NEW PAPER Biological Invasions
We test genomic pest tracing in extreme cases:
1) a highly-inbred invasion < 5 gens old; and 2) a series of incursions from genetically similar islands
doi.org/10.1007/s10530…

🚨 Job opportunity - please RT!

We're searching for an Associate Professor in Biotechnology to lead and shape our undergrad and postgrad biotechnology teaching programs.

Full-time, continuing, T & R or Teaching-focused.

Come work with us! Science at Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/912…

New work from PEARG describing the diversity of endosymbionts in Australian aphids

ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Hi friends, I will be presenting my PhD completion seminar on FRIDAY, the 28th of April at 3.30pm in person in the Bio21 auditorium in Melbourne AND on Zoom!

I will talk about population genomics, control strategies and behaviour of Aedes notoscriptus!

See link below!

How can a grasshopper that can't fly get from Tasmania to Melbourne? 🤔 Prof Ary Hoffman, Hiromi Yagui and Michael Kearney's genomic data found ancient grasshopper migration patterns spanning over thousands of years 🦗 Tap to read in #UniMelbPursuit ➡️ unimelb.me/3KCDWHY PEARG

Well deserved for leading such an important and popular subject (NRMT90002), good job James Camac BioSciences UniMelb Science at Melbourne

biologue.plos.org/2023/04/05/a-b…

Nice perspective piece on our recent PLOS Biology paper by Dr. Emily Hornett 🦋🏝🧬 and Greg Hurst 💙

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Some male mosquitoes, which don't suck our blood, may hover around us to pick up blood-drinking females...

Read New Scientist, work by Véronique Paris Perran Ross University of Melbourne

newscientist.com/article/236619…

A short thread on our recent study on male-killing Wolbachia in flies. Artwork by Tank Monsternova monsternova.art

Paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Blog post: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-f…

au.news.yahoo.com/stonefly-test-…

New preprint led by Véronique Paris
exploring male mosquito attraction to people. Hope you enjoy!

BioSciences UniMelb CSIRO PEARG
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Come work with us!

Dr Melissa Carew PEARG is a pioneer in DNA tools for identifying, assessing & quantifying invertebrate diversity. Her work greatly increases our capacity to undertake effective monitoring & modelling.

Learn more on Fri 24 Feb 12.30PM AEDT

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I've made some instructional videos on the NicheMapR R Shiny apps. They allow you to hindcast microclimates and animal (ectotherm) body temperatures anywhere in the world, forecast activity in Australia, and run Dynamic Energy Budget models youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Dr Melissa Carew will be presenting ‘Invertebrate species monitoring made easy by DNA barcodes’ at the 12.30 on 24th February, join us via Zoom. Please register via us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are also looking for postdocs! Particularly with experience in analysis large scale population genomic data. We have up to 3 fully-funded positions. Happy to talk through projects, ideas, or any questions you might have about Oregon or our group.

🔥WHO DAT ON DA COVER?! 🔥

Our manuscript on the draft genome, demography, and pesticide-related gene amplifications in the redlegged earth mite is on the cover of Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14…

PEARG Cesar Australia BioSciences UniMelb

Our latest paper on Wolbachia mosquitoes is out now PLOS Pathogens! A collaboration betwen PEARG
BioSciences UniMelb
CSIRO Cambridge University مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم والتقنية

journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Seeking an excellent research technician, with a solid background in standard molecular lab processes. This is not an academic role. Applications close 2-March-23
seek.com.au/job/59775495#s…