#AusUniPetWars so many cats and dogs for sure but none eat grass like Gilbert, FuFu and Christmas. #PetsofJCU

NEW Research—Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing interventions on reducing spread of #COVID19 hubs.ly/H0nNRrv0

I was just on a Zoom call that ended automagically after 40 minutes because the organizer was on a free tier. This is the single greatest advance to meeting productivity that I’ve ever seen. Would pay extra for this feature.

QRISnews out now! Stories on: 🦘Project standardising govt #species #distribution #modelling 🦠QCIF's response to #covid19australia ⭐️Pieter Demmers joins QCIF 🏫#UQ to host ResBaz Brisbane ☹️UQ Winter School 2020 cancelled 👩‍💻👨‍💻CQU Hacky Hour fully virtual! mailchi.mp/88a04112de16/q…

Domestic postgraduate student numbers could increase during the COVID-19 recession. andrewnorton.net.au/2020/03/27/sit…

beatcovid19now.org is a public/private initiative to help trace and stop the spread of COVID19 built from a Hackathon between Swinburne University of Technology astronomers OzGrav, @AdacsAus and health researchers powered by the arq_group plus 💧simon holmes à court 🦋 and friends! Be a part of it!(Oz only)

How close are we to establishing a native rice industry in Australia? 🗣 Listen to podcast by Prof Robert Henry, world-leading geneticist researching #wildrice in Northern Australia. 🌾 bit.ly/TropAg-Talk UQ News CRC for Developing Northern Australia

On Wednesday JCU PhD graduate Dr Patrick Hodgson will be on The Drum on the ABC. He will get to talk about his thesis research on the 1918-1920 flu pandemic in Queensland. I will be glued to the screen.

TONIGHT! Make sure you're watching ABC The Drum to hear from JCU grad Dr Patrick Hodgson about the 1918-1920 flu pandemic in Queensland.

Many publishers have granted temporary access to extra online resources during the COVID19 pandemic. Access is currently free & does not require your JCU credentials. ebooks, ejournals + more to assist with remote learning, teaching & research. More info: jculibrarynews.blogspot.com/2020/04/free-s…

New #COVID19 Comment suggests that early comparisons between the number of cases in the worst affected European countries and in west African countries do not support the hypothesis that the virus will spread more slowly in countries with warmer climates thelancet.com/journals/langl…

We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy theconversation.com/we-just-spent-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Australia’s cyber spy agency Australian Signals Directorate says it’s now using offensive #cyber attacks to disrupt foreign cyber criminals targeting Australians during the #COVID2019AU crisis. “We are hitting back,” Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said.

Masks for all? The science say yes. · fast.ai fast.ai/2020/04/13/mas…

A JCU PhD candidate will be using a prestigious IBM Fellowship to design novel computer systems that mimic processes within the brain. bit.ly/3cjSAkz

My updated post on the higher education assistance package. Short courses idea has lots of problems. andrewnorton.net.au/2020/04/15/the…

Interested in coding? Join the <CodeR> coding community James Cook Uni - now meeting by zoom every Monday for sessions on packages, platforms & pipelines JCU eResearch Centre IT@JCU CSE @JCU JCU Connect JCU GRS JCU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY JCU: CPHMVS AITHM JCU College of Healthcare Sciences JCU College of Arts, Society and Education JCU College of Business, Law & Governance JCU Nursing & Midwifery

We have places available in the following online workshops: #RStats for Reproducible Scientific Research, 12–13 May or 1–2 June. Register: qcif.edu.au/trainingcourse… Exploring & Predicting Using Linear Regression in #RStats, 28 April or 11 May. Register: qcif.edu.au/trainingcourse…

Philip Kahn, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, died on April 17 from the coronavirus. His twin brother, Samuel, died a century earlier as an infant during another pandemic, the Spanish Flu of 1918-19. nyti.ms/2Y434kc

📡 TERN is Australia's Ecosystem Observatory. For National Science Week, check out our video snapshot of what we do and how we bring about research innovation in Australia! #NCRISimpact #scienceweek #ResearchInfrastructure