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The live bearing sea star (Parvulastra vivipara) has been listed as critically endangered following research by our Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and @sydney.edu.au. Populations have declined by almost 90%, but our researchers are working to identify threats and restoration methods.

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Follow the ACEAS #DMV team on our blog and photo gallery: antarctic.org.au/dmv/#dmvblog ⬇️ Molly Husdell (UQ) slicing a multicore for porewater analysis | Karin Orth, Neve Clippingdale (@utas.edu.au) with a sediment and porewater sample from the multicore. 📷: Katharina Hochmuth, Delphine Lannuzel

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Did you know researchers at the University of Tasmania are looking into minimizing #insecticide use in Tasmanian apple #orchards by introducing #parasitoid wasps that feed on #CodlingMoth pests ? You can read more about these #IPM strategies here (buff.ly/hs529UQ ). - @utas.edu.au

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Red handfish are amongst the rarest fish on the planet, found near Hobart and nowhere else. This pair of red handfish juveniles were born as part of our conservation efforts in partnership with the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species: youtu.be/sWDOju_3A-Q 📷: Ness Delpero, IMAS

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What does #Budget25 mean for #Tasmania? Check out Policy In My Backyard to go beyond the spin! #auspol #politas @utas.edu.au

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Education department campaigns focused on improving attendance tend to be directed at students and their parents/carers. But carers and case workers, as well as principals, tell a different story: utas.au/gA

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Read about my shameful effort to make muffins (and some chemistry of baking) in my latest piece in @aunz.theconversation.com. The #ChemistsWhoCook hashtag also gets a shout out. #OzChem #ChemSky

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Recently, I spent explored an #apple orchard with Leticia Reis, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture's tree crop physiologist in northern #Tasmania. It was fun to learn about new management techniques optimizing the fruit yield, apple colour, & #pollination. - @utas.edu.au, #entomology, #horticulture

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A new study in @naturesustain.bsky.social reveals that establishing a commercial fishery to intentionally overfish an unwanted yet marketable species, like the Longspined Sea #Urchin in #Tasmania, can be a sustainable option to protect vital marine ecosystems: utas.au/EattheProblem

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A new study has screened nearly 1100 people with a relative who prematurely developed coronary disease. The research has confirmed how we can better manage people who sit in the precarious intermediate risk zone. Read more: utas.au/HeartResearch

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The Antarctic has been governed by the Antarctic Treaty since 1961, but how well is it protecting Antarctica’s environment? A/Prof Alessandro Antonello writes that with the grave threat of climate change, Antarctica needs all the defenders it can get. More: www.un.org/en/un-chroni...

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Students from our Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies are about to embark on an incredible learning adventure, circumnavigating Tasmania aboard CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator. Read more: utas.au/ScienceVoyage

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Nothing better than a box of quolls! Spent yesterday at one of the sanctuaries that make up the Tasmanian Quoll Conservation Program, helping conserve both eastern & spotted-tailed quolls in the wild @utas.edu.au @tasland.bsky.social

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It is the start of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture's Introduction to #Entomology & Plant Pathology class in Launceston ( at The University of Tasmania). I enjoyed all the curious looks as I moved a "swarm" of teaching specimens & nets into the classroom. - @utas.edu.au

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Celebrating a wildlife win on World Wildlife Day, with quoll-ity conservation outcomes 🤩 Our scientists joined with several partners to kick off one of the biggest eastern quoll conservation efforts ever seen in Tasmania! More: brnw.ch/quoll (Follow @drdevildave.bsky.social for more quoll BEANS)

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A quollity piece of news for your Monday morning! www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a... Slow-mo eastern quoll for tax

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I'm looking forward to the #Insect_Ecology class at the University of Tasmania. Our undergraduates will develop an experiment using these cabbages to explore the plants ability to respond to herbivory. I'm looking forward to seeing what type of experiments they create. @utas.edu.au #entomology

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“Being the 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence enhanced my visibility and afforded me so many opportunities,” said @genni.bsky.social who took the position last year.

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What a beautiful way to start the semester at the University of Tasmania's brand new teaching & research facility in Launceston. First up, the Tasmania Institute of Agriculture's #Insect #Ecology class. 📷: the "Shed" research building & the bridge to the rest of campus. @utas.edu.au

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Come and join our @utas.edu.au Speech Pathology team to deliver the first and only program in the state! careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50062...

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Australia’s commitment to Antarctica needs to eliminate repeated short-term funding crises, writes our own Professor Matt King. Read more: brnw.ch/AntarcticRes...

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Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Important lessons are emerging from these fires, which speak to the broader, worsening threat as the climate changes. More: utas.au/Tas_Fires

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The University has launched a first-of-its-kind Massive Open Online Course to support millions of people living with Parkinson’s globally. The course includes information on symptoms, risk factors and strategies for living with Parkinson’s, and is open to everyone. Get involved: utas.au/MOOC_

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Our scientists have seen a recent upward trend in the relative abundance of Maugean skate in Macquarie Harbour. It’s a potential sign that the wild population of this iconic endangered species has improved, with research catch rates returning to levels last seen in 2014: utas.au/gs

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Meet Barbara, Rose, Dilini and Isabelly - the recipients of the Inspiring Women in STEMM Fellowship Program! They're each motivated to reduce barriers for girls and women to engage in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. More: utas.au/STEMMFellows...

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A team of international researchers is celebrating the discovery of vibrant, complex seafloor communities near the Ross ice shelf and Ross Island. The Ross Sea is the southern-most sea in the world and home to the planet’s third-largest Marine Protected Area. Read more: utas.au/RossSea

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Scientists have closed the data gap that will transform the cultivation of Asparagopsis, a seaweed set to revolutionise methane reduction in livestock: utas.au/gl

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Tasmania’s towering eucalypts are the tallest flowering plants on Earth but bushfires and climate change are pushing them to the brink. Read more: utas.au/eucalypts

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Researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) are investigating seven potential traditional Chinese medicine crops for Tasmania, including whether Chinese Bellflower, Mongolian Milkvetch, and peony can be grown here to the required quality specifications. Read more: utas.au/tcm

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One secret to bigger, better crops lies in a tiny plant hormone - auxin. Researchers have provided new insights into the master plant hormone and its vital role in starch production. More: utas.au/auxin

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Professor David Bowman writes that the wildfires sweeping across Los Angeles are a 'disaster unfolding in real time'. So, could something similar happen in major Australian cities – and how prepared are we? Read more: utas.au/LAFires_

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Our researchers had an extra reason to celebrate over the holiday period as the world’s first captive-born Maugean skate had its first birthday. Read more: utas.au/HolidayBirth...

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It's @utas.edu.au graduation week, so I gowned up this morning to see my BA & Family History students graduating. I will never ever ever get sick of enthusiastic audience members, especially the ones who shout 'GO DAD!!!' or 'WOOO GRANDMA!!!!' as their mature age person crosses the stage.

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Marine scientists will be working with coastal industries, communities and Tasmanian Aboriginal communities on a whole-of-reef-ecosystem restoration project to improve the health of Tasmanian reef ecosystems and bring back giant #kelp forests: utas.au/KelpHelp

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A remarkable conservation effort is giving new hope to the critically endangered red handfish. In the largest captive breeding event ever achieved for the species, 232 hatchlings are now thriving. This triples the population of captive red handfish in Tasmania. More: utas.au/Handfish

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Our Fire Centre has been awarded the prestigious Resilient Australia National Collaboration and Partnership Award, recognising its work in bushfire resilience and its collaborative approach. Read more: utas.au/FireCentre

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Tune into ABC Hobart Radio today at 3:10pm for the final Science Club of 2024! I’ll be chatting Superstars and Poltergeists with Joel Rheinberger 🎙️👻 Link 🔗: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @utas.edu.au

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Two of our researchers have been named Superstars of #STEM for 2025🚀🤗 The program amplifies the voices of women and non-binary professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Huge congrats Dr @meredithcastles.bsky.social and Dr Jane Younger! Read more: utas.au/gi

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Delighted to announce that our @utas.edu.au collaboration in teaching and research with Tasmania Police is being renewed for the next few years. Grateful for the ongoing trust and relationship. Watch that space for further announcements regarding our work and scholarship.

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TOMORROW! Heads up; if you're attending online you need to register -- otherwise the Zoom link won't work. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-dig... @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

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The gear required to support one Antarctic glaciologiy trip… #SAEF @monashuniversity.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

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Congratulations to #Tasmanian author and University alumna Dr Katherine Johnson! Katherine has won the inaugural The Australian Fiction Prize for her unpublished manuscript A Wild Heart, set on Maria Island, off Tasmania’s East Coast. Read more: utas.au/gh

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If you’ve been taking a chilly dip or walking along our Storm Bay beaches in Tasmania lately, you’d have seen lots of mysterious jelly-like sea creatures washed up or in the water. But what are they and why are they turning up here? Learn all about the secret life of salps: utas.au/salps

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