Department of Biology, University of Oxford
Formation | 2022 |
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Merger of | Department of Zoology Department of Plant Sciences |
Headquarters | Department of Biology, 11a Mansfield Road |
Parent organization | University of Oxford |
Website | www |
The Department of Biology, established in 2022, is a science department in the
The department has two main buildings: Department of Biology (Mansfield Road) and Department of Biology (South Parks Road).[4] It also has an additional field station, The John Krebs Field Station, based in Wytham.[5]
Overview
The Department's research spans levels from molecules to ecosystems in order to address fundamental questions relating to
Additional partnerships and resources of the Department include the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, the John Krebs Field Station and Wytham Woods.
Research themes
Research at the Department of Biology is grouped into five broad and cross-cutting themes:[11]
Notable staff
The following people of note are or have been associated with the Department:
- John Gurdon
- Richard Dawkins
- Charles Elton
- E S Goodrich
- Sunetra Gupta
- Bill Hamilton
- Sir Alistair Hardy
- Paul Harvey (Former Head of Department)
- Peter Holland (Former Head of Department)
- John Krebs
- David Lack
- Sir E Ray Lankester
- Bob May
- Angela McLean
- Desmond Morris
- E.J. Milner-Gulland(Former Head of Department)
- Chris Perrins
- John Pringle
- Ben Sheldon (Former Head of Department)
- Sir Richard Southwood
- Niko Tinbergen
- Liam Dolan
- Nicholas Harberd
- Jane A. Langdale
- Chris J. Leaver
- Steven A. Hill
History
The Department of Biology was formed from the merging of the former Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology on the 1 August 2022.[3]
The former Department of Zoology, founded in 1860, was housed in the Tinbergen Building until it was demolished in Spring 2022.
The former Department of Plant Sciences was formed from the Imperial Forestry Institute. The 'Imperial Forestry Institute' was formed from in 1924,[15][16]; later it became the Commonwealth Forestry Institute from 1939.[17][18] The Oxford Forestry Institute was incorporated and became the Department of Plant Sciences in 2002.[19]
In January 2021, the Oxford City Council approved the £200m construction of the Life and Mind Building, which will be the university's largest building project and house the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Biology.[20][21] It will replace the Tinbergen Building on South Parks Road. The building will feature multiple laboratories, teaching and testing spaces providing research facilities for 800 students and 1200 researchers. Work started in 2021, with the building expected to open in 2025.[22][23]
External links
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- S2CID 46407833.
- S2CID 4070262.
- ISBN 9780198229742.
- ^ United States Department for Agriculture Making Our Forests and Rangelands More Productive: 1985 Research Accomplishments, p. 149, at Google Books
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- ^ "Life and Mind Building | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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