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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Tahlia Perry talks weird echidnas facts on ABC Radio
Tahlia Perry is leaping from one win to another, following her recent trip to Perth to represent the University of Adelaide and the Environment Institute at Famelab, she has been interviewed on ABC Radio NSW. She spoke to Tim Brunero about the weirdest things about echidnas, which is the subject of her PhD. She mentions […]
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Bioluminescent algae bloom on the Yorke Peninsula, Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken interviewed
Recently locals of Port Lincoln were delighted with a bioluminescent algal bloom, the species that produces this wondrous event is called Noctiluca scintillans or “sea sparkles”. This event occurs when optimal conditions arise, which includes high nutrient content in the water and warm temperatures. Marine ecologist and Environment Institute member Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken was interviewed by […]
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ECR Network: Grant Writing Workshop
Want to know how to write a killer grant application? Let this workshop be your guide, led by the Environment Institute’s Professor Alan Cooper. Title: ECR Network: Grant Writing Workshop When: 5:30pm, Wednesday 26th July 2017 Where: The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide, SA, 5000 You’ll never go to a workshop as honest or useful as this. Find […]
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Population growth in South Australia “is good, is strong”, says State Government
Associate Professor Alan Gamlen, Director of the Hugo Centre Migration and Population Research was interviewed in the Advertiser recently. The article covered the reaction and political discussion population growth in response to a Deloitte report said SA needed to double its rate of population growth or face dire consequences. The Government said the population growth rate […]
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The Goyder Institute Water Forum is back!
The Goyder Institute for Water Research will host its Water Forum on the 4th and 5th of July 2017. The event will showcase South Australia’s water expertise across a range of disciplines and sectors, while celebrating the exceptional achievements of the Goyder Institute for Water Research. Held at the University of Adelaide, the conference will deliver a range […]
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Guest Post: Tahlia Perry talks about her experience representing the University at FameLab
Did you know that eating a small amount of honey everyday can improve your gut health, Zebra Finch embryos can hear their parents and some native plants are pollinated by birds and mammals instead of bees? These are some topics tackled FameLab which I was invited to attended in April in Western Australia. Communicating science is […]
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Talks at Facebook; Advertiser Feature; Unmanned Aircraft License Granted
It’s been a very busy, successful month for the Centre of Applied Conservation Science! Director of the Centre, Professor Lian Pin Koh was invited to speak at Facebook’s Privacy@Scale Conference which addressed teen privacy, Artifical Intelligence image recognition, data privacy and life saving technologies. Prof Koh spoke about his unmanned drones project which is used […]
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Guest Post: Dr Laura Weyrich delights audiences at Pint of Science
Dr Laura Weyrich writes for us about speaking at Pint of Science, last month. Speaking to the public about science has to be the best part of my job as a research scientist. I’ve said that over and over again, and I genuinely mean it. Sure, a bunch of scientist can get together and […]
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ARC Linkage Project on Naracoorte Caves front cover of Naracoorte Herald
The $2 million ARC Linkage Grant announced last Wednesday led by Dr Lee Arnold and Dr Liz Reed, has featured on the front cover of the Naracoorte Herald today. The project as detailed in the Media Release, is led by Dr Lee Arnold and Dr Liz Reed in the University’s Environment Institute and School of […]
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Guest Post: Two new species of Parasitic Wasps described!
Identifying, describing and giving names to new species is the art and science of taxonomy. It may seem trivial, but the more we know about how many species there are and how they differ from each other, the better we can conserve, protect and utilise the environment around us. Choeras is a genus of parasitoid […]
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