by Louise Gathercole | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog
Squirrel damage and woodland health The damage that mammals cause to trees is a serious threat to woodland health. Since the eastern grey squirrel was introduced to Britain in the late 19th century, they have caused extensive damage to trees through their...
by Louise Gathercole | Nov 3, 2023 | Blog
by Nikki Cotterill and Guillermo Friis The UK government has committed to establish 30,000 hectares of new woodlands annually by 2050. Genetic diversity is crucial for the resilience and adaptive potential of woodlands. However, we do not know what the genetic...
by Louise Gathercole | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog
Genomics Glossary assembly the pieced together sequences from DNA to form one readable genome. base the building blocks of the DNA molecule. Changes at single bases can identify individual differences. gene expression the production of a protein from the DNA...
by Louise Gathercole | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
Nicola was one of our first cohort of interns, working at Forest Research in England on a three month project from January to March. Nicola’s project involved a lot of fieldwork and she made us a video diary of some of it, you can see it here: Nicola’s...
by Louise Gathercole | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog
Alice was one of our first cohort of interns, working at Forest Research in Scotland on a three month project from January to March. She worked on a ‘horizon scanning’ project, looking at threats to trees from pests and diseases. She learnt lots of new...
by Louise Gathercole | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog
Alice was one of our first cohort of interns, working at Kew on a three month project from January to March. She helped on our landscape resilience project learning how to use ArgGIS Dashboards. She also learned how to do DNA extractions and helped with our oak...
