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, including detection of positive selection and selective sweeps, to uncover the genetic basis of colour pattern mimicry. Most samples are available in the host laboratory, with potential opportunities
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Marius Somveille Background Seabirds are highly mobile organisms connecting distant regions across the world’s oceans and seas. While being important contributors to marine ecosystems, seabirds are also particularly threatened by human activity. To design effective...
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to eruptive activity. These transitions pose significant challenges to hazard management (1). Physical parameters, such as the location, geometry, and size of the volcanic system, and their changes over time
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Primary Supervisor - Prof Diane Saunders Scientific background Bhutan is well-known for its extraordinarily high species richness and endemism rate. With only ~8% of Bhutan’s land being arable, wheat is a staple crop of significant importance. It is among one of the few crops cultivated at high...
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Primary Supervisor -�Dr Gabrielle Davidson BACKGROUND� Wildlife gut microbiomes are critical for host biology and health, yet are highly variable and environmentally responsive, especially in birds. There�s now a pressing need to understand how these symbionts affect development and fitness....
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Primary Supervisor: Prof Dorothee Bakker Scientific background: The Southern Ocean takes up about 10% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity, thus slowing down climate change. Investigation of the unique year-round Rothera CO2 timeseries (2010-2020) has highlighted how wintertime...
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Xiaoming Zhai Scientific background The Arctic Ocean has undergone rapid changes in recent decades, with far-reaching impacts on both the Arctic region’s environment and the global climate system. An increased intrusion of the warm, saline Atlantic Water has led to the...
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-Sokndal (BKS) layered intrusion in Southern Norway, provides ample evidence of deformation, representing the best place to study both magmatic and tectonic processes. Apart from ilmenite (Ti) deposits, BKS
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Stefan Bidula Scientific background Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a stress molecule produced by marine organisms such as phytoplankton, algae, corals, and some plants. It is broken down to the gas dimethyl sulphide (DMS) by marine bacteria, providing the...
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have recently identified a set of five anaerobic bacteria, known as the Anaerobic Bacteria Biomarker Set (ABBS), that, when present, are associated with the development of aggressive prostate cancer [1