2016 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, 6th & Friday, 7th October, Waurn Ponds Estate

Day 1 Thursday, 6th October
10.00

Coffee on arrival *registration and uploading of presentations

10.30-10.40

Prof. Marcel Klaassen - Welcoming Address

10:45-12:05

Chairs: Andrea West* & Alastair Hirst

10:45-10:55

Anna Miltiadous - Maternal transfer of corticosterone to the egg yolk in the Zebra Finch
(Taeniopygia Guttata)

11:00-11:10

Yen Ting Wong Genetic and protein study of Alpaca fibre

11:15-11:25

Stacey Trevathan-Tackett - The microbiomes of seagrass leaves in healthy and

degraded habitats

11:30-11:35

Ashley Whitt - Game plan for Port Phillip and Western Port Bay coastal wetlands versus
sea level rise

11:40-11:50

Jared Tromp - The chronic thermal stress response of juvenile pre-smolt Atlantic salmon
(S. salar) in fresh water

11:55-12:05

Anna Moodie - The effect of prescribed burning on the small marsupial, Antechinus
flavipes

12:10-1:10

Dr Euan Ritchie - An introduction to science communication: why, how and what to

consider

1:15-2:00

Lunch (dining room)

2:05-3:35

Chairs: Dan Selechnik* & Kelly Miller

2:05-2:15

Peter Macreadie - Blue Carbon: A new weapon against climate change

2:20-2:30

Nicholas Porch - Arthropod extinction on Indo-Pacific oceanic islands. Prelude to the

Sixth Extinction?

2:35-2:45

Alistair Hirst - The impact of millennium drought on Port Phillip Bay

2:50-3:00

Mark Richardson Bioinformatics @ Deakin

3:05-3:10

Melissa Griffin - The evolution of harem polygyny in insects

3:15-3:20

Jessica Rowland - Evaluating and applying indicators of ecosystem degradation for

effective ecosystem management and conservation of biodiversity

3:25-3:35

Jordy Thomson - Individual diet specialization in a marine omnivore: implications for

population responses to climatic disturbance

3:40-4:50

Afternoon tea/Speed dating (dining room)

4:55-6:40

Chairs: Elodie Camprasse* & Ty Matthews

4:55-5:00

Daan Bos - Effectiveness of Muskrat control in the Netherlands

5:05-5:10

Tim Jessop - Density compensated Komodo dragons dont regulate mammal prey

5:15-5:25

Sanja van Huet Using the Tarsometatarsus to Determine Age Group Bias in Fossil
Emus (Dromaius Sp.)

5:30-5:35

Dan Selechnik - Immunogenetics of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)

5:40-5:45

Helena Stokes - Psittacosis in wild Australian parrots: investigating the threat to parrots,
free-range poultry, and public health

5:50-6:00

John Patykowski - Seasonal physiologic patterns among sympatric canopy trees:

implications for climate change, functional insurance and land restoration

6:05-6:10

Andrew Katsis - Listening inside the egg: Incubation calling in the zebra finch

6:15-6:20

Aida Rodrigues - A communist experiment with Great Bowerbirds

6:25-6:30

Quinn Ollivier - The future of blue carbon investment and research within the
Corangamite region

6:35-6:40

David Mitchell - Is behavioural plasticity consistent through time and domain general?

6:45-6:55

Pre-dinner break

07:00

Dinner (dining room)

07:45

Guessing game (delegates to remain in dining room) Andrea West* & Mylene Mariette*

Day 2 Friday, 7th October

08:30

Coffee on arrival *and uploading of presentations

9:00-10:50

Chairs: Johanne Martens* & Desley Whisson

9:00-9:10

Brianne Addison - Microbial biogeography and avian life history

9.15 9.25

Laura Tan - Ravens as penguin egg predators on Phillip Island

9.30 9.35

Aleica Bellgrove - Population and seascape genetics of an important habitat-forming

intertidal seaweed

9.40 9.45

Mohammad Hassan - Prevalence of Avian Influenza Viruses in domestic and wild birds
in Bangladesh: are poultry or wild birds the main AIV reservoir?

9.50 10.00

Elodie Camprasse - Pair similarity in Kerguelen shags a combined bio-logging and

stable isotope investigation

10.05 10.10 Thomas Burns - Exploring the impact of chytrid fungus on Baw Baw frogs

10.15 10.20

Marlenne Rodriguez - Individual specialisation in Australasian gannets and its

reproductive consequences

10.25 10.35

Antoine Dujon - How good are sea turtles at migrating? Insights from 20 years of sea
turtle tracking

10.40 10.50 Carolyn Ewers - Variability and vulnerability of blue carbon stocks
10.55 11.20 Morning tea (foyer)
11:25-12:45

Chairs: Helena Stokes* & Marcel Klaassen*

11:25-11:35

Ruth Thurstan - Using unconventional data to uncover long-term changes in marine

fisheries

11.40-11:45

Mylene Mariette - Prenatal acoustic communication programs offspring for hot weather.

11:50-12:45

Dr Will Symons - Guest speaker: CIE Advisory Board external member, National
Practice Leader Sustainability & Resilience, AECOM Australia

12:50-1:00

Group Photo (outside)

1:05-1:55

Lunch (dining room)

2:00-3:30

Chairs: Melissa Griffin* & Tim Jessop*

2:00-2:10

Bryce Halliday - Temporal shifts in littoral fish assemblages from shallow lakes following
prolonged drought

2:15-2:25

Paul Carnell - Carbon sequestration in coastal and freshwater wetlands

2:30-2:35

Johanne Martens - Beak and Feather Disease Virus in wild avian populations in
Australia

2:40-2:50

Emily Nicholson Scenarios and models for meaningful conservation targets

2:55-3:05

Tamara Camilleri - CANCELLED Mid-Palaeozoic Ostracoda of Victoria

3:10-3:20

Anthony Rendall - Preliminary Results: The Cats of Phillip Island

3:25-3:30

Katy Limpert - Inland Wetlands of Southeastern Australia: Carbon Sources or Carbon

Sinks?

3:35-3:55

Afternoon tea (foyer)

4:00-5:10

Chairs: Mylene Mariette* & Graeme Hays*

4:00-4:20

Prof Peter Hodgson (Deputy Vice-Chancellor-Research) - SRCs and CIE

4:25-5:10

Career Path Q&A Forum: lead by panel members Kate Buchanan, Will Symonds, Mike
Weston, Jordy Thomson & Bethany Hoye

5:15 - 5:30

Prof Marcel Klaassen - Closing address and award presentation

* members of the conference organizing committee (apologies: Vanessa Skrzypczyk)

Presenters please note that short talks allow for 5 minutes speaking time, and 5 minutes for
question/changeover time. Long talks allow for 10 minutes speaking time, and 5 minutes
question/changeover time. Please ensure you stick to these times in order to remain fair to all
presenters, and to avoid the conference schedule running overtime.