Will Allen
@wl_allen
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Senior Lecturer @Swanscience. PI Evolutionary and Sensory Ecology Lab. Signalling, camouflage, life history. Author of Avoiding Attack. He/him
Swansea University
Joined May 2014
🌊 Avez-vous déjà vu un poisson nager majestueusement comme un ruban ? Les murènes rubans ont des cycles de vie fascinants qui impliquent 3 phases de coloration complètement différentes & aussi des changements complets de sexe. 🎥 IG 'jasmine_underwater' et 'mathias_underwater'
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Very excited to share my first paper is out! 🎉 We explore the evolution of the multiple eye pairs in spiders🕷️( https://t.co/Y48O6Wh7F1) Couldn’t have done it without to the mentorship of the brilliant @Lauren_hSR!
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Chong et al. use static and phylogenetic allometry to show that spiders exploit the modularity in their visual system to adapt both individual eye pairs and the overall resource allocation between...
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Spiny orb-weavers, genus Micrathena, are among the most charismatic spiders that we may find in Neotropical rainforests. In this freshly published paper, we explore their biogeography and phylogeny using morphology and DNA sequencing, striving to sample all species. Highlights:
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My first chapter is out! This was an enormously challenging project but I learned a lot and am very excited to share with you the hidden world of ultraviolet coloration in snakes. https://t.co/bgAf58UO3E
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Nature Communications - Nature is full of ultraviolet coloration, invisible to the human eye. This study shows that “hidden” UV coloration in snakes is widespread and may have evolved...
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All-in a fantastic day showcasing the strength and diversity of research being conducted by our postgraduate students. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees.
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Prizes for best poster were won by Shumukh Alharthi (Bioinformatics on Daldinia eschscholtzii with @ClaudioGreko) and Fahmida Sultana (mangrove ecosystem functionality in Bangladesh with @JNGriffy). Congratulations – they will go down well at upcoming conferences!
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And rounding out the talks Sophia Coveney explored the potential of dietary DNA metabarcoding in sea turtles.
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Matthew Sparks, who started a PhD with me in October, described how he is modelling fly vision in urban environments.
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Amelia Jones discussed her MRes research on community composition in saline lagoons.
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The winner of the best PhD talk was Nikita Bedov for sharing the results of a successful field season investigating mongoose-snake predator-prey interactions. @phylophile
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…. the winner Alexandra Gimblet! Alexandra discussed how algae cultivation can help find biotech solutions to all sorts of issues. With @AllaSilkina1
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Thom Lyons was runner up for best talk by a MRes student for his clear presentation on the complexity of pool frog conservation, narrowly missing out to….
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Megan Boffin spoke about her MRes work with @HazelJNichols and @TamsynUW on pine marten reintroductions.
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Ben Lam showcased his @SwanBioMRes project on how livestock grazing impacts bee – pollinator networks in Saltmarshes
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@LewisPalaeo began his PhD in October with @pimientoc and is already presenting results on elasmobranch functional traits!
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@nupurkale_ spoke about her work comparing different space-use estimates for sea turtle ecology.
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Next was @CooperPalaeo explaining how shark functional trait diversity will change in the future. Jack was runner up for best talk as voted by attendees. Congrats Jack!
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Yesterday we ran the Biosciences @PGRSwansea Annual Conference. A super day of talks and posters from our thriving PhD and MRes community. First talk was by Lucie Thompson discussing her work on Simulating the spread of a disturbance across an ecological landscape.
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