@ReadingBioSci

The @UniofReading is a leading institution for Biological Sciences, providing excellent degree programmes, and is an exciting, friendly place to study.

 Reading, UK
Joined October 2010
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We are excited to share the keynote speakers for our 2025 Student Forum. Join us at @UniofReading on 31 March – 01 April and hear from @DaveGoulson, @frankendodo & @hatbirder. Registration & abstract submission open 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/event/student… #SF25 @ReadingBioSci @UniRdg_Ento
Announcement for the three keynote speakers - Dave Goulson, Franziska Kohlt and Chris Foster - at the 2025 Student Forum, held on 31 March – 1 April at University of Reading

ALT Announcement for the three keynote speakers - Dave Goulson, Franziska Kohlt and Chris Foster - at the 2025 Student Forum, held on 31 March – 1 April at University of Reading

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We are @TheTimes Sustainable University of the Year 2025! And to celebrate, over the next 2 weeks we'll highlight how our #sustainability research is effecting change - from a cleaner, greener campus, to making a difference in the wider world💚 🔗rdg.ac/4daSxXr
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Our @UniofReading Community Festival is BACK and we need YOU 🫵 If you're a Researcher at Reading and want to share your fascinating and engaging research with the Reading community, then apply now at: rdg.ac/425ATTb Deadline for applications is Sunday 9 February. 📅
A boy looking through a microscope standing next to a woman at the University of Reading Community Festival. There are people of all ages in the background.

ALT A boy looking through a microscope standing next to a woman at the University of Reading Community Festival. There are people of all ages in the background.

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Second week as a lecturer at @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci The most striking aspect of my new surroundings is the @ColeZoology museum downstairs. Interested in evolution and all things life science - come and visit us.
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Practical conservation enhances reptile diversity🐍 @ReadingBioSci researchers have discovered that purpose-built 'basking banks' can boost local reptile populations, in a study that will address shortages in evidence-based UK reptile conservation. rdg.ac/3WbG2Fw
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Seeing everyone so happy at our Winter Graduations and sharing their special day with friends, family and loved ones really puts a smile on our faces. Here are just some of the highlights of this week's celebrations.🎓 #UoRGraduation
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New PhD funding for 2025! 10 PhD projects advertised @UniofReading related to AI & biodiversity. AI-INTERVENE is training a new generation of AI-empowered data scientists. Apply now for a funded #PhD 👉 findaphd.com/phds/ai-interve… #AI #Ecology #biodiversity #BiodiversityConservation
AI-INTERVENE logo consisting of a tree-like graphic with the right-hand side resembling a circuit board and the left-hand side resembling a more traditional tree

ALT AI-INTERVENE logo consisting of a tree-like graphic with the right-hand side resembling a circuit board and the left-hand side resembling a more traditional tree

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Introducing the @BBC #Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2024 👏 @ReadingBioSci student, Ramandeep Nijjar has been named #Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2024 for her commitment to wildlife and inspiring young people to speak up for nature. rdg.ac/41rSTHa
Adam Henson and Ramandeep Nijja

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We're buzzing from seeing @ReadingBioSci's Ramandeep Nijjar on Countryfile as one of the Young Countryside Champion finalists. Ramandeep was BRILLIANT, campus looked 😍and the heron at Whiteknights Lake really needs its own show. Watch now on @BBCiPlayer rdg.ac/3OzaepJ
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Congratulations to Zoology student, Ramandeep Nijjar, who appeared on @BBCOne's #Countryfile as one of three shortlisted finalist in the Young Countryside Champion category of the the #BBC's Food and Farming awards. Tune in to Country File on Sun 8 December for the final!
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This 🌲National Tree Week🌳, discover how our Tree Species Guide (produced in partnership with @Forest_Research) is helping UK farmers plant the right trees in the right place: rdg.ac/497ksXP
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🚨Our newest paper on human brain evolution 🧠 ✅ This study reveals that brain expansion in hominins was primarily driven by within-species dynamics, with an accelerating trend in recent lineages! ⁦@oxford_anthro⁩ ⁦@ReadingBioSci⁩ pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…

Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization | PNAS

The fact that rapid brain size increase was clearly a key aspect of human evolution has prompted many studies focusing on this phenomenon, and many...

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While commonly associated with arid deserts, #cacti also thrive in tropical rainforests and high-altitude regions. Here @Jamie_T42 from @ReadingBioSci explores 6 interesting facts about these iconic spiky plants. rdg.ac/4fUckMx

Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders -...

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Some of the carded Chrysomelid beetles we have in the ITALIC collection at the University of Reading. @ReadingBioSci
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New piece in The Conversation about everyone's favourite spiky plant family 🏜️ @ConversationUK @ReadingBioSci @CactusSucculent theconversation.com/cacti-ar…

Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders

Cacti are more complex and mysterious than you might realise.

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Did you catch yesterday's sunset? 🤩 What a gorgeous end to a wonderful day at Reading. Share your photos of campus with us! 📸
A pink sky at sunset over the University of Reading campus

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The Cole Museum of Zoology is a fantastic comparative zoology teaching collection. It’s over 100 years old but is still used weekly in zoology teaching @ReadingBioSci to educate and enthuse students. It’s run with a student volunteer group. A day late for #yourmuseum #museum30
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Open Days may be over, but don't dismay🌟 Enhanced campus tours are coming on 29 - 31 Oct (inc meeting subject staff and accommodation viewing), along with 'taster days' for subjects including Psychology, Econ and Architecture! Reserve your spot FAST: rdg.ac/3RejrWW
The view from a window overlooking gorgeous autumnal trees and, in the distance, the Library

ALT The view from a window overlooking gorgeous autumnal trees and, in the distance, the Library

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There's s no time to wait! As @COP16Oficial hears global wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% since 1970, @Tom_H_Oliver warns: “We are already locked in for significant damage, and we’re heading in a direction that will see more" rdg.ac/4hjbydJ 🌎 #COP16Colombia
Whiteknights lake in summer, with lots of green plants and trees making way for a bridge in the distance.

ALT Whiteknights lake in summer, with lots of green plants and trees making way for a bridge in the distance.

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In Cali, Colombia, governments will meet for the UN's Biodiversity Conference #COP16. Scientists and experts including @Tom_H_Oliver warns that humanity stands on a precipice of biodiversity loss, and that decisive action is needed now. rdg.ac/3UeyjFO

Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity...

As the Cop16 conference begins, scientists and academics say human activity has pushed the world into a danger zone

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