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New paper on microbial pollutant degradation @WaterRes_J. A @MarsdenFund-funded collaboration with Prof. Naresh Singhal @UoAEngineering. A shoutout to Boyu, a superb PhD student who pioneered the experimental methods & led data analyses in the project 👏💪
https://t.co/6oinkMET3C
How will climate change impact vulnerable alpine ecosystems? Associate Professor @DeslippeJulie of @VicUniWgtn is keen to find out. Follow the #MarsdenFund flag into the maunga 🏔️of China to find out more: https://t.co/yO4tdqunqg
How will Antarctic ice sheets react to rising temperatures and influence the oceans in the process? Professor Rob McKay of @VicUniWgtn used geological samples from @JRSO_IODP to peer into the past for a look to the future. Check out what they found here: https://t.co/389TryUzCb
How can we make #MixedReality experiences feel more immersive? Dr Zhang and Prof Dodgson of @VicUniWgtn are developing new tools to do just that.
Read more about this exciting mahi here 👀:
https://t.co/UvQQlsAxg4
How do insects adapt to harsh alpine conditions? Our new research reveals strikingly different responses to elevation in two closely related stoneflies. @Ecol_Evol@jon_waters_nz@BrodieFoster@MarsdenFund https://t.co/8ENBHBARbF
1/13 Today we are launching a new report, which explores experiences of sex workers in Scotland, New Zealand & the Republic of Ireland. We undertook 70 in-depth interviews with sex workers on stigma, discrimination & sex work laws between 2020 and 2022. https://t.co/4hzRhcbyDR
Its "D-Day" for the "The Great Migration" TAN2412 voyage of the RV Tangaroa, and our lab members Niamh Smith and Alisha Gill are aboard and geared up to catch lanternfish for the next 35 days! - super excited to follow their exploits! @VicUniWgtn@MarsdenFund
Thanks @waikato NZ Royal Society @MarsdenFund and my fab team - @hemiwhaanga, Eline Zenner, Laura Rosseel, @JessiePBurnette Alex Pohl
https://t.co/tiJWLDmFKU
People in Christchurch - I'm giving a talk for @nerdnite at A Rolling Stone next week (6 November), where I'll be talking about the legendary Mosquito Terminator spider, Evarcha culicivora. Tickets available here: https://t.co/htiUYNiXos @UCNZ@UCNZscience @ucspsh @MarsdenFund