Staying in the Loop

A monthly newsletter keeping our
HDR community informed and connected.

HDR in Focus

PhD student, College of Science and Engineering, Abolfazl Dashtbani Roozbehani, working on antimicrobial drug resistance in the Molecular Microbiology Lab. Recently submitted his PhD thesis. Abolfazl's goal to bring the innovations from research to practice to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Read more >

PhD student, college of Medicine and Public Health, Reham Mounzer, conducting cancer research, shares her experience of placement with Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. "All of our research would be impossible without the involvement and approval from the SALHN ethics committee." Read more >

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College OGR Liaison

The Office of Graduate Research is committed – deeply – to our students and supervisors. We know that so many of our students are part-time. So many of our students live a long way from Bedford Park. All our services allow our students and supervisors – wherever they are in the world – to contact us for support, advice, community and connection. We are available through phone, email, Teams, Collaborate, Zoom and Skype. This month, the OGR has provided an additional service Read More

International HDR Students are Determined to Connect

Seven enthusiastic international HDR students met with FUSA and International Student Services (ISS) on Monday 28 June to start the process of establishing a student club for international HDR students. The students talked about the importance of feeling connected with like-minded people coming from diverse disciplines and cultures.. Read More

2021 Virtual 3MT Competition

Can you effectively communicate your research to peers and the wider community? Can you do it in less than 180 seconds? The 3 Minute Thesis competition can teach you how! Flinders University PhD students who have passed their confirmation of candidature (by the University Finals in September) are invited to compete in the 2021 3MT Competition. 3MT Website

NAIDOC Week

Flinders University’s Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement (OISE) will be hosting the free event in the Hub, between noon and 1pm on Wednesday 7 July, with staff and students welcome at any time during the one-hour celebration to enjoy a free cupcake decorated with Indigenous-inspired colours, or pick up a brush and get involved in an educational rock art class. Read More

Mind Yourself

Stress Down Day on 24/7

Stress Down Day provides a great opportunity for workplaces to realise the importance of ensuring an environment that prioritises the wellbeing of employees. It’s a fun take on a serious issue with the bonus of doing something good for your staff and raise much needed funds for Lifeline. Read More

101 Tips for Finding Calm in the Chaos

Finding a little calm in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic might just be the most important thing you can do. It feels like we are in the middle of some crazy movie with a super virus circling the globe. It’s not just you. Everyone is feeling like the rug has been pulled out from under them. So it’s natural and normal to find yourself overwhelmed and worrying. Here are 101 ways that you can find a sense of calm. Read More

Reading Zone

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis

A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement—told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it.

In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement’s history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale. Read More >

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

In billions of years, humanity could still exist in some unrecognizable form, venturing out to distant space, finding new homes and building new civilizations. But the death of the universe is final. What might such a cataclysm look like? And what does it mean for us?
Dr. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was 18, when her astronomy professor first informed her the universe could end at any moment, setting her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Now, with lively wit and humour, she unpacks them in The End of Everything, taking us on a mind-bending tour through each of the cosmos’ possible finales: the Big Crunch; the Heat Death; Vacuum Decay; the Big Rip; and the Bounce. Read more >

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