BIOSOC

☆AUGUST ISSUE OUT NOW☆

ISSUE 02 of WILD WONDERS - a monthly magazine by UNSW BIOSOC - has just been published! 🐋

The magazine covers a wide range of topics in the biological & ecological sciences. We aim to intrigue, inform, and inspire you with the wonderful wilderness of our Earth. 🌱

In this issue, you can find:
• an interview with UNSW's Dr Anastasia Shavrova
• an insightful article on microplastics
• fantastic photography from your peers and community
• where to spot fairy penguins this month
• how to make a dragonfly ..and so much more!

Read it online now by clicking the link in our bio! 🌷

Keen to get involved with next month's issue? Email us at [email protected] 🐧

☆THANK YOU FOR READING + SPREADING THE WORD☆

https://unswbiosoc.wixsite.com/unswbiosoc/magazine

Get excited for BIOSOC’s Careers Event, which is happening tomorrow night - Thursday 25th July!
We have a wealth of fascinating presenters who will be speaking at the event, so be sure to come along with any career questions!

☆ Dr. Claire Brandenburger, a botanist and ecologist at the Australian Botanic Gardens, is passionate about plant conservation and ecology, with extensive research and community education experience promoting biodiversity and sustainability

☆ Kristine Faelner is currently a PhD. candidate in marine sciences, with a vast background in coastal ecology and restoration.

☆ Dr. Caitlyn Forster, an entomologist at the University of Sydney, recently completed a PhD. on bee behavioural ecology and currently researches how insects select flowers using behavioural economics.

☆ A/Professor Michael Kasumovic, a researcher at UNSW, specialises in evolutionary biology and educational technology. As the founder of Arludo, he innovates science education with interactive mobile games.

☆ Nicole Malinconico is a marine biologist with expertise in ocean and coastal management and is currently doing her PhD. at UNSW.

☆ Hayley Malouf, an animal scientist and zookeeper at Sydney Zoo, teaches animal science at TAFE NSW and works in wildlife conservation and animal welfare.

☆ Dr. Jasmin Martino, an aquatic ecologist, specialises in fish, cephalopods, and stable isotope ecology, developing novel tools for sustainable aquatic environment management.

☆ Xuemeng Mu, a PhD. candidate at UNSW in plant ecology, researches plant-soil interaction diversity and specificity.

☆ Dr. Melanie Zeppel, a manager at New Forests, uses machine learning to model soil and forest carbon, enhancing carbon sequestration and biodiversity. She is an advocate for women in STEM and has received accolades like the 2022 Women in AI: Agribusiness award.

Register via link in bio.
We can’t wait to see you all there!

☆ JOIN THE WILD WONDERS MAGAZINE COMMITTEE ☆

Are you interested in science communication?
Do you love researching and learning new things?
Want to work with a dedicated, passionate, and creative committee?

Apply to our Magazine Subcommittee today!

We are looking for keen students to be a part of our publishing team. This is a great way to gain casual research, design, and collaborative skills!

Roles on offer are:

1. Chief Researcher
- Assist the Chief Editors with researching and writing various sections of the magazine.
- Oversee magazine content with thorough fact-checking and accuracy checking.

2. Assistant Researcher
- Support the Chief Researcher by gathering information, sourcing images, and helping with content creation.

3. Website Specialist / IT Manager
- Oversee and manage the BIOSOC Website, particularly the Magazine Page.
- Fix any technical issues and ensure the website runs smoothly for user interface.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/LwZAeLn7Zj2Km1B79
Application deadline: MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST

If you haven't read our magazine yet, click here: https://unswbiosoc.wixsite.com/unswbiosoc/magazine

☆ UNSW BIOSOC CAREERS NIGHT ☆

Are you curious about where your degree might take you? 🔎🍃
Want an opportunity to discover new career pathways and connect with interesting people in the field? 💬🌷

Come along to our Careers Night to hear from a range of BEES graduates, researchers, academics, and people in industry! Enjoy presentations from a range of different perspectives and grab the chance to network and build your professional connections!

☆ Date: Thursday 25th July (Week 9)
☆ Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
☆ Location: E19 Patricia O'Shane 103 (previously CLB 6), UNSW Campus

Food & drinks provided!
Dress code is smart casual!

Register now through the Linktree in our bio!
We will be announcing some of our guests in the upcoming days...

Come join us and UNSW Wandering Society for a bushwalk on the Malabar Headland Walking Track!🚶‍♀️🍃

We’ll walk, talk, and have lunch afterwards at Maroubra Cafes! 🥑 The track takes around 1-1.5 hours to complete with moderate walking level, making it an easy, relaxing walk. 🐧

We will be leaving as a group from the Cromwell Park Playground behind Malabar Beach at 10 am (see map for location & track route) ☀️ Don’t forget to bring warm walking clothes, water, and a camera to snap some whales! 🐋

☆WHERE: Meeting at Cromwell Park Playground, Malabar
☆WHEN: 10am Saturday 20th July - Week 8

Register now! https://forms.gle/R8WJ3CxTGnc5SCbEA

☆OUT NOW☆

WILD WONDERS - a monthly magazine by UNSW BIOSOC + the launch of our new website! 🐋

The magazine covers a wide range of topics in the biological & ecological sciences. We aim to intrigue, inform, and inspire you with the wonderful wilderness of our Earth. 🌱

Read it online now via the link in our bio! 🌷

Keen to get involved with next month's issue? Email us at [email protected] 🐧

☆THANK YOU FOR READING + SPREADING THE WORD☆

UNSW BioSoc is proud to announce the launch of our very first magazine, titled ‘Wild Wonders’! Not only that, but we are also launching a website where you can read the magazine and do other cool stuff like purchase merchandise and read about the team (coming soon)! 🌸🌵

This time next week (Monday 1st July), the launch edition of Wild Wonders will be published along with the launch of the new website. Wild Wonders is a student-run magazine covering a wide range of topics in the biological and ecological sciences. We aim to intrigue, inform, and inspire you with the wonderful wilderness of our Earth. 🍃🦋

A sneak-peak of what Wild Wonders has in store includes…
- a feature article on the ‘spotlight topic of the month’ (featuring a very cute platypus…)
- an interview with a fantastic academic at the BEES school…
- a stunning student photography exhibit…
& so much more!!

Keep your eyes peeled Monday 1st July for this exciting new chapter of UNSW BIOSOC! ⭐️

MEET OUT NEW BIOSOC TEAM 🍄🪸🪐

Introducing our directors ,Lilian, Viina , Cate 🦢✨

We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements🌷

MEET OUT NEW BIOSOC TEAM 🪴🦫🕊️
Introducing Mitali our Our Arc Delegate /
SpArc Admin🐢
We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements🌷

MEET OUT NEW BIOSOC TEAM 🦖🌱🧬
Introducing the first round of execs.. Hannah, Kaity and Rui 🦀☄️✨
Our President, Co-Vice Presidents, and Secretary⚡️
We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements🌷

GET HYPED FOR OUR MEGA-COLLAB EVENT OF THE TERM, with our enviro-friends at GEOSOC & RESOC.

Due to the unfortunate wet weather last week, the event has now been moved to the 26th of June (Week 5 Wednesday) at 11am.

So pop over to the Alumni Lawn whenever you can, and join us some good old-fashioned fun. Where we will be playing childhood games such as; bullrush, three-legged race and many more!! There will also be FREE BBQ for all participant!

So sign up now using the link in our bio or the QR code (on the post).

We can't wait to see you there!

Event Details
Date: Wednesday Week 5 T2 (26/06/24)
Time: 11am - 3pm
Location: Alumni Lawn, UNSW
Cost: Free!

NOTICE: Our Childhood Sports Day will be RESCHEDULED unfortunately due to forecasted WET WEATHER!

Look out for our rescheduled date coming in the following weeks!

Don't forget to sign up for our Childhood Sports Day with RESOC and GEOSOC. And help the BIOSOC Blue Sharks be the winning team! 🦈

Time: 14/5 Friday 11-3pm
Location: Alumni Lawn
RSVP form: https://forms.gle/DrYrcJy9rn3rtLP2A

BIOSOC 🦈 is excited to announce the mega collab of the term! Along with our friends GEOSOC 🪨 and RESOC ⚡, we will be holding a Childhood Sports Day!

Don’t like sports? Don’t worry! We will be holding fun “sporting” events like three-legged race 🏃🏽, red light green light 🚦, tug-o-war 🪢 , bullrush 🐂 and MANY MORE!

We will also be giving FREE SAUSAGE SIZZLE🌭😋 to all participants! So wear your house colours (Red❤️ for RESOC’s Red Bolts, Green💚 for GEOSOC’s Green Geodes and Blue🩵 for BIOSOC’s Blue Sharks) and relive your childhood with us!

We hope to see you there! And don’t forget to fill in your RSVP!

Time: 14/5 Friday 11-3pm
Location: Alumni Lawn
RSVP form: https://forms.gle/DrYrcJy9rn3rtLP2A

Want to get involved in a society that loves all things biology? Then BIOSOC is the one for you!

Come along to our EGM and nominate yourself for one (or more) of our available positions!
🧬🪼🍄🌏🫧

Want to get involved in a society that loves all things biology? Then BIOSOC is the one for you!

Come along to our EGM and nominate yourself for one (or more) of our available positions!

🧬🪼🍄🌏🫧

Hope you’re enjoying your first weeks of uni this year and making some friends in your classes! 🌱

If not, or if you just want to get to know some more awesome people, BIOSOC is holding a Meet and Greet Picnic! 🧺🌻✨
Come join us next week (Week 2) on Michael Birt Lawn (BEES Lawn, outside the Biosciences Building) on Thursday 22nd February from 1:30-3:30pm for our picnic!.

(if you can’t make the whole event, feel free just to drop in whenever!)

This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know our society and executives whilst making some friends that might have the same interests as you! 🐝🍃🔬

We will be providing food! (we understand the uni struggle 😭) 🥪🍵🍭 We will also be providing some fun games! 💖 Come touch with us to touch some grass 🤭 and chill before all the coursework and stress flood in! 🥴

If you are keen to get to know everyone, RSVP using the google form in our bio⚡️⚡️

Feel free to shoot us a dm here on Instagram or message us on fb with any questions‼️
Looking forward to seeing everyone there! 🔥

MEET OUR NEW BIOSOC TEAM 💚💚

Introducing our directors, Eden, Ai, Lilian, and Regina 💕💐

We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements 🥁🥁

MEET OUR NEW BIOSOC TEAM 💚💚

Introducing Mitali and Fletcher ‼️☀️ Our Arc Delegate / SpArc Admin and Grievance Officer 🌿

We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements 🥁🥁

MEET OUR NEW BIOSOC TEAM 💚💚

Introducing the first round of execs.. Hannah, Mia, and Rui ‼️☀️ Our President, Co-Vice Presidents, and Secretary 🌿

We got a lot in store for this year so keep an eye out for event announcements 🥁🥁

🪐🌏Less than 24 hours before Biosoc makes an appearance at O-Week 2024! 🌏🪐

❓Are you new to UNSW and keen on making friends in the big scary world of uni? 😭 Are you an existing student who thinks they’ve cracked the code on the ✨best✨ O-Week freebies? 💰Do you just like sharks 🦈 or bugs 🐞 or plants 🪴 and have no one else in your life to share those passions with? 🦋Do you just want to meet more fun people (who doesn’t)?? ❓

🌊WELL DO WE HAVE THE SOCIETY FOR YOU! 🌊

‼️Come visit us at the Biosoc stall (upper main walkway Tues 06-Thurs 08) to get a✨sneak peek✨at what we’ve got in store this year! 🪐

⚡️We’ve got freebies a plenty and a team that could chat about ecology for hours so come on down! ⚡️

‼️So what are you waiting for?? Bring your nature loving brains and uni questions and we’ll be all ears!! ‼️

📅Again that’s Feb 6-8, upper main walkway, UNSW 📅

Can’t wait to see you there! 🦋🐞✨🌊🪐⚡️‼️

BELOVED BIOSOC MEMBERS!!! WE ARE ANNOUNCING OUR BIOSOC RETREAT WHERE YOU CAN COME ALONG TO SMITHS LAKE FIELD STATION TO END THE YEAR 📢🥳🥼🔭🔬

We have made an expression of interest form to see who’s excited to join us! 🤪🎊

At the moment we are estimating around 45 people at Smiths Lake ☀️🌸🌈🌻

Tickets are estimated to be around $50 for Arc members and $60 for non-Arc members

We have booked in for the 1-3rd of December, a great way to end the term 🥳

Fill in the EOI form by the 13th of November to secure your spot in the first release of tickets! 🎟️

The link is found in our linktree!

https://forms.gle/BDM1nfwppZqojut98 (https://forms.gle/BDM1nfwppZqojut98)

HEY ENVIRO NERDS! 🐠🌱

BIOSOC IS BACK FOR ANOTHER TERM! 🥳

Check out our awesome events coming up, including a mystery event at the end of term. 🤫

Keep an eye out for upcoming details, and we hope to see you there!! 🐝🍃

As much anticipated, UNSW BIOSOC IS BACK! 🌿

We are so excited to share our enthusiasm of biological and environmental sciences.

If you are interested in the natural world, from the deserts to the marshes to the ocean, become a member through our link!

http://forms.gle/kTLxX5pmz7rRpfDG9

Stay tuned for more awesome events to come! 🧬

AFTER TWO YEARS BIOSOC IS BACK!!
We will be holding our Annual General Meeting today at 11am in the library (room 406)! If you are keen to be part of the executive team, make sure you come along to the election. Or come along to have your voice heard in who is in the executive team and what events you would like BIOSOC to run this year!

The following executive positions will be elected:
- Grievance Officer
- First Year Representative
- Second Year Representative
- Third Year Representative
- Honours/PhD Representative
- Postgraduate Representative
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
- And more!

If you can't make it in person, join online using this link:

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