This paper finds evidence of proteins in 125 million-year-old feathers, which show that ancient feathers were much more like modern-day feathers than previously thought.
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Tiffany has new paper on fossil feather proteins in Nature Ecology and Evolution
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New paper published in Proceedings B on insect colour patterns
20 Sep 2023This paper was led by Dr Shengyu Wang, who completed part of the work on the paper during a research visit to UCC.
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Awards for two Cork Palaeo Group members at the 67th PalAss Annual Meeting
18 Sep 2023PhD students Dan Cirtina and Aaron Quigley both came away from the recent PalAss meeting in Cambridge with awards for their presentations.
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NEW! Zixiao publishes new paper on pterosaurs in Proceedings B!
19 Jul 2023This paper explores how giant pterosaurs grew to be so big. We found that giant pterosaurs such as Pteranodon evolved parental care that may have allowed faster/longer growth and ultimately, large adult sizes.
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Dr Valentina Rossi wins Paleontological Society Grant
15 Jun 2023The "Norman Newell Early Career Grant Program" is part of the Paleontological Society Grant scheme in support of early-career palaeontologists.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions awards are now open for applications!
12 Jun 2023The 2023-MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) call is opened now with a deadline on the 13th September 2023 (17:00 Brussels time); designed to support researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe.
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UCC Palaeontology at the Cork Carnival of Science!
11 Jun 2023The UCC Palaeontology Group hosted an exciting hands-on exhibit at the Carnival of Science in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork City on the 10th and 11th June.
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UCC Palaeontology Group wins UCC Best Research Group 2022
02 Jun 2023The annual UCC Research Awards embrace and celebrate our researchers who have made exceptional and influential research and innovation contributions, pushing boundaries, enhancing knowledge and raising the national and international research profile of our institution.
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Daniel wins the 2023 UCC Higher Awards: Leadership Award
06 Apr 2023This award is designed to recognise students who stand out in their employment skills development, particularly their leadership initiative.
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Daniel wins the BEES Education and Public Engagement Award
27 Mar 2023This award is designed to recognise and celebrate the positive contribution to public engagement made by the early career research community.
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