This week fellow elf Ethan Ruparelia joins us to delve down wombat holes in Tasmania, explore an island made of trash in Japan and unearth Uzbekistan’s waterless sea...

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The world's oldest wombat
ABC Hobart Odum School of Ecology
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How fast can a #wombat run? Faster than Usain St. Leo Bolt?
Odum School of Ecology
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Wombats have the largest brain of any #marsupial . Their blank expressions are just a reflection of the fact that they know they can outsmart you.🧠
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat s #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Great to work with such talented colleagues to advance understanding of treating disease in wildlife: “The effects of spatially-constrained treatment regions upon a model of wombat mange”
Odum School of Ecology CEID University of Tasmania
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“Sex and landscape influence spatial genetic variation in a large fossorial mammal, the Bare-nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)”
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Great to have this study out. Congrats to all co-authors Alynn Martin Nick Fountain-Jones Odum School of Ecology CEID University of Tasmania

Apply for the UGA Postdoctoral Scholars Program: Future Faculty for Inclusive Research Excellence (FFIRE)! My lab has positions for modeling influenza ecology and evolution. Deadline is 3/31. postdocs.uga.edu/ffire/

Leaf it to us to make a buzz for #DawgDayofGiving ! 🍃🐞 Mark your calendars for March 26th and let's stick together to raise 100 gifts to the Ecology Student Excellence Fund, giving our future ecologists the wings they need to soar. 🌿 🌱
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Possibly the most important ecology paper published in Science this century?...science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The #CEIRRPilot2024 Pilot Research Program is accepting proposals for one more week! If you’d like to collaborate with CEIRR scientists to advance #FluResearch and earn #ResearchFunding , check out the submission page for more details: ow.ly/IGRl50QwNpk

Spotlighting for wombats (and mange) across NSW has brought me to some beautiful parts of the country! Currently in the Blue Mountains, on the lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples.
I can see why wombats want to live here 🤭

Testing mechanisms driving Ross River Virus dynamics across Australia. Great to have this study out, after more than a decade in the making. Great stuff Iain Simon Koolhof silvana bettiol and many other collaborators who helped make this happen.
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If data is the new black, then data viz for public health is vantablack. Explore data viz opportunities with CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA). Interested in working with smart people at competitive pay and benefits? Send your CV to [email protected]

Join Jim Porter, Emeritus Professor of Ecology, for his lecture opening the exhibit 'Sunken Treasure: The Art and Science of Coral Reefs' on Thurs., Feb. 15, at 6 p.m., UGA Special Collections Auditorium. The exhibit from his collection will be on view through June 3. UGA Libraries

Next week: two opportunities to hear Peter Hudson discuss important ecological issues! Tues, Jan 30, CEID seminar: 'Preventing pandemics at source—an ecological issue.' Wed, Jan 31, Ecology seminar: 'Reintroductions, disease invasion, and wolves in the wilderness.' Join us!

Looking for something new in 2024?
Come work with us at NRM South! Multiple project officer being positions advertised
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I am hiring a landscape genetics/disease ecology postdoc. I am reluctant to still use this site but also know it can be an effective way of reaching those looking for positions. If interested please do not hesitate to reach out to discuss. Thank you! med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_po…

Interested in floodplain ecology? @gulothoughts is hiring! The postdoctoral position involves spatial analysis, remote sensing and ecological modeling. Apply to join a growing research team studying the diverse benefits of levee setbacks. | ugajobsearch.com/postings/352374

Calling all potential post-docs! Are you interested in infectious disease ecol/evol using empirical & quant methods? Looking for a fun & supportive team? Join our multi-institution EEID project researching heterogeneity in susceptibility in house finches! workforum.memphis.edu/postings/38696