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We already miss #VicBioCon25 but we're also excited for #VicBioCon26 & we're looking for new Committee members! If you're a student, early career researcher or working in industry & want to help make VicBioCon26 the best VBC yet, email vicbiocon@gmail.com!🌱
📷 Adam Purcell | Melbourne Ceili Camera
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Thank you to Adam Purcell (Melbourne Ceili Camera) for once again photographing all the fun at #VicBioCon25! 🌱To see all of Adam's amazing photos from the conference, head to www.melbourneceilicamera.org/browse/ where photos from the conference are available to view & purchase!
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🍃Thanks for joining us at #VicBioCon25 to celebrate all things Victorian biodiversity!🌱Click the link to complete our feedback survey- it only takes a few minutes and helps us to improve future conferences!🍃🪲
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📷 Adam Purcell | Melbourne Ceili Camera
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We're so grateful to all our sponsors at #VicBioCon25! A special thanks to @monashuniversity.bsky.social for hosting us, and to our top tier sponsors, DEECA's Arthur Rylah Institute, The University of Melbourne & their Office for Environmental Programs, and the Natural Resources Conservation Trust!
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We hope you enjoyed the #VicBioCon25 Networking Event (and bingo!), kindly sponsored by @UniMelb's Office for Environmental Programs, which oversees a range of postgraduate programs. Find out more here! environment.unimelb.edu.au
💡 Our tips for communicating adaptation solutions in climate communications, as presented by Alysha Huxley at this week’s #VicBioCon25:
• Include feasible adaptation solutions
• Have a message of hope
• Adopt a storytelling approach
• Provide tangible, real-world examples
And of course thank you to @monashuniversity.bsky.social and all our sponsors- more info on those who supported #VicBioCon25 will be posted in the coming days, as well as extra conference snippets!🌱
A big thank you to the Natural Resources Conservation Trust for sponsoring the Research Grant and Youth Engagement in Forest Conservation Grant at #VicBioCon25!
Time to wrap up #VicBioCon25! We'd love to hear you're feedback- follow the QR code to share your thoughts!🌱
For our final #VicBioCon25 Plenary, Rebecca McIntosh is discussing how we can transform research into impact using seals as ecosystem sentinels!
Make sure you vote for your favourite entries in the #VicBioCon25 photo competition before voting closes at 1pm today!
We're starting today with our Plenary speaker Dr Nick Porch, discussing patterns of diversity and endemism in SE. Australia's under-appreciated terrestrial invertebrates🪲 #VicBioCon25
This afternoon (3.15pm, room 110 - threatened species) come and listen to my PhD research on the dynamics of rare alleles in translocation programs. #VicBioCon25
I submitted some photos to this year’s #VicBioCon25 photo competition. If you like them, consider giving them a vote :)
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Between each #VicBioCon25 session you'll see a slideshow of all our photocomp entries! Vote for your favourites with the QR code, or follow this link: forms.gle/vzxiEycxEtwS...
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#VicBioCon25 begins! Stay tuned on our X(Twitter) account for live tweets of the conference, and follow us on all our platforms for photos and updates!🌱 x.com/VicBioCon
Excited to be attending #VicBioCon25 and delivering the opening plenary on wildlife behavioural responses to a changing world. #BobWongLab @vicbiocon.bsky.social
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#VicBioCon25 registration is open!🥳 Enter where you see the banners🌱If you are presenting over the next two days please send us your slides or bring them to room LG13!
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#VicBioCon25 workshop attendees enjoyed a lovely morning in the sun for Dr Paula Peeters’ “Introduction to Nature Journaling”☀️🌿
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It's #VicBioCon25 week! If you're a non student, consider signing up to judge student talks or posters for the student awards, which allow us to support student presenters by providing constructive feedback and celebrating their achievements🌱To sign up, email us at vicbiocon@gmail.com!
Stay tuned for more, or see more information on our #VicBioCon25 panels and plenaries here!
vicbiocon.com/plenaries (6/6)
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We're excited to see you all next week at #VicBioCon25! VicBioCon welcomes the use of face masks to help protect yourself & the community in busy indoor spaces, and this year we'll be providing free masks at registration for anyone who wants to grab one!😷🌱
📷 Adam Purcell | Melbourne Ceili Camera
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🚨Tickets for the #VicBioCon25 Networking Event are selling out FAST!🚨 Join us from 5:30-9:00pm on Feb 13th at The Count's for a fun night of socialising and entertainment, kindly sponsored by The University of Melbourne's Office For Environmental Programs🐸 Tickets available at vicbiocon.com/tickets
Catch his Plenary Session "A Tale of Two Biodiversities: Patterns of Diversity and Endemism in SE. Australia’s Under-Appreciated Terrestrial Invertebrates" on Day 2 of #VicBioCon25 by getting tickets at vicbiocon.com/tickets ! (4/4)
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Introducing our 3rd plenary speaker for #VicBioCon25, Dr Nick Porch!
Nick is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at Deakin University🧵(1/4)
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🚨This is the last week to submit photos for the #VicBioCon25 photo comp!🚨 Post with the hashtag #VicBioCon25Photo or email it to vicbiocon@gmail.com before 11:59pm Feb 8th for a chance at a prize...
More info at vicbiocon.com/photo-comp
📷 Chloe Jensen | @ cjphotography.aus on Instagram
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A photo of the exterior of Monash Clayton's Woodside Building for Technology and Design, a cubic building entirely covered with tinted windows. A yellow arrow points to the entrance as it is viewed from a western position facing east. From this angle the entrance is accessed by a slight slope.
#VicBioCon25 will be held at @monashuniversity.bsky.social's Clayton Campus Woodside Building for Technology and Design (20 Exhibition Walk)🌱Be sure to plan your trip to the venue with our guide at vicbiocon.com/venue 🌿We recommend sustainable transport such as bus, bike or carpool!🚌🚲
Make sure you don't miss out on hearing her speak at #VicBioCon25 by getting tickets at vicbiocon.com/tickets ! (6/6)
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Introducing our 2nd plenary speaker for #VicBioCon25, Professor Emily Nicholson! 🧵(1/6)
We're so excited to hear him speak at #VicBioCon25! Make sure you get your ticket before they're sold out at vicbiocon.com/tickets (5/5)
