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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT MATTERS | October 30, 2020
Message from the HoD

Dear all,

A great week for Macquarie and the Department this week with two 2020 NSW Premier’s Prize awardees: Dr. Rachael Gallagher for NSW Early Career Researcher of the Year (Biological Sciences) and Distinguished Professor Ian Wright for Excellence in Biological Sciences (Ecological, environmental, agricultural and organismal). Our congratulations to both!

Lots of work going on in the teaching space with our L&T team and Program Directors finalising the teachout plans required as a result of the curriculum changes. This is a significant amount of work and a very short deadline and my thanks to all involved.

Have a great weekend.

Nathan

Save the Date

This Coming Week

Tue 3rd November, 1-2pm: Department Meeting (see calendar invitation from HoD for Zoom link)

5th-10th November: 6WW (E8C) Electrical Shut-down; see below.

Future Events

Mon 16th November, COB: Finance and Travel admin deadline; see below.

Tues 8th December, 10-11:30am: MRes Y2 virtual poster session (links will be sent out closer to date)

Wed 9th December, 9am-5pm: SAVE THE DATE for the Biological Sciences Research Retreat; venue and further details to come soon.

Weekly Events

Wed, 1-2pm: Department Seminar, Zoom link will be emailed out.

Mon-Fri: morning writing sessions on Zoom with HDR Learning Skills; see below.

General News and Announcements

Biofoundry Project – Fire Hydrant Installation – E8A/E8C

You may have already noticed that the entry into 14EAR (E8A) has been fenced off for the installation of a fire hydrant. You will only be able to enter via 6WW (E8C) and the doors along 14 Eastern Rd, signage is in place to direct you.

MUST READ – 6 Wally’s Walk (E8C) Electrical Shut-Down Planned for 5th-10th November

There will be a planned Electrical shutdown in 6WW (E8C) from Thursday 5th November to Tuesday 10th November 2020 to replace the main electrical board for the building.

ALL POWER, PHONES AND INTERNET will be shut down. For safety reasons, the building will be closed, and NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER.

Those impacted are asked to work from home; if this is not an option, please contact Marita Holley before COB Friday 23rd October to arrange an alternative lab or office space for the duration of works.

End of Year – Processing Deadlines via Admin team = 16th November 2020

The end of the year is approaching fast! The admin team needs your help to ensure all administration processes are finalised before the university shuts down. Any items below that don’t have a due date yet will be updated in due course.

To help us carry out your request, please email fse.bio-adm@mq.edu.au

What Happens to 2020 Funds?
Grants ending this year, funds in operating accounts or 2020 approved HDR funds may be absorbed by the faculty. Please spend funds by the above dates to prevent this from happening.

If you hold a research grant and need an extension, request one as soon as possible. Please contact Veronica Peralta, veronica.peralta@mq.edu.au if you are unsure about how to do this.

What if I can’t meet the deadlines?

Please contact the Department Manager Sharyon O’Donnell.

Admin understands that requests may be needed after these dates but we cannot guarantee that your request will be met due to our extreme workload during this busy time. If we cannot process your request, it will be held for processing in 2021.

Admin may have a closed-door policy, dependent on the workload.

Travelling? Submit your Absence on Duty!

Reminder: ALWAYS submit an Absence on Duty (https://ask.mq.edu.au/account/forms/display/aod) when travelling for research/business purposes:

– Fieldwork: both Absence on Duty AND Field Friendly – and please submit AoD as soon as you know about the trip.
– Even if trip dates may change – admin can handle this! Give as much notice as possible.
– Even if unsure travel will go ahead – better to get AoD approval anyway.

Admin have had several cases recently of staff/students going into the Field without prior AoD approval, and then requesting reimbursement – this is against University policy.

Best practice: email fse.bio-adm@mq.edu.au to inform the admin team, and they can advise you.

FSE end of year Staff Excellence Awards

The Dean has just announced a call for nominations for the 2020 Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence Awards for Research, Teaching, Academic Excellence, Leadership and Service. Contributions of all staff across the Faculty are valued and the awards provide an excellent opportunity to acknowledge and reward outstanding effort and achievement.

Two new categories have been included for 2020:

  • Covid19 Adaptation:
    • 1. Excellence in online delivery, engagement and motivation; and,
    • 2. Excellence in support to colleagues
  • Student-nominated Award (nominations for the relevant VC L&T Award will be considered)

Please go to the  Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence Awards page on the intranet for more information. Nominations close COB Friday 6 November 2020. Meredith Hallgren will share further details on the nomination process with HoDs and DMs. All nominations will be assessed by a panel and the winners will be announced on Thursday 3 December.

L&T: New Academic Integrity Insights features in Turnitin

Additional features have been enabled in Turnitin that can help with identifying academic misconduct such as contract cheating and text manipulation to hide plagiarism.

These include Flags of inconsistencies and Document Details that provide a focus for further review of potential academic misconduct. The attached document provides details and steps on how to access the new features and the Learning Innovation Hub will be updating online guides: New academic integrity features in Turnitin

Of course, multiple approaches are needed to encourage and maintain academic integrity (Turnitin is only a small part) and a larger initiative is currently underway to promote academic integrity at Macquarie. Some great resources and strategies are outlined in the Teche article, Three ways to enhance academic integrity in your unit and also in the recently developed TEQSA Academic Integrity Toolkit.

MQRIS funding Schemes

The MQRIS Large and Small schemes are now open for applications. The funding rules and the application forms are available from the Research Services Fellowship and Grant Opportunities webpages (Internal Grants section). Because these schemes are being opened much later in the year than normal, the application forms have been amended to reduce the amount of time required to complete the application. The Faculty review process has also been adjusted to this shorter timescale.  For FSE, the Faculty Deadline for both schemes will be Monday the 16th November 2020. No late applications will be accepted this year.  If anyone intends to apply to this internal scheme, please contact Andrew Barron <andrew.barron@mq.edu.au>

For MQRIS (Large): Please email the completed application form to sci.research@mq.edu.au by the Faculty due date (16th November 2020).

For MQRIS (Small): RIS Small MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH PURE by the lead CI, by the Faculty due date (16th November 2020). Please check the funding rules carefully – MQRIS (Small) does not support costs for personnel this year.

Department Vehicles – New contact

Josh Griffiths has now taken over managing all department vehicles from Tarun. Any vehicle related inquiries, induction requests, or key safe access please contact Josh via josh.griffiths@mq.edu.au, or 9850 7484.

Purchasing: OneHelp approval required for anything IT-related

This covers: computers (and notebooks, laptops, phones), cameras, hard drives, software, services (including subscriptions), and all computer peripherals (keyboard, mouse, dock, webcam, headset, etc.).

1x. If unsure, just submit a OneHelp ticket with a description/links/attachments of what you want to buy; FSE IT can give you a quote.
1a. If ordering from a preferred supplier, submit a OneHelp ticket and FSE IT will help you.
1b. If ordering from outside standard options/suppliers (including custom computers or services), then you will need to submit a OneHelp ticket for CIO approval – this is a fast process.

2a. [Admin purchase – hardware] When you receive approval, forward emails with OneHelp approval + any quotes to fse.bio-adm@mq.edu.au, and admin can assist with making the purchase.
2b. [Credit card purchase – some software and services] IF you are able to buy the product (e.g. software licence) on a corporate credit card, then you will need to attach a copy of the OneHelp approval to your card reconciliation.

3. If you are given a purchase order number from admin for a computer/IT hardware, attach this number to the OneHelp ticket; this allows FSE IT to match-up your ticket with the item when it is delivered.

Department intranet

Please note that the intranet has been centralised under FSE, although we still have a department intranet. You will see things that the intranet requires updating; we are in the process of doing that.
 

Plant of the Week – Captain Cook and the Manchineel Tree

Did he encounter the deadly Manchineel Tree (Hippomane mancinella) or another species with similar traits?

The earliest written European reports of the Manchineel were from a doctor who sailed with Christopher Columbus to the Caribbean in 1493 but if you search for Manchineel on the internet, you will repeatedly come across a story about the crew from Captain James Cook’s ship, the Resolution, who were injured by Manchineel trees. Problem is, Cook never sailed anywhere near the natural distribution of the Manchineel – Hippomane mancinella. With help from David Mabberley, we tracked down the Milky Mangrove or Blind-your-eye, Excoecaria agallocha, a tree with similar unpleasant characteristics to the Manchineel, distributed from the south-west Pacific, across northern Australia, south-east Asia and the Indian Ocean. So, two salutary lessons to be learnt. Firstly, take care when using common names, and secondly, don’t rely on everything you read on the internet.

Plant of the week – Plant of the week – Manchineel in the Pacific – Captain Cook and Excoecaria

OPPORTUNITIES

$15,000 Tech Voucher grants to support SME / University Partnerships

MQ has available ~$120K for tech vouchers to support SME (small to medium enterprise) partnerships. The funds are to be allocated between now and the middle of next year. Each grant is for up to 15K, to be matched by the SME. Information about the scheme can be found at https://www.business.nsw.gov.au/support-for-business/innovation-and-research/techvouchers. Contrary to what the website says, applications related to research to be done in partnership with MQ are being accepted.

This scheme could represent a way for ECRs to catalyse industry connections and hopefully pave the way for a long-term relationship – potentially very useful in a time of tight budgets.

The scheme can:

  • seed a research project in partnership with a BBIP delivery partner
  • support a research project that will lead to an application for an Entrepreneurs’ Infrastructure Programme Research Connections or Accelerating Commercialisation, or other similar scheme
  • fund access to research facilities and equipment such as electron microscopes, medical imaging, e-research supercomputers, nanofabrication, marine and climate infrastructure, and other BBIP delivery partner facilities
  • fund product or process design activities, such as engineering or technical design expertise to determine prototype structure, function and/or materials
  • access technical assistance
  • trial production runs or processes to demonstrate technical concepts
  • validate or demonstrate technical capabilities of a product, process or technology
  • fund toxicology studies on materials you have invented, or wish to incorporate into a new product.

This is the final year where MQ will receive a set allocation within this scheme and to date this scheme has been underutilised. In future years this will be a competitive scheme across institutions. This is a very good opportunity to get in now.

If you would like more information or support to progress an application for a TechVoucher, please contact PVC Research Innovation Professor Dan Johnson (dan.johnson@mq.edu.au).

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.
 
Recruiting Mentors for the BioTech Future Challenge
The BIOTech Futures team are seeking academics to mentor high school students under the BIOTech Futures Challenge 2020, a large outreach event hosted by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Innovative BioEngineering (Director: Prof Hala Zreiqat), in conjunction with our many partner institutes and centres.
 
This is a fantastic opportunity for academics, postdocs and research students (all can be mentors) to work together with high school students and inspire the next generation of young scientists. As an academic mentor, you will be guiding one to several teams of high school students on an innovative project in science, engineering, medicine, etc. that is related to your research area. The teams will conduct their research and design for the project, and present their ideas and findings in a short presentation at our end-of-year symposium.
Please find some additional information regarding the event below. For more detailed information about our expectations for mentor commitment, please see the attached “Final Statement of commitment” document. More information can be found on the website https://biotechfutures.org/ or contact biotech.futures@sydney.edu.au.
 
Please register as a mentor through our Google form. Mentors have the choice of submitting possible projects or to work with students who develop their own project. https://forms.gle/q5wRkHzeCca8gn7p9

Working With Children Check (WWCC). This is not required for registration – we will ask you to update when we’re allocating projects. You can apply or renew at https://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/child-safe-organisations/working-with-children-check (free for volunteers).

 
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
 

Mol Sci Seminar – Associate Professor Nick Coleman: Development of synthetic biology tools and applications in diverse bacteria 

Date/Time: Tue 3 November, 1-2 pm

Zoom Link: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/86753032423?pwd=aVNQb0VrQ0YwY3F1OHRDb2RwVDl4Zz09 
or on-campus at 4WW 322.

 
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.

Online Statistics Workshops

Insight Research Services Associated is proud to be presenting three workshops online in October/November 2020. 2020.11 Insight Online

* October 24/25: A Gentle Introduction to Statistics in SPSS and R

* October 28/29: Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression

* November 4/5: Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

These workshops are aimed at non-statisticians as well as statisticians new to these fields. Please read the attached flyer for more information, or visit our website at <https://insightrsa.com/workshops/upcoming>. For questions please contact Mark Griffin at m.griffin@insightrsa.com or by phone on 0448 176 926.

To keep up to date with the training programs being delivered by Insight please consider joining our email list at <https://insightrsa.com/connect-with-us>.

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

MRes Road to Research (R2R) Scholarships Now Open – for coursework masters graduates.

The OHDRTP is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the HDR Road to Research Scholarships. Applications are invited from international and domestic candidates eligible for direct entry to the Master of Research Y2 program in Session 1 2021 who are currently located in Australia, for completion of MRes Y2 in 2021. Further details regarding eligibility, selection process and application procedure are available on the website for international and domestic scholarships. 

Applications will close on 30 November 2020 at 11:59PM AEST.  Additional information:

• Candidates currently enrolled in BPhil or MRes Y1 programs do not need to apply for this scholarship and will be considered through the usual progression round later this year

• Domestic candidates who have already applied in the Main Domestic Scholarship round (closing at the end of this month) will automatically added to the Road to Research round where they are approved for MRes Y2 entry.

• Domestic candidates who have not yet applied for the Main Domestic Scholarship round and wish to be considered for both scholarships will need to select both scholarship types in the application form.

• International candidates who applied through the main international round who were not successful for a scholarship, but are onshore and eligible for MRes Y2 entry should submit a scholarship only application form.

If anyone is interested in applying please contact Ajay Narendra <ajay.narendra@mq.edu.au>

APR.Intern Opportunities – good for PhDs under examination

Summary: APR.Intern organises industry paid internships ($3000/month) for current or recently-completed PhD candidates; see student info.

APR.Intern is a not-for-profit (a STEM organisation) and the only recognized national postgraduate all-discipline intern program (3-6 month projects) with $18M funding from Federal Government to rebate industry for PhD’s doing research. They have a focus on women in STEM along with indigenous, disadvantaged and regional undertaking PhD’s in Australia.

Some currently available projects:

  • FIAL, is offering $4000 + GST up front for food industry-related research projects. https://aprintern.org.au/partnerships-fial/
  • IMCRC, Innovative Manufacturing CRC is offering $5000 to $6,500 + GST up front for advanced and digital manufacturing and optimisation solutions related research projects. https://aprintern.org.au/business-info/costs-rebates/partnerships-imcrc/
  • MTP Connect REDI Initiative, is offering $10,000 + GST a rebate for businesses in the medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sector with related research projects https://aprintern.org.au/business-info/costs-rebates/partnerships-mtpconnect/

Federal Government funding will rebate industry partners at 90% for Domestic PhD’s signing Agreements from 20 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, and International PhD’s at 50%.

If you or your supervisor wishes to approach an industry partner directly to set-up an internship, you can provide this flyer with costing/project details: APR_PricingFlyer_GovRebate.

All APR Intern programs must be completed by 31 August 2021.

The Thesis/Research Whisperer’s #Whisperfest 23-26 November 2020

HDR Candidates are invited to register for a series of great events around surviving research training and careers.
Here’s what the program looks like, and here are the registration links:

DAY 1 – MONDAY 23 Nov 2020 – WELLBEING
DAY 2 – TUESDAY 24 Nov 2020 – COLLEGIALITY
DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY 25 Nov 2020 – FACING DISRUPTION
DAY 4 – THURSDAY 26 Nov 2020 – TAKING BACK CONTROL
The Fireside Chats will take place at the end of each #Whisperfest day:
#Whisperfest is brought to you by the Whisper Collective:

>> The Research Whisperer team, Tseen Khoo and Jonathan O’Donnell
>> Narelle Lemon from Explore and Create Co
>> The Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn

 

Rice Field Research Award – applications open!

This award is open to PhD candidates and MRes candidates undertaking their second year in 2021, enrolled in the Department of Biological Sciences. The scheme is supported by a bequest by the Rice Memorial Fund, established in the memory of Barbara Rice (1944-2009).

The award supports field work activities, by providing funding of $1000. Field research is interpreted as research undertaken in outdoor environments where wild populations of the study organism occur. The award will be given to a postgraduate research student who is judged to have prepared the best proposal towards their future field research, with the funds to be spent on that research within a year of receipt.

The application is to be signed and emailed to the Head of Department (fse.bio-hod@mq.edu.au) before the closing date: 30th November 2020. The application form with further details is attached: Rice Memorial Field Research Proposal Award_2020

Grants and Scholarships

King’s Park summer scholarships (Western Australia)

  • To undertake a 12-week research project under the supervision of scientists at the Biodiversity Conservation Centre, King’s Park and Botanic Garden, WA. Includes stipend of $7000 and operating costs. Applications close 30 Oct 2020.

Women Divers Hall of Fame – Marine Conservation graduate scholarship (Women only)

  • USD$2000 towards research costs; applications close 31 Oct 2020.

Wine Australia top-up scholarships(PhD and MRes)

  • Top-up stipend of approx. $6000 p.a. (to bring total to $35,000 p.a.) + $10,000 operating funds p.a. Applications close 6 Nov 2020.

Morning Writing Sessions on Zoom

Are you keen to carve out some (or more) focused time for writing or working on your respective projects? Here’s your motivation!

Florence Chiew from HDR Learning Skills is running daily 9-10 am sessions on Zoom, for anyone wanting to establish a focused work routine.

Huong Ly Tong, a current PhD candidate from the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, is also hosting Zoom sessions from Mondays to Wednesdays, 10 am-12 pm. Ly will be using the pomodoro technique for her sessions.

If you’ve been looking for ways to dedicate and protect your time to focus on your work/projects, these sessions are for you. All are welcome! No need to register, just show up when you can, as often as you can or would like to.

Mondays to Fridays, 9am-10am: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/171886921

Host: florence.chiew@mq.edu.au

Mondays to Wednesdays, 10am-12pm: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/84482783098?pwd=K0JNRE1tQmo0WWhUd2UxSHRIRFlOUT09
Password: 607014

Host: huong-ly.tong@students.mq.edu.au

 
HDR Domestic Applications (scholarship) close 31st October 2020
 
Supervisors, please be reminded that new Domestic candidature and SCHOLARSHIP applications (PhD, MRes year 2 direct entry) are due 31st October 2020 by 11 pm, for programs starting 2021.
Please contact culum.brown@mq.edu.au if you have potential students, to make a preliminary assessment of their eligibility.
Program info and the submission link are on the HDR How to Apply webpage.
 
CSIRO Postgraduate scholarships

 

CSIRO PhD Top-up Scholarships are worth AUD 7,000 per year, plus an operating budget of up to AUD 10,000 per year. Projects offered:

Health and Biosecurity
– Self-limiting genetic control of invasive vertebrate pests (zebrafish)
 
Agriculture and Food
– Various, including sustainable production and genome “bioprediction”
 
Land and Water
– Fire, termites and tree hollows: is there a trade-off between habitat condition and carbon storage in tropical savannas? (based in Darwin)
– Spaceborne LiDAR as a vegetation biomass scaling tool
– River flows and aquatic predator ecology in tropical river-floodplains of northern Australia
 
Oceans and Atmosphere
– Coral characteristics and processes for modelling and restoration
– Image capture and deep-learning applications to fisheries research
 
Applicants must already have University PhD admission and a stipend, and an university supervisor who is willing and able to supervise. Applicants who already commenced their PhD studies must be less than 12 months into their PhD as of 1 January 2021. Recipients should generally be Australian citizens or permanent residents; tnternational applicants must have the appropriate immigration approvals to allow them to take up the scholarship.
 
 

THIS AND THAT

Consultant – Community Wellbeing & The Natural Environment
 
Graduates may be interested in applying for this role with Mosaic insights, advertised on Ethical Jobs and applications close at 9 am on 2nd November. See this link for more information – https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/mosaicinsightsac/consultant-community-wellbeing-the-natural-environment/
 
 

 

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

Have you logged all your 2020 Outreach activities?

Please take a moment to reflect on the outreach activities you may have done this year and fill out the super quick form at the link below – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=wRTFghenh0C-BtQNIHCtUvfrfYNGdG1CuRL70EGWeRNUOVFMWkhCTkFQSDVPWjNJRkFYM0VQRVcxWS4u

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

Physiological responses of wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to heatwaves

Cooper, Christine Elizabeth, Laura Leilani Hurley, Pierre Deviche, and Simon Charles Griffith. Journal of Experimental Biology (2020). | Find with Google Scholar »

Convergent Evolution of Claw Shape in a Transcontinental Lizard Radiation

Baeckens, Simon, Charlotte Goeyers, and Raoul Van Damme. Integrative and comparative biology 60, no. 1 (2020): 10-23. | Find with Google Scholar »

Perceptions of Similarity Can Mislead Provenancing Strategies-An Example from Five Co-Distributed Acacia Species

Rossetto, Maurizio, Peter D. Wilson, Jason Bragg, Joel Cohen, Monica Fahey, Jia-Yee Samantha Yap, and Marlien van der Merwe. Diversity 12, no. 8 (2020): 306. | Find with Google Scholar »

Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database

Lowe, Elizabeth C., Jonas O. Wolff, Alfonso Aceves-Aparicio, Klaus Birkhofer, Vasco Veiga Branco, Pedro Cardoso, Filipe Chichorro et al. The Journal of Arachnology 48, no. 2 (2020): 103-109. | Find with Google Scholar »

Stable Isotope Values in South American Fur Seal Pup Whiskers as Proxies of Year-round Maternal Foraging Ecology

Jones, Kayleigh A., Alastair MM Baylis, Rachael A. Orben, Norman Ratcliffe, Stephen C. Votier, Jason Newton, and Iain J. Staniland. Marine Biology 167, no. 10 (2020): 1-11. | Find with Google Scholar »

Plasticity in nest site choice behavior in response to hydric conditions in a reptile

Doody, J. Sean, Jessica McGlashan, Harry Fryer, Lizzy Coleman, Hugh James, Kari Soennichsen, David Rhind, and Simon Clulow. Scientific Reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-10. | Find with Google Scholar »

A Simple Approach to Analyze Sugar Nectar Composition in Flowers Using Capillary Electrophoresis and Enzymatic Assays

Bordin, Dayanne M., Samara GC Latgé, Graham Pyke, John Kalman, Philip Doble, Fernando A. Genta, and Lucas Blanes. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 31, no. 10 (2020): 2129-2134. | Find with Google Scholar »

Interactions with conspecific outsiders as drivers of cognitive evolution

Ashton, Benjamin J., Patrick Kennedy, and Andrew N. Radford. Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (2020): 1-9. | Find with Google Scholar »

Skin resistance to water gain and loss has changed in cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their Australian invasion

Kosmala, Georgia K., Gregory P. Brown, Richard Shine, and Keith Christian. Ecology and Evolution. | Find with Google Scholar »

Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change

Butt, Nathalie, Alienor LM Chauvenet, Vanessa M. Adams, Maria Beger, Rachael V. Gallagher, Danielle F. Shanahan, Michelle Ward, James EM Watson, and Hugh P. Possingham. Conservation Biology (2020). | Find with Google Scholar »

Shrinking into the big city: influence of genetic and environmental factors on urban dragon lizard morphology and performance capacity

Baxter-Gilbert, James, Julia L. Riley, Celine H. Frère, and Martin J. Whiting. Urban Ecosystems (2020): 1-14. | Find with Google Scholar »

The Antarium: a reconstructed virtual reality device for ant navigation research

Kócsi, Zoltán, Trevor Murray, Hansjürgen Dahmen, Ajay Narendra, and Jochen Zeil. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 14 (2020): 203. | Find with Google Scholar »

In the Media

Louise Tosetto provided comment to The Guardian on the impact microplastics can have on fish personalities.

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Professor Culum Brown provided comment to Sunday Tasmanian in relation to shark attacks in Tasmania.

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