Short Course in Analytical Palaeontology: 24th – 28th Nov 2025
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Registration Closes Friday 14th Nov.
28 Aug 2025
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COMING SOON! Cork Geological Association lecture by Dr Valentina Rossi
03 Sep 2025
The School of BEES and the Cork Geological Association are delighted to announce the first talk in the Lecture series for the forthcoming academic year, to be delivered by UCC Palaeo Group postdoctoral researcher Dr Valentina Rossi. Valentina will speak about her fossil research, and how cutting-edge microbeam investigation and statistical analyses can help us uncover forgeries. The event is free and open to the general public, but please book your place by emailing Dr Bettie Higgs (b.higgs@ucc.ie). Refreshments served afterwards!
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REGISTRATION OPEN! Short Course in Analytical Palaeontology: 24th 鈥 28th Nov 2025
28 Aug 2025
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A new Triassic 鈥渨onder reptile鈥 challenges ideas of skin and feather evolution
23 Jul 2025
An international team of researchers including UCC palaeontologists have discovered a new species of fossil reptile from the Triassic period that had a large crest made of complex plume-like structures, long before modern-type feathers evolved. This dramatic breakthrough shakes our view of the evolution of skin and feathers in reptiles.
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NEW! Short Course on Analytical Palaeontology: 24th - 28th 2025
17 Jun 2025
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Valentina is awarded UCC Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year!
29 May 2025
Congratulations to Valentina on being awarded UCC 180 Professor Adrian Dixon Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year, we are delighted to congratulate Valentina on this recognition of all her hard work!
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Maria awarded Villa Maria Women of Vision Award for Educational Excellence!
24 May 2025
Maria was awarded the Villa Maria Women of Vision Award for Educational Excellence at their awards evening at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork.
See for more. Congratulations Maria!
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New paper on fossil feather preservation published in Geology
18 Mar 2025
We discovered that feathers can preserve in zeolite minerals in pyroclastic deposits. This new mode of preservation of soft tissues opens up exciting opportunities to find remarkable fossils in volcanic rocks.
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Valentina has been featured in a list of “25 scientists you need to know about” based in Ireland.
Congratulations Valentina!
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Bea wins Society of Vertebrate Paleontology award
04 Sep 2024
Bea recently received her first ever science award! She received the Everett Lindsay Paleomammalogy Award from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, which was created to fund field or laboratory research into the evolution of mammals.
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