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• Pirbright young scientist of the year award

  

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the Pirbright young scientist of the year award, along with a student from Compton. Claire was nominated for the award by Professor Linda Dixon from the …

   07 Jan 2016

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the …

• Secretary Birds can kick a snake to death in the blink of an eye

  

  Scientists from The Royal Veterinary College and Royal Holloway, University of London, have discovered the remarkable force and speed generated by the snake-hunting Secretary Bird. The team, including Dr Monica Daley from the Structure and Motion …

   26 Jan 2016

• New Petplan award

  Professor Mark Fox, Dr Damer Blake, Kim Stevens (RVC), Professor Arancha Meana (University of Madrid), Professor Paul Davis, Dr Corrine Austin (Austin Davis Biologics Ltd) and Professor John Pickett (Rothamsted Research) have been awarded a grant by …

   04 Feb 2016

  Professor Mark Fox, Dr Damer Blake, Kim Stevens (RVC), Professor Arancha Meana (University of …

• Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair

  

  Last week, researchers from Structure and Motion attended The Big Bang Fair at Birmingham NEC with their activity ‘Stepping Into Science’, designed by Dr Jim Usherwood and Dr Zoe Self. The Stepping Into Science project is part of Dr Usherwood’s Wellcome Trust funded research and combines public engagement with data collection.

   23 Mar 2016

• How did some large dinosaurs’ bodies develop?

  

  Research using computer models of the bodies of sauropod dinosaurs to examine the evolutionary history of their body shape

   30 Mar 2016

• RVC pharmacologist's Biophysical Society role

  

  A Royal Veterinary College pharmacologist, Miche Campanella, has been elected to a role at the Biophysical Society, an international organisation with more than 9,000 members. The decision was made at the 60th Biophysical Society annual meeting.

   12 Apr 2016

  A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) pharmacologist has been elected to a role at the Biophysical …

• Exploding myths about seed dispersal

  

  New insights into the biology and mechanics behind exploding seed pods show they don’t wait to dry out before they explode their seeds at record speeds

   02 Jun 2016

• New EU H2020 grant: CarBon: Controlling Cartilage to Bone Transitions for Improved Treatment of Bone Defects and Osteoarthritis

  Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pitsillides, who has been awarded a new EU H2020 grant as part of the CarBon consortium.   CarBon is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) on controlling cartilage to bone transitions …

   26 Aug 2016

  Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pitsillides, who has been awarded a new EU H2020 grant as part …

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• RVC experts involved in research on giraffe locomotion as part of valuable conservation work for this species

  

  Three RVC academics and experts, Professor John Hutchinson, Dr. Chris Basu and Professor Alan Wilson are are collaborating with Dr Francois Deacon, lecturer in wildlife sciences at the University of the Free State in South Africa on project using drones to research the secrets of giraffe locomotion.

   26 Aug 2016