1. 2013 Distinguished Speaker tour underway

The 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker tour with Professor Terry Speed is underway. 

Article: Letting the gene out of the bottle

Up and coming maths and science whizzes, epigenetics needs you, says Terry Speed.

“One of the reasons I talk about this,” the Australian statistics professor told an audience last night at Auckland Museum, “is that I want to bring more mathematical scientists into the picture. If you could tell your children, or your relatives, or the people you teach, that this is a hot area. And tell them, something that I tell them a lot, if you get in early, you can capture the low-hanging fruit. Whereas if you come late, you’ve got a lot of competition.”

But exactly what is epigenetics? Speed, who works alongside epigeneticists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, asked the audience and got three answers along similar lines. An approximate definition is that epigenetics is the difference between the genotype – one’s genetic blueprint – and their phenotype – the cell or body one ends up with. It is the study of gene changes that happen as a result of  processes outside the DNA sequence.

Read full article by Mark Broatch in the New Zealand Listener.

In addition, Professor Terry Speed will feature on Saturday Morning this week with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand National. 

Details of remaining venues: 

• Hamilton | 7pm Thursday 13 June
• Dunedin | 6pm Tuesday 18 June
• Christchurch | 6pm Wednesday 19 June
• Wellington | 6pm Thursday 20 June

Details and bookings available on our website.

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2. 10×10:4 ‘Codes and ciphers’, 20 June, Rotorua

Media release: Codes and ciphers: unravelling the mathematics of the internet

The important role mathematics plays in safely and accurately transmitting information across the internet will be the focus of a public talk in Rotorua next week, being given by Dr Dillon Mayhew, a mathematician from Victoria University. 

Dr Mayhew’s talk ‘Codes and ciphers – the mathematics of the internet’ will explore how the modern world has been transformed by the ability to send and receive information instantaneously across the globe.

He will be discussing, in a non-technical way, some of the mathematical principles involved in encrypting confidential information including the role of prime numbers, and the concept of public key cryptography. 

“Our world has been completely changed by the ability to send and receive information immediately from almost anywhere on our planet,” says Dr Mayhew. 

“The use of codes and ciphers is an important way of making sure that confidential, or secret, information transferred across the internet stays that way.

“We use these in everyday online transactions, such as with banks and companies like Amazon, but they are also used by governments for transferring high-level secret information and, for these situations, more complex codes are required.

“For this to occur, however, a trade-off often has to be made and I’ll be speaking about this balance between efficiency and security in my talk,” he says.   

Read full release from Victoria University.

Details: 5.30pm Thursday 20 June, Rimu Room, Scion, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua.

View webpage for more details and to register for a free ticket.

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3. Rutherford Foundation Trust  – 2013 funding round

The Rutherford Foundation Trust aims to build human capability in science and technology by providing early career support for New Zealand’s brightest and most promising researchers.

There are a number of funding opportunities in the 2013 funding round, which has opened for proposals from the 11 June 2013:

• New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowships.  These will enable recipients to undertake full-time research programmes within New Zealand in areas of science, technology, engineering or mathematics at an eligible research institution.  This year there are four positions on offer.

• PhD Scholarships at the University of Cambridge.  Two PhD Scholarships are jointly funded by the Rutherford Foundation Trust and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust.  These Scholarships are intended to provide full support to enable completion of a PhD at the University of Cambridge in pure or applied science.

• International PhD Scholarship (a grant-in-aid).  The International PhD Scholarship (a grant-in-aid) will contribute towards a student’s full-time study for a PhD in any area of science, technology, engineering or mathematics at an eligible host research institution.  The award intends to provide a financial contribution towards the support of a PhD scholar at a prestigious international research institution in their chosen field of study. The Scholarship is not intended to cover all of the costs associated with studying towards a PhD abroad.  Applicants are expected to negotiate with the host research institution or other charitable funding organisations to reduce course fees or provide additional financial support to cover any shortfall in funding.

 Applications for the above opportunities close on 1 August 2013.

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4. Branch event: ‘The evolution of amateur astronomy in New Zealand 1973-2013′, 18 June, Palmerston North

The Manawatu Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand hosts a talk by Ian Cooper of the Palmerston North Astronomical Society. 

In this presentation, Ian Cooper will describe how amateur astronomy has developed in the four decades he has been active, through the advent of new technologies to observe and capture the night’s sky.

In this time, Ian has become a specialist in deep-sky observing and was very active in deep-sky astro-photography at a time when hyper-sensitising film to enhance the film’s capabilities was as good as it got.

Details: 7.30pm Tuesday 18 June, Te Manawa – Art Gallery, 326 Main Street, Palmerston North. All welcome.

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5. FUSIONZ website for science, technology, humanities jobs

This week, Fusionz has 5 job vacancies.

• Research Assessor/Contract Coordinator: Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington. 
• Scientist – Atmospheric Chemistry: NIWA, Wellington.
• PhD Scholarship: Structural Vibration Analysis and Computational Mechanics: University of Waikato. 
• Lecturer in Botany (Marine): University of Otago, Dunedin.
• Lecturer in Botany (Terrestrial): University of Otago, Dunedin.

For more on the listings and to list your vacancy, visit: http://fusionz.royalsociety.org.nz/

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6. Tribute to Dr Bob Brockie CRSNZ

As mentioned in last week’s Alert, Dr Bob Brockie CRSNZ was recently made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).

A tribute about Bob’s career has been posted on the blog site of Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

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7. Matariki Fireworks, 16 June, Wellington

The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry is proud to host Anthony Lealand of Firework Professionals Ltd, for a family friendly display of fireworks.

Learn about the fascinating chemistry and history behind fireworks and enjoy 15 live pyrotechnic demonstrations.

The chemistry of fireworks and its history is also the history of chemical discovery and development.  Anthony will discuss how fireworks are made, with live demonstrations of the key chemical reactions.  Aluminium was once a wonder material which only the richest people could afford – now it is a key component of white light production in fireworks.

Anthony started Firework Professionals Ltd 35 years ago in Christchurch.  Now the business delivers firework shows all over the South Pacific, performed in international competitions and manufactures fireworks for theatrical and special effect use in theatres and airshows throughout New Zealand.

Details: 3.30pm and 7pm Sunday 16 June, Victoria University Rutherford House, Lecture Theatre 1, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington.

Book tickets.

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8. Upcoming Victoria Continuing Education Science courses

Chemistry Matters?
If you have ever wondered what trans fats look like, how antioxidants prevent ageing and why supermarket bags are non-biodegradable then this course is for you. In this 10-week workshop series, you will learn about the chemical science behind everyday phenomena.

Wednesdays 14 August to 16 October (10 weeks), 6pm-8pm
Find out more and enrol.

Victoria’s mainstream courses now open to the public

Victoria Continuing Education is now offering the public the chance to attend some mainstream Victoria University science courses without having to do assessments or sit exams. Participants from all disciplines are welcome – this makes conversations more interesting!

Energy, Society and the Future (SCIE 201)
In this course you will explore, via on-line lectures, readings, blogs, and a real-time discussion forum with subject experts, different energy sources and associated social, environmental and economic issues. Topics include: History of energy use; Fossil fuels: Exploration, extraction and uses; Alternative energy sources; Energy cultures; Future scenarios.

12 weeks, Monday 15 July
Find out more and enrol.

Contemporary Issues in Science and Society (SCIE 211)
In this course you will explore, via on-line lectures, readings, blogs, and a real-time discussion forum with different experts, a range of contemporary issues in science. Topics include: What is science?; Nature’s patterns and ingredients: Their importance and wider use; Climate change: Science and implications; Gene therapy for cancer: Science and ethics; Psychology of everyday life: Politics, food, sport, and music…  

12 weeks, starts Monday 18 November
Find out more and enrol.

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9. Our Changing World, Thursday 9.00 pm, Radio New Zealand National 101FM

Presented and produced by Alison Ballance, Ruth Beran and Veronika Meduna

‘Expedition to the Three Kings Islands’

The Three Kings Islands lie just 55 kilometres north of Cape Reinga, but as a team of marine biologists discover during a two-week expedition these storm-battered islands are a world of their own. Alison Ballance joins the Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition as experts from Auckland Museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, NIWA, and the Universities of Auckland and Queensland sample the seaweeds, fishes and invertebrates that manage to make these wave-washed shores their home. The discoveries include new records of fish for the island group, an unusual stalked jellyfish and numerous types of seaweed, many of them rare and undescribed.

And – developmental stuttering affects one child in 20 and for many the problem persists into adulthood. There is no cure or even permanent treatment, largely because the cause of stuttering remains unclear. It was long thought that stuttering is a psychological problem, but Catherine Theys at the University of Canterbury tells Veronika Meduna that brain imaging techniques suggest that stuttering is associated with differences in brain function. 

Two science and environment stories air during the week on Afternoons with Jim Mora at 3:35 pm, Monday and Thursday. The complete programme is repeated at 1:10 am on Sunday mornings.

Website for podcasts and live streams: http://radionz.co.nz/ourchangingworld
Contact: ourchangingworld@radionz.co.nz, 04 474 1910
Twitter: @RNZ_Science

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Winter foraging behaviour of lactating New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri)
BL Chilvers, SJ Childerhouse & NJ Gales
Pages: 125-138
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2012.752755

The role of Pleistocene glaciations in shaping the genetic structure of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis)
JI Túnez, HL Cappozzo, H Pavés, DA Albareda & MH Cassini
Pages: 139-152
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2012.753463

Catchment sediment load limits to achieve estuary sedimentation targets
MO Green
Pages: 153-180
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2012.757241

Distribution and abundance of Hector’s dolphins off Otago, New Zealand
J Turek, E Slooten, S Dawson, W Rayment & D Turek
Pages: 181-191
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.771687

Spatial and seasonal variations in the water quality of Jinhae Bay, Korea
D Kim, H-W Choi, S-H Choi, SH Baek, K-H Kim, J-H Jeong & YO Kim
Pages: 192-207
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.772066

Estimating periphyton standing crop in streams: a comparison of chlorophyll a sampling and visual assessments
C Kilroy, DJ Booker, L Drummond, JA Wech & TH Snelder
Pages: 208-224
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.772526

Responses of three PIT-tagged native fish species to floods in a small, upland stream in New Zealand
AJ McEwan & MK Joy
Pages: 225-234
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.773918

Evidence for an unrecognised blue whale foraging ground in New Zealand
LG Torres
Pages: 235-248
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.773919

The hydrodynamics of the southern basin of Tauranga Harbour
HW Tay, KR Bryan, WP de Lange & CA Pilditch
Pages: 249-274
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.778300

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1. 2013 Distinguished Speaker tour starts next week

The 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker is Professor Terry Speed.

Scientists have now mapped the human genome. The next frontier is understanding human epigenomes: the ‘instructions’ which tell the DNA whether to make skin cells or blood cells or other body parts. Apart from a few exceptions, the DNA sequence of an organism is the same whatever cell is considered. So why are the blood, nerve, skin and muscle cells so different and what mechanism is employed to create this difference? The answer lies in epigenetics. If we compare the genome sequence to text, the epigenome is the punctuation and shows how the DNA should be read.

Australian Professor Terry Speed is a world leader in bioinformatics. His work has enabled scientists to assess which genes are being turned on in a cell and to what extent. This has helped to identify areas of the human genome that contribute to cancer, genes that are vital for embryonic development and to pinpoint malaria proteins responsible for initiating infection in human red blood cells.

• Auckland | 6pm Tuesday 11 June
• Palmerston North | 7pm Wednesday 12 June
• Hamilton | 7pm Thursday 13 June
• Dunedin | 6pm Tuesday 18 June
• Christchurch | 6pm Wednesday 19 June
• Wellington | 6pm Thursday 20 June

Details and bookings available on our website.

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2. 10×10:4 ‘Codes and ciphers’, 20 June, Rotorua

The fourth lecture in the 10×10 series, in which mathematicians talk about how they are helping to solve today’s problems, will be on the mathematics of the internet by Dr Dillon Mayhew.

Our modern world has been completely transformed by the instantaneous movement of information around the globe – the information transmitted over the internet in 24 hours would fill 2,000,000 tons of CDs. How can we transmit such volumes of information accurately and securely? The answer lies in the mathematics of codes and ciphers. This talk will be a non-technical explanation of some of these mathematical ideas.

Dillon Mayhew studied maths and music at Victoria University of Wellington before leaving to pursue doctoral studies at Oxford University. He returned to Wellington in 2006. His research concerns objects called matroids: essentially this means doing geometry, but from a computer’s point of view.

Details: 5.30pm Thursday 20 June, Rimu Room, Scion, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua.

View webpage for more details and to register for a free ticket.

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3. Queen’s Birthday honours 2013

Congratulations to Fellows Emeritus Professor John Burrows, QC who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to law and education and Professor John Butcher who was also made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to mathematics. 

Companion Bob Brockie was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science and cartooning.

View full honours list.

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4. Call for papers – New Zealand aquaculture research

The New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research is calling for papers to be included in a special issue  (publication date September 2014). The subject is ‘New Zealand Aquaculture Research’ and it will be guest edited by Andrea C. Alfaro (Auckland University of Technology), Nick King (Cawthron Institute) and Andrew Jeffs (University of Auckland).

This themed issue will address topics relevant to New Zealand aquaculture, including selective breeding, broodstock conditioning and reproduction, larval development, stock growth, nutrition and health, and product quality.

We are calling for submissions by 2 December 2013 through the journal’s manuscript management site. Earlier submission of manuscripts is encouraged. Manuscript length should ideally be in the range of 5,000-10,000 words.  Note that submission does not guarantee acceptance for publication, which will depend on the outcome of normal peer review processes and authors meeting critical time schedules.

Please direct any queries to Jill Mellanby (jill.mellanby@royalsociety.org.nz) at the editorial office of Royal Society of New Zealand Publishing or to Andrea C. Alfaro, associate editor of NZJMFR (andrea.alfaro@aut.ac.nz).

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5. Registrations open for Comvita 2013 Science Challenge/Team Bronze CREST Award

Comvita Science Challenge is a great way to use creativity to communicate science. School students can enter if  they are a Year 9-10 secondary school student under the secondary school category. Create and submit a 3 minute video explaining the science behind how exercise can keep you healthy (the science of exercise).

Cash prizes for the winning team and school are $5000 grand prize and $2000 runner-up prize.  Students can enter the Comvita 2013 Science Challenge and earn a Team Bronze CREST award. More information.

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6. FUSIONZ website for science, technology, humanities jobs

This week, Fusionz has 4 job vacancies.

• Senior Science Advisor: Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington.
• PhD Scholarship: Structural Vibration Analysis and Computational Mechanics: University of Waikato. 
• Lecturer in Botany (Marine): University of Otago, Dunedin.
• Lecturer in Botany (Terrestrial): University of Otago, Dunedin.

For more on the listings and to list your vacancy, visit: http://fusionz.royalsociety.org.nz/

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7. Conference: Six weeks till ‘Valuing nature: the economy and the environment’, 9-10 July, Wellington

Over 200 people have now signed up for ‘Valuing nature – the economy and the
environment’, 9 and 10 July, at Wellington’s Embassy Theatre.

The conference will explore:

• society’s reliance on the environment;
• how to estimate the value of nature and factor it into our products and services;
• how positive environmental practice can build market opportunities; and
• how countries build natural capital into national accounts.

The programme examines the economics of the environment and biodiversity at all levels of business and government, and offers four additional workshops with keynote speakers to drill down into the practical detail.

The four workshops will be chaired by: 

• Workshop 1: Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy, Victoria University of Wellington;
• Workshop 2: Michael McCartney, CEO, Horizons Regional Council (to be confirmed);
• Workshop 3: Scott Gallacher, Deputy Director-General, Ministry for Primary Industries;
• Workshop 4: Rob Fenwick, Director, Rob Fenwick Consulting.

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8. Inaugural lecture: ‘Miracle materials and mystery particles’, 11 June, Wellington

The potential for modern materials science to revolutionise the electronics industry will be the focus of Professor Uli Zuelicke’s inaugural professorial lecture at Victoria University on Tuesday 11 June.

Professor Zuelicke will be discussing how his research is contributing towards global efforts to understand how electrons behave in newly discovered materials, such as graphene.

He will describe some of the counter-intuitive properties the particles in these materials possess, and explore how modern materials science could transform current information-processing technology through the creation of new electronic devices using these materials.

Details: 6pm Tuesday 11 June 2013, Hunter Council Chamber, Level 2, Hunter Building, Gate 1 or 2, Kelburn Parade, Wellington.

RSVP by Friday 7 June. Phone 04 472 1000 or email rsvp@vuw.ac.nz with ‘Zuelicke’ in the subject line.

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9. World Social Science Fellows – call for applications

The International Social Science Council (ISSC) calls for applications from outstanding early career social and other scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows and to participate in an interdisciplinary World Social Science Seminar on ‘Risk Interpretation and Action: Decision-making under conditions of uncertainty’, on 7-15 December 2013 in Wellington and Christchurch.

Further information can be found at: http://www.worldsocialscience.org/documents/call-for-applications-world-social-science-fellows-may-2013.pdf

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10. Conference: ‘Research integration and implementation’, 8-11 September, Canberra and online

The ‘First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation’ will be held in Canberra and online from 8-11 September, 2013.

The conference is for researchers, educators and practitioners who use systems-based, action-oriented, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans-disciplinary approaches. 

Learn from case studies which tackle complex real-world problems such as climate change, organised crime and aged care and compile effective concepts and methods for synthesising knowledge, managing risk and other unknowns to support policy and practice change.

View confirmed plenary speakers and information on submitting a digital poster.

Early bird registration is open until 22 June.  View website www.i2sconference.org.

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11. Seminar: ‘Current issues in higher education research’, 12 July, Wellington

The New Zealand Association for Research in Education presents a one-day seminar on topics of interest to researchers and anyone interested in higher education. 

Keynote addresses will be presented by Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne on ‘Research, STEM and the global arms race in innovation: the rise and rise of East Asia and Singapore’ and Michael Peters, Waikato University, on ‘Moocs and beyond: politics of the post-industrial university’.

A range of topics will be presented during the day as papers or discussion sessions:

• Constructing a policy problem to advance the privatisation of education.
• Discussion session: has the PBRF regime and associated managerial practices improved the quality of research in Aotearoa? 
• Tertiary education research in the Ministry of Education.
• From the free market to the government-steered market: the impact of neo-liberalism on tertiary education policy.
• Measuring the outcomes of research: an urgent priority?
• From accountability to responsibility: humanising higher education.
• Emotion regulation among tertiary teachers: their commitment to optimal performance in good times and bad.
• Delivering the consumer-citizen: student emotions and ‘new’ pedagogies.
• Has the battle been won? The disappearance of the feminist voice in departments of education in universities.
• Low grade language teachers?  The positioning of postgraduate learning advisors in universities.

Full programme information is listed at www.nzare.org.nz. 

Details: 9am-5pm Friday 12 July, Royal Society of New Zealand Lecture Theatre, 11 Turnbull St, Thorndon, Wellington.  $50 NZARE Members, $80 Non-members.  Register online at www.nzare.org.nz or contact us at admin@nzare.org.nz.

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12. New Zealand Birds Online

A new website www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz, a digital encyclopaedia of New Zealand birds, has been launched.

The project is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation, Te Papa and the Ornithological Society of New Zealand.

The intended audience is anyone with an interest in New Zealand birds, from novice to professional, and it has been put together with crowd-sourced texts and digital images. It includes a three step process to help you identify a bird, conservation status information and includes audio files of bird song.

Visit www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

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13. Nominations called for John Dunmore Medal 2013

Nominations are invited for the award of the John Dunmore Medal, which recognises outstanding contributions to the knowledge of the role of the French or the French language in the development of historical, cultural, scientific, economic or other aspects of the Pacific.

For the purpose of the award, the term ‘Pacific’ shall be understood to exclude the continental and coastal regions of Asia and America.

The award shall be made to a person or persons born in New Zealand or normally resident in New Zealand.

Nominations must include a curriculum vitae and a list of relevant publications of the nominee, as well as a supporting statement from the individual or organisation making the nomination.

Please send your nomination by post to: Professor Glynnis Cropp, School of Humanities, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442 by the closing date Friday 19 July 2013.

For further information, contact Professor Glynnis Cropp at the above address, telephone 06 3569099 extn 81153, e-mail g.m.cropp@massey.ac.nz

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14. Workshop: ‘Using high performance computing to speed up your research’, 10 June, Wellington

The talking points of this workshop are: 

• High performance computing (HPC) facilities at your disposal;
• Support for researchers (new and experienced);
• Data storage for research and collaboration.

The morning portion will include an overview of what NeSI provides for researchers, and will focus on discussing scientific applications of HPC to the problems addressed by research groups in the room. PIs and researchers will be invited to contribute to an interactive discussion and to surface up any questions.

The afternoon will be individual consultations. NeSI staff will be on hand to chat over coffee or visit your office to discuss matters specific to your research. These sessions should be arranged in advance by contacting tim.mcnamara@nesi.org.nz.

Details: 10am-3pm Monday 10 June, Room AM104, Alan MacDiarmid Building, Kelburn Parade, Victoria University of Wellington. RSVP by emailing tim.mcnamara@nesi.org.nz. View website.

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15. Forum: ‘Biosecurity in New Zealand’, 11 July, Auckland

New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science is holding a full day forum entitled ‘Biosecurity in New Zealand – have we gone soft at the border’ on Thursday 11 July 2013 in the Owen Glenn Building, University of Auckland.

Biosecurity is vital to New Zealand. There have been at least three major biosecurity breaches in New Zealand in the last decade or so:

• the Painted Apple Moth in Auckland in 1999;
• the Varroa mite was thought to have become established in New Zealand due to a queen bee being smuggled into the country;
• the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) affecting kiwifruit.

Preservation of our natural ecosystems, the future growth of our economy and our major primary biological exports are all threatened by ongoing incursions at our borders. Yet we also recognise the importance of tourism and without the ability to trade then the agriculture and horticulture industries don’t function. Being part of the global economy means we are part of the global ecosystem, for better or worse.

A registration form is available for download http://www.agscience.org.nz/Application%20forms/NZIAHS-2013-Forum.pdf.

For more information contact secretariat@agscience.org.nz.

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16. Our Changing World, Thursday 9.00 pm, Radio New Zealand National 101FM

Presented and produced by Alison Ballance, Ruth Beran and Veronika Meduna

The latest Global Burden of Disease Study identified tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoke, as the second highest risk factor for disease world-wide. Alison Ballance meets one of the study’s authors, Nick Wilson from the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington, to find out why tobacco smoke is a major public health issue. She also heads to central Wellington to meet research fellow Amber Pearson, who is measuring levels of fine particulate matter both inside restaurants and in their outdoor smoking areas.

Smoking has also been the focus recently for fifteen medical students from the University of Otago, Wellington who took to the streets to measure how many people are smoking outside bars. Ruth Beran meets Chris Kenny and Alex Kao who explain how their research could lead to leased pavement areas becoming ‘smoke-free’. 

The New Zealand Association of Scientists focused its recent conference on the value of science. We’ve invited NZAS president, Victoria University physicist Shaun Hendy, climate scientist James Renwick and poet Helen Heath to discuss the contributions science makes to our economy and culture. 

New Zealand Birds Online is a new free website (nzbirdsonline.org.nz), and with more than 400,000 words, 6500 photos and hundreds of sound files it’s the ultimate guide to New Zealand birds for both complete amateurs and professional bird watchers. Alison Ballance heads to Te Papa to talk with editor-in-chief Colin Miskelly about this massive three-year volunteer effort.

Two science and environment stories air during the week on Afternoons with Jim Mora at 3:35 pm, Monday and Thursday. The complete programme is repeated at 1:10 am on Sunday mornings.

Website for podcasts and live streams: http://radionz.co.nz/ourchangingworld
Contact: ourchangingworld@radionz.co.nz, 04 474 1910
Twitter: @RNZ_Science

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New Zealanders in different parts of the country will soon get to hear about this new frontier from one of Australia’s best statisticians, Professor Terry Speed.

Why do we have blood, nerve, skin and muscle cells when the DNA or genetic information for those cells is largely identical? The answer lies in our epigenomes.

“These are best described as the reading instructions,” says Professor Speed. “If we compare the genome sequence to text, the epigenome is the punctuation which shows how the DNA should be read to create these different types of cells.”

A world leader in bioinformatics, Professor Speed says work understanding epigenomes can now go ahead more rapidly because of the advances in DNA sequencing.

“If we think of the single reference human genome, there will be literally hundreds of reference epigenomes. This means we need high-throughput techniques to study epigenomes and now with second-generation DNA sequencing techniques, we have that.”

Even so, Professor Speed says that epigenome analysis will likely occupy biologists, bio-informaticians and biostatisticians like himself for some time to come.

Professor Terry Speed is visiting the country as the 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker. He will speak in Auckland, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington from June 11 to 20.

In his talk, Professor Speed will introduce the topic of epigenomes, outline the data becoming available, summarise some of the progress made so far and point to some of the probability and statistical challenges.

To date in his career, Professor Speed’s work has enabled scientists to assess which genes are being turned on in a cell and to what extent. This has helped to identify areas of the human genome that contribute to cancer, genes that are vital for embryonic development and to pinpoint malaria proteins responsible for initiating infection in human red blood cells.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian equivalent of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and was awarded the NHMRC Achievement Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research in 2007 and an Australia Fellowship in 2009. Most recently he was presented with the 2012 Thomson Reuter’s Citation Award and the 2012 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation in the Life Sciences.

Dr Di McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand, says it is a real honour to host such an exceptional statistician.

“Through our annual Distinguished Speaker lecture series, we hope to give New Zealanders an opportunity to hear first-hand from some influential international mathematicians, scientists and scholars.

“We hope this will allow those who attend our lectures the opportunity to understand better the world around them and to be excited by the new frontiers being uncovered by research.”

Professor Speed’s lectures are free and open to the public. Bookings are recommended and can be made at www.royalsociety.org.nz/frontier.

New records of springtails in New Zealand pasture: how well are our pastoral invertebrates known?
Penelope Greenslade, Stéphane Boyer & Steve Wratten
Pages: 93-101
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2012.754774

Changes in soil quality and land use in grazed pasture within rural Auckland
F Curran Cournane, S Fraser, D Hicks, D Houlbrooke & N Cox
Pages: 102-116
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.772525

Salt (NaCl) application as a tool to reduce the annual grass weed, ripgut brome, in New Zealand South Island hill/high country pastures
KN Tozer, AJ Marshall, CA Cameron & GR Edwards
Pages: 117-129
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.774287

Hydrolysed wool: a novel soil amendment for zinc and iron biofortification of wheat
A Gogos, MWH Evangelou, A Schäffer & R Schulin
Pages: 130-141
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.775165

Comparison of phenotypic trait variation and total protein polymorphism in local and exotic germplasms of Medicago sativa in Iran
P Salehi Shanjani, P Salehi & AA Jafari
Pages: 142-155
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.781508

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Review articles

Review of genetic studies of susceptibility to facial eczema in sheep and dairy cattle
CA Morris, SH Phua, NG Cullen & NR Towers
Pages: 156-170
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2012.757240

Controlled drainage systems to reduce contaminant losses and optimize productivity from New Zealand pastoral systems
DJ Ballantine & CC Tanner
Pages: 171-185
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.781509

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1. 10×10:4 ‘Codes and ciphers’, 20 June, Rotorua

The fourth lecture in the 10×10 series, in which mathematicians talk about how they are helping to solve today’s problems, will be on the mathematics of the internet by Dr Dillon Mayhew.

Our modern world has been completely transformed by the instantaneous movement of information around the globe – the information transmitted over the internet in 24 hours would fill 2,000,000 tons of CDs. How can we transmit such volumes of information accurately and securely? The answer lies in the mathematics of codes and ciphers. This talk will be a non-technical explanation of some of these mathematical ideas.

Dillon Mayhew studied maths and music at Victoria University of Wellington before leaving to pursue doctoral studies at Oxford University. He returned to Wellington in 2006. His research concerns objects called matroids: essentially this means doing geometry, but from a computer’s point of view.

Details: 5.30pm Thursday 20 June, Rimu Room, Scion, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua.

View webpage for more details and to register for a free ticket.

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2. Media coverage: National Science Challenges

The National Science Challenges have continued to receive media coverage over the last week. Below are some links to coverage. 

Radio New Zealand National

Saturday Morning: David Skegg: science challenges

New Zealand epidemiologist, and the President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, talking about the new science challenges, and longevity.

 View webpage to download audio. 

Nine to Noon: National Science Challenges and the science funding regime

How do the recently-announced National Science Challenges measure up? Is the funding system already too complex and disjointed, distracting our scientists from their main work?

Sir Peter Gluckman, Prime Minister’s chief science advisor; Professor Kathryn McGrath, director of the McDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology; and Professor Jeff Tallon, principal scientist at Callaghan Innovation.

View webpage to download audio.

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New Zealand Herald

• National Science Challenges: Big science experiment leaves expert cold
• Anthony Scott: Science funding can help us reach for the stars
• Editorial: Crown’s aims for science give focus for research
• Scientist: Challenges will help NZ

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3. World Class New Zealander Awards

Congratulations to Sir Don McKinnon who won the supreme award at the Kea World Class New Zealand Awards last week. Sir McKinnon has been New Zealand’s longest serving Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister.

Also congratulations to Dr Sean Simpson, who won the Science, Technology and Academia Award sponsored by the Royal Society of New Zealand. 

Dr Sean Simpson is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder of LanzaTech, which uses microbes to convert waste gases into fuels and valuable chemicals.

The company is in the final stages of commercialising a microbe that ferments ethanol out of the carbon monoxide from steel mills, and is working on other products including jet fuel.

LanzaTech is collaborating with steel mill, refinery and waste disposal operators in China, India, South Korea and Malaysia, and with the energy, defence and aviation industries in the United States.

Read more. 

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4. BayerBoost Scholarship Opportunities for Yr13 students

 Applications are now open for the BayerBoost Scholarships.

Funded by Bayer New Zealand and administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand, BayerBoost provides scholarships for secondary school students  to undertake environmental research projects during their summer break.

BayerBoost enables students to do this through working with accredited organisations involved in environmental research or restoration.  As well as obtaining funding, scholarship recipients receive guidance from a host organisation to carry out their environmental study.

For more information including guidelines etc please visit www.Bayerboost.co.nz or contact Debbie.woodhall@royalsociety.org.nz with any questions.

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5. New audio visual material available in the Viewing Room

Many of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s public lectures are available to watch or listen to online. 

Recent additions are lectures by Professor Margaret Brimble and Professor Peter Doherty.

Go to the Viewing Room. 

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6. Branch event:  ’Opportunities for commercial timber buildings in the Christchurch rebuild’, 12 June, Christchurch

The Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand presents a talk by Professor Andy Buchanan on the opportunities for inno­vative non-residential timber buildings in the rebuild of Christchurch. 

Professor Buchanan will describe new advances in post-tensioned multi-storey timber buildings developed at the University of Canterbury, and will discuss how recent research at Canterbury and elsewhere has contributed to increased awareness of timber as a low-damage sustainable material for major structures.

He will also show how acceptance of new building materi­als in the market place requires a high level of confidence among a large number of players, from designers and con­tractors to building owners and regulators.

Dr Andy Buchanan is Professor of Timber Design at the Uni­versity of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a structural engineer with special interests in timber engineer­ing, fire safety and earthquake engineering. 

Details: 7.30pm Wednesday 12 June, C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury.

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7. FUSIONZ website for science, technology, humanities jobs

This week, Fusionz has 4 job vacancies.

• Associate Professor in Earth Sciences: Victoria University, Wellington.
• PhD Scholarship: Structural Vibration Analysis and Computational Mechanics: University of Waikato. 
• Lecturer in Botany (Marine): University of Otago, Dunedin.
• Lecturer in Botany (Terrestrial): University of Otago, Dunedin.

For more on the listings and to list your vacancy, visit: http://fusionz.royalsociety.org.nz/

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8. 5th Next Generation Sequencing Conference, 13-14 August, Palmerston North

Registration is open and abstracts are invited for the 5th NGS Conference to be held at the Palmerston North Convention Centre, 13 and 14 August 2013.

The two-day conference presents current research and the latest bioinformatics tools using Next Generation Sequencing.  Topics will include new applications, data management and evaluation, sequence assembly and transcriptome analysis. Rapidly changing sequencing technologies will be explored with a review of the latest technical advances. 

Two workshops are associated with the conference: 

• A half-day workshop for beginners new to the field of Next Generation Sequencing will run on Monday 12 August. 
• A full-day hands-on post-conference workshop will run on Thursday 15 August – this will be a commercial-based workshop using licensed software.

For more information and to register please visit the NGS2013 website.

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9. Queenstown research week, registration and abstract submission open

Queenstown Research Week brings together a number of conferences and satellites under one umbrella for New Zealand’s largest and most vibrant biosciences gathering, with over 800 delegates expected over the week. There are a large number of invited overseas speakers across many areas of the biosciences, including Nobel Laureate Susumu Tonegawa.

Registration is now open. 

The 2013 meeting line-up is:

• 24-28 August: 31st International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR)
• 26-28 August: Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci)
• 26-28 August: QMB2013
• 28-29 August: Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT)
• 25-26 August: Satellite 1 – QMB E3: Enzyme Engineering and Evolution
• 25-26 August: Satellite 2 – QMB Redox
• 25-26 August: Satellite 3 – QMB Heart Research
• 29-30 August: Satellite 4 – QMB Epigenetics: Spanning the Spectrum
• 29-30 August: Satellite 5 – QMB The Emergence of Genomic-Enabled Medicine
• 29-30 August: Satellite 6 – QMB Of Microbes and Men: Translational Medical Microbiology in the 21st Century

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10. NZPsS annual conference, 6-9 September, Auckland

The NZPsS annual conference, supported by the University of Auckland Psychology Department, will be held in September at Owen G Glenn Building at the University of Auckland.

The theme is  ’Building Bridges: Dialogues across Psychology – Whakatina: Ngā kōrero o te Mātai Hinengaro’.

Keynote speakers include:

• John Forsyth, Expanding Our Reach to Meet the Unmet Burden of Human Suffering: Using ACT in a Self-Help Context. 
• Nancy Pachana, Psychology and Ageing: A Decade of Turning Points
• Karl Hanson, The Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders
• Pip Pehi, Re-membering Papatuanuku: A Psychological Imperative
• Margaret Wetherell, Emotion and Identity: A Practice Approach
• Rose Black & Moana Waitoki, Seeking cultural competency: Signposts, judder bars, and potholes

Workshops include:

• John Forsyth, The Compassionate Use of Exposure Strategies in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Karl Hanson, Developing Non-Arbitrary Categories for Sexual Offender Risk Communication: Construct Validity and the Quantification of “Riskiness”
• Alex Bartle, Common Sleep disorders and their treatment 
• Tanya Breen, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Adolescence: Managing this Period of Change
• Sonja Macfarlane, He Ritenga Whaimōhio: Culturally responsive evidence based pathways in psychology
• Jan Pryor, Bringing Stepfamilies into the Fold: an update on Research and Policy

Registration: Early Bird closes 1 July 2013

For more information please visit conference website. 

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11. Psychology events

The New Zealand Psychological Society is proud to host the following events.

Drug Treatment of Mental Disorders presented by Assoc Prof David Menkes
A half day workshop on Saturday 9.00am – 12.30pm
Wellington 15 June 2013, Victoria University
Auckland 6 July 2013, Auckland University- Tamaki Campus
Click here for more information and the registration form. 

Symptom Validity Assessment – Where have we come from; where are we now and where are we going? presented by Dr Jon Nuth
Auckland 14 June 2013
Click here for more information and the registration form.

The Use of Practice-based Evidence in Supervision – Presented by Dr David Green, UK
Auckland 24 July,  Wellington 29 July, Dunedin 2 August, Christchurch 5 August
Click here for more information and the registration form.

Living Beyond Your Pain: ACT for Pain Management – Presented by JoAnne Dahl, Sweden
Two-day workshop
Auckland 17 – 18 October, Christchurch 21 – 22 October
Click here for more information and the registration form.

For questions contact the professional development coordinator: pd@psychology.org.nz.

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12. Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development events

Gravida has two upcoming events in June:

• ‘Breakthroughs in pre-eclampsia – demystifying a life-threatening enigma’ a seminar by Professor Phil Baker on Tuesday 4 June, 1-2pm. View more details and RSVP.
• ‘Food for Thought: How early life and diet determines life-long metabolic fate’ with experts from New Zealand, the UK and Australia. All day seminar. View more details and register. 

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13. Cafe scientifique: ‘Getting on with it – the effects of genetic testing’, 27 June, Lower Hutt

Genetic testing for familial breast and ovarian cancer has had recent media exposure following the announcement by Angelina Jolie that she carries a BRCA1 gene mutation. In New Zealand, families can request a risk assessment through Genetic Health Services NZ. The assessment involves collection of a detailed family cancer history. Genetic testing to look for a mutation in genes associated with hereditary cancer may be offered to families assessed as high risk and who meet certain criteria.

Research with New Zealand women who are living with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer found that women’s decisions regarding genetic testing and risk-reducing surgery are influenced by their family responsibilities. “Getting on with it” emerged as a dominant theme in this research, describing the way in which many of the women approached living with the increased cancer risk.

Alison McEwen PhD, FHGSA is a genetic counsellor working for Genetic Health Service NZ in Wellington.

Details: Thursday 27 June, 6–7.30pm Wholly Bagels, 34 Knights Road, Lower Hutt.

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14. Nominations close soon for Miriam Dell Award for excellence in science mentoring

There is only one month left to nominate someone for the Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS) Miriam Dell Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring.

This new award has been created to celebrate those mentors, lecturers, teachers or supervisors that inspire women or girls to remain in science.

The closing date for entries is 30 June 2013, and results will be announced later this year. The award will be presented at the 2014 conference.

More information, including nomination forms and guidelines, can be found on the AWIS website.

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15. Our Changing World, Thursday 9.00 pm, Radio New Zealand National 101FM

Presented and produced by Alison Ballance, Ruth Beran and Veronika Meduna

This month, the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 400ppm for the first time in human history. Tim Naish, the director of Victoria University’s Antarctic Research Centre, describes what the world looked like last time this happened, some three million years ago, and what that means for the future. 

Generation Zero is a youth organisation with the aim of moving New Zealand beyond fossil fuels to a zero-carbon economy. Founding member Louis Chambers and Stephanie Gregor tell Veronika Meduna why they consider climate change as the biggest challenge for their generation and how they plan to tackle it. 

Veronika Meduna also meets climate scientists ahead of a two-day conference next week where they’ll discuss the latest findings on impacts, vulnerability and mitigation options in New Zealand and the Pacific region. 

The Wildlife Ecology Group at Landcare Research is trialling potential new possum lures to improve trapping success, and Samantha Brown shows Alison Ballance how they are field testing the attractiveness of urine produced by female possums in oestrus.

Martin Kennedy from the University of Otago, Christchurch is interested in understanding how particular combinations of genes cause different diseases and also determine how individuals react to drugs, a research area known as pharmacogenomics. He tells Alison Ballance why he believes genetics will start to play an increasingly important role in the treatment of diseases.

Two science and environment stories air during the week on Afternoons with Jim Mora at 3:35 pm, Monday and Thursday. The complete programme is repeated at 1:10 am on Sunday mornings.

Website for podcasts and live streams: http://radionz.co.nz/ourchangingworld
Contact: ourchangingworld@radionz.co.nz, 04 474 1910
Twitter: @RNZ_Science

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Identification of five bryozoan species in the Northern Mallee Pipeline, Australia
R Mitra, AF Barton, S Briggs & JD Orbell
pages: 81-92
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.674538

Use of adhesives to attach devices to invertebrates: implications for depredation by ship rats (Rattus rattus)
RL Turner, GM Carter, IC Castro & MA Minor
pages: 93-101
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.690343

Association between pygmy right whales (Caperea marginata) and areas of high marine productivity off Australia and New Zealand
CM Kemper, JF Middleton & PD van Ruth
pages:102-128
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.707662

Habitat use by southern forest geckos (Mokopirirakau ‘Southern Forest’) in the Catlins, Southland
JM Hoare, P Melgren & EE Chavel
pages: 129-136
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.707663

The effect of colour on bait consumption of kea (Nestor notabilis): implications for deterring birds from toxic baits
C Weser & JG Ross
pages: 137-144
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.710639

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Short communications

The effect of aerial application of 1080 cereal baits on radio-tagged South Island fernbirds (Bowdleria punctata punctata)
P van Klink, J Kemp & CFJ O’Donnell
pages: 145-153
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.711334

A benign approach to the preparation of freshwater bryozoan statoblasts for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging
R Mitra, S Crawford, AF Barton, S Briggs & JD Orbell
pages: 154-159
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.672436

A significant range extension and sanctuary for the rare Open Bay Island skink (Oligosoma taumakae)
M Lettink, G Hopkins & RL Wilson
pages: 160-165
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.707661

Observations of stoats (Mustela erminea) swimming
AJ Veale
pages: 166-169
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.716071

The palatability of flavoured novel floating pellets made with brewer’s spent grain to captive carp
DKJ Morgan, CJR Verbeek, KA Rosentrater & BJ Hicks
pages: 170-174
DOI:10.1080/03014223.2012.719912

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Conditional probability of rupture of the Wairarapa and Ōhariu faults, New Zealand
R Van Dissen, D Rhoades, T Little, N Litchfield, R Carne & P Villamor
pages 53-67
DOI:10.1080/00288306.2012.756042

Quaternary shelf structures SE of the South Island, imaged by high-resolution seismic profiling
AR Gorman, MG Hill, AR Orpin, PO Koons, RJ Norris, CA Landis, TMH Allan, T Johnstone, FL Gray, D Wilson & EC Osterberg
pages 68-82
DOI:10.1080/00288306.2013.772906

Zetland Diorite, Karamea Batholith, west Nelson: field relationships, geochemistry and geochronology demonstrate links to the Carboniferous Tobin Suite
RE Turnbull, AJ Tulloch & J Ramezani
pages 83-99
DOI:10.1080/00288306.2013.775166

Gravity analysis of glaciotectonic processes, central Alpine Fault, South Island, New Zealand
R Davy, T Stern & J Townend
pages 100-108
DOI:10.1080/00288306.2013.782324

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Ambient temperature variation does not influence regional proportion of human male births in New Zealand
Barnaby J Dixson, John Haywood, Philip J Lester & Diane K Ormsby
pages 67-74
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2011.615846

An analysis of the simulated Southern Hemisphere, mid-to-high-latitude climate of the Last Glacial Maximum
D Ackerley
pages 75-87
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2011.629663

A controlled comparison of teaching methods in first-year university physics
T Scott, A Gray & P Yates
pages 88-99
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2012.658816

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 Short communications

Youngest reported radiocarbon age of a moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) dated from a natural site in New Zealand
NJ Rawlence & A Cooper
pages 100-107
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2012.658817

A small unmanned aerial system (UAS) for coastal atmospheric research: preliminary results from New Zealand
DE Cook, PA Strong, SA Garrett & RE Marshall
pages 108-115
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2012.695280

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 Book review

Science and the precautionary principle in international courts and tribunals, by Caroline E. Foster
KN Scott
pages 116-118
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2011.651148

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Identification of a drought- and cold-stress inducible WRKY gene in the cold-hardy Citrus relative Poncirus trifoliata
Mehtap Şahin-Çevik & Gloria A Moore
pages: 57-68
DOI:10.1080/01140671.2012.731654

Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and soil nitrogen on growth of two leafy Brassica vegetables
G Thomson, MR Mollah, DL Partington, R Jones, R Argall, J Tregenza & GJ Fitzgerald
pages: 69-77
DOI:10.1080/01140671.2013.772905

Effect of beebread on the reproductive performance of Cotesia vestalis
OJ Soyelu & SM Waladde
pages: 78-85
DOI:10.1080/01140671.2013.778891

Virus resistance of Australian pea (Pisum sativum) varieties
JAG van Leur, SG Kumari, M Aftab, A Leonforte & S Moore
pages: 86-101
DOI:10.1080/01140671.2013.781039

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Book Review

Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums, 2nd edition, by Paul W. Bosland and Eric J. Votava
R Pathirana
pages: 102-103
DOI:10.1080/01140671.2012.745161

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