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Nature’s nightlight: the glowing mushrooms found in Australian forests

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Scientists show how we can anticipate rather than react to extinction in mammals

A new study shows that we can use existing conservation data to predict which currently unthreatened species could become threatened and take proactive action to prevent their decline before it is too late.

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Superb fairy-wrens are more likely to take risks to help members of their close social circle, according to a new study.

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E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Genomic epidemiology of oat crown rust disease in Australia and abroad uncovers diverse mechanisms to generate diversity

1–2pm 3 Dec 2024
Rust fungi are a diverse group of plant pathogens consisting of over 8,000 species in the Basidiomycete order Pucciniales. They parasitise numerous plants of agricultural and ecological importance, such as cereals, legumes, and trees.
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11 February 2022

E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Why Do Some Human Associated Escherichia coli Strains Lack Antibiotics Resistance? »

Veronica Alozie-Chidi, Gordon Group, E&E, RSB

The extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli lineages STs 131, 73 and 95, of the phylogroup B2 are equally likely to be responsible for hospital- and community-acquired human extra-...

17 December 2021

E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Systematic bias in phylogenetic inference: Implications, Assessment, and Reduction »

Suha Naser, Lanfear Group, E&E, RSB

Phylogenetic inference is the process of reconstructing relationships between species from genomic sequence data. The reliability of phylogenetic analysis relies on the quality of...

12 November 2021

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Cats choose their E. coli; or vice versa? »

Judith Bourne, Gordon Group, E&E, RSB

Escherichia coli extraintestinal infections (ExPEC) cause significant disease in humans and companion animals (cats and dogs).

29 October 2021

PhD Exit Webinar: Does age matter? Effects of age and mating history on male reproductive success »

Upama Aich, Jennions Group, E&E, RSB

What is the effect of male age under sexual selection? Studies testing for age effects on reproduction have largely focused on female ageing and maternal effects, and the...

21 October 2021

E&E Webinar: Investigating effects of social context on complex cooperative behavior »

Emily DuVal, Florida State University

Social behaviors are essential to the lives of many animals. “Complex” social behaviors are interactions among conspecifics take many forms, including repeated associations with...

8 October 2021

E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Get high with your weed: lessons from a tropical ‘seaweed-invertebrate-fish’ food chain »

Yi-Yang (Alex) Chen, Jennions Group, E&E, RSB

Canopy-forming seaweeds, generally brown macroalgae, are worldwide dominant primary producers and habitat constructors in our marine environments.

23 September 2021

E&E Webinar: Philosophy of science »

Jun Otsuka (Kyoto University), Tobias Uller (Lund University)

Invited Panel: Simone Blomberg and Shinichi Nakagawa

2 September 2021

E&E Webinar: Simpson’s Question: How does behaviour determine evolution? »

Prof Rebecca Kilner, Cambridge University, UK

For more than 50 years, the scientific study of animal behaviour has been defined by Tinbergen’s Four Questions. Two of his questions consider the connection between evolution and...

12 August 2021

Ecology and Evolution Discussions Down Under: Human Culture »

A/Prof Patrick Savage, Keio University, Dr Xia Hua, Australian National University

Invited Panel: Michael Kasumovic & Dominique Potvin

5 August 2021

E&E Webinar: Could a Fembot Army Disarm the Incel Insurrection? »

Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales

New developments in robotics, virtual reality, and especially artificial intelligence (AI) are giving rise to a new type of technologies: the ‘artificial intimacies’.

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