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Pat Hannah
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Science Communication - Journal Manager (CSIRO Publishing) - PhD in Plant Biochemsitry (University of Melbourne) - Sport (AFL, Cricket, Rugby, Football)
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pacificconsbio.bsky.social
There's no winging this data!

Researchers at @CSIRO.bsky.social tracked the #movements of juvenile great and plumed #egrets in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

Read more doi.org/10.1071/PC25...

#PacificConsBio
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF:

Ohlson et al. map fine dead fuel moisture across a Colorado mixed-conifer forest using 1-h fuel samples from 80 plots. They reveal strong fine-scale spatiotemporal variability shaped by canopy, understory, and aspect.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25...

#IJWildlandFire
(a) Post-treatment forest structure and two people sampling fuels from the 0 to 1.7 m and 2.8 to 4.5 m plots within the clustered design. (b) A plot placed between two whiskers to mark the distance intervals and the strings stretched across the PVC sampling frame to denote the randomly generated 20 × 20 cm subplot for collecting the plot’s observation. Black markings on the PVC sampling frame are at 20 cm intervals to create the grid of 36 subplots. (c) Two people collecting a dead fine fuel sample into a pre-labeled and pre-weighed polyethylene resealable bag. The observation period was organized into three phases: early summer (Julian day 138–189), mid-summer (Julian day 192–236) and late summer (Julian day 243–287) for the following plots. The dashed lines on the axes depicting FMC indicate the commonly used 30% moisture of extinction threshold for dead understory forest fuels ( Rothermel et al. 1986). (a) Empirical cumulative density functions of the three distributions (early summer, mid-summer, late summer) of observed fuel moisture content. (b) Kernel density plots of the three intraseasonal period distributions. (c) Boxplots colored by intraseasonal period depicting the distribution of FMC on each observation day. The box indicates the inter-quartile range (25th to 75th percentiles). The mid-band indicates the median, and the whiskers indicate points within 1.5 times the interquartile range. Points outside the whiskers are outliers. Note: to visualize the data more effectively, the axes depicting FMC (%) were visually constrained to 150%, preserving all values while focusing on a more relevant range. The smoothed, marginal effects of understory cover, canopy cover, heat load index and precipitation on FMC transformed to show the fitted GAM function on the response scale. The x axis shows values of the covariate, the rug indicates the distribution of covariate observations, and the y axis shows expected FMC values. The gray bands correspond to the 95% confidence interval and represent model uncertainty in the transformed (response scale) estimate. Though negative values are not possible in FMC or under a Gamma distribution, the confidence interval below 0 in the precipitation plot is an artifact of transformation and reflects wide uncertainty.
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
This review by Conan K. Wang and colleagues highlights the current use and future directions of disulfide-rich peptides as next-generation radiopharmaceuticals in imaging & therapy.
#AusJChem

More: doi.org/10.1071/CH25096
Disulfide-rich peptides as next-generation radiopharmaceuticals
Disulfide-rich peptides are ultra-stable biomolecules, making them excellent candidates for drug development. This article explores their potential as prec
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Offshore #windfarms are booming as green-energy solutions, but what do they mean for #marinelife and the environment?

A new Marine & Freshwater Research review outline key benefits and risks to guide better planning and management: doi.org/10.1071/MF24...
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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csiropublishing.bsky.social
To round out #ESA2025, check out Journal Manager @pattedplants.bsky.social's workshop:

"Everything You Need To Know About Publishing"
📅 9.30am, Friday 28 Nov

This interactive session demystifies the publishing process, providing valuable tools and knowledge to early- and mid-career researchers.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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csiropublishing.bsky.social
We'll be at #ASPS2025 conference next week in Adelaide! 🌱

Drop by our stand to say hi and chat with Journal Manager Pat Hannah (@pattedplants.bsky.social) about our #PlantScience journals, open access and getting published.

@asps-oz.bsky.social
The logo for the Australian Society of Plant Scientists conference, with stylistic art of an iconic red-and-black Sturt's Desert Pea flower. Text reads: "ASPS 2025. Adelaide, 24-27th Nov 2025."
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF

Sanjuan et al. analyse 33 years of fires in Amazonian canga, showing stark contrasts between long-protected Forest and recently protected Forest. They find land-use history drives fire occurrence while dry-season rainfall controls intensity.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF24...

#IJWildlandFire
Fire frequency between 1989 and 2021 and land use and land cover (LULC) in 2021 from the Carajás National Forest, Eastern Amazon, Pará, Brazil. Forest areas are not delineated; i.e. they correspond to areas outside the anthropised and canga areas. The embedded pie chart shows the accumulated fire scars per LULC class; note that profound changes in LULC during the observation period ( Fig. 1) were considered for construction of the chart. Time series data of the annual proportion of burned areas (%) within Campo Ferruginosos National Park and Carajás National Forest and possible fire drivers (Amazonian and regional deforestation, annual precipitation and climatic severity) for the period 1989–2021 (a) and correlations between potential fire drivers and the annual proportion of burned areas, separated by area (b). The dashed lines in (a) represent the 5-year trends. The dashed lines in the scatterplots (b) represent the linear relationships between the rainfall, climatic severity, and deforestation trends and the annual proportion of burned areas.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF:
Cliff et al. evaluate a decade of Indigenous-led fire management across 4 Australian desert sites. The shift to cooler-season, smaller burns improved fire heterogeneity and cultural engagement.
🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25...

#IJWildlandFire
Fig. 1. The geographic, environmental and management context of the four study locations in the Australian deserts. (a) The main vegetation types (data from National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) 6.0 downloaded July 2023) and rainfall isohyets (data from Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)). Non-shaded areas represent either minor vegetation types, or non-desert vegetation of the northern savannas. (b) Areas that are owned or managed/comanaged by Indigenous groups; and areas that are managed for conservation as part of the National Reserve System by the government, private organisations, and Indigenous groups. Non-shaded areas on the map are non-Indigenous tenures not managed for conservation. Data on Indigenous ownership and management were obtained from Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences; and data on protected areas from Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (downloaded 12 March 2023). (c) The annual rainfall for the four study locations, over the study period 1997–2019 (data resourced from Scientific Information for Land Owners (SILO), downloaded 18 Jan 2023). Note the high rainfall in 2000–2001 and 2010–2011, especially at Newhaven and Tanami. Fig. 2. Annual fire extent and fire season. (a) The annual fire extent in the managed and baseline periods.(b) Annual fire extent in relation to variation in rainfall during the preceding 2 years; data for Pinpi, Katjarra and Newhaven are grouped, and shown separately to data from Tanami. (c) The proportion of each year's fire extent that occurred in the hot season, in conditions of low, moderate, and high rainfall in the preceding two years; data for the baseline period and the managed period are shown separately. Data for Pinpi, Katjarra and Newhaven are grouped, and shown separately to data from Tanami. (d) An example of the accumulated cool (blue shading) and hot season (orange shading) fires for the baseline and managed periods is shown for Pinpi.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
Laszlo Otvos Jr reviews how classical antimicrobial peptides, long known for killing bacteria, may also inhibit viruses. Though their antiviral activity is weak, they provide valuable templates for designing next-generation antiviral peptide drugs.

#AusJChem
Detail- connectsci.au/ch/article/7...
The potential of classical antibacterial peptides in mammalian antiviral chemotherapy
The potential of classical antimicrobial peptides in anti-virus therapy is discussed in light of research spanning decades. Neither the in vitro activity n
connectsci.au
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
New in the press!

A study by Marx et al shows how NMR spectroscopy is both a blessing and a curse! This uncovered unexpected ethanol and hidden components in cell growth media, revealing unseen complexities that impact reproducibility.

#AusJChem #openaccess
Detail- connectsci.au/ch/article/7...
NMR spectroscopy for mixture analysis – both a blessing and a curse: dissecting cell growth media as an example
NMR spectroscopy helps analyse complex mixtures like cell culture media, revealing both expected and hidden components. It uncovered ethanol contamination,
connectsci.au
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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austsocfishbiol.bsky.social
Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) 🐟

👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
doi.org/10.1071/MF24...

🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au

#Australia #fish #biology
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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biodivcouncil.bsky.social
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/indigen...

#WildlifeResearch #Biodiversity #Conservation #IndigenousKnowledge #CulturalRespect
Indigenous-led wildlife Research Collection charts a new course for environmental management in Australia | Biodiversity Council Australia
We take you through a new special collection of research that showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia.
biodiversitycouncil.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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biodivcouncil.bsky.social
A new special collection, released in the journal Wildlife Research @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social, published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social, showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia 🧪

Watch the full interview in the link below.
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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wildliferesearchj.bsky.social
We're proud to have published this collection of important work🐾🧪

Read the collection:
'Indigenous and cross-cultural wildlife research in Australia'

connectsci.au/wr/collectio...

#WildlifeResearch
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reposted by Pat Hannah
ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF:

Desservettaz et al. review the complex composition and health risks of bushfire smoke for firefighters, offering evidence-based guidance on exposure reduction, PPE use, and decontamination.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25138

#IJWildlandFire
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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dougradford.bsky.social
1/4 - Check our new paper in @ijwildlandfire.bsky.social

We use MOEA optimisation to support decisions for #wildfire risk reduction (e.g., where should we use prescribed burning to reduce risk?). Optimisation improves fuel treatment plan effectiveness by 80–280% and adapts to changing objectives.
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF:

Desservettaz et al. provide a comprehensive review addressing Australian firefighters’ concerns about bushfire smoke. The article outlines health risks, gaps in PPE protection, off-gassing, dermal exposure, and mitigation strategies.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25138

#IJWildlandFire
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
Sani and colleagues investigate the solution structure and topology of a pH-sensitive, histidine-rich analogue of the antimicrobial peptide maculatin 1.1 using circular dichroism, solution-state NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. #AusJChem

More: doi.org/10.1071/CH25...
Effect of histidine on the antimicrobial peptide maculatin 1.1 solution-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulation structures at different protonation states
The solution structure and topology of a pH-sensitive, histidine-rich analogue of the antimicrobial peptide maculatin 1.1 were investigated using circular
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Action needed to protect the Murray-Darling Basin!

Recent work found #wetland conservation in the basin was often treated as a subset of land #conservation.

Stronger coordination and clearer targets are needed for protection under #climatechange.

Read more: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf24124
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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pacificconsbio.bsky.social
Who let the #dogs out? Hopefully not into fragile ecosystems!

In recognition of #InternationalOneHealthDay today, we’re looking back at how our four-legged friends fit into the #OneHealth picture.

Give this perspective article a read connectsci.au/pc/article/3...
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
Huipeng Zhao & al. investigate the impregnation of diethylenetriamine (DETA) into porous silica to enhance CO2 capture performance. Amine concentrations, temperatures and pressures, were investigated, achieving a maximal capture of 417.45mg/g.

#AudJChem

connectsci.au/ch/article/7...
Effective enhancement of CO2 capture performance of solid amine adsorbents prepared from diethylenetriamine-modified mesoporous silica: optimisation experiments and kinetic calculations
DETA loading into MCM-48-C resulted in a more uniform distribution of DETA due to the presence of surfactant inside the carrier. Solid amine adsorbents ads
connectsci.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ausjchem.bsky.social
Just dropped!

A virtual collection from #AustJChem celebrating Nobel Laureate Professor Richard Robson, pioneer of MOFs.

Explore 60 years of his groundbreaking work, free to read until 27 Feb 2026. @csiropublishing.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social

connectsci.au/ch/collectio...
The Foundations of a Nobel Prize: Richard Robson | Australian Journal of Chemistry | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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ijwildlandfire.bsky.social
🔥New in IJWF:
Radford et al. introduce a simulation-optimisation framework using neural network metamodels and NSGA-II to create fuel treatment plans that reduce burn probability by up to 284%, this method balances risk reduction and resource use.

🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25080

#IJWildlandFire
Top-left plot shows the performance of Pareto-optimal fuel treatment plans (black points) for the BP-area objective that aims to reduce burn probability (BP) to the entire Adelaide Hills region. Light grey points represent non-Pareto fuel treatment plans that were considered as part of the optimisation process. Other plots show selected fuel treatment plans matching a range of different levels of area treated (AT), as indicated by crosses on the Pareto front. The selected solutions show that the specific treatment blocks chosen in a plan can change significantly for different levels of AT. Comparisons are made between plans with an AT of 1.01 or 1.07% and 4.91 or 5.17%. Areas that are unique between the plans at the two levels of comparison are shown in colour and areas chosen by both plans are shown in black. Reduction in BP is calculated using the baseline BP as modelled with the metamodel.
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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csiropublishing.bsky.social
Teaming up for impact ✨

@marinefreshwater.bsky.social has partnered with the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society, giving Aussie freshwater research a home in a locally-owend journal, giving the community the confidence of publishing in a not-for-profit, peer reviewed journal.

connectsci.au/mf
A blue star with white text reading "Marine and Freshwater Research + Australian Freshwater Sciences Society" over a photograph of the Murray Darling River at sunset.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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sbattenresearch.bsky.social
Before Richard Robson created the field of MOFs, he created what are now known as "Robson macrocycles", probably the first binucleating and tetranucleating (terms he invented) macrocycles. To create one field of chemistry is amazing, but to create two new kinds of chemistry across a career....
ausjchem.bsky.social Australian Journal of Chemistry @ausjchem.bsky.social · Oct 20
(1/3) This 1970 paper showcases the early brilliance of Richard Robson's work on macrocyclic binucleating ligands - foundational research contributing to the revolution in coordination chemistry and materials design.
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM