Marsden Fund

New paper on microbial pollutant degradation @WaterRes_J. A @MarsdenFund-funded collaboration with Prof. Naresh Singhal @UoAEngineering. A shoutout to Boyu, a superb PhD student who pioneered the experimental methods & led data analyses in the project 👏💪 doi.org/10.1016/j.watr…

How will climate change impact vulnerable alpine ecosystems? Associate Professor @DeslippeJulie of @VicUniWgtn is keen to find out. Follow the #MarsdenFund flag into the maunga 🏔️of China to find out more: royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

How will Antarctic ice sheets react to rising temperatures and influence the oceans in the process? Professor Rob McKay of @VicUniWgtn used geological samples from @JRSO_IODP to peer into the past for a look to the future. Check out what they found here: royalsociety.org.nz/research/warmi…

How can we make #MixedReality experiences feel more immersive? Dr Zhang and Prof Dodgson of @VicUniWgtn are developing new tools to do just that. Read more about this exciting mahi here 👀: royalsociety.org.nz/research/chang…

Dr Ryan Ridden @UCNZ is launching #CosmicCataclysms @the_zooniverse where YOU can help with #MarsdenFund Fast-Start #research discovering fast 💥explosion💥 events across the #universe 🌌 royalsociety.org.nz/research/hunti… zooniverse.org/projects/cheer… #cosmos #spacescience #nasauniverse #nasa

How do insects adapt to harsh alpine conditions? Our new research reveals strikingly different responses to elevation in two closely related stoneflies. @Ecol_Evol @jon_waters_nz @BrodieFoster @MarsdenFund doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

Important update from the #MarsdenFund. New Terms of Reference and revised Investment Plan from the Minister now available royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Honored to be a 2024 @FondationLOreal-@UNESCO #ForWomeninScience Fellow. Great fun in Melbourne at the ceremony & talking science with students at the #GirlsinScience event! 🙏 to mentors past/present @otago @UMassD @RICNews & @MarsdenFund for supporting my #phage research #FWIS

Some stats on this year's #MarsdenFund round, including gender, ethnicity, and organisation success rates royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

Here are some highlghts from this year's new grants... royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

A list of the new #MarsdenFund grants can be found here. Congratulations to all recipients! royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

E haumi ana Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā rangahau tino hou rawa royalsociety.org.nz/news/e-haumi-a…

Marsden Fund invests in new cutting edge research - 2024 results announced today. Ka rawe! royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden-f…

This Thursday: catch me on "Word of Mouth" on @BBC radio4, chatting with @MichaelRosenYes about the language of social media and my new @routledgebooks book on the subject. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @waikato @LSemlyen @MarsdenFund @HighSpotLit #academia #sabbatical

1/13 Today we are launching a new report, which explores experiences of sex workers in Scotland, New Zealand & the Republic of Ireland. We undertook 70 in-depth interviews with sex workers on stigma, discrimination & sex work laws between 2020 and 2022. openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/ndownloader/fi…

Its "D-Day" for the "The Great Migration" TAN2412 voyage of the RV Tangaroa, and our lab members Niamh Smith and Alisha Gill are aboard and geared up to catch lanternfish for the next 35 days! - super excited to follow their exploits! @VicUniWgtn @MarsdenFund

Thanks @waikato NZ Royal Society @MarsdenFund and my fab team - @hemiwhaanga, Eline Zenner, Laura Rosseel, @JessiePBurnette Alex Pohl waikato.ac.nz/news-events/ne…

People in Christchurch - I'm giving a talk for @nerdnite at A Rolling Stone next week (6 November), where I'll be talking about the legendary Mosquito Terminator spider, Evarcha culicivora. Tickets available here: events.humanitix.com/nerd-nite-chch… @UCNZ @UCNZscience @ucspsh @MarsdenFund

This week, I was interviewed on More FM, talking with @SarahontheRadio and Flynny about some clever little spiders! You can listen to it here (interview runs for 3 minutes) @UCNZ @UCNZscience @ucspsh @MarsdenFund @royalsocietynz #LoveSpiders doctorspider.net/spiders-morefm