24 May 2024 Coding Club is up and running!
We have launched the Curtin University School of Molecular & Life Sciences Coding Club! Presented by PBG, Coding Club will run fortnightly during the tea...
News from PBG: most recent first.
We have launched the Curtin University School of Molecular & Life Sciences Coding Club! Presented by PBG, Coding Club will run fortnightly during the tea...
We welcome Dr John Ohiolei to our team!
We recently hosted a forum between Curtin University and the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI) urban biodiversity program to explore ...
We recently hosted a two-day workshop on the ‘Cost and Feasibility of Eradicating Invasive Species’. The workshop was presented by Dr Dave Ramsey and Dr Mich...
Ben and Brenton were recently invited to speak at the weekly Bentley Agriculture and Biology Seminar Series, hosted by the Centre for Crop and Disease Manage...
Ben recently authored a commentary piece ‘The evolution of a hobo snail’ for PCI Evolutionary Biology. PCI is a new publishing model that looks to avoid pub...
Brenton recently attended the first Invasive Species Working Group for the Integrated Pest Management Omics initiative. Brenton met with a variety of experts...
Ben attended a research prioritisation workshop organised by Kings Park Science and the Harry Butler Institue at Murdoch university. It was a meeting of con...
Ben met with Nyangumarta and Karajarri rangers to design sand plot surveys to enable monitoring of toad-affected species. The work was conducted on Nyangumar...
Brenton has led a new research paper on managing populations of the endangered norther quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). The paper, ‘Conservation prioritisation o...
Ben recently provided teaching materials for a year 9 science class, in the form of two pre-recorded presentations. The idea is for the students to hear fro...
Over the past month Haylee and Brenton have been working to establish the Population Biology and Genomics Group laboratory, and we are pleased to say, it is ...
Ben was recently invited to deliver the plenary talk at the annual Curtin University School of Molecular and Life Sciences research symposium. Ben’s presenta...
Brenton was recently invited to give a small talk at a symposium being held at the official signing of the 2024-2028 Western Australian Biodiversity Science ...
Ben was featured in a short video from ABC News Perth on the “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to prevent cane toads from spreading in parts of Western Austra...
ABC News environment reporter, Peter de Kruijff, reported on the impending invasion of cane toads further into Western Australia in the article ‘Doubts cane ...
Brenton was recently invited to contribute to the Forrest Research Foundation’s podcast series, Clever Quokkas.
I recently spent a day with the Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer Incident Response Team (PSHBIRT for short). Mind blown.
Brenton was recently invited to give a plenary talk at the 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society.
Members of the Population Biology and Genomics Group attended the Biodiversity Conference 2023: Listen to Country, where they presented on the impending cane...
Congratulations to Tash Harrison, this year’s recipient of the Ada Jackson Irwin Street Commemoration Award in Zoology, at UWA.
The toad invasion front is now 150km from Broome.
We’ve been announced!
Brenton was recently invited to give a talk to the Darling Range Branch of the WA Naturalists’ Club.
Ben and Brenton have arrived at Curtin and are working through the onboarding process. We have been ably assisted by our School business manager, Gail Wesco...