[Aqualist] AQUA conference prizes

[Lynda Petherick]

Dear AQUA community

We hope everyone is safe and well during this difficult time.

Thank you to those you contributed to and attended the AQUA e-conference. It was a brilliant chance to see all the great work being done in our community.

We are delighted to announce the student/ECR 'best conference presentation' winners.

Congratulations to Jenni Hopkins, Emma Rehn, Nick Patton and Lucinda Duxbury who have each been selected for a carbon-14 internship award, funded by the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fepicaustralia.org.au%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clynda.petherick%40vuw.ac.nz%7C4268980870b94ae0849008d9692a2692%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637656452097149967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DTasQcJ6EHnJQHobtQDgl4C2GlkVxsUgpTlpGJgDGBk%3D&reserved=0>), through the CHRONOS<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bees.unsw.edu.au%2Fabout-us%2Ffacilities%2Fchronos-14carbon-cycle-facility&data=04%7C01%7Clynda.petherick%40vuw.ac.nz%7C4268980870b94ae0849008d9692a2692%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637656452097159965%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=eWxPVSIeYxq0OnIpEcUirG2kqmsXRbfDr6aJ%2Fz1bqVQ%3D&reserved=0> 14Carbon-Cycle Facility at the University of New South Wales. Thank you very much CABAH for your support!

Congratulations also to Olivia Traux and Danielle Udy who receive an AQUA award for best conference presentation (the AQUA treasurer will be in touch regarding your small cash prize).

All of the conference presentations were extremely high quality and we were impressed with so many. We also wanted to note some highly commended presentations from Vikki Lowe, Rebecca Ryan, Sarah Cooley and Sophie Williams. We particularly enjoyed trialling the 5 minute 'PICO' style presentations which enabled everyone an opportunity to present.

Hope you are all taking care, and hope we can meet in person at some stage in the not-to-far future.

Ngā  mihi,
Lynda, on behalf of Zoe Thomas and John Tibby, and the AQUA exec committee.