One Thing For Nature
Prof Yvonne Buckley on what we can do for nature in Ireland.
Contributors
The EcoEvo Blog is written by members of the Botany and Zoology Departments of the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. Below are the current contributors to the blog, including PhD students, professors, and more. Clicking on a photo will take you to that contributor’s posts, so you can keep up to date with …
The 2018 EcoEvo Hall of Fame
As we launch into another year of research, we thought it would be interesting to look back on some of the work that came out in 2018, so we asked the School of Natural Sciences what papers they would like to induct into our second annual Hall of Fame. Read on for the papers we …
Donuts with a Doctor – musings on mentoring
Who doesn’t like donuts? Sugary and crispy on the outside, doughy and satisfying on the inside. And it turns out that eating a donut provides the perfect opportunity for some academic mentoring. The recent Ecology and Evolution Ireland conference put on a “Donuts with a Doctor” mentoring session that brought donut lovers together to exchange …
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Trinity Descends on Galway
My first trip to Galway was eventful. A large delegation from TCD descended on Galway for the Irish Ecological Association’s ecology and evolution conference. Several PhD students, postdocs and professors from Trinity spoke about their research in short talks of either 5 or 10 minutes.
Science Communication Opportunities
Today’s post features Mo’s Guide to SciComm in Ireland, written by Maureen Williams based on her four years of PhD research and outreach. These are great opportunities for any Dublin-based PhD students, but check them out even if that’s not you. There’s definitely something you can learn from these events, whether as a participant or …
Closing the Gap Between Diversity Talk and Diversity Actions
Every day we hear about gender and diversity in science. #WomenInScience tags receive hundreds of tweets and virtual pats-on-the-back. Some might argue that it has become fashionable to talk about women in science. But does all this talk reflect the experience of being part of an under-represented group in science?
Eco Evo’s 2nd Annual Photography Competition
Photos have been submitted, votes have been cast, and we are now ready to announce the winner of the Eco Evo Photo Competition! Read on to view the whole gallery of entered photos, with the winner at the end. It was brilliant to receive so many great entries, on such varied subjects. This gallery is …
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Kingfisher Evolution in the Wallacea Region
Studying diversification in the Todiramphus kingfishers of Sulawesi often brought to mind the adage, ‘what is rare is beautiful’. Though I certainly also learned that rare beauties can be incredibly frustrating! While I could be guaranteed to catch my other main study taxa, Zosterops white-eyes, by the dozen in the right habitat, Collared Kingfishers (Todiramphus …
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Exploring the One Health Initiative in the Irish context
Last week, the Zoology department hosted the first Irish One Health workshop, welcoming speakers and attendees from a range of disciplines. This gathering provided an opportunity to discuss the One Health initiative, which aims to solve world health problems through transdisciplinary collaboration, through a series of short presentations discussing various aspects of global health, and …
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