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Project Updates
1.3: Australian Ants: The Genus Iridomyrmex
Ants are everywhere and one particularly prolific group of Australian ants is the genus Iridomyrmex, familiar to many Australians because it contains the meat ants. [read more...]
5.1: The origins and diversity of Lantana in Australia
Biological control of invasive species has had some famous successes but has frequently met with failure. For plants, successful biological control requires the identification of phytophagous or pathogenic control agents that have an appropriate ecology and that attack the target species but not native species in the introduced range. [read more...]
7.2: Biodiversity Information: we want to know what you think
The questionnaire Biodiversity Information: we want to know what you think has closed. Thankyou to everyone who participated; we received around 850 completed questionnaires and are now analysing the results to inform the next phase of the project. [read more...]
Forums & Conferences
TRIN Second Annual Forum and Workshop, 15-17 April 2009
Murramarang Resort at South Durras, NSW
Discussion is continuing on the program, but certainly will cover aspects of the TRIN research projects and likely other major issues around taxonomy in broad sense and progress against TRIN goals. There will be opportunity for research groups to get together and develop work plans for 09/10.
Please see the TRIN wiki for more details.
REPORT - National Taxonomy Research Hub Annual Forum and Workshop, 28-29 April 2008
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Gungahlin, ACT
Hub participants from across the country met in Canberra for the first Annual Forum and Workshop. The breadth of research undertaken by the Hub was recognised from population genetics, through revisionary systematics, DNA barcoding, molecular phylogenetics, to phylogenomics. [read full report]
Workshops
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Taxonomic Workshop, 10-11 February 2009
La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga Campus
Previous workshops
“Filling in the Fauna”, 11 November 2008
National Postgraduate Training Workshop in Systematics, 21–25 July 2008
National Taxonomy Research Hub - Early Career Researcher Workshop, 8 April 2008
Media Releases
Albury-Wodonga campus biodiversity research team goes
into high gear
La Trobe University, April 2008
Awards
Congratulations to John La Salle who was awarded the Newton Turner Award 2008 from the CSIRO OCE Science Team, October 2008
Congratulations also goes to David Yeates who was awarded the Ian Mackerras Medal at Entomological Society meeting in October 2008.
"The Mackerras Medal is the Society's highest award and is given every two years to a member of the Society under 50 years of age who has demonstrated excellence in entomology."
Job Opportunities
Informatics Technologist
CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
2 year term, $67K - $76K plus superannuation
Applications close 19 January 2009
As part of a research support team of the Taxonomy Research & Information Network (TRIN), to develop effective informatics frameworks and applications for the management and delivery of data, rich content, results and outcomes of research on the systematics of Australia's biodiversity. The position will involve working with research staff and end users to develop and manage effective Internet-based biodiversity information management and delivery systems in a service-oriented Web 2.0 environment.
