Ayla just completed her successful PhD fieldwork collecting samples of different epiphytic orchids in the wet tropics of Cairns region 🤩 Ayla will be studying the endophyte diversity in orchid roots. The project is generously supported by the Australian Orchid Foundation 🙏

Did you know that more than 950 billion face masks have been disposed of in the past four years? 😷 Our researchers have identified an innovative upcycle solution to ensure disposable face masks don't end up in landfill... Pingan Song l Prof. Polly Burey ♻️

Our School (photo) celebrated recently the United Nations International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development. IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention #PlantHealth

Australian Mammal Society (The Australian Mammal Society) conference was held in Toowoomba this week chaired and organised by our wildlife lecturer Dr Meg Edwards. The conference was a huge success with attendees donning their coolest ecological fashion 🤩🦘🐨🐭

Ravensbourne field station is not only an active teaching space but also a site for important long-term global research 🧐 Today our group was out in the field sampling for a worldwide project that will reveal global soil biodiversity patterns - what a day to be outside!🦠🧬

Supramolecular aggregates are reshaping polymer science. This review in Aggregate explores how noncovalent chemistry is unlocking new ways to make polymers both fire-resistant and mechanically strong. Read more: ow.ly/vBBN50WmAPX Pingan Song Aggregate UniSQ_SoAES

Did you know that here University of Southern Queensland we now have the UniSQ Wildlife Association? 🐨🌱 Are you passionate about protecting Australia's wildlife and building a career in the conservation industry? To find out more: campus.hellorubric.com/?s=10435# or email [email protected]

Great to see this mammoth effort by Adam Frew et al finally published! AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…

Using sensors to monitor soil water 💧 Ag Tech Adoption's (University of Southern Queensland) Michael Scobie co-leads work testing various tools for soil moisture monitoring & modelling. Watch the full #GRDCVideo ▶️ bit.ly/44Kgkv2

A project led by Prof Keith Pembleton University of Southern Queensland is bringing together Soil CRC’s soil constraint & amelioration modelling to create a new decision support tool for growers soilcrc.com.au/next-generatio… Federation University Charles Sturt University Riverine Plains West Midlands Group Liebe Group Mallee Sustainable Farming #bps

A button for frost protection? 🌡️ Justine Baillie (Ag Tech Adoption + University of Southern Queensland) is helping growers tap into #AgTech to monitor temps & tackle #frost during high-risk times. Full #GRDCVideo via bit.ly/44Kgkv2

Happy NationalScienceWeek! Come and join me for a free webinar where I'll be talking about the common soil symbionts of plants: some beneficial, some not and how do we know which is which and when? Join me this week via, Wednesday 13th August, 12 pm AEST unisq.zoom.us/j/82517941054

📣📣This is happening in about an hour! Come listen to Dr Christina share her knowledge about soil biota! 📣📣

📣📣 come along during your lunch break to learn all things wildlife identification 📣📣 unisq.zoom.us/j/88291112520

Very happy to see this paper finally published! Saltmarsh - seagrass - mangrove 70 years' worth of data 649 studies Global Review of Blue Carbon Ecosystem Microbial Communities - Birnbaum - 2025 - Environmental Microbiology - Wiley Online Library …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Our Acting Head of School John Dearnaley recently visited the beautiful Carnarvon Gorge as part of the new PhD project that will investigate the endophytic Serendipita fungi in orchid roots. Ecology & Environmental Science at UniSQ

This retired doctor is our very own PhD student Fran Guard (supervised by John Dearnaley) - we are so proud! 🍄🍄 Retired doctor discovers fungi species in rainforests of NSW and Queensland abc.net.au/news/2025-08-2… via ABC Australia University of Southern Queensland UniSQ_SoAES

The annual Three Minute Thesis is on! Please please please go check out the entries and support great science. Hint hint - our very own AbbyDennien has submitted a wonderful entry, too "Tiny mouse, big impact". 🐁🐭 Vote by hitting the like button under the YouTube clip. 🙏

Great first day of 2nd year Ecological methods residential school (i.e. field trip). Students learned how to estimate vegetation cover, assess tree health and how to set up scientifically accurate study plots. 🌿📏🪾📊 Christina Birnbaum PhD🍃 John Dearnaley UniSQ_SoAES

Our Snr Lecturer Christina Birnbaum PhD🍃 is part of an international working group on soil biodiversity contributing to this important Open letter published New Phytologist Plants People and Planet journal. UniSQ_SoAES