St Andrews Research Portal
The St Andrews Research Portal features the research activities within the University of St Andrews
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Research at the School of Mathematics and Statistics
Computer simulations of an internal solitary wave propagating through a stratified fluid
Research at the Schools of Classics and Computer Science
Virtual reconstruction of Acropolis Basilica, Sparta, based on evidence revealed during its excavation
Research at the School of Mathematics and Statistics
A pair of intertwined graph-directed self-similar multifractals
Research at the School of Biology
Instrumentation being attached to a seal’s fur for measuring animal behaviour under Antarctic polar ice
Research at the School of Chemistry
A scanning tunnelling microscope image of a network of trimesic acid molecules arranged on the surface of gold
Research at the School of Psychology
Study of chimpanzee gestures in the wild reveals natural repertoire of all chimpanzees groups and other great apes
Recent research publications
Fratricide: New Testament
Moffitt, D. M. 2014 Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception . Allison, Jr., D. C., Helmer, C., Seow, C-L., Spieckermann, H., Walfish, B. D. & Ziolkowski, E. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter, Vol. 9Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Using cross correlations to investigate how chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) use conspecific gaze cues to extract and exploit information in a foraging competition.
Hall, K., Oram, M. W., Campbell, M. W., Eppley, T. E., Byrne, R. W. & de Waal, F. B. M. 2014 In : American Journal of Primatology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The risk of disease to great apes: Simulating disease spread in orang-utan (pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) and chimpanzee (pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) association networks
Carne, C., Semple, S., Morrogh-Bernard, H., Zuberbühler, K. & Lehmann, J. 16 Apr 2014 In : PLoS One. 9, 4, e95039Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Geometrically enforced donor-facilitated dehydrocoupling leading to an isolable arsanylidine-phosphorane
Chalmers, B. A., Buehl, M., Athukorala Arachchige, K. S., Slawin, A. M. Z. & Kilian, P. 2014 In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. Articles ASAPResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
Cas6 specificity and CRISPR RNA loading in a complex CRISPR-Cas system
Sokolowski, R. D., Graham, S. & White, M. F. 2014 In : Nucleic Acids Research. Early viewResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
Recent activities
Keynote Lecture, 'Life in 3D' Symposium, Edinburgh 3D film Festival
Dhanraj Vishwanath (Speaker), 7 May 2014Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Talk on Virgina Woolf and Vanessa Bell for International Women's Day
Susan Catherine Sellers (Speaker), 7 Mar 2013Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Talk entitled ‘The Ruffian in the Market-Place: What Do We Read Fiction For?’
Susan Catherine Sellers (Speaker), 21 Mar 2013, Sunday Times Oxford Literary FestivalActivity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Festival/exhibition
Book Signing at the Oxfam Bookshop, Bloomsbury, London
Susan Catherine Sellers (Participant), 21 Mar 2013Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Other
Talk at the Michaelhouse Festival, Cambridge
Susan Catherine Sellers (Speaker), 10 May 2013, Michaelhouse FestivalActivity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Festival/exhibition
Research news
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New research challenges understanding of biodiversity crisis
17-Apr-2014
International study finds consistent change in biodiversity rather than systematic loss.
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New treatment could 'protect against any strain of the flu'
14-Apr-2014
St Andrews team lead novel development.
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20 seconds that changed our understanding of the Solar System
26-Mar-2014
Surprise discovery of double-ring system around asteroid-like body.
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The story of sound
13-Mar-2014
Students offer history lesson in ancient acoustics