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This week, I was interviewed on More FM, talking with Sarah Gandy ✌🏼 and Flynny about some clever little spiders! You can listen to it here (interview runs for 3 minutes) University of Canterbury UC Science | Te Kaupeka Pūtaiao UC Psychology, Speech and Hearing Marsden Fund Royal Society Te Apārangi #LoveSpiders doctorspider.net/spiders-morefm

This Thursday: catch me on "Word of Mouth" on BBC radio4, chatting with Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 about the language of social media and my new Routledge Books book on the subject. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… The University of Waikato 🎓 Louisa Semlyen Marsden Fund Nadine Rubin Nathan #academia #sabbatical

1/13 Today we are launching a new report, which explores experiences of sex workers in Scotland, New Zealand & the Republic of Ireland. We undertook 70 in-depth interviews with sex workers on stigma, discrimination & sex work laws between 2020 and 2022. openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/ndownloader/fi…

Its "D-Day" for the "The Great Migration" TAN2412 voyage of the RV Tangaroa, and our lab members Niamh Smith and Alisha Gill are aboard and geared up to catch lanternfish for the next 35 days! - super excited to follow their exploits! Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Marsden Fund

Thanks The University of Waikato 🎓 NZ Royal Society Marsden Fund and my fab team - Hemi, Eline Zenner, Laura Rosseel, @JessiePBurnette Alex Pohl waikato.ac.nz/news-events/ne…

People in Christchurch - I'm giving a talk for Nerd Nite at A Rolling Stone next week (6 November), where I'll be talking about the legendary Mosquito Terminator spider, Evarcha culicivora. Tickets available here: events.humanitix.com/nerd-nite-chch… University of Canterbury UC Science | Te Kaupeka Pūtaiao UC Psychology, Speech and Hearing Marsden Fund

Marsden Fund invests in new cutting edge research - 2024 results announced today. Ka rawe! royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden-f…

E haumi ana Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā rangahau tino hou rawa royalsociety.org.nz/news/e-haumi-a…

A list of the new #MarsdenFund grants can be found here. Congratulations to all recipients! royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Here are some highlghts from this year's new grants... royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Some stats on this year's #MarsdenFund round, including gender, ethnicity, and organisation success rates royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Honored to be a 2024 Fondation L'Oréal-UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #ForWomeninScience Fellow. Great fun in Melbourne at the ceremony & talking science with students at the #GirlsinScience event! 🙏 to mentors past/present University of Otago UMass Dartmouth Rhode Island College & Marsden Fund for supporting my #phage research #FWIS

How do insects adapt to harsh alpine conditions? Our new research reveals strikingly different responses to elevation in two closely related stoneflies. Ecology and Evolution Jon Waters Brodie Foster Marsden Fund doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

Important update from the #MarsdenFund. New Terms of Reference and revised Investment Plan from the Minister now available royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Dr Ryan Ridden University of Canterbury is launching #CosmicCataclysms The Zooniverse where YOU can help with #MarsdenFund Fast-Start #research discovering fast 💥explosion💥 events across the #universe 🌌 royalsociety.org.nz/research/hunti… zooniverse.org/projects/cheer… #cosmos #spacescience #nasauniverse #nasa

How can we make #MixedReality experiences feel more immersive? Dr Zhang and Prof Dodgson of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are developing new tools to do just that. Read more about this exciting mahi here 👀: royalsociety.org.nz/research/chang…

New paper on microbial pollutant degradation Water Research. A Marsden Fund-funded collaboration with Prof. Naresh Singhal Engineering and Design at University of Auckland. A shoutout to Boyu, a superb PhD student who pioneered the experimental methods & led data analyses in the project 👏💪 doi.org/10.1016/j.watr…

How will Antarctic ice sheets react to rising temperatures and influence the oceans in the process? Professor Rob McKay of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington used geological samples from IODP at Texas A&M to peer into the past for a look to the future. Check out what they found here: royalsociety.org.nz/research/warmi…

How will climate change impact vulnerable alpine ecosystems? Associate Professor Julie Deslippe of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is keen to find out. Follow the #MarsdenFund flag into the maunga 🏔️of China to find out more: royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…