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Congrats to Dr Nicolas Lubitz for his pre completion seminar today! 🦈

Happy national science week! I participated in the James Cook Uni "Art your Science" competition, using embroidery and watercolour to create a stylized habitat map. A link to the padlet if anyone would like to read about the piece: padlet.com/sophiewalker14…

Great to once again help out with A/Prof Nathan Waltham's Mangroves, Coasts and Estuarine Systems subject James Cook Uni (for what was probably for the last time!). Some great days out in Bowling Green Bay NP and at Annandale wetlands testing water quality and flying some drones!

What’s it like being an Australian scientist during the biodiversity and climate change crises? A few of us share our personal and professional experiences. ‘Gagged and grief stricken, but not without hope’ abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2… By @jesskatedavis & @TyneTynelogan

Officially 3.5 years into my candidature this week, with bits of my thesis getting written (slowly but surely) I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Who gets hired, promoted and funded? People with citations and grant funding. It's a self-perpetuating status-quo that "make[s] it more difficult for women and other groups to flourish in research careers” says Cathy Foley.

More than half a million items have made their way from Citylibraries to the Townsville community this year, with Bluey ranking among the most pup-ular loans in 2023: bit.ly/487SWYI

A JCU researcher wants to see your pictures and videos of the flooding in #Cairns and surrounding regions, in a bid to better predict the extent of future deluges. Full story 👉 rb.gy/anba4k

The findings from our multi-year study on anonymising research facility access applications in Australia show that anonymising applications for scientific equipment benefitted early-career researchers. Read the findings in greater depth: womeninstem.org.au/anonymised-rev… #WomeninSTEM

Gender is a construct but my mums dog is a Little Lady

Intertidal marsh X peatland 💅

Have to say was not excited to learn that the government makes more off my HECS debt than it does through taxing the resources industry. The HECS system is needlessly complicated - we shouldn't be indexing people's debts BEFORE applying payments made for the year.

What do Australians think about the mining industry today? 🤔 We're looking into it. We're inviting all Australians 18 years and over to participate in an important survey to help shape the future of mining research for our country. csiro.au/en/news/All/Ne…

📖 Inspired NT needs your help to showcase the Territory’s Trailblazing Sisters of Science in a new book! Visit for more info: bit.ly/3wQqGwq

I have great privilege with my Australian passport! Throughout my candidature I haven't had to deal with visa stress like many of my fellow students (including the govt changing requirements with only a days notice!). It adds a whole layer of labor/stress to doing science!

Migration law changes with no warning! This law will stop talented PhD students from remaining in Australia (after significant resources have been invested in their education). Sign the petition so that some transitional measures can be implemented: aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…

Keen to start working with the Hub and AgTAC!

3 June is #MaboDay, a day where we remember the contribution of Eddie Koiki Mabo in overturning ‘Terra nullius’ or the definition of Australia as 'land belonging to no one' in 1992. Mabo life story: ow.ly/W1gV50S6pJ9 Classroom resources: ow.ly/5Wnr50S6pJ8

Pre-completed, almost #PhDone (the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer!). Every milestone must be celebrated with juliettes ice cream, I dont make the rules!

It was great to hear Sophie (she/her) James Cook Uni PhD candidate and The JCU AgTAC member speaking to her thesis on Barriers to the use of aerial #drones in #environmental management and #conservation at the Awayday 2024. Sophie is supervised by Nathan Waltham and Marcus Sheaves.