Understanding how fossilisation of plants works
Researchers from the TERRAFORM team visited University College Cork in March to carry out a pilot project in experimental taphonomy with collaborator Maria McNamara. Postdoc Will Matthaeus and PhD…
New publication!
The ERC-funded TERRAFORM project team, led by Prof. McElwain recently published in New Phytologist a comprehensive review in which they took a unique approach, evaluating which extant plant traits…
“The Birth of the Modern World: Understanding Floral Dynamics during the Mesozoic”
In February, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr Mario Coiro from the University of Vienna when he visited Trinity College Dublin for his School of Natural Sciences’ Research Seminar talk. Dr Coiro is…
Botany-Zoology Postgraduate Symposium 2024
Each year at Trinity College Dublin, the Botany-Zoology Postgraduate Symposium provides a space for students to voice their research and present their projects to the wider School of Natural…
The Variable Light and Atmosphere Laboratory Launch
At the beginning of February, we celebrated the launch of the Variable Atmosphere and Light (VAL) Laboratory at the Trinity Technology and Enterprise Centre in Dublin.
Are plants Ecosystem Engineers?
In the frosty early days of January, Dr. Will Matthaeus went to Prague to deliver a talk in the Ecosystem Engineering Symposium organized by Kate Lyons and Amelia Villaseñor at the 11th Biennial…