Biological Sciences

Dr Andy Bailey, Molecular genetic studies on fungi, including edible mushrooms, pathogens of plants and insects, or pathways for secondary metabolite production.

Professor Mark Beaumont, Statistical aspects of population genetics and conservation genetics.

Dr Jon Bridle, Evolutionary biology using ecological, quantitative genetic, and molecular techniques to test adaptive responses to environmental change in natural populations.

Professor Innes Cuthill, Behavioural and sensory ecology, particularly of birds but also other taxa.

Dr Anthony Dodd, Circadian rhythms and signal transduction; investigating at a molecular level how these mechanisms affect plant performance.

Professor Keith Edwards, Development and use of new molecular tools to pinpoint the function of key genes in plants.

Professor Gary Foster, Molecular plant pathology, including plant viruses and development of transgenic resistance, as well as fungal biotechnology, including mushroom science and drug discovery.

Dr Kerry Franklin, Light and temperature signalling in plant development; signal crosstalk in plant environmental adaptation.

Professor Nigel Franks, Ant biology; organisation of ant colonies; fault-tolerance and self-repair; collective decision-making; the role of ants in ecosystems.

Dr Martin Genner, Behaviour, ecology and evolution of fishes, including ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change.

Professor Wendy Gibson, Molecular analysis of genetics and evolution of trypanosomes; tsetse-trypanosome interactions.

Dr Luca Giuggioli, Mathematical models of animal movement and interaction; territoriality and home ranges; collective animal behaviour; stochastic search; movement ecology.

Professor Claire Grierson, The development and function of plant roots, including interdisciplinary approaches to root biology.

Professor Stephen Harris, Ecology and behaviour of mammals in Britain and elsewhere, particularly Africa, conservation of endangered species and ecosystem management.

Dr Erica Hendy, Global-scale responses of coral reefs; environmental change; micronscale probing of coral calcification using novel isotopic tracers.

Professor Alistair Hetherington, Signal transduction pathways responsible for coupling the perception of environmental signals, such as drought, carbon dioxide and light to alterations in stomatal aperture and stomatal development.

Professor Simon Hiscock, Plant population genetics, evolutionary genomics, and reproductive biology.

Dr Marc Holderied, Mammalian sensory ethology - how animals acquire, control and utilize information contained in sound signals in natural habitats.

Professor Alasdair Houston, Theoretical work in behavioural ecology including rationality; learning; energy storage; parental care and mating systems; avian migration.

Professor Gareth Jones, Ecology and echolocation behaviour of bats - bioacoustics, conservation biology and molecular ecology.

Dr Colin Lazarus, Plant and fungal molecular biology and biotechnology; fatty acid and polyketide metabolism in plants and filamentous fungi.

Professor Jane Memmott, Food webs, invasion ecology, agroecology, pollination biology, urban ecology, restoration ecology and ecosystem services.

Dr Eric Morgan, The diagnosis, epidemiology and control of parasites of veterinary importance (especially helminths), and the dynamics of wildlife disease.

Professor Julian Partridge, Vision in animals with relation to their physiology, behaviour and habitat (Ecology of Vision).

Dr Davide Pisani, Phylogenomics - the use

Dr Andy Radford, Social interactions, vocal communication, decision-making and behavourial stress in vertebrates; impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine and terrestrial species.

Dr Sean Rands, Behavioural and evolutionary

Professor Daniel Robert, Sensory Ecology, biomechanics and evolution of audition in insects - auditory-guided behaviour and psychophysics of auditory space perception.

Dr Nicholas Roberts, Understanding the detection of light and colour in nature, including investigating visual abilities such as polarisation vision, colour vision and deep-sea vision.

Dr Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo, Phylogenomic studies; relaxed molecular clock and trait evolution of cyanobacteria; biogeochemical cycles; co-evolution of life and the biosphere.

Dr Steve Soffe, Neurobiology and behavioural responses to stimuli, using amphibian embryos.

Dr Seirian Sumner, Ecology and evolution of social behaviour, including understanding plasticity in behaviour; origins of eusociality; behavioural genomics; phenotypic plasticity.

Professor Mark Viney, Integration of molecular events in nematode development with population level patterns and processes.

Dr Jakob Vinther, Macroevolution, molecular paleobiology; early evolution of invertebrates, palaeocolor and the reconstruction of original colour patterns in extinct mammals and birds.

Professor Richard Wall, The ecology and epidemiology of arthropod ectoparasites of medical and veterinary importance; the ecology of insect decomposer.

Dr Heather Whitney, Plant-insect intercations, plant adaptation to biotic and abiotic factors by modification of the plant surface and insect behaviour.

Dr Marian Yallop, Ecophysiological responses in algae and bacteria in lakes and reservoirs; agricultural impacts of stressors on primary producers in aquatic ecosystems; polar biology; impacts of ocean acidification on shallow benthic ecosystems.