Tag Archives: invertebrates

Incredible invertebrates

Posted on July 23, 2011 by sciencegirlsrock

Finally back to some science after an exciting few weeks in which I secured my next job…more about that later 😉 We often hear about biodiversity and the need to protect whole ecosystems and not just the large and beautiful … Continue reading →

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What’s eating you?

Posted on April 2, 2011 by sciencegirlsrock

When Mitch was in Afghanistan he got eaten alive by sand fleas and he asked me what they were. As is so often the case I didn’t really know, contrary to popular belief scientists don’t know everything! In fact being … Continue reading →

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So what do you actually do?

Posted on March 18, 2011 by sciencegirlsrock

I find this one of the toughest questions to answer. I can think of an explanation fairly readily but it’s hard to know if I’m really giving an answer that means something to the person I’m talking to. I’ve often … Continue reading →

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A wow moment

Posted on March 11, 2011 by sciencegirlsrock

As you will already know if you read my L’Oreal foundation blog post, invertebrates are what got me interested in biology in the first place and I now work with fruit flies. Whilst I still get a huge amount of … Continue reading →

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