Parasite Mediated Biodiversity

Scientists have been struggling for years to get the public to accept that predators are important to ecosystems. The public has seen initiatives such as the reintroduction to wolves into Yellowstone park working, and have slowly grown to accept that predators are important to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Our next hurdle may be harder to …

The PhD blues: What they are and how to beat them

https://media.giphy.com/media/ZWhA850E7azfO/giphy.gif In light of World Mental Health Day last week, I have put together this blog to talk about the common struggles that many PhD students and graduate students face on a daily basis. Frighteningly, it has been found that 1 in 3 PhD students are more likely to have or develop a common psychiatric …