Scientific editor, previously nerve repair lab head. Father to 3. Strong supporter of equality for all, lover of the natural world, big sports fan
Adelaide, South Australia
Joined September 2015
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Super super delighted that all the hard work and grit from the last 4 years of my PhD is now published!! Thank you to the co-authors Sam, @hoxueyan, @HilliardLab and my supervisor @NeumannLab for their valuable inputs. Virtual champers for all of us and cheers to you all! 🍾 🥂
A study in C. elegans suggests a role for dynamin protein DYN-1 in axonal repair. Without DYN-1, over half of the severed axons could not repair themselves. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/YMip50OjV1w
ALT Illustration of the mechanosensory neurons in C. elegans after axotomy. In B, The PLM neuron was cut and successfully fused in the control animal carrying the zdIs5 transgene but unsuccessfully in the dyn-1 animal.
Brent Neumann ~ 🔬 ~ retweeted
A study in C. elegans suggests a role for dynamin protein DYN-1 in axonal repair. Without DYN-1, over half of the severed axons could not repair themselves. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/YMip50OjV1w
ALT Illustration of the mechanosensory neurons in C. elegans after axotomy. In B, The PLM neuron was cut and successfully fused in the control animal carrying the zdIs5 transgene but unsuccessfully in the dyn-1 animal.
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Australian PM: "It will be scientists, not politicians, who come up with the solution to climate change”
His government...
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An almost-perfect solar system rap by @keatsdidit.
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Hey thats me! Harping on as usual about why we should support discovery science 👇🤓🔬
What if we knew how and why #dementia starts? Please donate this #DementiaActionWeek2021 & help @QldBrainInst researchers solve this ‘what if'. #QBI #CJCADR
qbi.uq.edu.au/centres/CJCADR
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Charcot–Marie–tooth disease causing mutation (p.R158H) in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 3 (PDK3) affects synaptic transmission, ATP production and causes neurodegeneration in a CMTX6 C. elegans model
@hmg_journal @OxfordJournals
academic.oup.com/hmg/advance…
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'Not a way to live': Scientists brace for bleak Christmas as COVID cash crunch hits research theage.com.au/national/not-a…
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We are looking for a research assistant!
JOB ALERT: A Research Assistant to join a multidisciplinary research team to perform research in the field of neuronal degeneration and regeneration and provide support for postdoctoral scientists and PhD students. @HilliardLab #QBI #JobAlert
Apply: bit.ly/3nbMUi0
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If a single grain of rice is worth about $58,000 (the median salary), how much rice do you think Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer will have after this government’s new tax cuts?
I decided to find out.
Brent Neumann ~ 🔬 ~ retweeted
Congratulations to the great team including @ofbebaltaci @tessa_sherry @AvaBHandley for teasing out this incredible mechanism for sculpting the nervous
system. @MonashBDI
Atypical TGF-beta Signaling Controls Neuronal Guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Brent Neumann ~ 🔬 ~ retweeted
Super excited to share the first preprint from my PhD on how distinct growth dynamics between the whole brain and mushroom bodies produce distinct shapes across environmental conditions. @Monash_Science @MonashBiol @ChristenMirth @NeumannLab
Maintaining robust size across environmental conditions is achieved through plastic growth dynamics in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Government must act on uni research shortfall afr.com/work-and-careers/edu…
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Instead of the $270b military spend, we could:
✔give free uni and TAFE to all who wanted it
✔offer every parent free childcare
✔bring dental into Medicare (six times over)
✔build the 500,000 public homes needed to end homelessness (twenty times over)
What would you rather?
Brent Neumann ~ 🔬 ~ retweeted
ANU just extended ALL HDR candidate research programs by 6 months + scholarship, potentially setting a precedent for other unis; my UniSA HDR buddies -- is this something you'd welcome/want? Do you want us advocating for this? @_kaykhine
Brent Neumann ~ 🔬 ~ retweeted
The mind of a worm. Every nerve and muscle fibre in the brain of a microscopic nematode.
#neuroscience #brain #neurons #connectomics #celegans
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Wanna break from Covid-19? Check out us cutting this adult sensory axon with a laser @otago. Great collaboration with @NeumannLab
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Holyshit @ the response to our latest Honest Government Ad. So many saying it's the clearest piece of "govt" comms re #FlattenTheCurve. Which is srsly terrifying, wtf are govt's doing? This was supposed to be a satire of govt info campaigns, not a substitute!
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The lack of clear communication from the govt and transparent, practical communication to the community is breathtaking. Our neighbour's in Asia have done this so well... we've been given slogans and promises.
The ABC's @normanswan tells @BreakfastNews state governments should stop 'dicking around' and close all schools immediately. He says it's essential to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. #COVID19Aus
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As people demand climate action, gov floats ‘zero emissions by 2050’ goal.
Only one problem with that.
Because Libs have lifted pollution so much, we wouldn’t be on track to keep global warming below 2 degs. It blows our ‘Paris budget’.
W/o strong 2030 goals, we’re in strife.
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Great visualisation of just how out of touch our politicians are with the rest of the country 👇 #ClimateEmergency #auspol mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-…