Longevity is linked to mitochondrial mutation rates in rockfish: a test using Poisson regression
Hua X, Cowman P, Warren D, Bromham L, 2015. Longevity is linked to mitochondrial mutation rates in rockfish: a test using Poisson regression. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv137. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
We have made it to the end of semester…congratulations everyone!!!! For those who are on twitter, I have been enjoying the response to the Tim Hunt shenanigans with #distractinglysexy.
cheerio
Mariella
General News and Announcements
Science paper
Congratulations to Rob Harcourt on this Science paper out today. Download it here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6240/1255642.abstract
No ‘Morning tea with me’ this Wednesday
I am in Melbourne, but there will be cakes and papers on Thursday….look for the announcement
HDR Conference – in September!
HDR conference for 2015 will be September 14th and 15th (Mon, Tues) in E6A, rooms 108, 109 or 133. Please put these dates in your calendar now.
The due dates for the HDR conference abstracts and the PhD census for the conference – now due Monday 24th August. All information and judging criteria for presentations are on iLearn BIOL990
Joint Degrees & Cotutelle
Reminder that for PhD candidates, joint degrees or cotutelle arrangements with priority 1 universities mean that the usual admission hurdles are relaxed – and a MQRES scholarship can be awarded to suitable applicants at anytime – so a really good option. Find info and priority 1 universities here: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_for/cotutelle_and_joint_phd_programs/partner_universities
Chat with Adam if you want further information.
The rocks are coming!
Due to the E7A refurbishment, the rock garden will be relocated into the ivy bed outside E8A
Interesting paper on what STEM skills employers want
check it out
Society for Conservation Biology Conference, Oceania section, in 2016 – July 5th-8th
http://brisbane2016.scboceania.org/
Call for symposia & workshops now open!
Plant of the Week
Eucalyptus paniculata, the Grey Ironbark, one of the major trees the Turpentine-Ironbark Endangered Ecological Community
Welcome – new PhD student James Baxter-Gilbert
A prominent driver of biodiversity loss is habitat degradation and fragmentation resulting from human development and urbanization. Reptiles have suffered some of the most substantial population losses of all vertebrates; however, there are a certain reptile species that thrive in urban landscapes. What allows certain reptiles to survive and exploit urban landscapes where most cannot? Urban areas are a novel landscape that selects for particular life-history and behavioural characteristics, including high behavioural flexibility, altered stress physiology, modified morphologies, and increased reproductive output. James’ PhD research will examine if urban Eastern Water Dragon populations are able to thrive because of population-level adaptations to selective pressures city life.
James can be found up “The Hill” in the Lizard Lab (Cottage W19A) in office #2.
BIOL316 posters
Please check out the BIOL316 educational outreach posters on display in the Biology Museum. These poster were a new assessment where students needed to communicate the diversity, life history tactics and adaptations of a given group of invertebrate to a non-biologists. The top 10 posters will be on display until the end of the year.
Jobs
Marine Campaigner
Nature Conservation Council of NSW is seeking a collaborative and experienced Marine Campaigner to lead our advocacy work to protect our marine life.
http://www.nature.org.au/about/employment/marine-campaigner/
More Jobs
Lecturer in Behvioural Ecology – University of West Scottland , UK
http://www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/jobs/academic-jobs/
FRACKMAN SCREENING NEXT WEEK
Hi all, we’ll be screening Frackman (http://frackmanthemovie.com/about) in the tea room after Friday drinks next week. Drinks will kickstart at 430 as usual and we’ll probably start the movie one hour after that (timing is flexible). Food will be provided after the movie but drinks are on you. Please book it in and come along, its meant to be a great documentary!! Julieta
Volunteers
Here is the latest list of volunteers who want to work with you!
Making the most of social media in your career
Michelle Gallaher, a social media expert from Melbourne, is the guest speaker & there will also be a panel discussion with colleagues who are already utilising social media successfully in their various health research roles. The focus of the event is not how to set up social media accounts but how you can effectively & strategically utilise the different social media platforms to bring about some tangible benefits to your career, whether it be promoting your research, making connections for job or research opportunities, or using social media to enrol study participants. All details on speakers on the flyer attached and the website (www.franklinwomen.com.au).
A great opportunity to catch up with women working in the health and medical research field over drinks + nibbles as well as pick up some new skills!
When: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Time: Arrival from 5pm for drinks and canapés. 5.30pm start.
Where: Hotel CBD Fourth Floor, Level 4, Hotel CBD, Cnr King and York Sts, Sydney
What’s included: Guest speaker and panel (see flyer). Delicious food and drinks, and great company!
Registration: Limited spaces so registration essential via our website: www.franklinwomen.com.au
Cost: Franklin Women Members – $20; Franklin Women guests – $40
Who is Franklin Women? We are a professional community for women working in health and medical research careers. Our aim is to bring like-minded women together to offer each other support, create new career connections and learn new career skills outside of the technical sciences. Oh, and to have a bit of fun, too! You see what we are about here: www.franklinwomen.com.au and can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
New Publications
Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate
Anderegg WRL, Hicke JA, Fisher RA, Allen CD, Aukema J, Bentz B, Hood S, Lichstein JW, Macalady AK, McDowell N, Pan Y, Raffa K, Sala A, Shaw JD, Stephenson NL, Tague C, Zeppel M, 2015. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate. New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/nph.13477. | Find with Google Scholar »The danger within: the role of genetic, behavioural and ecological factors in population persistence of colour polymorphic species
Bolton PE, Rollins LA, Griffith SC, 2015. The danger within: the role of genetic, behavioural and ecological factors in population persistence of colour polymorphic species. Molecular Ecology 24:2907-2915. doi: 10.1111/mec.13201. | Find with Google Scholar »Limits to captive breeding of mammals in zoos
Alroy J, 2015. Limits to captive breeding of mammals in zoos. Conservation Biology 29:926-931. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12471. | Find with Google Scholar »Fuel flammability and fire responses of juvenile canopy species in a temperate rainforest ecosystem
Zimmer HC, Auld TD, Hughes L, Offord CA, Baker PJ, 2015. Fuel flammability and fire responses of juvenile canopy species in a temperate rainforest ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire 24:349-360. doi: 10.1071/wf14054. | Find with Google Scholar »Using the class 1 integron-integrase gene as a proxy for anthropogenic pollution
Gillings MR, Gaze WH, Pruden A, Smalla K, Tiedje JM, Zhu YG, 2015. Using the class 1 integron-integrase gene as a proxy for anthropogenic pollution. Isme Journal 9:1269-1279. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.226. | Find with Google Scholar »Path integration, views, search, and matched filters: the contributions of Rudiger Wehner to the study of orientation and navigation
Cheng K, Freas CA, 2015. Path integration, views, search, and matched filters: the contributions of Rudiger Wehner to the study of orientation and navigation. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioural Physiology 201:517-532. doi: 10.1007/s00359-015-0984-9. | Find with Google Scholar »Antibiotic Discovery: Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Cells and in Biofilm Communities
Penesyan A, Gillings M, Paulsen IT, 2015. Antibiotic Discovery: Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Cells and in Biofilm Communities. Molecules 20:5286-5298. doi: 10.3390/molecules20045286. | Find with Google Scholar »Doubtful pathways to cold tolerance in plants reply
Zanne AE, Tank DC, Cornwell WK, Eastman JM, Smith SA, FitzJohn RG, McGlinn DJ, O'Meara BC, Moles AT, Reich PB, Royer DL, Soltis DE, Stevens PF, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Aarssen L, Bertin RI, Calaminus A, Govaerts R, Hemmings F, Leishman MR, Oleksyn J, Soltis PS, Swenson NG, Warman L, Beaulieu JM, 2015. Doubtful pathways to cold tolerance in plants reply. Nature 521:E6-E7. doi: 10.1038/nature14394. | Find with Google Scholar »Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world
Lin YS, Medlyn BE, Duursma RA, Prentice IC, Wang H, Baig S, Eamus D, de Dios VR, Mitchell P, Ellsworth DS, Op de Beeck M, Wallin G, Uddling J, Tarvainen L, Linderson ML, Cernusak LA, Nippert JB, Ocheltree T, Tissue DT, Martin-St Paul NK, Rogers A, Warren JM, De Angelis P, Hikosaka K, Han QM, Onoda Y, Gimeno TE, Barton CVM, Bennie J, Bonal D, Bosc A, Low M, Macinins-Ng C, Rey A, Rowland L, Setterfield SA, Tausz-Posch S, Zaragoza-Castells J, Broadmeadow MSJ, Drake JE, Freeman M, Ghannoum O, Hutley LB, Kelly JW, Kikuzawa K, Kolari P, Koyama K, Limousin JM, Meir P, da Costa ACL, Mikkelsen TN, Salinas N, Sun W, Wingate L, 2015. Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world. Nature Climate Change 5:459-464. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2550. | Find with Google Scholar »TRILOBITES FROM THE GILES CREEK DOLOSTONE (CAMBRIAN SERIES 3, STAGE 5; TEMPLETONIAN) AMADEUS BASIN, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Smith PM, Paterson JR, Brock GA, 2015. TRILOBITES FROM THE GILES CREEK DOLOSTONE (CAMBRIAN SERIES 3, STAGE 5; TEMPLETONIAN) AMADEUS BASIN, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. Papers in Palaeontology 1:167-200. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1011. | Find with Google Scholar »The Effect of Female Quality on Male Ejaculatory Expenditure and Reproductive Success in a Praying Mantid
Jayaweera A, Barry KL, 2015. The Effect of Female Quality on Male Ejaculatory Expenditure and Reproductive Success in a Praying Mantid. Plos One 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124209. | Find with Google Scholar »Embracing general theory and taxon-level idiosyncrasies to explain nutrient recycling
Barneche DR, Allen AP, 2015. Embracing general theory and taxon-level idiosyncrasies to explain nutrient recycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112:6248-6249. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506305112. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
Predicting tree mortality
Macquarie University Research Fellow Melanie Zeppel and colleagues have recently published a model for climate driven forest mortality.
Read more about it here:
http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/015489/predicting-tree-mortality
http://www.futurity.org/forests-california-climate-change-938872/
Recent Completions
PhD – Nicolas Chan: Constraints on body mass and ecomorphological evolution in birds
Supervised by John Alroy