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Researchers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½’s School of Life Sciences have been awarded substantial funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The grants, worth £1.712m to the University, will support cutting-edge research in environmental microbiology, crop evolution and facilities improvement.

The bottle gourd is used by cultures all over the world to make lightweight containers and other tools. But how did the plant make the jump from its original home in Africa to the New World with an ocean in the way?