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In my timeline photos from 2018

A spectacular sunrise, a walk on the beach and breakfast at Diggies. Nice work, Wollongong 😍🦘🎓

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February 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
And that's the last time I'll ever use turnitin as an undergrad. Where did the last 6 years go?

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December 17, 2024 at 3:52 AM
📣 EF Haidee Cadd @hcadd.bsky.social and Tim Cohen are part of a study led by former UOW graduate Alex Wall that challenges long-held ideas about past climate change in tropical Australia. Gaps in the record may have influenced previous interpretations.

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Hydroclimate complexity across the last glacial cycle in tropical Australia: reassessing the uniqueness of the Holocene
Where and when water is available is a pivotal control on environments. Changes in water availability are frequently invoked to explain past changes i…
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September 20, 2026 at 11:23 PM
📣 New paper out on Australian lizards🦎 involving EF Chris Friesen @cpictus.bsky.social, showing greater maternal investment buffering offspring early-life survival.

👉 Check out the paper in Proceedings of Royal Society B: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Life-history strategy mediates the effects of multiple developmental stressors on Australian lizards
Abstract. Maternal stress and the developmental environment jointly affect offspring fitness and phenotype during early life. Mothers transmit stress to of
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May 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Really inspiring hearing @UOW student Lily share her story with a room full of academics. First in family, learning to navigate uni, and it was an environmental chemistry class that hooked her. #ThisisUOW #ecrchat #WomenInSTEM #RealTimeChem
November 24, 2024 at 7:21 AM
📣 EF Will Perkins & Katharina Peters
@kjpeters.bsky.social are part of a new study showing bluespotted flathead move more purposefully than previously thought.

👉 shorturl.at/4Rb8F

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September 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM
📣 EF Jeff Kelleway is part of a team behind new research showing that Western Australia's mangroves store vast amounts of carbon, helping to tackle climate change.

👉 Read more: shorturl.at/OnvhR

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September 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Free Public Physics Lecture by Dr Helen Maynard-Casely at the Science Space (Squires Way, Fairy Meadow) from 6.30 pm Friday 9 August #WomenInSTEM #ThisIsUOW

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November 24, 2024 at 8:02 AM
📣 New study by EF Damien Esquerre @damienesquerre.bsky.social describes a previously unrecognized population of lizards 🦎 from Chile's Cordón de Cantillana as a new species!

👉 Read the Spanish-language paper here: boletinmnhn.cl/index.php/oj...

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Evidencia molecular y morfológica revelan una nueva especie de lagartija endémica del Cordón de Cantillana (squamata, liolaemidae) | Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
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August 25, 2026 at 5:03 AM
📣 New study involving EF member Emeritus Prof Kris French.

New research highlights how soil fungi can help some grasses cope with heat and drought, offering insights into how climate change may reshape grassland ecosystems.

👉Read paper here: shorturl.at/r0fVi

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September 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
📢 UOW General & Rural Entry Pathway Webinar for the 2025 Admissions cycle! 🗓️ Mon 17 Mar 25, 6PM-8PM AEDT. Learn about our MD program & admission process. Register now: tinyurl.com/UOWMDevents Spaces are limited! Can't attend? More events coming soon. Follow for updates #UOW #ThisIsUOW #FutureDoctors
March 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
👏 Congrats to EF Jordyn Clough @jbaclough.bsky.social and Kat Mikac on their new study looking at microbes in southern greater gliders from SE NSW.

👇Check out their paper! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Metagenomic profiling of bacterial and fungal microbiota and putative pathogens of southern greater gliders (Petauroides volans) - Animal Microbiome
Animal Microbiome - The microbiome is significant for conservation biology and should be considered in threatened species management programs. Commensal microbes contribute important functions for...
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April 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
📣 New study involving EF James Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social showing that population increase in lowland Fijian bees 🐝 are more closely linked to human occupation and landscape change than to past climate change.

👉 Read the paper here: shorturl.at/L94gr

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Anthropogenic Effects, Not Climatic Factors, Are Correlated With Holocene Population Expansion of an Insular Bee Fauna
Aim Remote island systems with small landmasses and reliable estimates of human occupancy can be ideal models to disentangle the roles of global climatic changes and local human occupation on biota....
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August 25, 2026 at 5:13 AM
New paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters by EF researchers Jiaxin Zhang, Annalise Cucchiaro and Nicolas Flament! They show that Earth's long-term cooling influenced plume temperatures and the structure of the deep mantle. 🌍🔥

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Influence of secular cooling on core-mantle boundary heat flux and mantle plume temperature over 1.8 billion years
Petrological evidence and global heat budgets indicate that the solid Earth has cooled substantially over geological time, yet the influence of secula…
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August 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM
📣 EF James Dorey is part of the team behind this new study on 🐝 stingless bees.

Researchers found these important pollinators may live in a much wider range of habitats than previously thought.

👉 Paper: shorturl.at/HwzNr

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Mapping the Global Range of Stingless Bees: Insights Into Their Ecological Niches and Environmental Tolerances
Aim Stingless bees are the most species-rich group of eusocial bees, predominantly found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, despite their diversity and importance, significan...
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September 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
🎉 New in Nature!

Huge congratulations to EF Centre member Prof. Bo Li and collaborators on exciting new research uncovering how Denisovans lived and adapted in challenging environments over nearly 200,000 years.

🔗 shorturl.at/I5UXd

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2026: 190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adapted - University of Wollongong – UOW
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September 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
📣 New research from Widgingarri (Kimberley, NW Australia) places the earliest evidence for human activity at the site at >51,000-59,000 years ago, making it one of Australia's oldest known archaeological sites.

👉 Read the paper led by EF Sam Lin: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Recent archaeological investigations at Widgingarri Shelter 1, northwest Australia
New excavations at Widgingarri Shelter 1 in northwest Australia took place in 2022. The work confirmed the presence of stone artefacts beneath the level reached during the previous excavation under...
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September 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
📣 Congrats to EF Zara Anastas, Phillip Byrne & Aimee Silla on their new paper!

🐸 The team developed hormone treatments to improve ovulation in the common eastern froglet. An important advance for the conservation of threatened amphibians.

👉 Read the paper here: shorturl.at/YVJTa

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Hormonal induction of ovulation in the common eastern froglet
Hormone therapies to induce gamete-release are fundamental to the application of reproductive technologies. These technologies can provide far-reachin…
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August 25, 2026 at 5:11 AM
🐦‍⬛Australia's bird flu outbreak is concerning, but there is reason for cautious optimism. EF Bethany Hoye writes that overseas experience suggests the first wave is often the worst, and recovery is possible with strong conservation action.

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The first wave of bird flu is the worst: what Australia can learn from overseas
The rest of the world has already had to grapple with bird flu – and there are lessons for Australia.
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August 20, 2026 at 6:14 AM
📣 Did you know that some 🐬 dolphins use marine sponge as tools?

EF Katharina Peters @kjpeters.bsky.social co-authored new research showing that this culturally learned behaviour is linked to differences in DNA methylation in bottlenose dolphins.

👉 shorturl.at/ZjWUA

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A culturally transmitted foraging technique in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins can be predicted by DNA-methylation levels
Abstract. Cultural repertoires can influence access to resources and fitness across species, impacting individuals' environmental niches and social network
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August 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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February 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
READ NOW: How Canada PM's plans to branch off her country from the USA could impact the toastie machine at campus favourite Piccolo Me.

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May 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Do you remember when the famous UOW duck swam the length of the Suez Canal in 1956? 🦆

It was later shot by paramilitary forces.

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May 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📣 New study involving EF Sam Marx on 🌦️hydroclimate variability in the Kimberley region over the past 65000 years!

👏Check out the study in Quaternary Science Advances: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hydroclimate variability in the Kimberley region, north-west Australia, over the past 65,000 years
The Kimberley region of north-west Australia offers a valuable lens to examine the variability of multiple regional climate systems within the context…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033426000146👍
May 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM