Another blow to the conserved gene order in Annelida: Evidence from mitochondrial genomes of the calcareous tubeworm genus Hydroides
By: Sun, Yanan, Guillemine Daffe, Yanjie Zhang, Joan Pons, Jian-Wen Qiu, and Elena K. Kupriyanova. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160 (2021): 107124. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Message from the HoD
Dear all,
Not much good news for Universities in the Federal Budget this week and the assumption that international borders will remain shut until mid-2022 is a further blow to the prospects for financial recovery sooner rather than later. Most of the new resourcing is targeted at industry engagement and this does align with the FSE/MQ strategy to grow Category 2-4 funding. If you are wondering how to expand your research activity into the industry/government/NGO space, there is help available within the Department and Faculty to help make this happen.
Cheers,
Nathan Hart
Save the Date
This Coming Week
Wed 19th May, 1-2 pm: Biological Sciences seminar; Zoom link will be emailed out.
Future Events
7th June: L&T retreat – save the date
8th – 9th June: HDR Conference – save the date
General News and Announcements
Admin notices
Biology Admin team has relocated for the next few weeks to 7 Wally’s Walk ground floor (FSE offices).The best way to communicate with us is via email or by calling the team members extension. You can also set an appointment directly with the person you want to see. When you come to 7WW ground level, please call the extension numbers listed near the foyer phone.
Security concerns with after hours access: due to recent incidents, if you are entering Uni buildings after hours by swipe-card access, please do not allow unknown person to enter after you.
Travel: all travel, including fieldwork, must have Absence on Duty (AoD) submitted at least 2 weeks in advance of travel dates; this allows time for approvals and bookings. I.f you see the error ‘Disallowed Key Characters’, try deleting your browser cookies and logging in again.
The Science of Eurovision
The first reviews are in!!! Check out the Science of Eurovision Blog: http://thescienceofeurovision.website – Iceland…my absolute favorite!
Sydney-siders, come along to the ‘Queers in Science’ Eurovision party on the 23rd! Get your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/3txvaS8
Judging 2021 Sydney Girls High School Science Conference
You have either participated in judging at the Sydney Girls Science Conference, or expressed interest in doing so. We would love to see you for judging this year!
The Conference will be held on Thursday, June 16 at Sydney Girls High School. If you are able to participate, please register by completing this online form https://forms.gle/z6HDR1uHJ7GnUXmU6
Feel free to share the link with any colleagues who might also be interested and email me if you have any further questions.
Apply for an ARC Future Fellowship at Macquarie University
The next Future Fellowship funding round is expected to open in October 2021 for funding commencing 1 July 2022. In preparation for this upcoming round, we invite potential candidates to approach one of the Faculty Research Managers at Macquarie University, listed below, or contact an academic staff member at Macquarie University who may be a suitable mentor. Please begin these discussions as soon as possible. Following this initial discussion, you will need to submit an expression of interest by 5 pm (AEST) Wednesday 15 September 2021.
When contacting a Macquarie University staff member please include the following information:
1. A brief, one paragraph description of your proposed research project
2. Potential research mentor(s) at Macquarie University
3. Your curriculum vitae, detailing your qualifications, employment history, publications, other research outputs, previous grant success, any research student supervision, and referees
For more information on the Future Fellowship scheme, please visit the Macquarie information webpage or the ARC website. Links to the Grant Guidelines and Instructions to Applicants from the previous round are available for download from Grant Connect.
Faculty of Science and Engineering contact is Irina Zakoshanski <sci.research@mq.edu.au>
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2022 Future Fellowship EOI Form for Macquarie University
Apply for an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
The next DECRA funding round is expected to open in September 2021 for funding commencing 1 January 2023. In preparation for this upcoming round, we invite potential candidates to approach the Faculty Research Manager, or contact an academic staff member at Macquarie who may be a suitable mentor. Please begin these discussions as soon as possible. Following this initial discussion, you will need to submit an expression of interest by 5 pm (AEST) 11 August 2021.
When contacting a Macquarie University staff member please include the following information:
1. A brief, one paragraph description of your proposed research project
2. Potential research mentor(s) at Macquarie
3. Your curriculum vitae, detailing your qualifications, employment history, publications, other research outputs, previous grant success, any research student supervision, and referees
For more information on the DECRA scheme, please visit the Macquarie University information webpage or the ARC website. Links to the Grant Guidelines and Instructions to Applicants from the previous round are available for download from Grant Connect.
Faculty of Science and Engineering contact is Irina Zakoshanski <sci.research@mq.edu.au>
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2023 DECRA EOI Form for Macquarie University
Boxes wanted for animal enrichment
There are notices and collection tubs in the tearooms of 14ER 280, 205a and 205b for the collection of used boxes and toilet rolls to be used as animal enrichment. Any boxes are welcomed ranging in size from small paracetamol boxes to larger cereal boxes. The more colour the better as the animals have colour vision and like a range of colourful objects in their homes. Any questions, please contact Jessica Dudley <jessica.dudley@mq.edu.au>
Plants of the Week: Podocarpus elatus – the Australian Plum Pine
When we hear the word conifer, we immediately think of trees that produce seeds in cones. An exception is Podocarpus which produces single seeds attached to branches by plum-like stalks. Podocarpus evolved in the southern part of Pangaea about 240 million years ago and its present-day distribution in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, South America and South Africa reflects its Gondwanan origins. The early populations were probably browsed and dispersed by dinosaurs.
OPPORTUNITIES
NSW Environmental Trust’s Environmental Research – Post bushfire flora research and recovery grants
The NSW Environmental Trust is now inviting applications to the Post bushfire flora research and recovery grants program.
Following the devastating 2019-20 fire season, more than 100 native plant species have been identified as high priority for survey work to determine the current status of these species. Data collected through this program will be used by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to inform recovery strategies.
A total of $500,000 is available for projects to carry out field work and undertake ecological surveys. Applications close 3pm Monday 31 May 2021
Application materials – The Program Guidelines, Application Form and a range of supporting resources are available on the Trust’s Environmental Research grant program webpage.
Questions? Contact the Trust Administration on (02) 8837 6093 or email.
To find out about other grants programs delivered by the Environmental Trust, please visit the Trust’s website.
Government tender for Species Expert Assessment Plans (SEAPs) project
SEAPs Project – Request for Tender – Applications close 17 May 2021.
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has put out a Request for Tender around Species Expert Assessment Plans (SEAPs) for species and ecological communities:
https://www.tenders.gov.au/Atm/Show/c6828d8e-6894-4bf1-a228-45a846c40464
Other relevant documents are listed on the AusTender site. Rachael Gallagher can provide advice to anyone interested.
Looking for volunteers?
Want some help with your research or fieldwork? Contact Jenny Ghabache jenny.ghabache@mq.edu.au for the list of people that have registered their interest in doing volunteer work in our Dept.
Online volunteer application form
This is to be completed any time volunteers are brought onboard. The online form will require the volunteer to have their documents and work details ready to input – see attached PDF below for guidance and for the link to submit.
When a form is submitted, an email will come to the supervisor for approval, and they will then send it on to the admin team.
Volunteer form information Biological Sciences – see attached for details. If you have questions, please contact jenny.ghabache@mq.edu.au.
International Masters student looking for a short internship (18 April – July 2022) preferably in the field of wildlife conservation and/or ecosystem restoration. If you might be able to offer a suitable internship opportunity (noting the uncertainty around travel in 2022), please contact Julia Hogestijn <j.hogestijn@student.utwente.nl> who is currently doing a Masters of Spatial Engineering at ITC (University of Twente).
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
You are invited the next Applied BioSciences seminar on Tuesday, 8 June at 12pm. The seminar will be delivered online using Zoom.
The guest presenter will be Dr Amy Cain, Research Fellow Department of Molecular Sciences and Facility Director, The Macquarie Galleria Research Facility.
Seminar title:
Using functional genomics to understand stress protection and uncover antibiotic targets in nasty bacteria
The ARC Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation would like to invite you to join our fourth online seminar of 2021 on Wednesday, May 19 at 9 am (Sydney time – AEST).
In this occasion, our special guest will be Dr María Teresa Vera from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina).
Seminar title:
Are we what we eat? What, how and when? Anastrepha fraterculus brings its story
Please register in advance using the following link: https://macquarie.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuduqqrz4oE9LnA874TLVjLWXcK0zyebD3
You will receive instructions on how to join the seminar after your registration is completed.
Molecular Sciences Seminars
Rescheduled Tue 25th May: Shane R Ellis – Mapping region-specific biochemistry using advanced mass spectrometry imaging technologies.
Mock Interviews
Mock Interviews: Interviewing for jobs can be challenging. Over the last few years, we have been offering mock-interviews for Students, Postdocs and Casual staff who have been shortlisted for one. If you are shortlisted for an interview and would like to do a mock before the real deal, please email Ajay [ajay.narendra@mq.edu.au] with relevant information [job description, application, mode of the interview – online or in person]. We will put together a relevant panel to help you prepare for your interview.
Venture Café – will be convening their community online, via Zoom, and offering the #ThursdayGathering programming in a Virtual format.
For more information visit: https://venturecafesydney.org/whats-on-this-week
HDR NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES
HDR – Grants
Study in Japan scholarships
Monbukagakusho Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) research category scholarships. JPY143,000/month (1,716,000 pa = approx AUD$20,200 pa). Applicants must be Australian citizens and have been born on or after 2 April 1987. Closes 26 May 2021.
Australian Society for Fish Biology – student innovation award (Includes study of commercially important invertebrates) Up to $2000 is available to support research costs. Must be a member to apply; see ASFB website. Closes 31 May 2021.
Australasian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society – conference travel award
AUD$1500 provided to a society member to fly and stay in New Zealand to present at conference; see info on AARES website; closes 30 May 2021.
Wildlife Disease Association – student travel grant (online conference)
Grant will cover conference registration; awarded based on need and involvement in the Association. See WDA website; closes 30 May 2021.
Australian Wildlife Society – university research grants
$1500 available for research on conservation on Australian animals and plants. Must be a member to apply; see AWS website; closes 31 May 2021.
Ecological Society of Australia – Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
Grants up to $7500 are available to support fieldwork or other conservation biology & biodiversity research on Australian plants and animals. Applications must be made via MQ Research Office and Pure. See Holsworth website; closes 31 May 2021.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory – postdoctoral fellowships at EMBL and Stanford
Up to EUR240,000 (for 3-year fellowship). See EMBL website; closes 6 June 2021.
Society for Conservation Biology – Graduate Student Research Fellowship
Award (not specified) will go towards fieldwork costs; register on SCB website to apply; closes 18 May 2021.
Gottstein Trust – fellowships and awards in forestry
See Gottstein website. They have a few different awards, but in particular offer up to $5000/year for up to 3 years for PhD and Masters students working in wood or forest science, for “living and education-related costs”. The whole trust is very industry-focused. Applications close 9 am on 20 May 2021.
Shut Up & Write online with Digital Health CRC
When: Mondays 5:45pm-8:15pm AEDT, Tuesdays 11:45am-2:15pm AEDT
Green Talents Competition 2021: call for applications is now open!
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has held the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote the international exchange of ideas regarding green solutions since 2009. The award, whose patron is Minister Anja Karliczek, honours 25 young researchers from around the world each year who are engaged in excellent interdisciplinary work on environmental topics. The winners come from various scientific disciplines and are recognised for their outstanding achievements in making our societies more sustainable. The call is open to all disciplines.
Applications close 19 May 2021.
The Green Talents are selected by a high-ranking jury of German experts and are granted unique access to the country’s leading sustainability researchers and scientists. This includes:
- An invitation to a multi-day Virtual Science Forum in October 2021 with “Science sessions” with leading German sustainability facilities, institutions and companies, which will virtually provide exclusive insights into their leading-edge research and projects.
- A chance to present themselves and their work in virtual one-on-one discussions held as part of individual appointments with experts of their choice (during the Virtual Science Forum).
- An invitation to Germany in 2022 for a fully funded research stay of up to three months. At an inspiring location of their choice, the Green Talents will gain new experiences and advance their professional careers while establishing long-lasting partnerships.
- Exclusive access to the “Green Talents network” of currently 282 high potentials in sustainable development from over 72 countries.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Enrolment in a Master’s or PhD programme OR a degree (Master’s/PhD) completed no more than three years before the end of the application process
- Strong focus on sustainable development and an interdisciplinary approach realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- No more than three years of professional work experience (this excludes professional work experiences gained within the scope of an academic degree)
- Proven excellent command of English
- Significantly above-average grades
- Not a German citizen nor a resident of Germany (individuals, therefore, not eligible to apply: German passport holders as well as anyone living in Germany at the time of application even if the residence is temporary)
For more information please refer to the competition’s website www.greentalents.de.
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Forms processing – send to below, NOT directly to Nathan, etc.
For timely processing of forms, e.g. enrolment, leave, etc.:
PhD: send pdfs to fse.bio-adm@mq.edu.au – Julian will arrange signature and send it on.
MRes: send to fse.biomres@mq.edu.au – Ajay or Matt Kosnik will sign and send on.
THIS AND THAT
Amazing article, just for a chuckle
We all get distracted; here’s a possible remedy (though there might be some WHS issues to sort out):
Be COVID Safe – clean meeting rooms after use
Please be reminded to clean meeting rooms, such as the Tearooms after use. This includes wiping down surfaces and used equipment like computers and keyboard.
Please do your part to look after the health of the University.
Outreach Activities
Have You Participated in an Activity for Biology Recently? Don’t forget to fill in the super-quick form here – ACCESS OUTREACH FORM HERE
Call out for Social Media Content
We are looking to feature a different student each week on the Biology Social Media accounts. If you would like to share your research or fieldwork with the public, please send photos and a short blurb about your work to Jenny Ghabache: <jenny.ghabache@mq.edu.au>
Correct Method for Submitting to Department Matters
Department Matters submissions now have their own email address. Please send all your news items for the newsletter to <fse.bionewsletter@mq.edu.au>
Have You Missed Out on an Issue of Department Matters? Back issues can be found at this newsletter archive link for your reading pleasure.
New Publications
Assessing the relationship between trait-based and horticultural classifications of plant responses to drought
By: Tabassum, Samiya, Alessandro Ossola, R. M. Marchin, David S. Ellsworth, and M. R. Leishman. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 61 (2021): 127109. | Find with Google Scholar »Integrating biobanking could produce significant cost benefits and minimise inbreeding for Australian amphibian captive breeding programs
By: Howell, Lachlan G., Peter R. Mawson, Richard Frankham, John C. Rodger, Rose MO Upton, Ryan R. Witt, Natalie E. Calatayud, Simon Clulow, and John Clulow. Reproduction, Fertility and Development (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Metabarcoding Reveals Changes in Benthic Eukaryote and Prokaryote Community Composition along a Tropical Marine Sediment Nickel Gradient
By: Gillmore, Megan L., Lisa A. Golding, Anthony A. Chariton, Jenny L. Stauber, Sarah Stephenson, Francesca Gissi, Paul Greenfield, Farid Juillot, and Dianne F. Jolley. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Geographic frequency and ecological correlates of juvenile colour polymorphism in green pythons (Morelia azurea and Morelia viridis)
By; Natusch, Daniel JD, and Jessica A. Lyons. Australian Journal of Zoology (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Evaluating evidence of mitonuclear incompatibilities with the sex chromosomes in an avian hybrid zone
By: Lopez, Kelsie A., Callum S. McDiarmid, Simon C. Griffith, Irby J. Lovette, and Daniel M. Hooper. Evolution (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »The contribution of phenotypic traits, their plasticity, and rapid evolution to invasion success: insights from an extraordinary natural experiment
By: Castillo, Maria L., Urs Schaffner, Brian W. van Wilgen, and Johannes J. Le Roux. Ecography (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Fine structure of the epicuticular secretion coat and associated glands of Pedipalpi and Palpigradi (Arachnida)
By: Seiter, Michael, Thomas Schwaha, Rodrigo L. Ferreira, Lorenzo Prendini, and Jonas O. Wolff. Journal of Morphology (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Continental-scale acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal new insights into stock structure
By: Lédée, E.J., Heupel, M.R., Taylor, M.D., Harcourt, R.G., Jaine, F.R., Huveneers, C., Udyawer, V., Campbell, H.A., Babcock, R.C., Hoenner, X. and Barnett, A., Fish and Fisheries. | Find with Google Scholar »Integrating biobanking could produce significant cost benefits and minimise inbreeding for Australian amphibian captive breeding programs.
By: Howell, Lachlan G., Richard Frankham, John C. Rodger, Ryan R. Witt, Simon Clulow, Rose MO Upton, and John Clulow. Conservation Letters (2020): e12776. | Find with Google Scholar »Species on the move around the Australian coastline: A continental-scale review of climate-driven species redistribution in marine systems
By: Gervais, Connor R., Curtis Champion, and Gretta T. Pecl. Global Change Biology (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »The contribution of phenotypic traits, their plasticity, and rapid evolution to invasion success: insights from an extraordinary natural experiment
By: Castillo, Maria L., Urs Schaffner, Brian W. van Wilgen, and Johannes J. Le Roux. Ecography (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Suggested improvements to proposed genetic indicator for CBD
By: Frankham, Richard. Conservation Genetics (2021): 1-2. | Find with Google Scholar »A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation
By:Brakes, P., Carroll, E.L., Dall, S.R., Keith, S.A., McGregor, P.K., Mesnick, S.L., Noad, M.J., Rendell, L., Robbins, M.M., Rutz, C. and Thornton, A., 2021. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1949), p.20202718. | Find with Google Scholar »Global climate and nutrient controls of photosynthetic capacity
By: Peng, Yunke, Keith J. Bloomfield, Lucas A. Cernusak, Tomas F. Domingues, and I. Colin Prentice. Communications biology 4, no. 1 (2021): 1-9. | Find with Google Scholar »Using citizen science in the photo-identification of adult individuals of an amphibian based on two facial skin features
By: Gould, John, John Clulow, and Simon Clulow. PeerJ 9 (2021): e11190. | Find with Google Scholar »The power of national acoustic tracking networks to assess the impacts of human activity on marine organisms during the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Huveneers, C., Jaine, F.R., Barnett, A., Butcher, P.A., Clarke, T.M., Currey-Randall, L.M., Dwyer, R.G., Ferreira, L.C., Gleiss, A.C., Hoenner, X. and Ierodiaconou, D., 2021. Biological Conservation, 256, p.108995. | Find with Google Scholar »A conservation genomics workflow to guide practical management actions
By: Rossetto, Maurizio, Jia-Yee Samantha Yap, Jedda Lemmon, David Bain, Jason Bragg, Patricia Hogbin, Rachael Gallagher, Susan Rutherford, Brett Summerell, and Trevor C. Wilson. Global Ecology and Conservation 26 (2021): e01492. | Find with Google Scholar »Comparing direct carbonate and standard graphite 14C determinations of biogenic carbonates
By: Bright, J., Ebert, C., Kosnik, M.A., Southon, J.R., Whitacre, K., Albano, P.G., Flores, C., Frazer, T.K., Hua, Q., Kowalewski, M. and Martinelli, J.C., 2021. Radiocarbon, 63(2), pp.387-403. | Find with Google Scholar »Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind
By: Molina-Venegas, Rafael, Miguel Á. Rodríguez, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Cristina Ronquillo, and David J. Mabberley. Nature Ecology & Evolution (2021): 1-6. | Find with Google Scholar »The influence of landscape, climate and history on spatial genetic patterns in keystone plants (Azorella) on sub‐Antarctic islands
By: Chau, J.H., Born, C., McGeoch, M.A., Bergstrom, D., Shaw, J., Terauds, A., Mairal, M., Le Roux, J.J., Jansen van Vuuren, B. Molecular Ecology, 2019. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15147 | Find with Google Scholar »National assessments of species vulnerability to climate change strongly depend on selected data sources
By: Scherrer, Daniel, Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez, Linda J. Beaumont, Víctor L. Barradas, and Antoine Guisan. Diversity and Distributions (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Genotype-environment interaction reveals varied developmental responses to unpredictable host phenology in a tropical insect
By: Kemp, Darrell J. Evolution (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Baked eggs: catastrophic heatwave-induced reproductive failure in the desert-adapted Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
By: McCowan, Luke SC, and Simon C. Griffith. Ibis. | Find with Google Scholar »Latitudinal clines in sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism and sex-specific genetic dispersal during a poleward range expansion
By: Dudaniec, Rachael Y., Alexander R. Carey, Erik I. Svensson, Bengt Hansson, Chuan Ji Yong, and Lesley T. Lancaster. Journal of Animal Ecology (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Think Before You Act: Improving the Conservation Outcomes of CITES Listing Decisions
By: Cooney, Rosie, Daniel WS Challender, Steven Broad, Dilys Roe, and Daniel JD Natusch. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2021): 236. | Find with Google Scholar »Hidden limbs in the “limbless skink” Brachymeles lukbani: Developmental observations
By: Smith-Paredes, Daniel, Oliver Griffith, Matteo Fabbri, Laurel Yohe, Daniel G. Blackburn, Cameron D. Siler, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, and Günter P. Wagner. bioRxiv (2020). | Find with Google Scholar »The conservative low-phosphorus niche in Proteaceae
By: | Find with Google Scholar »Social and spatial patterns of two Afromontane crag lizards (Pseudocordylus spp.) in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
By: Riley, Julia L., James H. Baxter‐Gilbert, and Martin J. Whiting. Austral Ecology (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Sperm Sizer: a program to semi-automate the measurement of sperm length
By: McDiarmid, Callum S., Roger Li, Ariel F. Kahrl, Melissah Rowe, and Simon C. Griffith. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75, no. 5 (2021): 1-8. | Find with Google Scholar »Emerging Roles of Long Non-coding RNAs in Uterine Leiomyoma Pathogenesis: a Review
By: Falahati, Zahra, Masoud Mohseni-Dargah, and Reza Mirfakhraie. Reproductive Sciences (2021): 1-16. | Find with Google Scholar »Microbiology’s next top model: Galleria in the molecular age
By: Dinh, Hue, Lucie Semenec, Sheemal S. Kumar, Francesca L. Short, and Amy K. Cain. Pathogens and Disease 79, no. 2 (2021): ftab006. | Find with Google Scholar »Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics
By: Geoghegan, J.L., Di Giallonardo, F., Wille, M., Ortiz-Baez, A.S., Costa, V.A., Ghaly, T., Mifsud, J.C., Turnbull, O.M., Bellwood, D.R., Williamson, J.E. and Holmes, E.C., 2021. Virus evolution, 7(1), p.veab005. | Find with Google Scholar »Highly diverse and highly successful: invasive Australian acacias have not experienced genetic bottlenecks globally
By: Vicente, Sara, Cristina Máguas, David M. Richardson, Helena Trindade, John RU Wilson, and Johannes J. Le Roux. Annals of Botany (2021) | Find with Google Scholar »Common dolphins form unexpected strong social bonds: insights into social plasticity of delphinids
By: Mason, Suzanne, Chandra Salgado Kent, and Kerstin Bilgmann. Marine Mammal Science | Find with Google Scholar »Applying the economic concept of profitability to leaves
Villar, Rafael, Manuel Olmo, Pedro Atienza, Antonio J. Garzón, Ian J. Wright, Hendrik Poorter, and Luis A. Hierro. Scientific reports 11, no. 1 (2021): 1-10. | Find with Google Scholar »A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata
Ely, Kim S., Alistair Rogers, Deborah A. Agarwal, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Loren P. Albert, Ashehad Ali, Jeremiah Anderson, Hendrik Poorter et al. Ecological informatics 61 (2021): 101232. | Find with Google Scholar »Laterality and fish welfare-A review
Berlinghieri, Flavia, Paolo Panizzon, Iestyn Lloyd Penry-Williams, and Culum Brown. Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2021): 105239. | Find with Google Scholar »Going Batty: The Challenges and Opportunities of Using Drones to Monitor the Behaviour and Habitat Use of Rays
Oleksyn, Semonn, Louise Tosetto, Vincent Raoult, Karen E. Joyce, and Jane E. Williamson. Drones 5, no. 1 (2021): 12. | Find with Google Scholar »The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review
Butcher, Paul A., Andrew P. Colefax, Robert A. Gorkin, Stephen M. Kajiura, Naima A. López, Johann Mourier, Cormac R. Purcell, Jane E. Williamson, Vincent Raoult et al. Drones 5, no. 1 (2021): 8. | Find with Google Scholar »Modeling of Urinary Microbiota Associated With Cystitis
Ceprnja, Marina, Damir Oros, Ena Melvan, Ema Svetlicic, Jasenka Skrlin, Karmela Barisic, Lucija Starcevic, Jurica Zucko, and Antonio Starcevic. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 11 (2021): 140. | Find with Google Scholar »A weight-of-evidence approach for identifying potential sources of untreated sewage inputs into a complex urbanized catchment
Codello, Annachiara, Sandra L. McLellan, Peter Steinberg, Jaimie Potts, Peter Scanes, Angus Ferguson, Grant C. Hose, Anthony Chariton, et al. Environmental Pollution 275 (2021): 116575. | Find with Google Scholar »Low effective population size in the genetically bottlenecked Australian sea lion is insufficient to maintain genetic variation
Kerstin Bilgmann, Armansin, N., Ferchaud, A-L., Normandeau, E., Bernatchez, L., Harcourt, R., Ahonen, H., Lowther, A., Goldsworthy, S. D., Stow, A. (2021). Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12688 | Find with Google Scholar »senSCOPE: Modeling mixed canopies combining green and brown senesced leaves. Evaluation in a Mediterranean Grassland
By: Pacheco-Labrador, J., El-Madany, T.S., van der Tol, C., Martin, M.P., Gonzalez-Cascon, R., Perez-Priego, O., Guan, J., Moreno, G., Carrara, A., Reichstein, M. and Migliavacca, M., 2021. Remote Sensing of Environment, 257, p.112352. | Find with Google Scholar »Assessment of legacy mine metal contamination using ants as indicators of contamination
By: Kavehei, Armin, Damian B. Gore, Scott P. Wilson, Maryamsadat Hosseini, and Grant C. Hose. Environmental Pollution 274 (2021): 116537. | Find with Google Scholar »High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019-2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity
By: Gallagher, R.V., Allen, S., Mackenzie, B.D., Yates, C.J., Gosper, C.R., Keith, D.A., Merow, C., White, M.D., Wenk, E., Maitner, B.S. and He, K., 2021. Diversity and Distributions. | Find with Google Scholar »Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates
By: Saunders, Manu E., Philip S. Barton, James RM Bickerstaff, Lindsey Frost, Tanya Latty, Bryan D. Lessard, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Juanita Rodriguez, Thomas E. White, and Kate DL Umbers. Insect Conservation and Diversity (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
By: Westoby, Mark, Daniel S. Falster, and Julian Schrader. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288, no. 1946 (2021): 20202830. | Find with Google Scholar »Dynamics of marine predators off an oceanic island and implications for management of a preventative shark fishing program
By: Niella, Yuri, Alexandre Wiefels, Ulian Almeida, Sébastien Jaquemet, Erwann Lagabrielle, Robert Harcourt, Victor Peddemors, and David Guyomard. Marine Biology 168, no. 4 (2021): 1-18. | Find with Google Scholar »Cell size, genome size, and maximum growth rate are near-independent dimensions of ecological variation across bacteria and archaea
By: Westoby, Mark, Daniel Aagren Nielsen, Michael R. Gillings, Elena Litchman, Joshua S. Madin, Ian T. Paulsen, and Sasha G. Tetu. Ecology and Evolution (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »A bird-like genome from a frog: Mechanisms of genome size reduction in the ornate burrowing frog, Platyplectrum ornatum
By: Lamichhaney, Sangeet, Renee Catullo, J. Scott Keogh, Simon Clulow, Scott V. Edwards, and Tariq Ezaz. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 11 (2021). | Find with Google Scholar »Macronutrient composition and availability affects repeatability of fly activity through changes in among- and within-individual (residual) variation
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Do goldfish really have a 3-second memory?
Live Science
Professor Culum Brown provided comment about fish memory capacity.
ABC NewsRadio
Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was interviewed about the government’s inaction on climate change.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed about whether whales burp or sneeze.
Footage of extremely rare colourless grey nurse shark captured by divers off Rottnest Island in WA
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Professor Culum Brown provided comment about albino animals.
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Dr Rachael Dudaniec was interviewed about how insects are sentinels for climate change
Professor Rob Harcourt provided comment about risk factors for shark attacks.
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Professor Culum Brown was interviewed about preventing shark attacks.
2GB Radio
Professor Rob Harcourt was interviewed about risk factors for shark attacks.
The Sydney Morning Herald (Print version)
Professor Culum Brown provided comment about shark populations off the NSW coast.
Seven News Prime
MRes student Shannon Kaiser contributed to a story about the ecological implications of fire on the invasion of cane toads
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Professor Culum Brown was interviewed about shark nets
The Conversation [AU]
Dr Oliver Griffith contributed an article to The Conversation.
Tasmanian Times
Dr Connor Gervais was featured regarding how marine species are moving due to global warming.
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Dr Connor Gervais was featured regarding how marine species are moving due to global warming.
ABC Illawarra
Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons was interviewed about the despotic societal structure of stingrays.
This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed about whales that were killed in a ship collision.
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Professor Culum Brown was featured regarding the myth of fish having three-second memory spans.
ABC NewsRadio
Professor Culum Brown was featured regarding methods of preventing shark attacks.
My Octopus Teacher: can you really make friends with an octopus?
Professor Culum Brown was featured in DivePlanIt about the documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
First possible sightings of Migaloo the all-white \ humpback whale recorded for 2021
The Fraser Coast Beacon (Print version)
Dr Vanessa Pirotta provided comment about possible sightings of Migaloo the white whale.
Curious kids: do whales fart and sneeze?
The Conversation [AU]
Dr Vanessa Pirotta contributed an article to The Conversation.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed about whale spotting off the coast.
True Blue magazine (Print version)
Associate Professor Michelle Power was featured regarding care for native wildlife after bushfires. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
ABC News
Professor Nathan Hart provided comment about sharks using magnetic fields to navigate.
ABC News
Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was interviewed about the government’s emissions target.
ABC NewsRadio
Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was interviewed regarding the 2019-2020 bushfires.
Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed about Migaloo the white whale.
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Dr Alessandro Ossola provided comment about preventing birds flying into buildings to ABC news
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Rachael Gallagher and Ian Wright’s research grant to look at using drones to drop seeds to plant trees was mentioned in The Land.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Drive regarding the humpback whales choosing to stop in different spots off the east coast of Australia.
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Dr Chris Reid was featured on ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons and in New Atlas regarding his research on army ants creating structures with their bodies called “scaffolds” to protect each other from falling.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta provided comment to ABC News about a possible sighting of the white whale Migaloo.
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Dr Chris Reid contributed the article ‘Bridges, highways, scaffolds: how the amazing engineering of army ants can make us smarter creators’ to The Conversation.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe was featured on ABC Gardening Australia regarding the secret life of spiders.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes contributed the article ‘Regions to prosper in global clean economy’ to The Canberra Times.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes contributed the article ‘What keeps climate scientists awake at night’ to The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WA Today.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was featured in the ABC Gold Coast regarding the population resurgence of humpback whales.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured on ABC News regarding the Biden administraion’s climate agenda.
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Associate Professor Darrell Kemp was featured in Cosmos Magazine regarding a study of how butterflies manage the risk of an unpredictable environment.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes, was interviewed on ABC NewsRadio about repairing Australia’s reputation on climate change.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC Radio Sydney regarding a proposal for removing humpback whales from the threatened species list.
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Dr Alexandra Carthey was featured in The Guardian regarding flatpack homes to help native wildlife recover when their habitat has been destroyed.
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Professor Culum Brown was featured in The Guardian regarding reports of rising numbers of shark attacks.
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Professor Rick Shine was featured in the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, 2SM and 2GB regarding cane toads approaching Sydney.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured by the Daily Mail regarding the risks posed by climate change on 99 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the future of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured by ABC NewsRadio regarding a report on what Australia will look like with 3 degrees of global warming, calling for action by the Government to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured by the Sydney Morning Herald regarding a report on what Australia will look like with 3 degrees of global warming, calling for action by the Government to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions.
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Dr Rachael Gallagher was interviewed on ABC Gippsland about how frequent bushfires are putting 600 plant species at risk of extinction.
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Professor Culum Brown was featured in Psychology Today regarding manta rays’ communication methods.
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Associate Professor Michelle Power was interviewed on ABC NewsRadio about the threat of waterborne diseases as flood waters recede.
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Associate Professor Jane Williamson was featured on ABC Newcastle Breakfast discussing sea foam.
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Professor Rick Shine provided comment to Yahoo News about cane toads which may be spreading further due to wet weather.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes, contributed the article ‘Wake up, Mr Morrison: Australia’s slack climate effort leaves our children 10 times more work to do’ to The Conversation.
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Professor Culum Brown provided comment to the Daily Mail and Yahoo News about a giant stargazer fish washed up on a Queensland beach.
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Distinguished Professor Michael Gillings featured in a video about the DNA technology and evolution of Central Dogma for Faculti.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe provided comment to Daily Mail about a spider found in a strawberry punnet.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes, was featured in The Guardian regarding a study of ecosystems at risk of collapse.
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Associate Professor Jane Williamson was interviewed on BYU Broadcasting in the US about the study “Putting sea cucumbers on the map: projected holothurian bioturbation rates on a coral reef scale”.
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Professor Culum Brown contributed the article ‘Curious Kids: could octopuses evolve until they take over the world and travel to space?’ to The Conversation.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed on ABC Radio Adelaide about the impact of construction of a causeway on whales.
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Professor Robert Harcourt was interviewed on 2GB Radio about a large tiger shark caught by fishermen.
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Robert Perryman was featured in Forbes regarding a study of how manta rays communicate.
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Dr Alessandro Ossola was interviewed on ABC Radio Newcastle Mornings about choosing the right plants for green spaces to resist climate change.
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Professor Culum Brown was interviewed on ABC Radio Brisbane about how gills work.
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Dr Chris Reid provided comment to an article published this week in Chemical and Engineering News; “How a slime mold reorganizes around food”, about a paper recently published in PNAS (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2021: DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007815118).
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Emeritus Professor Andrew Beattie contributed to the article ‘Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future’, discussed in The Conversation. This article has now amassed over 200,000 views!
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Dr Alessandro Ossola was interviewed on ABC Mornings Newcastle about the Which Plant Where project and the best urban plant species that can survive climate change.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was interviewed on ABC News Radio about the study ‘‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing’.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes contributed to the article ‘‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing’ in The Conversation.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe provided comment to Newshub about a huntsman and its babies found in an oven.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe was interviewed on ABC Radio Melbourne about a huntsman spotted on a toilet roll.
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Dr Rachael Gallagher provided comment to ABC Coffs Coast about the emergence of Tropical soda apple, a noxious weed, on the north coast.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe provided comment to the Daily Mail about huntsman spiders.
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Professor Brian Atwell was featured in AusBizMag regarding the application of technologies to improve heat tolerance in cotton. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse
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Associate Professor Michelle Power was featured in AusBizMag regarding a project to improve the treatment of fire-affected wildlife. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
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Associate Professor Jane Williamson was featured in The Daily Telegraph and Triple M regarding a barramundi found in the Parramatta river.
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Dr Alessandro Ossola was interview on Eastside Radio’s Boiling Point about adapting to climate change with urban greening.
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Associate Professor Michelle Power contributed the article ‘COVID has reached Antarctica. Scientists are extremely concerned for its wildlife’ to The Conversation.
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Associate Professor Jane Williamson was featured in Yahoo News regarding the impact of overfishing on sea cucumbers.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding a deadly Himalayan glacial burst which has deepened concerns around climate change disasters.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta provided comment to Science Alert about the impact of shipping vessels on blue whales.
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Associate Professor Jane Williamson provided comment to Live Science about sea cucumbers.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney regarding the identification of a new species of whale in a busy shipping channel off the Gulf of Mexico.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe was featured in The Daily Mail regarding booming huntsman spider populations.
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Dr Lizzy Lowe was featured in 9 News regarding booming huntsman spider populations.
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Professor Rick Shine was interviewed on 2GB about the discovery of cane toads in Sydney’s south.
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Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes provided comment to The Age about Australia’s likelihood of meeting its Paris climate goal.
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Professor Culum Brown was interviewed on ABC Radio Nightlife about sharks and why they attack.
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Distinguished Professor Michelle Leishman was featured on Nine.com.au, ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast, The Daily Telegraph, The Sector and Green Magazine about the best trees to shade school playgrounds. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta was interviewed on 2CC Canberra regarding the risk of shark attacks.
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Professor Nathan Hart was interviewed on 2GB about why sharks attack.
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Professor Nathan Hart provided comment to The Sydney Morning Herald about why sharks attack.
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Dr Rachael Gallagher provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding calls to protect the Wollemi pines from future bushfires.
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Professor Andrew Barron was featured in Scienmag regarding research into the flying skills of insects.
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Professor Culum Brown contributed the article ‘Curious kids: how do gills work?’ to The Conversation.
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Professor Nathan Hart provided comment to The Age regarding the areas with the highest risk of shark attacks.
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Professor Culum Brown was interviewed on ABC Radio Melbourne regarding the risk of shark attacks this summer.
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Professor Rick Shine was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about snakes in Sydney.
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta provided comment to The New Daily on a whale carcass near Fairhaven, Victoria that showed signs of shark feeding
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Congratulations to Maria di Cairano for completing her PhD thesis titled “Impact of groundwater-surface water interactions on groundwater ecosystems”.
Supervised by Grant Hose and Kath Korbel
Isabelle van der Ouderaa has submitted her PhD titled “Landscapes of facilitation”, Cotutelle with University of Groningen
Supervised by Melanie Bishop
Francisco (Paco) Martinez Baena has submitted his PhD titled: “Oysters Reef as Fish Habitat: A Seascape Perspective”
Supervised by Melanie Bishop
Amy Tims has submitted her PhD thesis titled: “Macroecology and Conservation Biology of Australian Freshwater Fishes: A Big Data Approach”
Supervised by John Alroy
Matthew Kerr has submitted his PhD thesis titled: “Biogeography and Macroecology Australian Marine Molluscs”
Supervised by John Alroy
Fiona McDougall has submitted her PhD thesis titled “Investigation into the Occurrence of Gram-negative Bacteria and Associate Antibiotic Resistance in Grey-headed Flying Foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus)”
Supervised by Michelle Power
Iván Beltrán has been awarded his PhD Thesis titled “Taking the heat: can mothers buffer global warming and still produce smart babies?”
Supervised by Martin Whiting
Thomas Claybourn completed and submitted his Co-tutelle PhD thesis titled “Systematics and biostratigraphy of Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils from East Antarctica and South Australia” on 13 April, 2020
Supervised by Prof. Glenn Brock
Julia Tovar Verba has been awarded her PhD Thesis titled “Stock structure and vulnerability of commercially exploited fish in Brazil”cotutelle with The university of North Rio Grande, Brazil.
Supervised by Adam Stow
Ramila Furtado sumitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Unpacking Effects of Multiple Stressors on Estuarine Meiobenthos.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Melanie J. Bishop
Sonu Yadav has submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Landscape genomics of grasshopper pests in Australia.”
Supervised by Rachel Dudaniec and Adam Stow.
Wendy Grimm submitted her PhD thesis entitled “The biology and ecology of Genoplesium baueri R. Br., an endangered terrestrial orchid endemic to New South Wales, Australia”
Supervised by Michelle Leishman
Darshana Rathnayake submitted his PhD thesis entitled ‘Effect of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) on Predator-Prey Interactions in Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae).’
Supervised by Mariella Herberstein
Lorraine Hardwick submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Functional ecological processes in upland swamps and chain of ponds systems in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands of eastern New South Wales, Australia.”
Supervised by Grant Hose
Birgit Szabo has submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Does sociality affect cognitive ability in lizards? Learning and behavioural flexibility in Australian skinks.”
Supervised by Martin Whiting
Ina Geedicke has submitted her joint MQ-U/Hamburg PhD thesis entitled ‘Anthropogenic impacts on mangrove and saltmarsh communties in eastern Australia.’
Supervised by Michelle Leishman
Guyo Duba Gufu submitted his PhD thesis entitled “Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Nutrient Enrichment on Freshwater Plant Species
Supervised by Professor Michelle Leishman
Kaja Wierucka submitted her PhD thesis entitled “Multimodal mother-offspring recognition in the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea).”
Supervised by Professor Rob Harcourt
Laura Fernandez Winzer submitted her thesis entitled The impacts of myrtle rust on Australian plants and vegetation.
Supervised by Distinguished Professor Michelle Leishman
Jessica Wilks submitted her thesis entitled Temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton fluxes in the Australian and New Zealand Sectors of the Southern Ocean.
Supervised by Glenn Brock and Matthew Kosnik
Samiya Tabassum submitted her PhD Thesis entitled Living on the edge: ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of range expansion in invasive species
Supervised by Distinguished Professor Michelle Leishman
Isabel Damas Moreira submitted her PhD thesis entitled Understanding what make a lizard invasive: the role of behaviour and cognition
Supervised by Associate Professor Martin Whiting
Catarina Villa Pouca submitted her PhD Thesis entitled Exploring elasmobranch cognation using juvenile Port Jackson sharks
Supervised by Associate Professor Culum Brown
Congratulations to Danae Moore for submitting her PhD on the threats to the endangered great desert skink. You may not have met Danae, she lives on a remote Australian Wildlife Conservancy property in the Tanami desert with her family.
Supervised by Associate Professor Adam Stow
Maria Vozzo submitted her thesis entitled “Sources of spatio-temporal variation in habitat provisioning by the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata
Supervised by Associate Professor Melanie Bishop
Simon Klein submitted his thesis entitled “Causes and consequences of individual forager variability in social bees.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Andrew Barron
Arnaud Badiane submitted his PhD thesis entitled “Evolution of colour signals in lizards.”
Supervised by Martin Whiting and Pau Carazo (University of Valencia)
Ingrid Stein Errington submitted her PhD thesis entitled “Soil invertebrate response to petroleum contaminants in subantarctic soils, and implications for remediation efforts.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Grant Hose
Anuradhi Jayaweera had submitted her PhD thesis entitled “Pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in a sexually cannibalistic praying mantid.”
Supervised by Kate Barry and Mariella Herberstein
Dominic McAfee submitted his PhD Thesis entitled “Can Oysters Provide a Refuge to Coastal Biodiversity in a Changing World?”
Supervised by Associate Professor Melanie Bishop
Samuel Andrew submitted his PhD thesis entitled “Exploring adaptation in the introduced house sparrow to Australian climates and environments.”
Supervised by Professor Simon Griffith
Farzana Raihan submitted her thesis entitled “The Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrology of the Halda Basin, Southeastern Bangladesh.”
Supervised by Dr Linda Beaumont
Jenny Aino Plath submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Neuroethological analysis of visually oriented behavior in honey bees.”
Supervised by Andrew Barron
Amélie Cabirol has submitted her thesis entitled “Experience-dependent plasticity in brain structure and olfactory learning capacities in honey bees (Apis mellifara).”
Supervised by Andrew Barron from Macquaire University and Jean-Marc Devaud from the University of Toulouse.
Emma Gray submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Growth Rate and Functional Traits of Tropical Rainforest and Savanna Species.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Ian Wright, Dr. Daniel Falster (UNSW, formerly MQU), and Dr. Caroline Lehmann (The University of Edinburgh, formerly MQU).
Juan Gabriel Dominguez Sarmiento submitted his PhD thesis entitled “The Middle and Late Holocene Environment of Sydney Harbour (NSW, Australia): A Millennial Story Preserved in Live and Dead Molluscan Assemblages.”
Supervised by Dr Matthew Kosnik and Professor Dorrit Jacob.
Congratulations to Lori Hurley for submitting her PhD entitled: Sperm production, quality, and post-copulatory performance in Australian Estrildid finches
Supervised by Professor Simon Griffith, Professor Kate Buchanan and Dr Melissah Rowe
Lisa Harrison submitted her thesis entitled “NEW APPROACHES TO MODELLING DRIVERS OF SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.”
Supervised by Rob Harcourt and Martin Cox
Peterson Jacob Coates submitted his Master of Philosophy thesis entitled: The Antifungal Defences of Australian Acacia thrips
Supervised by Associate Professor Adam Stow
Julia Riley submitted her thesis entitled “Social Environment Impacts Behavioural Development of a Family-Living Lizard.”
Supervised by Dr Martin Whiting
Peri Bolton submitted her thesis entitled “Colourful conservation: genetic incompatibility and conservation genetics in the wild Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)”
Supervised by Dr Simon Griffith
Benjamin Ofori submitted his PhD thesis entitled “Impacts of climate change on Cunningham’s skink (Egernia cunninghami).”
Supervised by Dr Linda Beaumont
Hilal Varinli handed in her PhD Thesis entitled “The Epigenome of Human Adipocytes”
Supervised by Professor Michael Gillings and Dr Peter Molley (CSIRO)
Yanan Sun handed in her PhD entitled “Taxonomy, barcoding and phylogeny of Hydoides (Serpulidae, Annelida), the largest genus of notorious fouling and invading calcareous tubeworms.”
Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Jane Williamson, Dr Elena Kupriyanova, Dr. Pat Hutchings
Daniel Bateman submitted his thesis this week entitled “Direct and indirect impacts of a non-native predator: foraging by Carcinus maenas on native bivalves of south-east Australian estuaries.”
Supervised by Melanie Bishop
Monique Ladds submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Modelling energetics of fur seals and sea lions.”
Supervised by Robert Harcourt
Thomas Edward White BSc.(Hons) submitted his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy entitled The Evolution of Polymorphism in Colour-Based Prey Lures
Supervised by Darrell Kemp and Mariella Herberstein
Dustin John O’Hara BSc (Marine Biology – Advanced) submitted his Master of Philosophy entitled Increase spatial resource partitioning among a multispecies seabird colony in a lower productivity year: Tracking and stable isotope analysis of three sympatrically breeding species over a three year period.
Supervised by Robert Harcourt, Ian Jonsen, Dave Slip, Nicholas Carlile, Gemma Carroll
Giselle Mushett has submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Evolution of Aggressive Behaviour in the Australian Alpine Grasshopper Genus Kosciuscola”
Supervised by Mariella Herberstein
Muhammad Masood has submitted his PhD thesis entitled “Responses to double stranded RNA in oysters: developing a model for antiviral immunity”
Supervised by Mariella Herberstein
Sarah Jacquet submitted her PhD thesis entitled “Systematics, biostratigraphy and taphonomy of early Cambrian molluscs from South Australia.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Glenn Brock; Co-Supervisor: Matthew Kosnik.
Marissa Bettts submitted her PhD thesis entitled “Fossils, rocks and Cambrian clocks: A multi-proxy approach to chronologically subdividing the lower Cambrian of the Arrowie Basin, South Australia.”
Supervised by Associate Professor Glenn Brock; Adjunct Supervisor: Professor John Patterson (UNE)
Priscila Gonclaves submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Intracellular Basis Of Resilience To Climate Change In Oysters
Supervised by Prof David Raftos
Vincenzo Repaci submitted his PhD thesis entitled ‘The role of functional genetics & population genomics in conversation genetics’
Supervised by Jenny Donald
Elke T. Vermeulen submitted her PhD Thesis entitled “Diversity of protozoan parasites in a threatened marsupial (Petrogale penicillata) which is part of a conservation program.”
Supervised by Michelle Power
PhD submission for Patrick Mark Smith “Paleontology, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Cambrian assemblages from the Pertaoorrta Group, Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory”
Supervised by Glenn Brock
PhD – Saskia Grootemaat: Plant traits and their effects on fire and decomposition
Supervised by Ian Wright
PhD – Silvia Pineda-Munoz: Diet, Ecology and Dental Morphology in Terrestrial Mammals
Supervised by John Alroy and Glenn Brock
PhD – Paolo Momigliano: The Influence of Habitat and Local Selection on Patterns of Genetic Variation in Reef Sharks: implications for conservation
Supervised by Adam Stow
MPhil – Jessica Evans: Environmental Influences and Early Life Experiences on Immune Function something of the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Supervised by Simon Griffith
PhD – Heather Joan Baldwin: Epidemiology and ecology of virus and host: bats and coronaviruses in Ghana, West Africa
Supervised by Adam Stow
PhD – Aroon R. Melwani: The Biology of Environmental Stress: Adaptive responses in Sydney Rock Oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) from an Urbanized Estuary
Supervised by David Raftos
PhD – Tina Peckmezian: Jumping Spiders as a Model System for Comparative Visual Cognition
Supervised by Phil Taylor
PhD – James Lawson: Environmental Controls on the Functional Ecology of Riparian Plant Communities
Supervised by Michelle Leishman
PhD – Henrique Furstenau Togashi: Analysis and Prediction of Plant Functional Traits in Contrasting Environments: information for next-generation ecosystem models
Supervised by Colin Prentice & Ian Wright
PhD – Amy Asher: Molecular epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis in Australia
Supervised by Michelle Power & Grant Hose
PhD – Joseph Kenworthy: Comparative estuarine dynamics: trophic linkages and ecosystem function
Supervised by Melanie Bishop
PhD – Alex Ferry: New Statistical Analysis on Diatom Proxy Data for the Estimation of Past Southern Ocean Properties
Supervised by Leanne Armand
PhD- Dalila Rendon: The role of wolf spiders (Araeneae: Lycosidae) on the biological control of the boll worm Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in cotton crops
Supervised by Phil Taylor
PhD – Vincent Raoult: The biology and fisheries of angle sharks and sawsharks in South-Eastern Australia
Supervised by Jane Williamson
PhD – Nicolas Chan: Constraints on body mass and ecomorphological evolution in birds
Supervised by John Alroy
PhD – Marine Desprez: Southern Ocean sentinels: demographic insights into the declining population of Southern elephant seals at Macquarie Island
Supervised by Rob Harcourt
PhD – Diego Barneche: Scaling fish energetics from individuals to communities
Supervised by Drew Allen
PhD – Siobhan Dennison: Social organisation and population genetics of the threatened great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei
Supervised by Adam Stow
PhD – Yasmin Haeger: Modelling the distribution of Australian shrublands and shrub species: the role of climate and soil properties
Supervised by Linda Beaumont and Sandy Harrison
PhD – Julietta Martinelli: Ecological Interaction and Community Structure in Living and Subfossil Mollusc Assemblages from the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Supervised by Matthew Kosnik and Josh Madin
PhD: Anthony Manea – Impacts of key threatening processes on grass-dominated ecosystems in a high C02 world: a case study of Cumberland Plain Woodland
Supervised by Michelle Leishman
PhD – Matt Lott: Nematode Community Dynamics in Australian Vertebrates: Impacts of Contemporary Captive Management Practices
Supervised by Michelle Power
PhD – Anna Ukkola: Effects of Vegetation Processes on Water Resources at Global and Continental Scales
Supervised by Colin Prentice, Trevor Keenan, Ian Wright
PhD – John Hunt: Seven Generations Healing – Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Recording, Application, Maintenance and Revivial
Supervised by Jim Kohen and Julia Raftos
Marina Scalon (PhD): Comparative Ecology and Physiology of Australian and Brazilian Mistletoe-Host Relationships
Supervised by Ian Wright
Shuangxi (“Joey”) Zhou: Quantifying and modelling the responses of leaf gas exchange to drought
Supervised by Colin Prentice and Belinda Medlyn
PhD: Srikanta KAIDALA GANESHA – On the physiology and evolution of volatile isoprenoid emission in plants
Supervised by Brian Atwell
Masters: John Taylor – Australian wild Oryza species: growth, canopy structure and atmospheric CO2 effects
Supervised by Brian Atwell
PhD: Sofia Baig – Elevated CO2 effects on vegetation: informing modelling through meta-analysis and target experiments
Supervised by Belinda Medlyn
PhD: Jasmin Ruch – EVOLUTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIALITY IN CRAB SPIDERS (THOMISIDAE)
Supervised by Mariella Herberstein
PhD: Lara Ainley – Intraspecific variation in the leaf traits of estuarine primary producers across spatial gradients
Supervised by Mel Bishop
PhD: Luke McCowan – Personality, sociality and foraging in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Supervised by Simon Griffith
PhD: Linda Armbrecht – Phytoplankton and oceanography of the Coffs Harbour region, Eastern Australia
Supervised by Leanne Armand
PhD: Douglas Kelley – Modelling Australian Fire Regimes
Supervised by Sandy Harrison, Colin Prentice, Belinda Medlyn
PhD: Eirik Søvik – REWARD PROCESSING AND RESPONSES TO DRUGS OF ABUSE IN THE HONEY BEE, APIS MELLIFERA
Supervised by Andrew Barron
PhD: Naila Evan – Physiological and behavioural stress responses in the social honeybee, Apis mellifera
Supervised by Andrew Barron
PhD: Raelene Giffney – Maternal care and social behaviour of the hibiscus harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus)
Supervised by Darrell Kemp
PhD: Cliff Garside – Abiotic and biotic factors influencing the invasion of Carcinus maenas in Southern NSW Australia
Supervised by Mel Bishop
PhD: Heidi Ahonen – Population structure and mating system of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea)
Supervised by Adam Stow
PhD: Emilie Perez – Communicating about stress : modulation of vocalizations in the Zebra finch
Supervised by Simon Griffith
PhD: Erin Kydd – Life skills training in hatchery reared fish
Supervised by Culum Brown
PhD: Gemma White – Spatial learning in intertidal gobies
Supervised by Culum Brown
PhD: Nola Hancock – The role of plant provenance in restoration ecology under climate change
Supervised by Lesley Hughes
PhD: Alex Bush – Impacts of climate change on freshwater macroinvertebrates and conservation prioritisation
Supervised by Lesley Hughes