Welcome to The Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
The Centre integrates world-leading expertise in environmental science, ecology, plant biology, computational modelling, and data-driven approaches around the themes of biodiversity and sustainability. Our mission is to uncover the rules governing interactions among species, environments and people, and translate them into solutions for resilient ecosystems and food-secure future.
News
15-07-2026
Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
14-07-2026
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Recent Publications
- Bumblebees learn to use antennal and tarsal taste to predict the presence of nectar rewards in flowers
Harrap MJM Parkinson RH Jones H Wright GA
Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 228 (20)
15-10-2025 - Dietary niche shapes bacterial community in Indo-Pacific ants
Cunningham P Vesey R Chaudry-Phipps H Fayle TM Diara U Chomicki G Lestina D Tuma J et al.
Microbiology Spectrum, American Society For Microbiology vol. 13 (10), e01965-e01925.
03-09-2025 - Non-linear frequency doubling up-conversion of geothermal radiation cannot provide sufficient light to support oxygenic photosynthesis at deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Mullineaux CW Duffy CDP
National Science Review, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 12 (9)
18-07-2025
Recent Grants
- Evolution of Autotrophy in the Universe (ESA match funding)
Christopher Duffy and Tanai Cardona
£66,761 European Space Agency European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESTEC)
01-06-2026 - 01-06-2029 - Microclimate drivers of bee life histories: AI tracking to investigate bee climate responses
Madeleine Ostwald
£4,999 The Eva Crane Trust
01-01-2026 - 31-12-2026 - (BBSRC) M Hurwanth - Unlocking Drug Discovery Using AI to Explore use of Global Plant Diversity
Samuel Pironon
£136,489 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2029