Visit to Australian Synchrotron

On July 19-20, Sean Blamires, Jain Fang and Min Guo (Deakin University) visited Australian Synchrotron to perform SAXS/WAXS of pre-stretched lacewing, glow worm and spider silks….

 

Uruguay trip 2- Silk course

From June 25 to June 30 I conducted a ‘Silk Biology’ course at the Centro Universitario de Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay with Dr Luis Fernando Garcia, Dr Mariángeles Lacava, Prof Carmen Viera, and Dr Marco Benamú. We had nine students attend from different parts of Uruguay, as well as Argentina and Mexico. The week was intensive,…

Uruguay trip 1

Uruguay trip (May 19-June 10)   I am now 3 weeks in to a 7 week Uruguayan research and teaching trip.  While I had planned to update the events of the trip weekly, it wasn’t to be. My hosts Luis, Mariángeles, Marcos and Carmen have planned a very busy schedule. I’ll sum up the past…

Research on Badumna invasion in Uruguay featured in la Diaria Ciencia

Research on Badumna invasion in Uruguay featured in Uuguayan newspaper: la Diaria Ciencia

https://ciencia.ladiaria.com.uy/