A paper we published in Functional Ecology has been featured in the BBC News. The story can be read here, and is based on our paper titled “First Light for Avian Embryos” (click the link to read the full paper).

I recently published a paper in the Careers section of the journal Science, with Dr Stephanie Pierce (Harvard University) which talks about sharing data safety. The piece, titles “Who’s Looking at your Data?”, can be found here!.

Our paper on V formation flight has been published in Nature. Check out our Ibis on the front cover of the issue (thanks to the Waldrappteam for photos and general involvement). A great News and Views was included and can be found here, and a documentary was filmed by the Nature team, and can be watched here. Lastly, here’s a link to the actual paper, Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight. You can read more about the project on the RVC website here.

Our paper published in Nature has been  featured in numerous news outlets, papers and online blogs. Some of the highlights have included New York Times, BBC and National Geographic. The whole project was a fantastic group effort between the Structure and Motion Lab and the Waldrappteam.

Our paper on the aerodynamic interactions between birds during V formation flight has been accepted for publication in Nature!  More information to follow!

I gave a talk at the SEB conference on Guillemot egg nano-structures which was picked up by quite a few media outlets, notably the BBC, NBC, National Geographic! This work has been in conjunction with James Bowen, part of the School of Chemical Engineering, at the University of Birmingham.

Excited to have joined the Outside JEB team. I will be writing 4 articles a year for the news and views section of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Our study focusing on Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) was featured on the BBC Nature News. The story was supported by fantastic photographs by Huy Lam. This work led by Lesley Alton and Craig White at the University of Queensland. The full paper can be found here.

A paper we published in Biology Letters (nearly cleared the PhD backlog!) has been covered in the Outside JEB section of The Journal for Experimental Biology. The article is here, with the full paper here.

Our study investigating why certain species of vultures are prone to collisions with wind turbines while others are seemingly not, has been featured in the news section of Nature. Our study, led by Prof Graham Martin, reveals that certain vulture species are blind to their direction of travel if they are not looking directly ahead. The study was done in collaboration with Dr Campbell Murn at The Hawk Conservancy Trust. The full study can be read here, in the journal Ibis.