Dr Mirjam Knörnschild – Bats In Translation Dr Mirjam Knörnschild and her group at the Free University Berlin study the acoustic communication and social behaviour of wild bats to understand the evolutionary interplay of social and vocal complexity, the...
Professor Joyce Van Eck – Improving Crops By Genetic Engineering And Targeted Genome Editing Located at the Boyce Thompson Institute, an independent affiliate of Cornell University, the Van Eck lab explores novel methods for major crop improvement possibilities...
Professor Nathan E. Rank | Professor Elizabeth P. Dahlhoff – Exploring Evolution By Studying Beetles Living On The Edge Professors Nathan Rank and Elizabeth Dahlhoff, along with their collaborators and students, explore the question of evolutionary responses to...
Dr Corina Vlot-Schuster – The Seeds We Sow And The Grain We Reap Much of the world’s population is dependent on just a few crops, with blight and disease an ever-present threat. Dr Corina Vlot-Schuster of the Helmholtz Centre Munich, after many years researching...
Professor Karl Forchhammer – Awakening Sleeping Bacteria Professor Karl Forchhammer and his colleagues analyse how cyanobacteria can survive and recover from long periods of starvation. They use the model strain Synechocystis PCC 6803, a non-diazotrophic,...
Professor Nita Sahai – Geochemical Beginnings: How Minerals May Have Played A Key Role In The Origins Of Life Professor Nita Sahai, of the University of Akron, studies the geochemistry underlying protocell formation and evolution, with a view to understanding...
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