James Cook Uni
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James Cook Uni
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James Cook University is Australia's leading tropical research university, with campuses in Townsville, Cairns and Singapore.
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- It's #WorldTurtleDay! A/Prof Ellen Ariel from @JCUTurtleHealth cleans a baby green sea turtle. In the wild turtles clean their shells by rubbing up against rocks & sea weed, so to keep them clean at the Centre volunteers gently scrub their shells with a toothbrush @WorldTurtleDay
00:00 - A new species of stick insect, suspected to be the heavies insect in Australia, has been discovered in high altitudes of the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland. 🔎🌿🍃🪰 Read more here 👉bit.ly/45e8pqo 📸 Professor Angus Emmott @jcu
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- 🦈A group of JCU researchers got the shock of their lives after witnessing a Tiger shark throw up a dead echidna, in what is believed to be a world-first discovery. @nic_lubitz 📄👉shorturl.at/u4VbF
- Congratulations to @jcuCASE graduate Dr Vincent Backhaus who has become the first Indigenous Australian student to graduate from Cambridge University with a PhD!
- A passionate advocate for better Indigenous health outcomes and one of the nation’s first Indigenous medical graduates, Professor Ngiare Brown, has been named the next Chancellor of James Cook University. Full story 👉 bit.ly/3ZrZ5LN
- Scientists say baby reef shark nurseries face an uncertain future - which may leave newborn sharks ‘trapped’. bit.ly/2CSENVS
- Congratulations to Prof Martin Nakata AM for being recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for his significant service to tertiary education, and to learning outcomes for Indigenous students.
- JCU will host a new ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) – aiming to bring Indigenous and environmental histories to the forefront of land and sea management. Full story here -> bit.ly/3zLCgHM
- 👏Congratulations to one of Australia’s top Indigenous scholars, JCU Professor Martin Nakata, has been appointed to the role of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Education and Strategy. Full story📄: bit.ly/3wPu9au
- An exceptionally large coral has been discovered on the Great Barrier Reef – it’s more than 400 years old and nearly two and a half metres wider than any other coral measured on the Reef. bit.ly/3AXubOo
- 👏Congratulations to JCU Geoscience Lecturer and @WOMEESA President @melaniefinch_ , who has been selected as one of the outstanding early career researchers to receive a 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award. Read more about Dr Finch📄👇 melaniefinch.net
- A new study has found ocean plankton and their predators are responsible for sparking ‘sweet spots’ of abundant fish in tropical coral reefs. bit.ly/3ECM7zw
