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Read more at: Reassembling the backbone of life using a particle accelerator

Reassembling the backbone of life using a particle accelerator

4 July 2013

Research published in the journal Nature documents, for the first time, the intricate three-dimensional structure of the backbone in the earliest four-legged animals (tetrapods).


Read more at: Library Pinterest boards launched

Library Pinterest boards launched

4 July 2013

Printed and e-books acquisitions related boards created by the Balfour & Newton Libraries, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. The boards include Zoology Staff publications, E-books in Zoology and Neuroscience, and videos from ebooks@cambridge showing how to find e-books on the library catalogue. http://...


Read more at: Part II Zoology Open Day

Part II Zoology Open Day

4 July 2013

2nd Year Natural Science, Medic and Vet Students are invited to come along to the Museum of Zoology on Monday 11th March to talk to course and module organisers about taking their Part II year in the Zoology Department.


Read more at: Our ancient ancestors

Our ancient ancestors

4 July 2013

Richard Hollingham from Planet Earth Online talks to Professor Jennifer Clack from the Department of Zoology and Dr Stephanie Pierce from the Royal Veterinary College about early tetrapod locomotion and their vertebral construction. Listen to the podcast


Read more at: Two awards

Two awards

4 July 2013

Professor Jenny Clack awarded Glasgow Geological Society's T. Neville George medal; Dr Henry Disney awarded Honorary Membership to the Freshwater Biological Association


Read more at: New Undergraduate Certificate in Evolutionary Biology

New Undergraduate Certificate in Evolutionary Biology

4 July 2013

Institute of Continuing Education offers new year-long, part-time Undergraduate Certificate in Evolutionary Biology


Read more at: Recent Postgraduate Awards

Recent Postgraduate Awards

29 May 2013

The Department is delighted to offer its congratulations to several Postgrads who have received awards recently: Cassie Stoddard - Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize, awarded by the ZSL Institute of Zoology to postgraduate research biologists attending a University in the UK on the basis of original work submitted...


Read more at: Professor Jenny Clack to receive Doctor of Science honorary degree from University of Chicago

Professor Jenny Clack to receive Doctor of Science honorary degree from University of Chicago

29 May 2013

The Department is delighted to offer its congratulations to Professor Jenny Clack , who will receive a Doctor of Science honorary degree from the University of Chicago on 15th June 2013. Jenny is an internationally preeminent paleontologist whose research has profoundly changed the understanding of the origin of...