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Linette Umbrello

@planigale.bsky.social
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Molecular and morphological evolution of Australia's smallest marsupials. Conservation genetics of threatened Pilbara bats. Research Scientist. Perth, Western Australia.

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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 7h
The WA Museum is recruiting a Director of Science: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/jobs/directo...
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Director Science - Perth Metropolitan, Western Australia, Australia
We currently have one (1) x Permanent, Full-time vacancy available for immediate filling.  About us The Western Australian Museum is a vibrant centre of inspiration, learning and enjoyment for everyon...
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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals
Tenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap
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Dr. Sean Buckley @congensean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Out now – my (very first!) Masters student’s (very first!) paper on #popgen of an endangered marsupial, the western ringtail possum (ngwayir in Noongar language). Using genomics of >400 possums, we found sig. spatial variation in genetic diversity, connectivity, and genomic vulnerability. (1/9)
A ngwayir sitting in an urban tree outside a motel in the town of Albany, on the south coast of Western Australia. The possum is sitting in side profile, showcasing its small round ears, largely black body (with white underside) and long prehensile tail draping from the branch. Taken by me in June 2026 on holiday, at around 8pm.
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Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Becky Taylor @beckystaylor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Been wondering how well runs of homozygosity can predict inbreeding depression? Read our new meta-analysis where we show a significant relationship between ROH and fitness across taxa #popgen #consgen: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Runs of Homozygosity Predict Inbreeding Depression Across Taxa: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Measuring inbreeding via runs of homozygosity (ROH) captures realized autozygosity and can infer inbreeding timing through ROH length. A growing body of literature links the proportion of the genome ....
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Douglass S Rovinsky, PhD @dsrovinsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Like thylacines? Of course you do. A little thread on some recent research I was part of with @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social here 🧵⤵️ #SciComm #EvoBio #PaleoBio #Evolution #Paleontology 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Skull morphology of the extinct Tasmanian tiger suggests unique biting style - Nature Communications
The recently extinct thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator and famously likened to dog-family carnivorans such as wolves. However, here the authors show that its skull functioned differ...
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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Collections manager position in the excellent Western Australian Museum in Perth. Deadline 15th September search.jobs.wa.gov.au/jobs/collect...
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Collections Manager (Mammalogy and Ornithology) - Perth Metropolitan, Western Australia, Australia
We currently have one (1) x Permanent, Part-time vacancy (0.6FTE or 45 hrs/fortnight) available for immediate filling. A Pool will also run for a period of 18 months. About us The Western Australian M...
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WA Feral Cat Working Group @wafcwg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Job opportunity: Senior Project Coordinator at @wafcwg.bsky.social Help improve cat management across Western Australia through information sharing, research facilitation and collaboration. Please share & tag! Further details: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/jobs/senior-... Closing: Thu 27 Aug 2026
The WA Feral Cat Working Group is recruiting.  Come and join us as our Senior Project Coordinator.  Applications close Thu 27 August.
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Job at CSIRO: Bioinformatics Coordinator/ Research Scientist - National Biodiversity DNA Library. Until June 2029. Flexible work location in Aus 🧬🔬 jobs.csiro.au/job/Melbourn...
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Bioinformatics Coordinator/ Research Scientist - National Biodiversity DNA Library
Bioinformatics Coordinator/ Research Scientist - National Biodiversity DNA Library
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Have you ever wanted to know where in the Pilbara you might be able to find suitable roosting and foraging habitat for threatened bats 🦇? Well our new spatial tool will be able to help! Just out in Biological Conservation with @robynshaw.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Modeling complex habitat use for threatened species decision-making in a landscape with competing ecological and economic values
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in conservation; however, their uptake in decision-making can be limited when they fail to reflect …
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Emily Roycroft @emilyroycroft.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our school @monashbiol.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne, Australia is recruiting an ongoing academic in Ecology or Evolutionary Biology. Monash is a wonderful, supportive place to work, and ranked #31 in the world (QS). Come join us! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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GGBN @ggbnoutreach.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The IUCN Species Survival Commission published a Position Statement emphasising the crucial role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation! iucn.org/sites/defaul...
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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
And the award for best dramatic actor in a field setting goes to….this absolute drama queen 🤣 🧪
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Be sure to follow @ausmammals.bsky.social for all your Aus mammal news and info!
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A legend (Mike Archer) talking about legends in the field of Dasyurid research at the #AMS2026 conference #DasyuridSymposium
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Say hello to Australia's newest mammal species: Planigale petrophila. Known only from the rocky plateaus of the Arnhem Escarpment from specimens hidden in museum collections since the 1970s. Photographed here by the inimitable Pat Woolley doi.org/10.1093/zool...
A small greyish marsupial with a very long tail sits on a rock and looks towards the camera with small black eyes
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Jess Marsh @jessmarsh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Introducing the world's only known cave-adapted spider wasp... Troglopompilus miracaecatus (Pompilidae) from the caves of the Nullarbor, Australia. A world first: Eyeless, long limbs and antennae, highly reduced wings. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #cave #wasp #biodiversity
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
100 Greatest Bird Names, Day 4: #70 to #61 🧵 #70: Chaco Chachalaca Say this bird's name out loud. You're already happier than you were 8 seconds ago. Chachalaca comes from the Nahuatl word for “to chatter”. eBird transcribes their song as “bink, ka chee chaw raw taw.”
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Random stuff I wish someone told me, a working class student with no family in higher education, early in my academic journey A THREAD 🧵 Academic CV/Resume is different from typical industry CV. With different format and priorities. Update it on rolling basis.
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a woman in a suit sits at a table with the words " resume speaks for itself " below her
Alt: a woman in a suit sits at a table with the words " I'd like to think my resume speaks for itself "
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The City of Stirling is proposing local law amendments to recreational fishing in local lake reserves after a string of water bird deaths and entanglements due to recreational fishing of invasive carp. These reserves are important sanctuaries for urban water birds including black swans.
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Siem Eikelenboom @sieboom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Het kan mensen, echt het kan:
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Ecologists say thousands of hours of audio recordings have detected night parrot calls in south-west Queensland.
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Recordings point to second Queensland population of rare night parrot
Ecologists say thousands of hours of audio recordings have detected night parrot calls in south-west Queensland.
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Australian Mammal Society is pleased to announce a new Award - in honour of mammal and wildlife champion Barbara Triggs. The Bruno (Barbara Triggs) Award is named after one of Barbara's much loved Wombats - read more here: australianmammals.org.au/awards/thebr...
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meet kungaka – ‘the hidden one’. This ancient lizard could be the rarest reptile in Australia theconversation.com/meet-kungaka...
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Meet kungaka – ‘the hidden one’. This ancient lizard could be the rarest reptile in Australia
The kungaka represents an ancient lineage from when Australia was wetter. Today, it survives in a sheltered desert gorge.
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities
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Biodiversity Innovation Au @lisettemill.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Every Australian should be able to identify a native Antechinus from a pest mouse. I've made this so it's really easy for any age to learn to tell them apart. Snap & percussion mouse traps kill them both. If you find an A. has been killed change to live catch mouse traps. @ausmammals.bsky.social
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Hey Mammal Nerds! Got something mammal-y too good to keep to yourself? Share it with our members - details on image! 🐾
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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
When we're stuck in front of the computer for too long our bird brains go weird places. 🪶
Photo by Wendy Miller of a Golden Eagle followed closely by a Common Raven with a photo of Shaquille O'Neal (by Bigmoe797) superimposed above the eagle. Text on the graphic says: This Common Raven heckling a Golden Eagle set up a helpful size comparison. We added Shaquille O'Neal which seemed appropriate because "aquille" comes from the Latin "aquila" meaning eagle. With a wingspan of up to 7 feet, Aquila chrysaetos (the eagle) is roughly 1 Shaquille, while Corvus corax (the raven) is about half a Shaquille. Golden Eagles are sometimes said to resemble a flying ironing board, but those are only about 4.5 feet long, and it's more fun to imagine a soaring Shaq.
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Breaking: APVMA suspends sale of persistent owl poisons in Australia! We have fought tirelessly for years and after meeting with them last week this is not an outcome we had anticipated! www.apvma.gov.au/news-and-pub...
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Putter Tiatragul @puttert.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Adios *Anilios*! Glad our phylogeny was somewhat helpful in synonymising @simonmaddock.bsky.social! mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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No justification for recognition of the blindsnake genera Anilios and Sundatyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) | Zootaxa
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/03/2026
*New short blog* - finally (with help) got around to getting a total estimate of Grok's climate pollution 🫠 - Once all fossil gas online, = to between half and all of Tesla's ANNUAL GLOBAL avoided emissions - Currently, 5x the emissions of Tesla's total manufacturing ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m...
Bar graph comparing emissions from Grok's fossil-fuelled data centres to avoided emissions from Tesla's products for the years 2023 and 2024. Comparison of emissions from manufacturing xAI's chatbot responses (5,127,553 tonnes CO2e) versus all Tesla products (1,056,000 tonnes CO2e) with respective analyses.
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Sally Fryar 🍄💧 🇦🇺 🧬 🔬 @sally-mycology.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I have heard comments from other scientists calling taxonomy 'stamp collecting' more times than I would like to count. In Australia, the budget for taxonomy of all species in Australia is $2m per year. For everything.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
An historic black and white illustration of a paper nautilus floating on the ocean. There are boats, a city and hills in the background.
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Michael Dahlstrom @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Initially, many of the owl deaths had appeared accidental, as they had been struck by cars. But after conducting a series of $300 tests, it became clear a common product sold in supermarkets was to blame. au.news.yahoo.com/300-tests-sp...
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$300 tests spark call for ban of controversial product sold at Bunnings, Coles, Woolworths and Mitre 10
With the government unlikely to outlaw the dangerous product, the retailers have been urged to act.
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Jan Strugnell @janstrugnell.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In Current Biology! *Uncovering genetic hotspots in the Southern Ocean informs conservation action *Only 28% of genetic hotspots are protected *Keeping current & adopting proposed MPAs boosts hotspot protection @lausally.bsky.social @marine-omics.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we used genetic data from a suite of Antarctic marine invertebrates to map locations of genetic diversity hotspots, divergence and connectivity 🐙🦐🪱🧬 @lausally.bsky.social @janstrugnell.bsky.social arcsaef.com/story/scient...
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SAEF scientists identify priority Southern Ocean genetic hotspots for conservation | Securing Antarctica's Environment Future
New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots from 28% to ~54%.  For the first ti...
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Ian Brennan @brennian.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
To a first approximation, all Australian vertebrates are lizards. 🦎 But not just any lizards, Sphenomorphine skinks! With more than 280 species they are hyper variable. Now, Janne Torkkola has pulled together the biggest phylogeny of the group to date. Read for free: doi.org/10.1016/j.ym... 1/4
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology position advertised at the WA Museum, Perth. 🪸🪼🫙🔬 search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
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WA Government Jobs | Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Supervising postgraduates is the best part of my job and when they are as talented as @shelbymiddleton.bsky.social and the team includes @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social and Harriet Mills, it’s as good as it gets! Go well Shelby.
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Dr David Hamilton @drdevildave.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Random Delightful Fact of the Day - Eastern quolls go grey as they get older! A juvenile (~6 mths old) on the L, & a 4 yr old on the R (Worth noting that 4 yrs old is oooooold for an eastern quoll)
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Join the fun at this link - australianmammals.org.au/membership
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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...
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Find your next role in the public sector I Work for NSW
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Small Mammal Specialist Group @iucn-small-mammals.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non‐Volant Mammals in New Guinea - Vejmělka - 2025 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non‐Volant Mammals in New Guinea
Aim We address a critical gap in the elevational community ecology of tropical non-volant mammals in the Australian and Oceanian zoogeographic realms. Specifically, we document alpha and beta divers...
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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
UPCOMING WORKSHOP🚨 dartRverse: Harnessing the Force of R for Conservation Genomics Hands-on training in population genetics and conservation genomics using R and dartR 🧬🌿🦘🐟🐜 📆8–14 March 2026 @ ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus + online participation options Details here: cba.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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dartRverse
Genomic data is transforming how we study biodiversity, ecosystems, and agriculture, but analysing large datasets can be overwhelming, especially if you’re new to R or bioinformatics. That's where dartRverse comes in.
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The Draft National Recovery Plan for the Ghost Bat is open for public consultation until the 10th March 2026. Head to to the DCCEEW website below to find out more consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-nation...
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“This feels like yet another attack on our research community that is already under siege” Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has issued a media release about the ARC's proposed restructure and job cuts 👇
Black text on white background underneath the Australian coat of arms at the top. Larger text near the top says "SENATOR DAVID POCOCK", "MEDIA RELEASE" and the headline in the largest print says "ARC RESTRUCTURE RISKS JOBS"?.
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weather_wa @weatherwa.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Perth Reached 39.0 Degrees At 1:32pm 🌡️ 40.0 At Gooseberry Hill, 39.8 At Pearce, 39.7 At Perth Airport, 39.5 At Millendon (Swan Valley) 39.2 At Jandakot, 38.4 At Swanbourne, 36.8 On Garden Island, 36.4 At Hillarys, 36.2 On Rottnest, 36.1 At Bickley & 35.2 At Mandurah 🥵 #PerthWeather #WesternAustralia
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Dr. Sean Buckley @congensean.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Very proud of our PhD student @nirjana-dewan.bsky.social for delivering an excellent talk at #AOC2025 on her white-tailed black cockatoo genomics work this morning! Looking forward to being able to share some nicely assembled genomes in the near future...stay tuned!
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