Gross primary production responses to warming, elevated CO2, and irrigation: quantifying the drivers of ecosystem physiology in a semiarid grassland
By: Ryan, E.M., Ogle, K., Peltier, D., Walker, A.P., Kauwe, M.G., Medlyn, B.E., Williams, D.G., Parton, W., Asao, S., Guenet, B. and Harper, A.B., 2017. Global change biology. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
What a great turnout we had for the launch of our Diversity & Inclusion statement & logo – so many people said ‘let’s do this more often’ so we’ll look into putting on similar bring-a-contribution lunches more regularly!
By next week almost all of our new admin team will be in place – please pop in to introduce yourself and make them welcome.
cheerio,
Michelle
Save the Date
This coming week 24th – 28th July
Mon 24th: E8A Digital Teaching Lab Induction; 9am to 12 noon; E8A-120.
Tue 25 & Wed 26th: REP Outlook Conference 2017
Tue 25th: R Users Group; 3:00pm – 5:00pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Wed 26th: Department Morning Tea; 10:30am – 11:00am; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Wed 26th: No Seminar this week.
Wed 26th: Faculty of Science & Engineering Town Hall Meeting; 1:30pm – 2:30pm; Y3A T1.
Thu 27th: Writing Workshop; 2:30-4pm, E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Thu 27th: Informal Talk – Dr. Melissah Rowe, University of Oslo; 4-5pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Following week 31st July – 4th August
Mon 31st July: Teaching Semester 2 begins.
Tue 1st August: Department Meeting; 1 – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Wed 2nd: Department Morning Tea; 10:30am – 11:00am; The Hill.
Wed 2nd: Professor Rick Shine, The University of Sydney; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Thu 3rd: Writing Workshop; 2:30-4:30pm, E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Coming up
Every Thursday for the next few months: Writing Workshop; 2:30-4:00pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
August 19th: Open Day
Sept 19th: ECR Showcase; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
Nov 13-14: Department retreat for academic staff; venue TBD.
Department seminar schedule
August 9th: Dr Katherine Moseby, The University of Adelaide; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
August 16th: Associate Professor Nigel Andrew, The University of New England; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
August 23rd: Professor Chris Johnson, The University of Tasmania; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
August 30th: Dr Ayesha Tulloch, ANU/UQ; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
September 13th: Dr Caragh Threlfall, The University of Melbourne; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
September 20th: Dr Kate Lynch, MQ Departmental ECR; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
October 4th: Dr Lesley Lancaster & Dr Maren Wellenreuther, University of Aberdeen/ Lund University & Plant and Food Research NZ; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
October 11th: Dr John Martin, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
October 18th: Associate Professor Matthew England, The University of NSW; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
October 25th: Associate Professor Carla Sgro, Monash University; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
November 1st: Dr Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
November 8th: Associate Professor Bob Wong, Monash University; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
November 15th: Associate Professor Nathan Lo, The University of Sydney; 1pm – 2pm; E8A-280 (Biology Tea Room).
General News and Announcements
Diversity and Inclusion
Many thanks to every one who attended the Diversity and Inclusion lunch on Tuesday. It was a magnificent event with an incredible array of delicious treats from all over the world. Please share your recipes by uploading it into this dropbox folder for everyone to share:
If you have not done so, please pin yourself on the world map outside the E8 tearoom!
Photos on google drive (Requires sign in) : http://bit.ly/2tIbwTJ
***REMINDER: Biology ECR Research Showcase: CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS***
The ECR Showcase mini-conference is just around the corner on September 19th. All post-docs and ECRS: Please send your talk titles (even if tentative) to <rachael.dudaniec@mq.edu.au> or <ajay.narendra@mq.edu.au>, and we will allocate your presentation time (10-12 minutes duration).
If you are an ECR/postdoc and can not attend/give a presentation, please inform Rachael or Ajay so we do not use our secret services to track you down;) All ECRs/post docs are strongly encouraged to participate in this special event – and all Department members and HDR students are warmly invited to attend.
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES
No seminar this week, but…
Informal Talk
27th July, 4pm, Tea Room
Dr. Melissah Rowe, University of Oslo. There and back again: A Sperm’s Tale
Melissah did her undergraduate and Honours here at Macquarie, then headed off to the United States to do a PhD (albeit on Australian fairy-wrens), before moved to Norway, where she is currently based. She has been collaborating with Simon Griffith for a number of years. This will be an informal (i.e. data light) presentation about the work she has done that has taken her around the world, but still pulls her back to Australia. We will go to the U-bar for beers following the talk.
**Final Reminder** REP ‘Outlook Conference’ 2017 (25 and 26th July)
The Research Enrichment Program’s annual Outlook Conference – this year run with the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship in their new building in Ultimo – brings together leading thinkers in diverse disciplines, spanning molecules to landscapes, across deep time frames, and from scientific, historical and social viewpoints. Our objective is to immerse participants in the advancing fronts of research in adjacent, and more distant disciplines.
The 2017 meeting is called What Matters, and Why. Invited speakers will present ideas on why their discipline matters, and how research fronts in these disciplines inform diverse areas of human enquiry. These talks will not recount personal research findings, but will be future-scoping exercises. Our goal is to identify promising areas for high level trans-disciplinary collaboration, for novel commercial or industrial applications, and to expose researchers at all career stages to different ways of thinking.
The two day meeting will consist of seminars by invited speakers, followed by afternoon discussion and brain-storming sessions. A key feature of the conference is the opportunity to meet and interact with research leaders across the breadth of human enquiry.
Click here to register for ‘REP Outlook.’
Did You Participate in an Outreach Activity Recently for the Department?
Don’t for get to fill in the super-quick form here – – ACCESS OUTREACH FORM HERE
Looking For a Volunteer to Help With Your Work?
The July Biological Sciences Volunteer list is now available. If you would like to peruse a copy,* please email <ray.duell@mq.edu.au>.
*We can’t attach it here, as it has personal contact details in it.
Biology Upcycle Competition ***Prizes awarded***
From takeaway cups to out of fashion clothes and broken furniture, the waste of human consumption piles up in land fill. We can all do more to make our personal eco-footprint smaller by reducing, re-using or recycling.
Be inspired and be an inspiration!
Create a beautiful, useful object from used or recycled materials.
Categories
CREATIVE: to the design object that best uses reclaimed material to make the most creative piece
FUNCTIONAL: to the design object that best uses reclaimed material to make the most useful piece
Dates
Closing date for entries: Friday 3rd November
Display and judging: Monday 6th – Wednesday 8th November
Award announcement morning tea: Thursday 9th November
Rules
- Items can be submitted by an individual or group.
- Judges will be looking for the most creative, innovative and functional item.
- Include before and after photos with your entry.
Sustainability Talks
Macquarie University and North Ryde Council are co-oganising a series of talks on different issues relating to environmental sustainability
Bookings essential. More information: www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/sustainabilitytalks
All talks held at Macquarie University (Level 8, E7A, 12 Wally’s Walk)
Wednesday 9th August, 6:30-8:30pm – Transport
Guest speakers: Marg Prendergast (Transport NSW), Zara Crichton (Connect Macquarie-North Ryde), Rebecca Edwards (Sustainable Business Australia)
Wednesday 13th September, 6:30-8:30pm – Green and Public Spaces
Guest speakers: Peter Davies (Environmental Planning, MQU), Adrian McGregor (McGregor Coxsall), Kylie Legge (Place Partners), Ben Peacock (Republic of Everyone)
Wednesday 11th October. 6:30-8:30pm – Cultural and Natural Heritage
Guest speakers: Emilie Ens, Cross Cultural Ecologist, MQU), Donna Houston (Planning, MQU), Sarah Holland Clift (Parramatta River Catchment Group)
ESA Early Career Ecologist (ECE) Representative at INTECOL
The ESA invites Early Career Ecologists to submit an expression of interest to act as an ESA representative at the Beijing INTECOL meeting, August 20-25 2017. The International Network of Next Generation Ecologists (INNGE) will have a high profile at the meeting and there will be workshops and sessions organised specifically for early career ecologists.
There is an opportunity for the successful candidate to submit a late abstract to present at the conference. The ESA representative will have partial funding support from ESA ($1200), and can apply for additional support from INTECOL. The ESA will also be represented by the VP-Research, who will be attending INTECOL and formally meeting with the INTECOL board and presidents of other national ecological societies discuss ideas for improving communication among international ecology organisations. The selected Early Career Ecologist will also have an opportunity to feed in to these discussions via the VP-Research.
If selected, you will need to submit an abstract for a contributed paper to the congress by 21 July 2017. You will also need to register for the congress and make appropriate travel arrangements which will be partly reimbursed to by the ESA, as outlined above.
More information:
http://www.intecol2017.org/en/index.asp
Applications to:
executiveofficer@ecolsoc.org.au.
Job Opportunities on NZ
For anyone interested in going over the ditch for some opportunities, Uni Auckland has a few technical staff positions going:
Floor Laboratory Manager, Technical Team Leader, Facilities Services Team Leader, Assessment Team Leader, Lab and equipment support technician.
Please visit (https://www.opportunities.auckland.ac.nz/psp/ps/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?&languageCd=ENG) if you’re interested.
New Publications
Do invasive alien plants benefit more from global environmental change than native plants?
By: Liu, Yanjie, Ayub MO Oduor, Zhen Zhang, Anthony Manea, Ifeanna M. Tooth, Michelle R. Leishman, Xingliang Xu, and Mark Kleunen. Global change biology (2017). | Find with Google Scholar »Raspberry ketone supplement promotes early sexual maturation in male Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae)
By: Akter, Humayra, Vivian Mendez, Renata Morelli, Jeanneth Pérez, and Phillip W. Taylor. Pest Management Science (2017). | Find with Google Scholar »Learning and time-dependent cue choice in the desert ant, Melophorus bagoti
By: Freas, Cody A., and Ken Cheng. Ethology (2017). | Find with Google Scholar »Different depths, different fauna: habitat influences on the distribution of groundwater invertebrates
By: Hose, Grant C., Kirstie A. Fryirs, Jane Bailey, Nicole Ashby, Tracy White, and Christine Stumpp. Hydrobiologia 797, no. 1 (2017): 145-157. | Find with Google Scholar »Bioclimatic transect networks: Powerful observatories of ecological change
By: Caddy‐Retalic, S., Andersen, A.N., Aspinwall, M.J., Breed, M.F., Byrne, M., Christmas, M.J., Dong, N., Evans, B.J., Fordham, D.A., Guerin, G.R. and Hoffmann, A.A., 2016. Ecology and Evolution. | Find with Google Scholar »Impact of mining and forest regeneration on small mammal biodiversity in the Western Region of Ghana
By: Attuquayefio, Daniel K., Erasmus H. Owusu, and Benjamin Y. Ofori. Environmental monitoring and assessment 189, no. 5 (2017): 237. | Find with Google Scholar »A new lower Cambrian shelly fossil biostratigraphy for South Australia: Reply
By: Betts, Marissa J., John R. Paterson, James B. Jago, Sarah M. Jacquet, Christian B. Skovsted, Timothy P. Topper, and Glenn A. Brock. Gondwana Research 44 (2017): 262-264. | Find with Google Scholar »PartitionFinder 2: New Methods for Selecting Partitioned Models of Evolution for Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetic Analyses
By: Lanfear, Robert, Paul B. Frandsen, April M. Wright, Tereza Senfeld, and Brett Calcott. Molecular biology and evolution 34, no. 3 (2016): 772-773. | Find with Google Scholar »First observations of living sea-ice diatom agglomeration to tintinnid loricae in East Antarctica
By: Linda H. Armbrecht, Ruth Eriksen, Amy Leventer, Leanne K. Armand, 2017. Journal of Plankton Research 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbx036 | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
Lesley Hughes contributed to an article in The Conversation
Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes from the Department of Biological Sciences contributed the article ‘In the absence of national leadership, cities are driving climate policy’ to The Conversation.
Rob Harcourt was interviewed on 2GB and also featured in The Daily Telegraph
Professor Rob Harcourt from the Department of Biological Sciences was interviewed on 2GB on the discovery of a mako shark in the Parramatta River. See page 4 of this report. Rob was also featured in The Daily Telegraph in ongoing coverage on the discovery of a mako shark in the Parramatta River. See page 11 of this report.
Louise Tosetto spoke to Radio Adelaide’s The Wire
Louise Tosetto from the Department of Biological Sciences spoke to Radio Adelaide’s The Wire about the impact of microplastic pollution in Australian marine life. See page 9 of the report.
Culum Brown spoke to ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program and to The Sydney Morning Herald
Associate Professor Culum Brown from the Department of Biological Sciences spoke to ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program about animal nervous systems and how they learn from painful experiences. See page 7 of the report. Culum also provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald in relation to a 2.5m mako shark caught in the Parramatta River.
Robert Kooyman was interviewed on ABC North Coast NSW’s Breakfast program
Robert Kooyman from the Department of Biological Sciences was interviewed on ABC North Coast NSW’s Breakfast program in his regular segment ‘Biofiles’. See page 12 of the report.