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Nature paper: Phylogenetic position of Diania challenged

Over 6 months ago, the discovery of a fascinating new fossil species was reported in Nature and featured on the front cover (Liu et al., 2011). Bath Biodiversity Lab PhD student Ross Mounce re-analysed the data given by the original … Continue reading

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Macroevolution Group Descend Upon SystAss 2011

Last week (4th July-9th July) most of the Macroevolution group attended the Systematics Association Biennial Meeting 2011, which was held at Queens University, Belfast. All three PhD students (Ross Mounce, Martin Hughes & Anne O’Connor) and Dr Matt Wills presented … Continue reading

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Student Wins Santander Research Travel Grant

We are excited to announce that Bath Biodiversity Lab PhD student Ross Mounce has just been awarded a significant travel grant in excess of £1000 to fund his travel next month to São Paulo, Brazil. This money is specifically made available … Continue reading

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A Drive Towards Increased Data Sharing in Palaeontology

An Open Letter has been circulated around the palaeontological research community in recent weeks calling for more free and Open data sharing of published research data via the Internet. This campaign was spearheaded by Ross Mounce, a PhD student from … Continue reading

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Biology PhD student wins travel bursary to Hawai’i!

First year PhD student Ross Mounce has won a travel bursary to present his research at a prestigious international meeting in Hawaii next week. Ross is interested in how best to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of life. Delegates at “Hennig” … Continue reading

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