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Research output
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Allatostatin-C signaling in the crab, Carcinus maenas is implicated in the ecdysis programme
Hoppes, J., Wilcockson, D. & Webster, S. G., 17 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 14 p., jeb249929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antimicrobial Peptides in Nematode Secretions: Unveiling Biotechnological Opportunities for Therapeutics and Beyond
Sutcliffe, E., Irvine, A., Rooney, J., Smith, D., Northcote, H. M., Mckenzie, D., Bakshi, S., Nisbet, A., Price, D., Graham, R., Morphew, R. M., Atkinson, L., Mousley, A. & Cantacessi, C., 31 Aug 2025, In: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. 81, 15 p., 108572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Characterisation of components of an extract of hemp and preliminary assessment of anti-inflammatory activity in an ex vivo model of bovine endometritis
Shah, I. P., Allen, N., Wonfor, R., Al-Fadhli, A., Forde-Thomas, J., Giles, J., Walton, R., Threadgill, M. D. & Nash, D. M., 31 May 2025, In: South African Journal of Botany . 180, p. 254-264 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chemical Diversity of UK-Grown Tea Explored Using Metabolomics and Machine Learning
Lloyd, A. J., Warren-Walker, A., Finch, J., Harper, J., Bennet, K., Watson, A., Lyons, L., Martinez Martin, P., Wilson, T. & Beckmann, M., 15 Jan 2025, In: Metabolites. 15, 1, 16 p., 52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detoxome Capacity of the Adult Rumen Fluke Calicophoron daubneyi Extends into Its Secreted Extracellular Vesicles
Allen, N., Huson, K. M., Prchal, L., Robinson, M. W., Brophy, P. & Morphew, R. M., 19 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Proteome Research. 24, 2, p. 624-638 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flavonoids from sour jujube leaves: Ultrasound-assisted extraction, UPLC-QQQ-MS/MS quantification, and ameliorative effect on DSS-induced ulcerative colitis in mice
Wei, H., Wang, X., Wang, J., Ren, S., Mur, L. A. J., Lu, D. & Cao, D., 31 Mar 2025, In: Ultrasonics sonochemistry. 114, 11 p., 107279.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Green tea with rhubarb root reduces plasma lipids while preserving gut microbial stability in a healthy human cohort
Lloyd, A., Martinez Martin, P., Warren, A., Hitchings, M., Moron-Garcia, O., Watson, A., Villarreal-Ramos, B., Lyons, L., Wilson, T., Allison, G. & Beckmann, M., 19 Feb 2025, In: Metabolomics. 15, 2, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Handling intra-class imbalance in part-segmentation of different wheat cultivars
Reena, Doonan, J. H., Williams, K., Corke, F. M. K., Zhang, H. & Liu, Y., 31 Mar 2025, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 230, 17 p., 109826.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insect visual perception and pest control: Opportunities and challenges
Santer, R. & Allen, W., 01 Apr 2025, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 68, 6 p., 101331.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Key Performance Indicators as Predictors of Enterprise Gross Margin in English and Welsh Suckler Beef and Sheep Farms
Lloyd, N., Williams, M. & Williams, H. W., 28 Feb 2025, In: Agriculture. 15, 3, 10 p., 249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Myxobacteria from soil can substantially reduce the bacterial load in a wound infection model
Arakal, B. S., Rowlands, R. S., Maddocks, S. E., Whitworth, D. E., James, P. E. & Livingstone, P. G., 14 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 136, 1, 10 p., lxae315.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Student theses
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3D Object Modelling and Its Application for Trait Measurement of Plants
Ghahremani Boozandani, M. (Author), Tiddeman, B. (Supervisor) & Doonan, J. (Supervisor), 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Accessing and Dissecting Useful Genetic Variations for Iron and Zinc Content in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Using Genome Wide Association Studies
Manwaring, H. R. (Author), Yadav, R. (Supervisor), Hegarty, M. (Supervisor), Winters, A. (Supervisor) & Bligh, F. (Supervisor), 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A comparative study of agriculture and rural conservation policies in the U.K. and France
Dwyer, J. (Author), Bateman, D. (Supervisor), 1991Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A Comparison of Ovarian Function in Juvenile and Adult Ewes Using In Vitro Culture and Proteomics
Younes, M. A. (Author), Beck, N. (Supervisor) & Rose, M. (Supervisor), 14 Nov 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Analysis and Quantification of Dust in Antarctic Snow: A Case Study from Princess Elizabeth Land and Dronning Maud Land
Dayal, A. (Author), Meloth, T. (Supervisor) & K., M. (Supervisor), 2012Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science
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Analysis of quadrupliex DNA structures in Schistosoma mansoni and their potential as therapetic targets
Craven, H. (Author), Hoffmann, K. (Supervisor) & Swain, M. (Supervisor), 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Analysis of the genetic and environmental factors affecting grain quality in oats (Avena sativa)
Martinez-Martin, M. (Author), Howarth, C. (Supervisor), 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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An Exploration of Substitutes' Experiences in Football
Woods, B. (Author), Doust, J. H. (Supervisor) & Hudson, J. (Supervisor), 10 Mar 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A pilot study to examine the affect of acute exercise on neutrophil function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jenkins, A. R. (Author), Thatcher, R. (Supervisor), 2015Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy
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Application of Molecular Techniques to Overcome challenges of Ruminant Nutrition in the Tropics
Muchira, S. P. G. (Author), Kingston-Smith, A. (Supervisor), 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Applying genetic approaches to understand the ecology of conifer wood-boring and bark-feeding beetles in the United Kingdom
de Becquevort, S. (Author), Shaw, P. (Supervisor), McKeown, N. (Supervisor) & Dennis, P. (Supervisor), 2022Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Datasets
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Using Computer Vision to estimate Sphagnum colony density in the field
Van De Koot, W., van Vliet, L., Nobre Nibau, C. & Doonan, J., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 16 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.20391/9ba4df8f-2d28-4bce-b9b8-ec6368b636e0
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Data for seascape genomics of Steromphala umbilicalis and Nucella lapillus
Prentice, M., Ironside, J. & Sauze, C., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 21 Mar 2022
DOI: 10.20391/72b642b1-fa78-4568-832d-5e024315b9ae
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Data for: Aquaculture populations of a non-native marine tunicate exhibit higher genetic diversity and more invasive traits than marina populations
Prentice, M., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 15 May 2020
DOI: 10.20391/049bdaa6-8ecd-4275-8f2a-f91e834837b3
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µCT imaging raw data and data analysis of small grain cereals and their wild relatives
Nobre Nibau, C., Hughes, A., Doonan, J., Corke, F. & Askew, K. L., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 08 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.20391/d25bda3e-8725-485c-a4e8-fa61f0096eaa
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DeepPod: A convolutional Neural Network Based Quantification of Fruit Number in Arabidopsis
Garzon Martinez, G. A., Lu, C., Doonan, J., Hamidinekoo, A., Ghahremani Boozandani, M. & Corke, F., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 05 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.20391/21154739-f718-457b-96ff-838408f2b696
Dataset
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Amundsen Sea seal-tag CTD data (2014, 2019, 2020)
Savidge, E., Snow, T., Siegfried, M. R., Zheng, Y., Villas Bôas, A. B., Bortolotto, G., Boehme, L. & Alley, K. E., Zenodo, 02 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7696898, https://www.meop.net/database/meop-databases
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Miscanthus sinensis germination images
Awty-Carroll, D., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 10 Nov 2017
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Miscanthus sinensis direct sown seed phenotyping data.
Awty-Carroll, D., Ashman, C. R., Robson, P., Mos, M. & Clifton-Brown, J., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 08 Jun 2018
Dataset
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Lolium perenne BAC-end sequences
Armstead, I., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 18 Jun 2018
DOI: 10.20391/61921116-ddd0-4d85-b0fd-e0d734bc63c8
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UAV imagery over K-sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet on 8 August 2014
Ryan, J., Hubbard, A., Stibal, M., Irvine-Fynn, T., Cook, J., Smith, L. C., Cameron, K. & Box, J., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 14 Mar 2018
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Trifolium repens isolate TrPPO2 polyphenol oxidase (PPO) gene, partial cds
Webb, K., Cookson, A., Allison, G., Sullivan, M. L. & Winters, A., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 25 Feb 2013
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC684557.1
Dataset
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eDNA of grasslands at Emsworthy Moor
Griffith, G. (PI)
01 Apr 2025 → 31 Mar 2026
Project: Externally funded research
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MoA 13400A-01: 2-month Extension
Hoffmann, K. (PI)
01 Apr 2025 → 31 May 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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A Novel, Real-Time Tuberculosis Detector for Animals and Humans
Copner, N. (PI), Finlayson, C. (CoI), Gibson, A. (CoI) & Hewinson, G. (CoI)
01 Feb 2025 → 31 Jan 2027
Project: Externally funded research
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Grassland fungal populations at Duffryn House
Griffith, G. (PI)
01 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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Glastiroedd Gwydn-Grassland soil eDNa analysis
Griffith, G. (PI)
01 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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eDNA of grassland fungi at Countisbury Common
Griffith, G. (PI)
01 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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Assessing urinary metabolomes and proteomes for prognostic and predictive biomarkers of prostate cancer
Mur, L. (PI)
01 Dec 2024 → 30 Nov 2027
Project: Externally funded research
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International Centre of Excellence for Alternative Proteins and Future Foods
Bryant, D. (PI)
30 Nov 2024 → 29 Nov 2026
Project: Externally funded research
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INNOSEA: INNOvative Seaweed Extraction & Application
Adams, J. (PI) & Lloyd, A. (CoI)
01 Oct 2024 → 30 Sept 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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Reformulation and development of multi-component food-items for healthy and sustainable eating behaviours
Lloyd, A. (PI)
01 Oct 2024 → 30 Sept 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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Forest Lab: Observing and understanding oak health-DEFRA
Finch, J. (PI)
United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
01 Sept 2024 → 31 Mar 2027
Project: Externally funded research
Equipment
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3D camera [R29]
Darby, R. (Manager)
Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS)Facility/equipment: Equipment
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Amino acid analyser [VWR LA8080]
Darby, R. (Manager)
Department of Life SciencesFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Anaerobic Workstation [A35]
Darby, R. (Manager)
Department of Life SciencesFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Analytical Chemistry
Darby, R. (Manager)
Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS)Facility/equipment: Facility
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Analytical Liquid Chromatography system [Summit]
Darby, R. (Manager)
Department of Life SciencesFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Impacts
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AberChianti- added to UK Recommended List in 2012
Marshall, A. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberChoice England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2008/2009
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberChoice Northern Ireland Recommended List Entry 2009
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberChoice Republic of Ireland Recommended List Entry 2012
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberChoice Scotland Recommended List Entry 2009
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberClaret- added to England and Wales Recommended List in 2010 and also on the Scottish List
Marshall, A. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberClyde England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2012/2013
Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberGain England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2011/2012
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberGreen England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2011/2012
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberPlentiful England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2012/2013
Lovatt, A. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
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AberSweet England and Wales Recommended List Entry 2009/2010
Wilkins, P. W. (Researcher), Hayes, R. (Researcher), Lovatt, A. (Researcher) & Thomas, G. (Researcher)
Impact: Economy, commerce and organisations
Press/Media
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Research from Aberystwyth University Yields New Findings on Metabolite Research (Green Tea with Rhubarb Root Reduces Plasma Lipids While Preserving Gut Microbial Stability in a Healthy Human Cohort)
Beckmann, M., Allison, G., Lloyd, A., Wilson, T., Watson, A., Villarreal-Ramos, B., Lyons, L. & Martinez Martin, P.
12 Mar 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Researchers to use touch screens to test whether horses suffer from depression
26 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Aberystwyth University Researchers Update Knowledge of Livestock (Key Performance Indicators as Predictors of Enterprise Gross Margin in English and Welsh Suckler Beef and Sheep Farms)
Williams, H. W. & Williams, M.
26 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Test to find out if horses can have depression
21 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Test to find out if horses suffer from depression
20 Feb 2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Allai sgriniau cyffwrdd brofi fod gan geffylau iselder?
20 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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How researchers can learn if a horse is depressed
20 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Horses test at Aberystwyth University to identify depression
20 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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{HMN 2025}: Long studying might be written for the ‘instrumental’ dialog in analysis growth – Insights Story Updates
04 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates
31 Dec 2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Writing long reads for The Conversation can be 'instrumental' in developing research - Insights story updates
31 Dec 2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
Activities
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Aberystwyth professor appointed to expert panel on bovine TB
Hewinson, G. (Advisor)
10 Feb 2025 → 30 Jun 2025Activity: Consultancy › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Bovine TB Programme Board Membership (External organisation)
Hewinson, G. (Chair)
01 Aug 2024 → 31 Jul 2041Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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Arctic Science Summit Week 2024
Dayal, A. (Member of programme committee)
21 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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From melt to moulins: The role of the weathering crust in the supraglacial hydrological system
Stevens, I. T. (Speaker), St Germain, S. L. (Speaker), Kamintzis, J. E. (Speaker), Edwards, A. (Speaker), Mitchell, A. (Speaker), Cook, J. (Speaker), Anesio, A. M. (Speaker), Benning, L. (Speaker), Tranter, M. (Speaker), Moorman, B. J. (Speaker) & Irvine-Fynn, T. (Speaker)
07 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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‘Aber TB’ conference
Hewinson, G. (Participant) & Rees, G. (Participant)
13 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Worms, glorious worms. Parasitology in the local community!
Morphew, R. (Speaker)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting 2023
Morphew, R. (Participant)
11 Apr 2023 → 14 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Natural Environment Research Council (External organisation)
Edwards, A. (Chair)
08 Mar 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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Consumer Lab: building academic industry partnerships to ensure sustained acceptance of healthy foods
Draper, J. (Advisor)
01 Mar 2023Activity: Consultancy › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Seasonal snowpack microbial ecology and biogeochemistry on a High Arctic ice cap reveals negligible autotrophic activity during spring and summer melt
Dayal, A. (Speaker)
30 Jan 2023 → 02 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Independent Expert Assessment of Unusual Crustacean Mortality in the North-east of England in 2021 and 2022
Wilcockson, D. (Consultant)
16 Dec 2022 → 17 Jan 2023Activity: Consultancy › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
Prizes
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Aberystwyth University Award for Exceptional Research Impact
Shaw, P. (Recipient), 17 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Aberystwyth University Visibility Award
Nash, D. (Recipient), 08 Mar 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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A certificate of merit awarded by the Society for Millet Research for facilitating training and applications of molecular markers research in pearl millet variety development programmes
Yadav, R. (Recipient), 1800
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Additional PhD funding from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) (£5,672)
Dayal, A. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Antibiotic Guardian Prescribing and Stewardship Award Winner 2022
Powell, A. (Recipient), Rees, G. (Recipient) & Bard, A. (Recipient), 02 May 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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APECS travel award to Bulgaria (£500)
Dayal, A. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Arctic Frontiers 2023 grant (conference and abstract fee waiver)
Dayal, A. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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ASLE/Inspire UKI Prize Essay (First Prize)
Marggraf Turley, R. (Recipient), Archer, J. E. E. (Recipient) & Thomas, H. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Commendation Award. SET for Britain. House of Commons.
Hamilton, J. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Research units
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Bovine TB, diseases and control
Integrated Animal and Human Health
Organisational unit: Research Group
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Organisational unit: Research Group
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Conservation and management strategies
Exploring and Conserving Biodiversity
Organisational unit: Research Group
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Ecosystem members and their interaction
Exploring and Conserving Biodiversity
Organisational unit: Research Group
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Greenhouse gas reduction in livestock agriculture
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Organisational unit: Research Group
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Marine environmental impacts and remedies
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Organisational unit: Research Group
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