Over 60 rhizobial species

There are now over 60 known rhizobial species, I have just updated the taxonomy page of my website

Thesis published

At long last my PhD thesis has been published. You can find an electronic version at my website: http://www.rhizobia.co.nz/PhD/ and soon there should be a version up at the university here: http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/. Update 4th April 2007: The location on research space is

This should be cited as:

Weir, B.S. (2006) Systematics, Specificity, and Ecology of New Zealand Rhizobia. PhD Thesis. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland.

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Passed PhD Oral Exam

I had my PhD Oral exam on the 14th of September, it certainly wasn't easy, but I passed, and now just have some minor corrections to do before I can do the final printing and handing the copies to the library.

Engaged !

After three years, I proposed and now we are engaged. No date yet for the wedding. It has been a year of changes for me.

 

Site moved

It looks like my site has moved successfully to the new servers. Tell me if something is broken.

New Host for website

I am moving my website to a new host. Expect the site to be down for a bit and e-mail to be down too.

Handing in thesis

Well finally it is done. Today my thesis is at the binder, and tomorrow I have an appointment to submit.

It has taken a long time (4 years, two months) but that is fairly standard I suppose. I am just glad to get it in.

So celebration, then time to look for post-docs.

Back from Conference

The Australian conference was well worth going to. I met some interesting people from Australia and around the world. My talk won me the Alan H. Gibson Memorial Prize for best student oral presentation.

The weather was poor for most of the week, but the day after the conference the weather cleared, and I went sightseeing. Above is a picture of the "three sisters" rock formation.

Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference

Tomorrow I leave on the plane for Sydney, where (at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains) I will attend the 14th Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference. Here I will be giving a talk on my PhD research.

Snail Attack!

I have had strange snail bites in my mail for weeks. Now I have finally caught the culprits.