As this most eventful and important year draws to a close, I want to thank you once again for our community's combined efforts to influence the national science agenda on behalf of our discipline and for the nation's benefit.
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Recently, teams from our AuScope Geochemistry Network team and Museums Victoria collaborated to enhance researcher access to an extensive collection of data for museum-held rocks and mineral specimens via the NCRIS enabled AusGeochem platform. Here collaborators share details of their successful project.
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Through AuScope’s AGN+ pilot project, the AuScope Geochemistry Network has expanded to 13 facility-based nodes from partner institutions across Australia. Recently, this expanded team consortium of Earth Science institutes met in Melbourne for the first time.
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Research Infrastructure Specialists (RIS) are the foundation of Australia’s research ecosystem. In recognition of this, Australian research institutions are looking at ways to enhance career pathways that support, engage and maintain this highly skilled cohort.
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Recently, we created an online space called AuScope Convergence 2022 for our national geoscience community to ponder new ways to overcome collaboration barriers. Our aspiration: by better addressing barriers to collaboration, we can become better innovators as we strive to address national geoscience challenges. We looked to innovators in and beyond our field to inspire us. Here’s our recap.
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The inaugural Camp for Applied Geophysics Excellence (CAGE 22) has blazed a new path for students and early-career geoscientists! We asked Dr Kate Brand and Dr Kate Selway to give us a glimpse into the initiative.
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Communicating across and beyond research ecosystems to support greater research translation represents a key challenge for the research support community. Here are three tips from professional communicators that researchers and their research support peers can use daily.
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Join us online for a special, bite-sized virtual gathering over two days (2 — 3 November 2022) to discover different approaches to, and tools and mindsets for, inclusive geoscientific collaboration and innovation. Ponder new ideas, gain new skills, and help us to strengthen and enrich our diverse and dispersed community!
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I hope you are well and enjoying the longer days. I would like to bring a number of things to your attention as we reflect on this quarter. First, let me update you regarding the Research Infrastructure Investment (RIIP) planning process.
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A crowd of enthusiastic footy fans have made seismic history. On the 14th of August 2022, the Australian Seismometers in Schools (AuSIS) team installed a seismometer underneath GIO Stadium Canberra to measure the impact of a rugby crowd.
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AuScope’s Virtual Research Environment (AVRE), Australia’s home of geoscience data and tools, is on a mission to foster collaboration and make Australian research FAIR. Discover AVRE’s Build Program (AVRE Build) impact.
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National Science Week 2022 is here! We are excited to join Australia’s science community, by celebrating our nation’s diverse geoscience talent, technology and tools. Here we share our two events: Asteroids to Oceans (an NCRIS collaboration) and Immersive Earth (an online arts-science experience).
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Have the wilderness adventures of Bear Grylls, Survivor or Alone on TV captured your imagination? If so, it’s time to change channels and join Dr Kate Selway on a trip to Greenland to undertake critical climate change monitoring.
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With the release of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap (Roadmap) and the recent election, the future looks more robust and secure for AuScope and the NCRIS organisations. The Roadmap outlines a clear set of recommendations and identifies step-change opportunities for AuScope…
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The Mobile Petrophysics Laboratory has found its groove and is rolling across the country. The first stop for this NCRIS enabled facility is the Geological Survey of South Australia where it will help scientists take a deep dive into the physical and chemical properties of rock core.
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This year, AuScope attended Science Meets Parliament 2022, an annual event designed by Science & Technology Australia (STA) to ‘forge deeper connections between federal Parliamentarians and those working in science and technology’. Here’s what our representatives had to say.
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AuScope is excited to learn about the new ministerial appointments that Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled earlier this week. Geoscientists, meet the MPs who plan to lift investment in industry and the research sector to “…closer to 3% of GDP achieved in other countries”.
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This year for National Reconciliation Week (NRW), Reconciliation Australia invite all Australians to ‘be brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can make change for the benefit of all Australians’. We invite the national geoscience community to join us in responding to this important request now and into the future.
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We would like to welcome Professor Cam McCuaig to AuScope’s Board of Directors. Cam brings a wealth of experience in research, minerals exploration and leadership to our team.
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Professor Fred Jourdan is fascinated by asteroids, passionate about sharing his research far and wide, and managing the NCRIS enabled Western Australia Argon Isotope Facility at Curtin University! Discover Fred’s path from the laboratory to Youtube.
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