|
27th July
Lab lunch at the Botanic Gardens, where social distancing is measured in pretty animals and plants. We distanced right after taking the photo, even though we're a lab. 
22nd July
We finished counting 2500 containers of beetle eggs! In the picture: the last container. 
8th July
Another publication for the Head lab! "The effects of competition on fitness depend on the sex of both competitors" was accepted in Ecology and Evolution. by Sam Brooks, Maider Iglesias and Megan Head. 29th June
New paper for the Head lab! This research was done by Jigisha during her visit to our lab from India in 2018. 
16th June
Check out this interview with our own Head lab's head, entitled: "STEM, we have a problem"; about Megan's most recent publication in Ecology and Evolution. Link: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/stem-we-have-problem 
9th June 2020
After several years in the making we are very happy to see this paper looking at barriers to career progression in the fields of evolution and ecology published online today. 
1st June 2020
New paper accepted: "No link between nymph and adult colouration in shield bugs: weak selection by predators" in Proceedings B. In the photo, the authors celebrating (from left to right: Tom, Ili, Coni, Megan and Damien. We are only missing Regi and Dani!) 
25th May 2020
Congratulations Maddie for your fantastic honours presentation! We're all very proud! Maddie did her honours on the effects of urbanisation in pollinators, in beautiful Canberra. 
7th April 2020
Nothing can stop the Head lab: zoom meeting in times of quarantine. Welcome to the lab Xuechen! 
5th March 2020
Last copulation of the approximately 2455 done for the huge seed beetle experiment we've been busy with for the last 3 months. Go little beetles! 
17th December 2019
Looking for holiday reading material? Two new papers published in the Head lab: - "No honesty in warning signals across life stages in an aposematic bug" (Evolutionary Ecology) by Ili, Tom and Megan. 
-"Sexual conflict and the environment: teasing apart effects arising via males and females" (Animal Behaviour) by Alan, Megan and Maider.
12th December 2019
Happy holidays to all beetles, beetle lovers, and everyone! 
28th November 2019
Welcome Lydia, Xinran and Marvin! They will be joining us for the next two months. In the picture you can appreciate all the beetle fun they are already having. 
21st November 2019
Maddie Fink about doing fieldwork in Canberra and the little treasures she finds: "My fieldwork involves describing the local habitat of an urban or natural site, and observing pollinator interactions with flowering plants. For each site I record things like local weather conditions; habitat complexity; tree and ground nesting availability; the identity of bee and butterfly pollinators, and their floral visitation behaviours".
14th November 2019
Happy fieldwork memories are being created in the Head lab 
6th November 2019
Dancing to our new speaker in the new insect lab. Counting eggs will be even more fun! 
23rd October 2019
Field season officially started!!! :) 
14th May 2019
The Canberra times covered Sophie's recent paper on how males might benefit from transmitting STIs to females https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6121773/love-sick-males-might-benefit-from-spreading-sexual-disease/?cs=14225 10th May 2019
Maider received funding for an outreach project titled "Life in Eucalypts" from the ESEB outreach fund!!! Watch out Canberra here we come!!! 29th March 2019
A very nice write up of Sophie's paper in inside science https://www.insidescience.org/news/infecting-females-stds-could-give-male-animals-advantage 14th December 2018
Thinking of doing something with these awesome alpine grasshoppers after finding what looks like sexually transmitted mites while teaching on the functional ecology field course. 
|
|
13th August 2018
Today was the launch of our #TeamBeetleSex entry into this years Shirty Science competition. Was super cool to collaborate with @ohlittlesparkart on this shirt design depicting our research on Eucalypt beetles and their sexually transmitted mites. Want to get one or find out more visit www.shirtyscience.com
Today was the launch of our #TeamBeetleSex entry into this years Shirty Science competition. Was super cool to collaborate with @ohlittlesparkart on this shirt design depicting our research on Eucalypt beetles and their sexually transmitted mites. Want to get one or find out more visit www.shirtyscience.com
1st August 2018
After 3 months of hard lab work, Jigisha is leaving us :( Time to get out of the lab and attempt to see some Aussie wildlife :)
After 3 months of hard lab work, Jigisha is leaving us :( Time to get out of the lab and attempt to see some Aussie wildlife :)
23rd July 2018
Elroy and Krish have just started their special topics and honours projects (respectively). Stay tuned to find out what they'll be getting up to.
Elroy and Krish have just started their special topics and honours projects (respectively). Stay tuned to find out what they'll be getting up to.
11th of July 2018
Alan and Megan are super excited to be heading to the ASSAB conference in Brisbane this week.
Alan and Megan are super excited to be heading to the ASSAB conference in Brisbane this week.
7th May 2018
Jigisha just arrived from India! She will be doing a 3 month project on how the environment affects sexual conflict in Seed beetles
Jigisha just arrived from India! She will be doing a 3 month project on how the environment affects sexual conflict in Seed beetles
23rd March 2018
Maider's first seed beetle paper was just accepted in Behavioural Ecology. :)
Maider's first seed beetle paper was just accepted in Behavioural Ecology. :)
11th February 2018
Heading to Hamilton, Victoria tomorrow to collect Eucalypt beetles. Hoping to find lots of these
Heading to Hamilton, Victoria tomorrow to collect Eucalypt beetles. Hoping to find lots of these
January 2018
Working with Arludo to make a game that teaches students about physiological trade-offs and how these can influence behaviour. Here's a preview
Working with Arludo to make a game that teaches students about physiological trade-offs and how these can influence behaviour. Here's a preview
We need feedback!
— Michael Kasumovic (@mkasumovic) January 31, 2018
What do folks thing about our #lizard .io game title and menu?
Should we go with this?
Any other ideas??@aliceleung @megabugface pic.twitter.com/ov8YwfXzZH
December 2017
The fish frenzy begins :) Just started three new big experiments on aging and costs of mating in mosquitofish. Stay tuned...
The fish frenzy begins :) Just started three new big experiments on aging and costs of mating in mosquitofish. Stay tuned...
17th November 2017
Just back from a week of fieldwork in Darwin with the Backwell lab looking at the mating behaviour of Fiddler crabs.
Just back from a week of fieldwork in Darwin with the Backwell lab looking at the mating behaviour of Fiddler crabs.
6th November 2017
Maider just had her first seed beetle paper provisionally accepted to Behavioural Ecology :)
Maider just had her first seed beetle paper provisionally accepted to Behavioural Ecology :)
4th November 2017
Just back from Lizard Island Research Station tagging fish with Rebecca Fox and Jenni Donelson so they can understand how reef fish behaviourally thermoregulate.
Just back from Lizard Island Research Station tagging fish with Rebecca Fox and Jenni Donelson so they can understand how reef fish behaviourally thermoregulate.
