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Tiffany Taylor

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Tiffany Taylor

@TaylorLabGroup

Prof Microbial Ecology & Evolution @LifeSciencesBath. @RoyalSociety Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow. Children's author evolution/genetics. Mum. Same name on 💙☁

Bath, England

tiffanybtaylor.wordpress.com

Joined September 2010

Tiffany Taylor
@TaylorLabGroup
Apr 20
Can a book be scientifically flawed & still transform how we see ourselves? The Naked Ape is proof that connecting with your audience matters even when it ruffles academic feathers. Loved joining @Ella_AlShamahi & fellow guests to unpack this on @BBCRadio4
Archive on 4 - The Evolution of The Naked Ape - BBC Sounds
From bbc.co.uk
Tiffany Taylor
@TaylorLabGroup
Feb 12
Happy #DarwinDay 🐦‍⬛🐢🪱! To celebrate, why not share a story about #evolution with a #FutureScientist? My book, Little Changes, is a fun bedtime story for young readers to explore how small changes shape the living world. littlestories.co.uk/little-changes/ #ScienceForKids #STEMBooks
Tiffany Taylor
@TaylorLabGroup
Aug 13, 2025
🚨 New paper led by @Jameshearsawho (feat. J Cherry & G Waugh) reveals GnT DNA motif can boost T→G mutation rates up to 1000×, & how tweaking nearby bases can fine-tune its potency. General across bacteria + potential in synbio. 📄 academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar… 🔗 James’s thread ⬇️
James Horton
@Jameshearsawho
Aug 13, 2025
Our latest paper is now out in @MolBioEvol! In this work we show that T:A→G:C mutational hotspots in bacteria are created by short nucleotide sequences (≥8bp), which we call GnT motifs. [doi.org/10.1093/molbev…]. A short 🧵 below:
Tiffany Taylor
@TaylorLabGroup
Jun 25, 2025
Very proud to have won the Faculty of Science Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize. Biggest thanks goes to my nominator and the awesome letters of support from current and past group members that brought a tear to my eye. It's shared with every member Taylor lab member.
Tiffany Taylor
@TaylorLabGroup
May 31, 2025
🧬 Struggling to teach evolution in a way that sparks curiosity and sticks? My brilliant PhD student Beth shares practical, powerful tips in this new @tes article👇 🔗 tes.com/magazine/teach… #SciComm #EvolutionEducation #PhDVoices @AdamRutherford
tes.com
How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom
Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath