Passionate marketing, communications and program manager. Love STEM, love Scicomm, love creating a positive social impact.

Perth, Australia
Joined January 2022
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Congrats to Curtin PhD student Nimllash Thangam, a national finalist in #FameLab Australia 2025! He’s using science storytelling to fight crop disease and promote sustainable farming. National final's on 18 Sept at @wamuseum! #ScienceCommunication #SustainableFarming
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"FameLab was the best experience of my PhD journey so far" (#FameLab 2024 finalist). Don't miss out on this opportunity. Apply now!
Gain the skills to make your research famous. FameLab is the ideal platform for early career researchers to tell a national and international audience about their work through top quality science communication and media training. Applications to FameLab 2025 are open now! fwam.com.au/the-foundation-s… FameLab Australia 2025 is supported by @cheltfestivals, @commitAUS, @CBFgrants, @ForrestResearch, @MurdochUni, @uwanews, @wamuseum and Wellspring Foundation.
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#FameLab 2025 is now open for applications! Get top notch #scicomm and media training and all the skills you need to communicate your research to any audience impactfully. Share the news with #ECRs in your network! tinyurl.com/4ht32r2v
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Gain the skills to make your research famous. FameLab is the ideal platform for early career researchers to tell a national and international audience about their work through top quality science communication and media training. Applications to FameLab 2025 are open now! fwam.com.au/the-foundation-s… FameLab Australia 2025 is supported by @cheltfestivals, @commitAUS, @CBFgrants, @ForrestResearch, @MurdochUni, @uwanews, @wamuseum and Wellspring Foundation.
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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and we celebrate the many incredible women who have participated in FameLab Australia and shared their STEM research with Australia and the world. You are the inspiring role models that will shape the future of women in science. Ladies – and everyone else - FameLab 2025 is now open for applications! lnkd.in/d7_mGbi7 #womeninscience Pictured: The nine female FameLab Australia 2024 finalists.
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Wayne In The Lab retweeted
⚗️Congratulations to #UWA's four WA Young Tall Poppy award finalists who have been recognised for their research and passion for communicating science! 🔬 @UWAresearch @Lucyleef @DaMaSampson @NJORobinson @KelseyRhianPool @aipolsci uwa.au/9wsekb
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Wayne In The Lab retweeted
Congratulations to ⭐ PhD student @Melissa_pap on her first, first author paper accepted & online now at @J_Neurotrauma ! liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/n…
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Congratulations Jack. And thanks for the shout out. It’s so wonderful to work with such passionate and interested scientists @em_sci
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Yay for @KelseyRhianPool who smashed FameLab in 2023 and is now nailing the AIPS Young Tall Poppies What a superstar 🌟🌟🌟
Congratulations 2024 WA Young Tall Poppy’s! Dr Neil Robinson Dr Brennen Mills Dr Kelsey Pool Dr Lucy Furfaro A/Prof Zoe Bradfield Dr Luke Gray Whiley Dr Danuta Sampson Dr Angela Spence Dr Liezhou Zhong #ytp24
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PLEASE SUPPORT NEW AUSSIE AUTHOR AND EXCEPTIONAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR ⭐️Food⭐️Nutrition⭐️Science⭐️ PRE-ORDER NOW 🍭 “You Are More Than What You Eat” 🍎 Our relationship with food is broken, but @DrEmmaBeckett is here to help us repair it. qbd.com.au/you-are-more-than…
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Wayne In The Lab retweeted
I am officially a @FameLab Australia 2024 finalist! I am incredibly proud to have made it this far & have met so many amazing researchers. Huge thanks to @em_sci and @WayneInTheLab for all your help & support. I am excited to take part in the finals later this year in Perth!
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Okay friends. It’s rare that I ask for anything but can you please RT this far and wide. It’s for the kids’ cancer charity I run. We very much need support for the physiotherapy sessions we provide across Australia. 🙏
This tax time, you can make a real difference. Support Little Big Steps this EOFY, read more about Bridgette's journey and make your donation today. Every little bit counts 💙 littlebigsteps.org.au
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A few days left to apply for our fully funded #PhD scholarship to work in antimicrobial resistance @waiteresearch @UniofAdelaide. Please RT! Details 👇🏻
📣 We are recruiting 📣 Looking for a highly motivated #PhD student to work on a project in antifungal drug development funded by the @arc_gov_au Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance. To apply 👇🏻 scholarships.adelaide.edu.au…
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If you want to win a day trip for two to visit the WA Museum's Diprotodon dig site, you'll need to hurry - entries close this Friday, 17 May at 10am AWST! Enter here: fwam.com.au/event/win-a-trip… This is your chance be a fossil hunter for a day, see what happens at a fossil excavation site and get your hands dirty digging up fossils yourself. Thanks to the @wamuseum and CITIC Pacific Mining, the prize includes a day trip on Friday 24 May for two people to the Diprotodon dig site in the Pilbara. Terms and conditions apply - view the entry page for full information.
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All of the sparkly yeahhaaaaas Cannot wait to hang with another bunch of incredible early career scientists. 🌟✨⭐️🌈🌟
FameLab 2024 kicked off last week with a packed first science communication training session for all participants. Welcome back to the amazing Emma Donnelly @em_sci and Comm-it @commitAUS, our National Training Partner for 2024! fwam.com.au/blog/comm-it-ann… #famelab #scicomm
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FameLab 2024 kicked off last week with a packed first science communication training session for all participants. Welcome back to the amazing Emma Donnelly @em_sci and Comm-it @commitAUS, our National Training Partner for 2024! fwam.com.au/blog/comm-it-ann… #famelab #scicomm
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🚨2 days left to apply for FameLab 2024! 🚨 On the fence about whether you should apply or not? Shoot me a message and we can chat about it! More info in thread below:
😃‼️Applications for FameLab 2024 are open!‼️😃 I highly encourage PhD students/ECRs to consider applying for this amazing opportunity. The training provided as part of #FameLab significantly shaped my capacity and confidence as a science communicator. 💡📻🫁 (1/5)
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✨Free UWA Seminar in two weeks time! And a topical one at that. Featuring Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Jackson, Assoc. Prof. Dominique Blache & Prof. Shane Maloney talking the live export trade, livestock welfare, thermal physiology & novel methods of animal monitoring.
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This is a great science communication comp. Get involved people!
Application deadline extended! It's not too late to apply for the science communication competition and training program FameLab Australia this year. Applications now close on Sun 14 April, 11.59AWST. fwam.com.au/the-foundation-s… #famelab #sciencecommunication #phdlife #PhDchat #phdstudent
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