Group leader Prof. Maria McNamara recently featured in Episode 3 of the new documentary series “The Island” broadcast by RTÉ.
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NEW! Maria features in the new RTE documentary “The Island”
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NEW! Hannah’s paper on soil metals!
14 Sep 2022New paper published by PhD student Hannah Binner on metal contamination of urban soils.
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Maria featured on I Know Dino podcast!
21 Jul 2022Maria chats about melanin, melanosomes, and what they can (and can’t) tell us about dinosaur colours.
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Valentina interviewed on PalaeoCast!
16 Jul 2022Valentina spoke with David Marshall about how colour patterns are preserved in a fossil moonfish, and have a look at what that can tell us about how the species lived.
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Daniel's new paper in Papers in Palaeontology!
06 Jul 2022Ancient swamp is sex death trap for fossil frogs.
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New EPA publication!
13 Jun 2022In this report we summarise current knowledge on Irish soils and provide a series of recommendations for the content and approaches to Irish soil research going forwards.
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Public lecture on biodiversity, conservation and climate change at UCC
30 May 2022Cork is in for a special treat in mid-July as the city will be visted by Prof. Larisa DeSantis, world expert on mammal evolution.
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NEW! Paper in Palaeontology
25 May 2022In this paper Valentina Rossi and colleagues report melanin-based colour patterning in a fossil moonfish from the Eocene Monte Bolca locality from Italy. The specimen reveals that moonfish had different colour patterns to its living counterparts, suggesting a change in ecology from open marine to reef settings and associated changes in diet and in the genes that control colour patterning.
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Maria awarded SFI Frontiers for the Future grant!
10 May 2022Maria is joined by new PhD student Aaron Quigley as part of the project.
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NEW! Paper in Nature
20 Apr 2022Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery: flying reptiles could change the colour of their feathers, research finds
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