Predator recognition and responses in the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica)
Brown C, Morgan J, 2015. Predator recognition and responses in the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica). Marine and Freshwater Research 66:127-134. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
Thank you for attending this week’s Department meeting…I attach the slides that were used. Happy International Women’s Day everyone!!!!
cheerio
Mariella
General News and Announcements
Upcoming Seminar for our MRes Students!
All staff, post-docs and PhD’s are encouraged and welcome to attend. Monday March 16th, 2015 from 9am – 5pm in the Biology Tearoom. Please come and show your support for our new fleet of students. There will be both concluding (2014) and newly commenced students to talk about their work. Light refreshments available. Abstract booklet to be released shortly.
Grant Success
Congratulations to Phil Taylor who is leading a research project ‘Comparisons of New Sexing Strains of Queensland Fruit Fly’ with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Win $6000 in Research Travel Funding
If you’re a student, researcher or academic staff looking to further your knowledge in a specific area of study or research overseas, this is your chance. Travel grant is currently open to universities, tertiary institutions, research organisations and schools throughout australia.
For further information of how to apply please see the attached flyer.
Employer Assist Program
The employer assist program provides access to short term counselling to all Macquarie staff and immediate family, with service providers around the city. It is a service that is completely independent of the uni but which the university pays for (for a total of six sessions).
http://staff.mq.edu.au/human_resources/health_and_safety/employee_assistance_program/
Clean Up Campus Day
24 March 2015
Biology needs a champion to coordinate the biology team for this event. Please email Samantha.Newton@mq.edu.au.
In support of the nation’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day in March, we are hosting our own Clean Up Campus Day event right here!
Get involved by registering your team for Clean Up Campus Day and dedicate one hour of your time between 10am and 2pm on Tuesday 24 March to keeping our campus clean – Prizes to be won!
One size fits all bin system
In 2008, due to high contamination rates, 90% of all materials from bins across campus ended up as landfill. Following the introduction of a “one size fits all” bin system, less than 25% now ends up as landfill. Items that end up in Macquarie’s general waste stream are sorted at Doyle Brother’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
More waste management tips: http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/strategy_and_initiatives/sustainability/get_involved/m-power/clean_and_green/
Wednesday Seminar – March 11
Climate change and range shifts of the marine biota of SE Australia: patterns, processes and predictions
Dr Will Figueira from Sydney Uni will be presenting on the following next Wednesday. Osmar Luiz (osmarjluiz@gmail.com) will be hosting him if you would like to arrange a meeting following the talk.
As coastal oceans warm we are increasingly observing range shifts of marine biota. In this talk I use the model system of tropical fishes advected southward from the Great Barrier Reef to explore the processing driving and limiting range expansions. Ongoing research by myself and others is beginning to clarify the complex interaction of ecology and physiology which ultimately determines the speed and extent of these range shifts.
Global Leadership Program
This is available to all HDR and undergraduate students…
GLP UG PG Generic 2pp A4 Flyer Feb15 WEB
Your own biases
If you are interested in discovering your own implicit biases with respect to science and gender, you can take a short (much less than 10 minute) test here:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Just click “I wish to proceed” at the bottom of the page, and then choose the “Gender-Science IAT”.
For what it’s worth, this revealed that I have a moderate tendency to associate males with science and females with liberal arts.
Cheers,
Rob
Slides for Pof Lee Lynd’s seminar
Here are the slides for the seminar entitled:
Land, Food, and Bioenergy in Response to the Great Challenges of our Time
Thinking about a cotutelle or joint PhD program
Hi everyone,
I have been asked about the mechanism for organising a cotutelle or joint PhD program with an international research university. Macquarie University has been participating in this program since 1999 and has hosted close to 220 cotutelle and joint PhD candidates with more than 110 universities from over 30 countries, led by China, Germany and France. Scholarship and travel funds are provided to eligible candidates.
The program is administered through the Higher Degree Research Office (HDRO) and there is easy to follow information and the appropriate forms on their web site at http://hdr.mq.edu.au/information_for/cotutelle_and_joint_phd_programs.
Macquarie University has a number of existing relationships with research-intensive universities and it is very simple to organise a cotutelle or joint PhD program with one of these partners. They are listed on the web site at http://hdr.mq.edu.au/information_for/cotutelle_and_joint_phd_programs/partner_universities.
However, if you have a research collaboration with an academic or team at another international university, you can still organise a cotutelle or joint PhD program. For cotutelles, there is no need to establish a memorandum of understanding or similar unless this is required by the partner institution. However a joint PhD will require one and first requires approval through the Academic Senate.
Each application will be assessed on its merit. I am attaching three documents to assist you in further understanding how the program works:
- 1) Fact Sheet
- 2) Supervisor FAQ
- 3) Cotutelle/joint PhD proposal form.
For more information on cotutelles and joint PhD programs, contact Catherine Schedlich (catherine.schedlich@mq.edu.au) in the HDRO.
Kelsie Dadd (AD International)
Cotutelle_and_Joint_PhD_Proposal_Form_16-09-2014
Raising your research profile with Australia’s AEKOS.
This is a seminar for all researchers who study ecological and ecosystem science. Many researchers are increasing their research profiles by publishing and reusing high quality, well-described ecological data online. TERN’s Eco-informatics has data publishing and accessing services to help you publish and reuse your data just like paper publications. In this seminar you will be shown how you can use these services.
Presented by Dr Anita Smiyth, University of Adelaide.
1-2:30pm Thursday, 26 March, E8A tearoom
For sale: BBQ and outdoor setting: Make me a reasonable offer
Four burner gas BBQ with bottle and a cool glass hexagonal outdoor table with 6 comfy chairs (see pic) in good condition. Need to be collected from Camperdown. Contact michelle.power@mq.edu.au
Campus master plan
If you have not already seen it, the masterplan has been published; https://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/campus_master_plan/
I attach an abridged version…
Master_Plan_Building_Proposals
Jobs – Research Assistant at SIMS
SIMS is seeking a Research Associate to manage the Sydney Harbour component of the Eco-engineering research project.
Jobs – Lecturer in Community Ecology at University of New England, AU
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(Plant – Animal Interactions) School of Environmental and Rural Science http://www.une.edu.au/jobs-at-une/current-vacancies
We are looking for someone who has:
To enquire about this role please contact Professor Iain M Young: phone 02 6773 2323 or email www.une.edu.au/about-une/academic-schools/school-of-environmental-and-rural-science |
Various Seminars elsewhere
- Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment:
Dr Michael Rostas – Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand The multiple roles of volatile signals in plant-fungus-insect interactions.
When: Wednesday 4th March 2015 3pm
Where: L9.G.21 – L9 Lecture Theatre
- Sydney University – Annual Keast Lecture: FROM MUTATION TO MACROEVOLUTION – PROFESSOR LINDELL BROMHAM
FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015
1:00pm – 2:00pm, free lunch to follow
DT Anderson lecture theatre
Heydon-Laurence Building A08, University of Sydney
- UNSW – Evolution & Ecology Research Centre
Daphne Fairbairn: “And Ever the Twain Shall Meet: An expose of sexual differences in the animal kingdom”
Date: 9 March 2015Time: 3.00 p.m.Location: CLB Theatre 1
2-day ‘Intro to R’ course at SIMS in May
Details and tickets at http://www.harbouranalytics.com.au
Manage your gmail – tips from Dan Falster
As you known Macquarie University’s email is powered by gmail. These tips may help in managing your inbox
– Gmail has lots of keyboard shortcuts, press ‘?’ for a list
– I have recently discovered a way to create a task in my online taskmanagement software from an email, using a Zapier webhook.
Works with lots of programs, including asana, basecamp, & trello.
New Publications
Research frontiers in drought-induced tree mortality: crossing scales and disciplines
Hartmann H, Adams HD, Anderegg WRL, Jansen S, Zeppel MJB, 2015. Research frontiers in drought-induced tree mortality: crossing scales and disciplines. New Phytologist 205:965-969. | Find with Google Scholar »Genetics and infection dynamics of Paratrichosoma sp in farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)
Lott MJ, Hose GC, Isberg SR, Power ML, 2015. Genetics and infection dynamics of Paratrichosoma sp in farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). Parasitology Research 114:727-735 | Find with Google Scholar »Competitive interactions between established grasses and woody plant seedlings under elevated CO2 levels are mediated by soil water availability
Manea A, Leishman MR, 2015. Competitive interactions between established grasses and woody plant seedlings under elevated CO2 levels are mediated by soil water availability. Oecologia 177:499-506. | Find with Google Scholar »A worldwide analysis of within-canopy variations in leaf structural, chemical and physiological traits across plant functional types
Niinemets U, Keenan TF, Hallik L, 2015. A worldwide analysis of within-canopy variations in leaf structural, chemical and physiological traits across plant functional types. New Phytologist 205:973-993. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
Conservation drones and underwater street-view
Read about Liz Madin’s research on reef health with the help of underwater drones.
http://mq.edu.au/research-impact/category/science/
http://www.climateprep.org/2015/03/04/from-the-field-blue-carbon-on-the-great-barrier-reef/