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Toolbox talk: Lights, Camera, Action!

Toolbox talk: Lights, Camera, Action! It is more important than ever for scientists to be concise, engaging and easy to understand. Most importantly, we need to diversify our means …

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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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Book Review: If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?

I know, I know, book reviews are so seventh grade. But I am making a conscious effort not only to read more, but also to actively engage with the media I consume. So, I thought …

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Toolbox Talk: VSCode and Conda

There have been many rapid changes to how, and where, we work as the world settles into a pandemic-induced hibernation. After coming to terms with the fact that many labs could be …

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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

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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