Researcher by day, editor by night. Nerd 24/7.

Brisbane
Joined April 2012
For @SocSciWeek we’re highlighting @Uni_Newcastle’s Dr @juliacoffey_’s ARC Discovery Project investigating how young people navigate online digital culture and body image concerns through selfie-editing apps. More about Dr Coffey’s research: arc.gov.au/news-publications… #SSW2023
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What do you mean that’s not how you use a pipette?
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Science twitter you're not ready for this We have a new toy in the lab, see this expert demo by @RLeonSampedro 🤯
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A small % of the population will laugh as hard as I did at this…
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This year at @WSFBrisbane I'll be talking on a panel about my work and being #TransinSTEM. I regularly hear from young scientists worried they can't do STEM because of being #trans/#LGBT. You can! Diversity will make you an asset 🏳️‍🌈Come join me on March 12 worldsciencefestival.com.au/…
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Real precise reporting here
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Maybe Practise a moment of patience & compassion for your fellow academics. We're all in this shark tank together. Most of the unpleasantness I experience is from folks under immense stress in an intellectually hostile environment. Be kind to each other. #Academia #research
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2002: high school accounting teacher tells me I can't add with a calculator 2021: I take postgrad health economics... suddenly 14 again & struggling over a balance sheet despite my calc-intensive PhD Proof that "smart" comes in myriad flavours Also, biochemistry is my jam.
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This! Highly relevant and much needed. Thank you @WHO for supporting the fight against #fakenews #scicomm
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YES! This! The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons ja.ma/3h9o4ge via @JAMAHealthForum part of @JAMANetwork
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Throwback to 5 years ago when Tony Fauci, at 74 yo, was suiting up to treat an Ebola patient himself because he "wanted to show his staff that he wouldn't ask them to do anything he wouldn't do himself". This is what leadership looks like. sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/…
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Never let anyone tell you that writing grant applications is boring. I don't think I've had this much excitement in my life since the hulk rollercoaster in Orlando. Result of both experiences was the same: 50% exhilarated, 50% sick with nerves #research
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Was bracing myself to fight the University's HR system for a doc but received a call from a friendly helpful person before my its-time-to-suck-it-up-and-call-them alarm even went off. Wahoo! Go Griffith HR! #academia #happy
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OK Twitter, VERY cool postdoc with Liz Gillam of @UQ_SCMB and ME!!! #P450 enzymes @UQ_News and some #VirusLikeParticle engineering and expression at @GRIDD_GU We're making nanobio-catalysts for green chemistry with the help of @Oz_Biocat of @CSIRO Click: bit.ly/2D6a7Rj
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