The 2016-17 CSIRO National Research Collections Australia vacation scholars from the Herbarium, Tropical Herbarium, Wildlife Collection and ALA will present their research.

All welcome.

Program

2:00pm-2:10pm Welcome Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn

2:10pm-3:10pm Zoology & Databases

• Do brood parasitic cuckoos evolve stronger eggshells in response to host defenses? Alice Grieve (ANWC)
• Correlating environmental variables with trends in reptile sex reversal. Caitlin Cherryh (ANWC)
• Use case library for biodiversity data quality. Emily Rees (ALA)

3:10-3:30 Afternoon tea

3:30pm-4:50pm Botany

• How does flowering time vary across time and space? Christopher Williams (ANH)
• What is the best way to identify hotspots of phylogenetic diversity? Meg Elliott (ANH)
• Adapting to extreme environments: seed and pollen characteristics of kangaroo grass. Annette Cavanagh (ANH)
• Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of the Greenhood orchids. Allison Welsh (ATH)

4:50pm-5:00pm Presentation of certificates and closing remarks Andrew Young (Director NRCA)