rarely change their hostsâ 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 â 4:30PM 19th FEB 3PM â 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!) – Â 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 âInside Natureâs giantsâ at the Winchester science festival. I approached him, on BioSocâs behalf, to give a talk and he agreed! Here is some more information from BioSocâs Biology/Zoology education rep, Sophie Watts: âBioSoc is very proud to announce that Simon Watt from ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ will be […]
Posted in Southampton News
SEEN 4.5 – Placements
2nd years â the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trustâs 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 â101 East: return of the lizard kingâ which he says gives âa very real picture of whatâs going on at ground level in Madagascarâ (thank you Rob!) Â 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 […]
Posted in In the news