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Research updates, conference notes, and scientific communication.

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Terrific TDP-43 Talks in Trieste

Terrific TDP-43 Talks in Trieste As you may know, I am currently a Lady Edith Wolfson Junior Non-Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. My work, supported by the …

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Investigating the Investigators: 2020 Edition

Investigating the Investigators: 2020 Edition Each year the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council award a set of Fellowships to outstanding scientists. As an …

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Lorne Proteins 2020

Lorne Proteins 2020 If you’ve landed here after checking out my poster @LorneProteins, welcome. If you stumbled here by accident, the more the merrier. Either way, thanks for …

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BioInfoSummer 2019

With half my home state on fire and the lead up to Christmas, this post has been in the works for a few weeks. But here it is - better late than never! My brief recap of my recent …

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Investigating the Investigator Grants 2019

Introduction The hottest topic on Australian researchers lips this month has been the recent NHMRC Investigator Grant announcement. After all the commotion around the new scheme …

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FASEB Protein Aggregation Conference 2019

After a science career spanning a decade without having attended an international conference, I have been fortunate enough this year to speak at not one but two! What follows is a …

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EMBL Proteomics in Health and Disease Mechanisms 2019

Last year I had the privilege and pleasure to attend (and present at) four scientific conferences. This year is shaping up to be just as wonderful, as I have been lucky enough to …

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#LorneProteins2019 & #FASEB2019

If you’ve landed here after checking out my poster @ LorneProteins or the @FASEBorg Protein Aggregation Conference, welcome. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you found something …

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Magnified 2018

The Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), in association with the School of Arts, English and Media at the University of Wollongong (UOW), are hosting a …

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the nomadic scientist: blessing or curse?

From the very beginning of my undergraduate degree, I knew that I wanted to pursue research overseas. Not so much a permanent relocation, but I was very keen to leverage the …

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Manuscript: The sticky cell savers

All great wines and whiskys are matured, some for many many years. Ageing in this way allows time for complex chemical interactions that improves their quality. Although the …

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lifeguards of the cell

I believe communicating science with a broad and diverse audience is our responsibility as researchers. One of my most important audiences has always been my friends and family, …

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Lorne Conference Series 2018

At this point, I think I have written more about conferences than anything else. I am sure you are thinking that is all scientists do - Don’t be fooled! I have been incredibly …

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Advanced Scientific Programming in Python Summer School

Another post, another conference! This time it was the Asia-Pacific “Advanced Scientific Programming in Python” Summer School. A full 6 days of intensive training in the …

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ideas on what helps and hinders symposium speakers

During the recent conference, a friend was scheduled to give a talk about her work. Sitting in the audience watching a parade of marvellous speakers is a special kind of torture, …

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Proteostasis & Disease Symposium 2017

The last week saw me spend more time speaking than I can recall in recent memory, all thanks to the Proteostasis and Disease Symposium. A blur of yummy food, wonderful people, …

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