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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Good way to start work on a Friday morning 🌞 One of the many benefits of working with #Littorina in North Wales at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

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Molecular Ecology & Evolution at Bangor @meebangor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This starter pack will help you easily follow MEEB Principal Investigators as they share their research on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/H71FwYR

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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...

Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki). Photo credit: Brian Gratwicke

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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social conference is in full swing! With great representation from our research group. MRes student Keya did a great job presenting her research so far, with lots more to come! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

Masters student Keya presenting a slide on her project predictions (that genetic admixture in an invasive lizard population will be linked to thermal performance traits) at the Bangor University college of science/engineering postgraduate conference

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I am very happy to share that I will be exploring herbivory and native insect adaptation to the invasive Rhododendron ponticum across North Wales with funding from an ARIA seed grant! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

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Lauren Evans @laurenevans217.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Thrilled to say the first chapter of my PhD is out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We used buccal swabbing & DNA metabarcoding to explore the diet of Fulmars & Manx shearwaters 🧬🐧 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding

Determining the diet of wide-ranging, pelagic seabirds is challenging. In this study, we investigated buccal swabbing and DNA metabarcoding to describe the diet of Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus....

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Lucas Le Brun @microbiolucas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I really enjoyed presenting some of my PhD results, learning from the different panels, and talking with everyone at #MMEG2025 🧪🦠🧬 Thanks to everyone involved in the organisation and see you next year in Sheffield for MMEG2026!

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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’m visiting my friend and collaborator Dr Syuan-Jyun Sun at National Taiwan University in Taipei at the moment. He has built a wonderful supportive lab here and it is brilliant to see. Cool science already done and much more to come @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

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Anna Wood @anna-wood.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Happy #BiodiversityDay! Check out the cool forest biodiversity work we are doing at the SUPERB Project! Metabarcoding of about 1,600 malaise and 1600 soil samples from forest sites in Spain, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Romania and Serbia. forest-restoration.eu/biodiversity...

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Biodiversity Blending at Bangor - SUPERB

Article by Anna Wood and Simon Creer

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Si Creer @profsicreer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Echoing thanks to @royalsociety.org and @ukdnawg.bsky.social for hosting a great 2 days of broadening horizon talks, integrating more disciplines, countries and synergies into the #UKDNAWG25. Looking forwards to more @meebangor.bsky.social contributions to #eDNA research!

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PGR Research: College of Science & Engineering (Bangor Uni) @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

And the winner of best Y3 talk from Day 3 of the conference is : Sourish Kuttalam from SENS (Genomic insights into the population structure of India’s “Big Four” medically important snake species). Congrats!

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Lucas Le Brun @microbiolucas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

First PhD sampling completed! I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University) Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.

Picture of a bare fallow plot covered with a black fabric to prevent the growth of plants

Picture of me removing dry grass that flew in a bare fallow plot when I opened it to do the sampling

Picture of a 10 cm soil core with some interesting colour variation depending on depth

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Alex Papadopulos @metallophyte.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Photographic evidence that it has also colonised a galaxy far, far away...Silene uniflora growing on Luke Skywalker's island retreat (aka Skellig Michael)!

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phyloevolution.bsky.social @phyloevolution.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🗞️📜Fresh from the press! Our new paper shows that the Cape Verde date palm actually evolved from the date palm crop🧬 with interesting implications for conservation and breeding of drought resistant varieties 🌴🏝️ Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Genomics and morphometry of herbarium specimens elucidate the origin of the Cape Verde date palm (Phoenix atlantica A.Chev.) and highlight its agronomic potential

As climate change accelerates, breeding resilient crops is urgent. The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a crucial 18 billion USD fruit crop, underpins North African and West Asian oasis agroecosys...

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Alex Papadopulos @metallophyte.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org

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