@monashdevneph

lover of kidneys, fisher of trout, Associate Dean Research @ Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: opinions my own

 Melbourne, Australia
monash.edu/discovery-institute/smyth-lab
Joined November 2019
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Enormous congrats to both Dena Lyras @MonashBDI and Rob Parton @PartonLab on recent ARC laureate success. Two finer, more deserving, scientists I cannot think of.
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Labs around the campus when an internal grant for interdisciplinary collaborations is announced (🔊🔈sound ON)
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Applications are now open for our @Dev_journal @DMM_Journal Meeting 'Developmental Disorders: From Mechanism to Treatment'. Hear from the organisers @PhilBeales, @briscoejames, Monica J. Justice & Lee Niswander. Apply at ow.ly/DEeB30rIO5A youtu.be/F-8vEI02A6k #DevDMM21

Developmental Disorders: From Mechanism to Treatment - September 2021

This meeting aims to bring together developmental biologists, human geneticists and clinical researchers who are united in the goal of understanding and treating developmental disorders.

biologists.com
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Not to be missed….
Monash Micro Imaging@MicroMonash13 May 2021
In case anyone missed the invite. The next Monash Advanced Imaging webinar is on 4pm (AEDT) on 19 May. Suliana Manley will talk about super-resolution microscopy and fluorescent sensor enabled study of mitochondrial division and transcription. ALL WELCOME.
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Somewhere out there it’s stil #WorldKidneyDay ! A thrill to join friends and colleagues worldwide to #sockittokidneydisease with a glorious late summer ride in to @MonashBDI, acknowledging the 850 million (!) pax w/ kidney disease #850challenge
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Well this feels odd. I’m sure I’ve been here before but can’t remember when....
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To misquote Aaron Sorkin, it occurs to me that the sheer weight of carbon I’ve NOT burned in the last 12 months would be enough to stun a team of oxen. Several probably... #westwing
Is there a nicer place than Gippsland? Possibly not.
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My god this is on point. >>The real plot of this year is important people failing everyone else theshot.net.au/general-news/…
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Thanks to @nhmrc funding we better understand how the kidney forms and how kidney diseases develop. Parlous underfunding of biomedical research in Oz limits translating this knowledge to treatment #SaveOzScience @theasmr1 @greghuntMP #AdvanceAustraliaCare @PKD_Australia
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When "outstanding" #NHMRC grants go UNfunded, we need change. Todays #discoveries are tomorrows treatments. #MRFF #peerreview over Captain's picks See @FellowsNational 's article @EMCRForum @EMCRForum PLEASE RT theconversation.com/covid-ha…

COVID has left Australia’s biomedical research sector gasping for air

While COVID-19 has highlighted the invaluable nature of medical research, it has unfortunately also seriously disrupted it. In Australia, the sector now teeters on the brink of collapse.

theconversation.com
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Can anyone in the Twittersphere with a head for stats and a familiarity with vaccine trials fill me in on whether the Oxford subtrial on a low-high dose regime is sufficiently powered to claim a 90% protective effect? I’ve seen the words “up to” used a lot....
An important message👇🏻 – at Melbourne, Victoria
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this is like when the away team scores 10 runs in the top of the 14th, so you know the outcome, but you have to wait while the home team bats - except that the fate of the world hangs in the balance and the home team is a fascist with nuclear weapons
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Great honour and geographic good fortune to (I think) kick off #FootProcess event numero uno. Missed 100’ marathon by 48” but in my defence got lost and it was blowing a gale. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!
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Unfortunately, this is not new investment. The @NHMRC budget hasn’t increased since 2006. Australian discovery science is near collapse and more funds for NHMRC are urgently needed. A thread 👇
Greg Hunt@TheHonGregHunt24 Oct 2020
The 2020 budget includes significant investment in medical research, with $6.6b over the next 4 years inc: ·       Medical Research Future Fund – $2.5b ·       National Health & Medical Research Council – $3.6b This funding will save lives & support our medical researchers.
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