Videogames should be a teacher’s best friend
By Michael Kasumovic Although videogames are seen by many as a waste of time, one thing they do undeniably well is teach. The problem is that educational games are about as much a game as low-fat ice cream is delicious. Both leave a bad taste in your mouth and are...
read moreTiny male spiders can get a leg over – as long as they’re picky
By Michael Kasumovic Males will mate with anything. Well, that is the general view, one that exists because of a simple biological underpinning: females are reproductively limited by costly gestation, while males are only limited by their number of partners. As a...
read moreHow male and female basketball performance ages
A good start to the year as Simon Lailvaux, Robbie Wilson and I just had our first paper accepted in Evolution . Come back in a couple of weeks to find out about ageing and performance in male and female basketball...
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The genomics of developmental plasticity
Organisms undergo a series of complex changes to mature. Things are made more complex by individuals having to account for the environment when making these developmental decisions. We currently know very little about the mechanisms behind these decisions, which...
read moreCaitlin’s a star!
Check out Catlin talk about Science at UNSW, crickets and a whole lot more here. Very lucky to have her joinng the lab in the new...
read moreNew DECRA Fellow Dr. Sean Blamnires!
Congratulations to Sean Blamires for winning a DECRA in what was a very brutal round! We very lucky to have him coming to the lab to do some amazing work on the evolution of spider silk...
read moreHow female spiders choose where to settle
Our first paper in American Naturalist was just accepted today - Exciting! Kasumovic, M.M. & Jordan, L. A. 2013. The social factors driving settlement and relocation decisions in a solitary and aggregative spider. This paper examined the factors - from size and...
read moreWhat’s an integrated phenotype?
Our first review published for the year in Animal Behaviour! My paper is a pert of a special issue in Animal Behaviour on Behavioural Plasticity and Evolution. Kasumovic, M. M. 2013. The multidimensional consequences of the juvenile environment: towards an integrative...
read moreMales, mitochondria and metabolic rates.
Our first paper published by the lab in 2013! Kasumovic MM, Seebacher F. 2013 The active metabolic rate predicts a male spider’s proximity to females and expected fitness. Biol Lett 9: 2012.1164. Download the PDF here. Here's a pop sci summary in The Conversation -...
read moreProfiled in Cosmos Magazine!
I was lucky enough to be profiled by COMOS magazine for their 50th issue! Thanks to the UNSW newsroom for pointing them in my direction. Hopefully I'll end up on this part of the site...
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