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Under the Railways - a blog post by Amy Walsh

Under the Railways - The London NERC DTP One giant trench through the countryside. What could we discover?The announcement of Phase One of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway in the UK in 2010 sparked much apprehension, controversy and debate amongst members of public and the scientific community alike. The carving of this 140-mile railway line...

Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects - a blog post by Gino Brignoli

Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects - The London NERC DTP Gino Brignoli, UCL In the understorey of a tropical forest, a carpenter ant has descended from the canopy away from her regular foraging trails and staggers drunkenly along a branch. Her movements are jerky and conspicuous. She twitchily moves forwards and suddenly starts convulsing with such feroci...

Gino Brignoli's blog, "Zombie ants: meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects", written as part of our Skills Fridays writing workshop, has been published in The Conversation https://theconversation.com/zombie-ants-meet-the-parasitic-fungi-that-take-control-of-living-insects-118489

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We are pleased to announce that London NERC DTP has been awarded funding as part of the UK National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to host Innovation Internships in 2019. These fully-funded 3-month placements are intended to enable and encourage PhD students to explore impact from their research and develop links between academia and industry, sharing knowledge and skills, and increasing mobility and flow of talent between these sectors. The placement projects all include links with the UK Industrial Strategy. The internships must commence in October 2019. The deadline for applications is the 26th June 2019.

NPIF Innovation Internships Available - The London NERC DTP We are pleased to announce that London NERC DTP has been awarded funding as part of the UK National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to host Innovation Internships in 2019. These fully-funded 3-month placements are intended to enable and encourage PhD students to explore impact from their researc...

Did you know…..five interesting and slightly scary facts about the Earth we live on! - a blog by Charlotte Ford

Did you know…..five interesting and slightly scary facts about the Earth we live on! - The London NERC DTP Planet Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago and is the only planet in the universe, that we know of, to host life. From the Northern Lights to the Great Barrier Reef, Earth has many wonders but how much do we actually know about the planet we live on? As a new student of environmental... Read More...

Nature’s first aid kit: a fungus growing on the side of birch trees - a blog post by Rowena Hill

Nature’s first aid kit: a fungus growing on the side of birch trees - The London NERC DTP If you’ve ever stopped to admire a birch tree, you may unknowingly have something in common with a 5,300-year-old mummy called Ötzi. In 1991, hikers found Ötzi in an alpine glacier on the Austrian-Italian border, and perfectly preserved with him were pieces of fungus attached to leather cords, s...

Rowena Hill's blog, "Nature’s first aid kit: a fungus growing on the side of birch tree", written as part of our Skills Fridays writing workshop, has been published in The Conversation

Nature’s first aid kit: a fungus growing on the side of birch trees The fungus birch polypore has a remarkable list of medicinal uses.

The 2019 Photo Competition is now open to public vote! Cohort 5 have entered their best images from the 2019 field trip in two competition categories - Biotic and Abiotic. Click here to vote for your favourite images of the natural world. Voting ends on the 7th May at 23:59 GMT.

#DTPCostaRica Photo Competition - Voting Now Open - The London NERC DTP

The London NERC DTP is now accepting applications from eligible undergraduates for a 2019 summer research experience placement. The deadline for applications is midnight on the 5th May.

Research Experience Placements for Undergraduates - The London NERC DTP