Auscandoc · @auscandoc
1080 followers · 10023 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

“By increasing the diversity of in urban areas, researchers from the have seen a seven-fold increase in the number of species in just three years, confirming the ecological benefits of projects…prior to this study, little evidence had been documented on how specific greening actions can mitigate the detrimental effects of urbanization through boosting the numbers of indigenous insect species “
arthropod.social/@entsocameric

#nativeplants #universityofmelbourne #insect #urbangreening

Last updated 1 year ago

In Those Days · @InThoseDays
71 followers · 151 posts · Server zirk.us

Our latest podcast is getting great feedback (from my family!)

My dad, Peter Tangey, joined us to hear about Chorkles' testimony to the Victorian Royal Commission into Communism.

We also discuss some family drama when Dad tells the story of some ALP-DLP split induced biffo at his house.

inthosedays.transistor.fm/epis

#notallboomers #dlp #alpsplit #thesplit #alphistory #australianlaborparty #historypodcast #communism #universityofmelbourne #australianhistory #trove #NLA #democraticlaborparty

Last updated 1 year ago

Zachary Kendal · @zac
198 followers · 335 posts · Server ausglam.space

Been run off my feet today. Did manage to deliver my presentation, though, on at . I'd been asked to do it kind of late in the game, and it kind of had to be nerdy and platform focused ( and mostly). But I managed to make folks laugh and had a lot of interesting conversations afterwards.
Slides: doi.org/10.26188/22181731.v1
(Recording should be up later.)

#openaccess #universityofmelbourne #dimensions #elements #dsapac2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Zachary Kendal · @zac
192 followers · 327 posts · Server ausglam.space

The has released a report detailing 34 cases of wage theft across 22 Australian universities.

Since 2020, these public have withheld over $83m in staff wages. The University of Melbourne leads the way with having withheld $31.6m.

Join your !

Read the report: nteu.au/News_Articles/National

Reported by Caitlin Cassidy for The Guardian:
theguardian.com/australia-news

#nteu #universities #union #universityofmelbourne #wagetheft #solidarity

Last updated 2 years ago

Sarah Tashjian · @TashjianSM
142 followers · 1 posts · Server mastodon.online

Overdue 👋 
I am a currently finishing an postdoc fellowship at - starting as an Assistant Professor at in 2023.
My work uses & approaches with to study the neural basis of decision making in humans. I focus on how the brain processes information related to & . I examine the development of these systems from to .
Glad to join the contingent!

#neuroscience #adulthood #adolescence #safety #threat #fmri #computational #experimental #universityofmelbourne #caltech #nsf #neuroscientist #introduction

Last updated 2 years ago

DrJamesDKean · @drjdkean
0 followers · 2 posts · Server mastodon.au

Hello fellow and beyond!

I thought I'd make an .

I am an overly-excited and eclectic PhD Candidate at the in Theoretical & Computational . Where I'm primarily attempting to explore how we can quantify in to better inform scientific theories of .

I know what you're thinking: that's a dense sentence! So let me try be more specific, and hopefully, even denser..

#consciousness #neuralsystems #emergence #NeuroscienceofConsciousness #universityofmelbourne #introduction #Mastodons

Last updated 2 years ago

Cathy Oke · @cathy
43 followers · 5 posts · Server fediscience.org