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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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Year in review: 2020 Edition

Year in review: 2020 Edition 2020 was… A year that felt like a decade, but with the productivity of a boozy long weekend. In case you haven’t been on planet earth for the entire …

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Learning to code: it's as easy and as complex as that.

Learning to code: it’s as easy and as complex as that. Many life scientists have used their time under pandemic-induced lockdown to learn their first programming language. Yay! …

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A year in review: 2019 edition

The holiday season is a time of reflection for many, me included. However, this was heightened this year, and somewhat hijacked, by the looming start of a new decade. While there …

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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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Behind the scenes: Investigating the Investigators

The hottest topic on Australian researchers lips of late has been the recent NHMRC Investigator Grant announcement. I recently set about flexing my data-science muscles to see what …

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Investigating the Investigator Grants 2019 featured image

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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Quick Recap: PyLadies Melbourne Event

Locating the labyrinth a nd meeting the meetup For a few months, I had been working on the courage to check out one of the many coding-related groups held all across Melbourne each …

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