Assembling ocean life

Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life.

The advent of numerical methods for analysing phylogenetic relationships, along with the study of morphology and molecular data, has driven our understanding of animal relationships for the past three decades. Within the protostome branch of the animal tree of life, these data have sufficed to establish its two main side branches, the moulting Ecdysozoa and the non-moulting Lophotrochozoa. In t...

Centre for Ocean Life

Threatening ocean life from the inside out.

Size structures sensory hierarchy in ocean life.

Survival in aquatic environments requires organisms to have effective means of collecting information from their surroundings through various sensing strategies. In this study, we explore how sensing mode and range depend on body size. We find a hierarchy of sensing modes determined by body size. With increasing body size, a larger battery of modes becomes available (chemosensing, mechanosensin...

A life on the ocean wave.

Setting sail on a new career path as a nurse responsible for the health of the passengers and crew of cruise liners can be hugely satisfying.