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Ian McLachlan
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Writer and environmentalist.
Founding member of Poets for the Planet.
My pamphlet 'Confronting the Danger of Art' is available from Sidekick Books.
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We're thrilled that this week ZSL and @ucl.ac.uk signed a Memorandum of Understanding, advancing our 200-year partnership to build upon, enhance and develop the research, impact, teaching, and public engagement at both institutions 🌍🎓 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Why is life the way it is? As part of our Life and Medical Sciences Postgraduate Open Evening on Wednesday 4 June, Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry will be addressing this question. Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-and-m...
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The UCL Faculty of Life Sciences has been shortlisted for a Heist Award for its campaign to raise awareness of the biodiversity crisis and the work UCL is doing to tackle this global challenge - www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

Check out the Heist Awards 2025: www.heistawards.com/shortlist202...
May 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Dr Izzy Bishop @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social introducing The Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show, which will take place @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social on Thursday 22 May, 6.15-8.30pm. You'll be able to watch the livestream of this sold out show at www.youtube.com/live/BfORAki...
May 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Discover how our researchers are creating real-world impact, developing innovative solutions to tackle humanity's most pressing challenges.
Watch the full video here: shorturl.at/mYLQV
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Princess Anne at UCL East yesterday.
The Faculty of Life Sciences was honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to the People and Nature Lab at UCL East yesterday. Find out more about The Princess Royal's visit and the ecological technologies she was introduced to while there: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits the People and Nature Lab at UCL East
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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"If we actually want to get back to thriving nature ... we also need to change our production, our consumption, our supply chains, we need to restructure the way in which we go about our business as a society." Professor Dame E.J. Milner-Gulland (University of Oxford) speaking at UCL East yesterday.
January 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society published, which includes UCL research highlighting the threat to biodiversity from global warming and arguing for a better understanding of the effects of biodiversity loss on infectious diseases. www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/...
Georgina Mace remembered in special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
A special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Biological Sciences) dedicated to the life’s work and memory of Professor Dame Georgina Mace, founding Director of UCL's Centr...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Many species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse. Read about the study by @uclcber.bsky.social researchers in The Conversation. theconversation.com/many-species...
Many species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse – new study
Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Listen to Professor Jonathan Chubb talking about slime moulds, the brainless organisms that can find their way around a maze, on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time at 9am this morning (02/01/25). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM