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La Trobe University

Locality: Bundoora, Victoria

Phone: +61 1300 528 762

Address: La Trobe University 3086 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Website: www.latrobe.edu.au/grs

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25.01.2022 Wonderful post by Jacinta Humphrey on explaining science using Lego! "Full of excitement, I dug out my old Lego collection, borrowed some extra bits and pieces from some helpful friends (shout out to the Dutka and Caldwell families!) and got to work writing my story. This was by far the most challenging - and also the most beneficial - step in creating my video. I was forced to think about the big questions what is my PhD really about? What am I trying to achieve? What are the key points I need to get across to my audience? I quickly discovered that when you only have 60 seconds to explain a four-year research project, you need to make every word count!" http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//birds-and-bricks-exp

24.01.2022 Wow! What a day! La Trobe University's #3MT finals just took place and it was a fantastic event with 10 presenters of amazing quality - with loads of smarts and passion - and 250+ in the audience. Congrats to: ... Runner-Up and People's Choice: Stevie Browne (Education)! Winner: Sam Harvey (Allied Health)! Thank you to all presenters today - it takes a lot of preparation, bravery, and skill to participate in this competition. The university community salutes you!

24.01.2022 Today is Wednesday which means that we'll be running our weekly check in called "Research Now!". We meet online every Wednesday from 2:00 pm - 2.45 pm. Research Now is an informal space to talk research and being a researcher. All researchers are welcome to come along and ask questions and share your practices and insights. All you need to do is register for the SUAW updates on our website to receive the link. We'd love to see you there!

22.01.2022 Workshop on "Taking control of media interviews" with the wonderful Dr Merryn Sherwood coming up on 30 SEPT (11-12:30)! Once you know what to expect, talking to the media can become an easy way to share your research more widely and could lead to wider research impact. This interactive workshop demystifies media and empowers you to take control of the process, so that your interview responses can influence how the news will be reported. It will provide participants with hands-on experience in doing a mock interview and insight into Media Interviewing 101. https://buff.ly/2RhLip3

21.01.2022 FREE webinar convened by the Translational Research Institute (TRI) >> "How to market your research - before submission and after publication" Tue 25 Aug | 12:001:00PM "How do you increase your funding opportunities and promote collaboration in a modern world? You raise the profile of both yourself and your research online! In this FREE webinar you will be joined by marketing and communications professionals and researchers as they show you all of the pathways that can lead... to improved metrics and increased funding opportunities. You will find out how to increase your profile without publishing a paper, what to do when you dont get a media release and how you can leverage social media to gain better traction for your research." REGISTER: https://buff.ly/3gUWeV6

21.01.2022 Who should be a named author on a publication? This is the question that an upcoming panel will explore. Speakers will discuss some of the tricky instances that can arise when you are publishing academic articles. With a focus on negotiating authorship we will examine how conventions and practices of attributing authorship can be managed alongside the expectations of the Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018).

21.01.2022 Are you in the loop for researcher development opportunities and updates at La Trobe? Here are fabulous ways to make sure you are!

21.01.2022 Strategies for distance supervision during a pandemic (by Dr Dan Bendrups) "Supervisors discussions around communication technologies and relationships led quite seamlessly into a broader discussion about research culture and research environment. Some observed that the lab itself was a crucial research culture-environment that was now temporarily out of reach, while others reflected on university campus as a place of belonging for candidates and for themselves. All agreed that they could do things to help sustain a positive research environment at a distance." http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//strategies-for-dista

20.01.2022 Grad research supervisors: Don't miss this workshop on 6 OCT (10am-12pm) focused on strategies to manage expectations in the supervision relationship! https://buff.ly/3bNyTmg

20.01.2022 New Monday evening 'Shut up and write' session starts TODAY! 8:00-10:30pm, via Zoom. If you're interested in joining in tonight, drop [email protected] an email and they'll fill you in! Find out more about how our online sessions run: https://buff.ly/2ZSXq5p

20.01.2022 Are you looking forward to a conference later in the year or early next year? If the answer is yes, then now is the time to learn about how to write an excellent conference abstract! Come along and learn about what conferences need to do for authors, readers and conference organisers.

19.01.2022 Informational interviews are a great way to find out more about other sectors and types of careers - here's a great post about them from La Trobe Uni's Career Ready team: https://buff.ly/2YEGIFw "Your intention when conducting informational interview should be to find information or answers to questions that will assist you plan your career or make a decision about your career; it is not a technique to obtain a job. The best people to interview are those doing the job you are interested in these people usually do not have the power to offer you a job."

19.01.2022 Research Supervision Award nominations CLOSE NEXT MON 2 NOV! Supervision is the single biggest factor influencing the graduate research student experience, so every year the University recognises an individual or team of graduate research supervisors for outstanding supervision. SUPERVISORS need to nominate themselves if they meet the criteria.... Full info about awards and link to nomination form: https://buff.ly/35HYZUn [INTRANET]

19.01.2022 The year is 2050, and you have just sat down to your insect burger in a genetically modified plant bun with some seaweed dangling out the side sounds deliciou...s, right? La Trobe University's "Taste Tomorrow" event invites you to taste the future of food right now by ordering a mystery box of sustainable and nutritious goodies. Attend their online live events and open the box together with Scientists, Nutritionists and Chefs to explore how the foods rate for taste, sustainability and nutrition. Get in quick, as the event is coming up on 16th August! Poor diets are a major cause of health, economic and environmental problems that every country experience. You are invited to question the experts on their proposed food security solutions and explore how to eat sustainably for a healthy mind, body and planet. A part of our Possible Impossibles series for National Science Week 2020. Details and registration from this elaborate web address: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet

18.01.2022 Looking forward to welcoming A/Prof Cameron Webb (USyd / NSW Health) to La Trobe University for his talk on "Engaging with social and traditional media: A researchers perspective" on 30 SEPT! If you want to know about wrangling mosquitoes and media, this is the session for you. Full info and registration: https://buff.ly/3k7xMRr

18.01.2022 New at RED Alert: "The gift of peer review" (by Troy Heffernan) "Were all pushed for time, were all doing reviews in what little spare time we have, but a bad review to an experienced and well-regarded professor may not matter so much. However, to a precariously employed academic who knows that every paper published puts them at least a little closer to more secure employment, a rejection is hard enough; but a review that is unhelpful in its content does not help them improve their work, and a review that is cruel can be heart-breaking." - Heffernan http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//the-gift-of-peer-rev

17.01.2022 Last chance to vote for your favourite entry in #LaTrobeUni's Visualise Your Thesis competition! Popular vote closes TOMORROW (28 Aug). https://buff.ly/2wirszZ #VYT2020

16.01.2022 First Friday in September coming up! That means it's #ShutUpAndWiki time (via Zoom)! From 1-2pm, come and spend some time with fellow Wiki-enthusiasts to work on editing / writing for Wiki. Follow the link for full info! No need to register - just turn up! All welcome.

14.01.2022 What are important things to consider when you are working with literatures for your thesis? What is a 'literature review'? How can literature be incorporated throughout a thesis. Come along to this Academic Writing Month workshop to find out more!

14.01.2022 Are you new to La Trobe? If so, welcome to our researcher community! Come along to our upcoming workshop and we'll introduce the La Trobe progress milestones framework and chat about some strategies for making progress in your studies.

12.01.2022 Ever wondered about doing radio? This session focuses on radio - how does the industry work, what researchers need to know about being on it, and how you might find opportunities to build your experience in this medium. Featuring A/Prof Andrea Carson and Jake Franklin - two speakers with contrasting types of experiences and at different career stages - this session gives you the chance to find out more about engaging effectively on the air. Full info and registration: https://buff.ly/2FkKIUV

12.01.2022 Hashtags - what they are and why you'd use them (by Tseen Khoo) "Hashtags are ideal to bring communities together in the wilds of social media. The proliferation of accounts and things to follow across the platforms can be very confusing, especially if you're starting off. Hashtags are one way to raise the value and coherence of the online spaces for you as you build a community around your work and yourself. ... For researchers, hashtags work really well for keywords in our fields so that you can search for information and accounts that appeal to you." http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//hashtags-what-they-a

12.01.2022 Developing strategies to manage the supervision relationship is a crucial part of learning to be a graduate researcher. Come along to this upcoming workshop and learn about how to establish, negotiate and manage expectations in graduate research supervision.

11.01.2022 La Trobe's Social Research Assistance Platform is closing it's final 2020 round of applications for specialised research support on 21 AUG - this Friday! Full info: https://www.latrobe.edu.au//social-research-pl/researchers

11.01.2022 #LaTrobe's Visualise Your Thesis entries are all online now! The popular vote is also open (closes 28 AUG!). Check out the fantastic creative work of our researchers - and VOTE! https://www.latrobe.edu.au//visualise-your-thesis-vote-for

10.01.2022 As the Melbourne Campus Library at Bundoora is closed, a Click and Send service is now available. This new service enables La Trobe students and staff in Stage ...4 restricted areas to have items sent to their home. If you are in a Stage 3 restricted area the Click and Collect service will continue as normal. More information can be found at https://bit.ly/3gxBmTF.

10.01.2022 If you're keen on learning more about engaging ways to present your research in conference posters or using research illustrations, come along to this session on 30 Sept 2:30-3:30pm! This session has 2 sections - the first focuses on conference posters and the second is on research images. Section 1: Dr Wade Kelly... Building a conference poster can be a challenging proposition. It is a fine balance between providing enough information and not too much information. It also has to be eye catching enough that people want to engage you and discuss your research, but not too dramatic to turn people away. Join Wade has he reviews some of the principles critical to good research poster design - he will cover issues relating to both visual and data/information presentation. Section 2: Dr Thomas Shafee This section introduces you to the principles of good research image design and presentation, combined with some real life before-and-after design improvement examples. Full info and registration: https://buff.ly/3k0BmN4

10.01.2022 Dream of becoming a stylish academic writer? Do you want to write sentences that move readers to thought, or action? Come along to this upcoming workshop on writing with style to pick up tips and strategies.

09.01.2022 Learn how to use iThenticate and safeguard your writing integrity - 22 SEPT 1:30-3pm This 90 minute session will introduce the software platform and discuss how it works. We will also work through some basic processes, such as how to upload files, how to set filters, and how to interpret reports. https://buff.ly/3heNet6

09.01.2022 Writing and publishing journal papers can be a big part of research life, and it can be frustrating to encounter the (inevitable!) rejections or major revisions. This panel of editors from a diverse range of disciplines will discuss their experiences at the helms of scholarly journals, what they like to see from submissions, what it means to do this editorial work, and why they chose to take it up. Sign up now!

09.01.2022 La Trobe University's Visualise Your Thesis (#VYT) competition results were announced today! The margins that decided the winners were extremely close - excellent quality and creativity in these 1-minute presentations! Popular Vote: Stephanie Lynch (PAM)... Runner-Up: Donovan Garcia-Ceron (LIMS) Winner: Jordyn Thomas (PAM) Congrats, all! You can view all the entries on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist Alternatively, you can access the entries here: https://www.latrobe.edu.au//visualise-your-thesis-vote-for Here is a still from Jordyn's winning VYT entry "Defining the role of IL-18 in the renal inflammation leading to hypertension".

09.01.2022 What are some of La Trobe University researchers' favourite writing places and spaces? This crowdsourced post shares some great takes on this topic! "Something that has become more important during COVID-life are the spaces that allow us to gather thoughts, focus, and feel able to do - even enjoy? - our work. Too often this year, our domestic spaces feel too cluttered and occupied with the different facets of our lives, and finding a sanctuary for quality thinking time may ...be an ongoing quest." http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//favourite-writing-pl

08.01.2022 How do you include publications in your thesis? What is framing material? How do I deal with issues with copyright? Sign up to this upcoming Academic Writing Month workshop and find out more!

08.01.2022 Congratulations to School of Life Sciences PhD researcher Christina Lipka for winning the Wildlife category of the #WikiScience photo competition! The photo is 'what a drone sees when it explores the canopies of a dense rain forest of Christmas Island for potential nesting sites for the endangered Abbotts Booby': https://buff.ly/3bPmdv2 Gene Drendel, also from La Trobe Uni's School of Life Sciences, was a runner-up in the Microscopy category with this image of Escherichia coli growing on Eosin methylene blue (EMB) media with its distinctive green metallic sheen: https://buff.ly/2Zu6rB7 >> Congrats, Gene!

08.01.2022 Today is a University holiday to mark the end of wellbeing month. We hope you have the chance today to take things a bit easier, or relax, or spend time doing the things you that make you happy.

07.01.2022 What it's like doing my PhD from home - an interview with graduate researcher Coralie Boulet on MyLaTrobe "Separate your working time from your off-time. Maintain your weekends and evenings free of work as much as possible." https://www.latrobe.edu.au//what-its-like-doing-my-phd-fr/

07.01.2022 What are conferences all about? What can we do before a conference to prepare well? What can we do during the conference to maximise our participation? Are there any helpful post-conference steps? Come along to this upcoming workshop to find out more https://buff.ly/31rcSpL

06.01.2022 Great series of NINE #biostats workshops coming up from 16 Sept! Registrations now open - more info: https://buff.ly/2QsulId 1. General linear models and the estimation of genetic parameters - Professor Mike Goddard | 16 Sep 2020... 2. Genomic prediction - A/Prof Hans Daetwyler | 29 Sep 2020 3. Generalised linear models and the analysis of count data - Professor Mike Goddard | 7 Oct 2020 4. The heritability of Nematodirus egg counts using a mixture model - Professor Michael Stear | 20 Oct 2020 5. Variant detection and genotype calling using GATK - Dr Amanda Chamberlain | 4 Nov 2020 6. Multivariate analyses - Dr Hien Nguyen | 10 Nov 2020 7. Power analysis for non normally distributed traits - Dr Caitlin Jenvey | 24 Nov 2020 8. Machine learning for statistical analysis - Dr Hien Nguyen | 1 Dec 2020 9. Lab and computational methods to analyse transcriptional regulation - A/Prof Mathew Lewsey | 8 Dec 2020 Well done, Fazel Almasi and team! This initiative is supported by La Trobe''s Intellectual Climate Fund (ICF).

06.01.2022 At La Trobe, we strive to ensure our cutting-edge research has practical and measurable outcomes for our communities. We are collaborating with industry, government and community groups in response to the COVID-19 crisis - find out more about this work: https://buff.ly/3hsMoZU

06.01.2022 This 'Publishing in journals' session introduces you to the context and processes of academic journal publishing! It discusses: >> How to choose where to submit and publish your work >> What you need to do to keep journal editors happy >> What happens after submission... Why should you attend? Publishing is an essential part of academic life, and the quality of your publications is very important as a marker for the quality and purpose of your research work. https://buff.ly/32jdBda

05.01.2022 New at RED Alert today: "Wanna blog your research? Intensive conversations" Check out our latest crowdsourced post, put together during our workshop! "For this post, we asked our participants to write about the key lessons that they learned about blogging during our intensive. We have assembled their thoughtful responses below with the hope that they will offer other readers a window on the interesting world of academic blogging."... http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//wanna-learn-how-to-b

04.01.2022 Registrations are now open for 'Communicating your research: Audio/visual' day! Fabulous program of invited speakers, workshops, and practical sessions! Featuring: >> Researcher and science communication veteran A/Prof Cameron Webb (USyd / NSW Health) >> Dr Merryn Sherwood with the low-down on media interviews, ... >> A/Prof Andrea Carson and Jake Franklin about getting on radio, and >> Dr Wade Kelly and Dr Thomas Shafee on better conference posters and research illustrations. Check out the whole event flyer here: https://drive.google.com//1GzAUn-8RRdEW3HJ2OtEmjE-mr/view

04.01.2022 La Trobe University's new open repository OPAL has huge potential for researchers! You can find out more by: >> Booking in for an introduction to OPAL - multiple dates to choose from: https://buff.ly/2TARcTm >> Going along to the OPAL drop-in session - have your questions answered! What can go on OPAL? How do you upload it through My Publications? How do you share your work now it's there? Help is available from 12:00-12:30 EVERY FRIDAY (starting today!) - drop-in link: https://latrobe.zoom.us/j/87193294491

03.01.2022 Resources for staying well during your PhD (Tseen Khoo) "Writing this during Lockdown 2.0 that has moved into Stage 4 in Melbourne, it's very clear that the extended stress and uncertainty of our COVID lives is affecting everyone. From chats with buddies and participants in the sessions I'm running, I'm hearing a lot of shakiness due to people feeling overwhelmed and stalled." http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au//resources-for-stayin

03.01.2022 Where do the policies that relate to graduate researchers live at La Trobe? Take a look at the Policy Library under 'G' for graduate researcher! There's lots of information here on everything from milestones to examination to how to format your thesis. Check it out!

03.01.2022 Graduate researchers & ECRs: please register for this upcoming showcase on diverse researcher careers on Sep 24. This is an excellent opportunity to put your networking skills to the test. The event will introduce you to researchers who have transitioned into industry, founded start-ups, social/commercial enterprises & built consultancies... Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/116366087099

02.01.2022 The inaugural La Trobe University Diabetes Research Symposium is now open for registration! The event will share diabetes-related research from #LaTrobeUni academics and graduate researchers, and provide opportunities to network for future collaborations. This event is funded by the Research Culture Fund. NOTE: Abstracts deadline is 18 SEPT! https://buff.ly/3252cxw

02.01.2022 Blogging is an excellent way to make your research more accessible, and to develop your reputation as a public scholar. Take a look at our upcoming "Blogging your research" intensive, which has been scheduled during Academic Writing Month. This intensive is comprised of 3 workshops across 3 days (from 12:30-2:30pm each day). We take you through the basics of blogging and features hands-on blog writing, planning, and the chance to discuss your ideas with experts and peers.

02.01.2022 Language nerds! The hugely popular YouTube channel Crash Course is launching a new series on linguistics co-written by #LaTrobeUni scholar Dr Lauren Gawne. Lauren is well known for her podcast Lingthusiasm and regular column in The Big Issue. You can subscribe to the Crash Course channel here: