Three NEW JOBS in the School of Biological Sciences
/We have three new positions available in the department - we are seeking to appoint three new academics at a level of either lecturer / senior lecturer or associate professor. For more details
NEW PAPER!
/New paper out from the lab today -
Separate polarisation and brightness channels give crabs the edge over predators
A study from the lab discovering how fiddler crabs are sensitive to the polarisation of light and how they process intensity and polarisation in parallel to give them the edge when it comes to spotting potential threats.
PRESS RELEASE - https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/august/fiddler-crabs-polarisation.html
Link to the paper - https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaax3572
The fiddler crab Afruca tangeri. Image - Kate Feller, University of Minnesota
Bio-inspired Navigation
/We’ve got a new paper out today showing how we can learn from nature - Bio-inspired orientation using the polarization pattern in the sky based on artificial neural networks
https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-27-10-13681
Why do Zebra's have stripes?
/A great new paper from Martin and Tim Caro on why Zebras have stripes.
Caro, T., Argueta Y., Briolat, E.S., Bruggink, J., Kasprowsky, M., Lake, J., Mitchell, M.J., Richardson, S., and How, M. 2019 Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses PLoS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210831
See some of the press coverage as well
Ed Yong’s article in the Atlantic
And a piece on the UCDavis website