Australian research lab investigating the evolutionary and ecological impacts of #lightpollution. Led by @Theresabemused at @unimelb.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2017
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#Lightpollution has transformed our nights. We're researching impacts on wildlife and looking for solutions #WithNature #WorldEnvironmentDay
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Gantt charts are one of the few charts that are entirely made from wishful thinking
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Most of us miss conferences particularly because they provide these great opportunities to NOT BE that kind of person @AcademicChatter
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Live in Sydney, and want to know how you can play your part in reducing #Lightpollution and reduce impacts on wildlife? 16 August 6pm - FREE
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@urbanlightlab @NthSydCouncil @BushcareNSW @tarongazoo
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We are looking to hire a paid field assistant for the upcoming #superbfairywren breeding season in Canberra, Australia from mid Sep-Dec 2021! Come join the dream team #beamlab @medinailiana and #Langmorelab @NaomiLangmore and be part of some cool research on these amazing birds!
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Webinar with World Leading Researcher Dr Eva Schernhammer on artificial light impacts on the human body. @EvaSchernhammer @astropixie
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Discover the night this Int'l #DarkSkyWeek, 5-12 April!
Learn about #lightpollution and how it disrupts and damages nature, including our own bodies!
Follow the @darkskyalliance to hear about events and #citizenscience projects in Australia!
idsw.darksky.org/ @IDADarksky
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What's on your horizon (besides stars) for your Dark Sky Week? (5-12 April)
Wanna join ADSA for a webinar on health and the impacts of light at night?
australasiandarkskyalliance.…
#DarkSkyWeek21
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Looking forward to it- see you then! #lightpollution #darkskies
What's on your horizon (besides stars) for your Dark Sky Week? (5-12 April)
Wanna join ADSA for a webinar on health and the impacts of light at night?
australasiandarkskyalliance.…
#DarkSkyWeek21
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You may have heard artificial light at night is bad for your health, but why? Join @darkskyalliance on April 7th @ 6pm AEST for a webinar with @EvaSchernhammer, a global leader in the study of night light & chronic disease risk in humans. Book now! eventbrite.com/e/light-not-a…
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Just in time for Dark Sky Week!
School education program being rolled out engaging students in dark sky awareness.
Keeping the stars in our skies
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@nswenviromedia @dp2197 @stempunksau
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This is the man to answer your questions - all things dark skies.
Make sure you tune 6.30pm Auckland / 4.30pm Syd / 2.30pm Perth.
Have questions about #lightpollution and #darkskies? Join us on April 7 during International Dark Sky Week @ 11:30 AM MST for a Twitter AMA with IDA's Director of Public Policy and former IDSP Program Manager @JohnBarentine, right here on the IDA Twitter!
#IDSW2021
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An Australian Giant Cuttlefish putting on a wonderful display at Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve this morning. He changed his colour from mottled brown to deep red in the first clip in about 1/3 sec, from counting the number of frames from start to finish of the colour change
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Nice to see @darkskyalliance Board Director Richard McDermid quoted in this piece.
Less #lightpollution = #morestars
@beachescouncil @KylieAFerguson @urbanlightlab
Eastern suburbs council darkens the night sky to reduce light pollution smh.com.au/national/eastern-…
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Huge shout out to my wonderful supportive supervisors that delivered my a bottle of champas during lockdown to celebrate passing my PhD milestone - thank you! @freyamthomas @sbekessy @franeviso
Thanks also to @dieterhochuli for your unwavering enthusiasm
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Our paper showing remarkable polymorphism in web architecture in a single spider species tucked away on remote Cocos Island has just been published. You can read a great summary by the New Scientist newscientist.com/article/226…
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.@LisaHarveySmith encourages you to recognise the great work of Australia’s scientists, innovators, and science teachers by nominating them for the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science: bit.ly/3j5vQJY #pmprizes @WomenInSTEMAu
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HIRING! Massively excited to advertise an @arc_gov_au funded postdoc position through @cabahCoE, working alongside @GlobEcoFlinders , 3 yrs full time: tinyurl.com/39prkntm.
If you're not in Australia, let's chat first (link in ad). This one might be tricky to do remotely.
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We are looking for a postdoc Res. Fellow on food-web interactions. The goal is to estimate diet and trophic levels of mesopelagic organisms and predators & quantify trophic links in the mesopelagic ecosystem, using biochemical and direct sampling methods.
ALT IMAR – Institute of Marine Research is opening a call for one postdoctoral fellowship on food-web interactions in the pelagic ecosystem. Know more at http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/en/call-for-a-postdoctoral-research-fellow-on-food-web-interactions-in-the-pelagic-ecosystem/
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Here are some of our inspiring leaders at @BioSci_UniMelb 🧪🧬🌿🌊🪲 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM @WomenScienceDay
