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The Centre integrates world-leading expertise in environmental sciences, ecology, and plant biology around the themes of biodiversity and sustainability. Developing and building on our understanding of fundamental facts and principles, we seek solutions for a sustainable future with solid scientific foundations.
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Recent Publications
- Witwicka A, López-Osorio F, Chaudhry-Phipps H and Wurm Y (2025). A neonicotinoid pesticide causes tissue-specific gene expression changes in bumble bees. The Science of The Total Environment, Elsevier vol. 959
01-01-2025 - De Wint FC, Nicholson S, Koid QQ, Zahra S, Chestney-Claassen G, Seelan JSS, Xie J, Xing S, Fayle TM and Haelewaters D (2024). Introducing a global database of entomopathogenic fungi and their host associations. Scientific Data, Springer Nature vol. 11 (1)
21-12-2024 - Morton JA, Arnillas CA, Biedermann L, Borer ET, Brudvig LA, Buckley YM, Cadotte MW, Davies K, Donohue I, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Estrada C, Haider S, Hautier Y, Jentsch A, Martinson H, McCulley RL, Raynaud X, Roscher C, Seabloom EW, et al. (2024). Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities. PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 22 (12)
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Recent Grants
pump prime I2BC (France) QMUL (UK) photosynthetic improvementGuy Hanke and Conrad Mullineaux
£4,118 DSIT Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (06-01-2025 - 16-03-2025)
The molecular basis of viral tolerance in batsStephen Rossiter
£511,378 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (19-11-2024 - 18-11-2027)
Transforming meiofaunal molecular systematics and community ecology through nanopore-based transcriptome skimmingYannick Wurm
£79,493 NHM Natural History Museum (01-10-2024 - 30-09-2028)