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This graphic helps me wrap my head around the magnitude of the problem. Notice the amount of current biomass for wild mammals (in green) versus that for livestock and humans. No wonder we have converging crises of biodiversity, fresh water, and climate. doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

We are offering up to 10 PhD scholarships at the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (FVAS) @FVASunimelb Open to candidates currently in Australia (domestic & international) to start before December 31st 2021. Apply before October 31st !! fvas.unimelb.edu.au/research/gradu…

Pest plants and animals cost Australia ~ $25 billion a year, and #feralcats top the list as the costliest species. As a main driver of extinctions in Australia, investment to limit their damage is worth the price tag. #wildoz The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/pest-plants-an…

New from us- Update on FHV-1 seroprevalence in Victorian feral & owned cats. Implications for future use of FHV-1 vectored vaccines and immunocontraceptives are discussed. 🐱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/av… Joanne Devlin Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health @FVASunimelb

Upcoming one-day symposium on new technologies for invasive species. Hosted by @RoyalSocietyVic and exploring new tools for introduced species including: - Gene drives - Immunocontraception - Biological controls More details here ↓ rsv.org.au/events/invasiv…

Do you purport to care about #conservation? Keep your damn cats indoors and minimize their threat to #birds, #mammals, & lizards. #cats that are allowed to roam outside, feral or otherwise, are a major threat to our #wildlife and #biodiversity.

Ok, #TeamDingo, we've made it to the final two!!! Go forth, vote, encourages others to vote! #AusMammalOfTheYear Vote here cosmosmagazine.com/nature/top-2-a… Cosmos 📷Angus Emmott #WildOz

This one-day symposium on new tools for invasive species management is now only 1 week away! You can tune in online or attend in person. More details below ↓

How should we eradicate the smooth newt 🦎- one of Australia's newest invasive species? Come along to the Big Science Pitch on October 27th and find out! Details below ↓

I had the best time hosting the Science at Melbourne Big Science Pitch. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ CONGRATULATIONS to our brilliant pitchers Ellen Cottingham, Justin Maire, Xinyue Gu, Dr Emily Fobert & Qike Wang. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Enormous thanks to our judges led by @OBryanMoira & everyone behind the scenes 👏👏👏

First cryotubes with Smoky mice and Antechinus cells (Dusky and Agile) in The Ian Potter Australian Wildlife BioBank Museums Victoria with Joanna Sumner and Kevin C Rowe. Thanks to all who helped to make this happen! #Holsworth Stephen Frankenberg Ellen Cottingham #cryobanking

New PhD opportunity at Melb Uni to study kangaroo herpesviruses and their evolution with myself and colleagues Alistair Legione , Paola Vaz and Carol Hartley. This is an ARC funded project. More details: tinyurl.com/2p92rerc Pic is of a beautiful white kangaroo that lives near me 🦘

The 2023 VPMS is being organised for October in Dubbo. If you are interested in attending and or giving a talk, please register ASAP. This is a symposium aimed at practitioners and knowledge sharing and dissemination on pest management.

New work from Mike Letnic, Mathew Crowther, Heidi Parker, Elaine Ostrander and I in Molecular Ecology finds most DNA tested wild dingoes were pure. Prior DNA studies frequently misidentified pure dingoes as hybrids. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Science E&ERC 1/n

VERY excited to be one of ABC's Top 5 in Science for 2023! Strong science communication has never been more important. Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health Science at Melbourne University of Melbourne ABC RN is welcoming Australia’s best and brightest young minds abc.net.au/radio/programs…

Team ‘cat-raceptives’ had a great time pitching at Unimelb Envirotech 2023 for a immunocontraceptive to manage feral cats in Australia 🐈‍⬛ University of Melbourne Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health

"Australia's most impactful invasive alien vertebrates in terms of biodiversity impacts are feral cats" How can we mange feral cats without effective controls on domestic cats? What is your local council doing to encourage responsible cat ownership? abc.net.au/news/2023-09-0…

“I want to see a feral cat-free Australia...We are declaring war on feral cats". Tanya Plibersek @WAFeralCat23 smh.com.au/politics/feder…

That’s a wrap! Week 1 of ABC residency with the 2023 top 5 in science completed ✔️ Highly recommend this program for any ECRs with an interest in science communication in the media. Lynn Nazareth, PhD Rohan Fisher jonathan jb webb ABC Radio National ABC Australia University of Melbourne

New gene drive explainer article from ABC- have a read if you’re interested in how we might use this technology to manage invasive species in Aus 🧬 abc.net.au/news/science/2…