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Eske Willerslev returns to his first research interest: ancient environmental DNA. In his words, «That’s where the new frontier lies in our field». The research not only tells something about the distant past, but it might also help steer our future.
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Recent assumptions about the nature and physiology of plants could revolutionise our perspective on the world of plants. But orthodoxy is not easy to change. The first of this two-part article deals with plant neurobiology.
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2022 Prizewinner Hans Oerlemans reports on Balzan excursions he led in Upper Engadine, where participants were able to experience first-hand how glaciers shape the landscape and learn about his research on glaciers, in particular, the MortAlive project.
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In this interview with zoologist Charles Godfray, David Tilman, 2014 Balzan Prize for Plant Ecology, talks about how biodiversity relates to different ecological and ecosystem functions, with reference to his field studies at Cedar Creek, Minnesota.
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Video link to Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Hans Oerlemans as they give accounts of their careers during the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Forum at the Accademia dei Lincei.
Research project
The project will employ two postdocs to study ice cores from ice caps near the Arctic Ocean to retrieve proxy records of past ice and climatic conditions. Younger researchers will also engage in workshops and excursions to assess existing data, test glacier models, and formulate a modeling strategy.
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The research of Lima and the Kondorosi team on NCR peptides influencing bacteroid differentiation and nitrogen fixation may find ways to improve crop efficiency and develop antimicrobial agents for therapeutic and agricultural uses.
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