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Dr Brooke Farrugia
@brookefarrugia.bsky.social
A/Prof @ UnimelbBME | #biomimetic materials | #glycosaminoglycans | #hyaluronidase | #MastCells | AWTRS treasurer | MBSANZ VP |

https://www.farrugialab.org/
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Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
June 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
May 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of
@mbsanz.bsky.social!

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
May 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Abstract submission and registration for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the Annual Scientific Meeting of MBSANZ are now open!

📅Abstract deadline - 30/5/25

📅Early Bird deadline - 31/7/25

Register now to secure your spot!

👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

#Proteoglycans #ECM
May 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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#7PhDSecrets Secret 6: Get help. It's OK to ask for help. In fact, the smart thing to do is to get help. Ask your supervisor. Ask in your department. Ask other students. Use the Library and Support services. Attend workshops. #PhDchat #PhDforum
April 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting

🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025
📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia

Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research

👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
March 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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#PhDSupervisors: When you say your door is always open - remember some students might not be up to coming through that door. You may need to reach out. #mentalhealth #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #PhDforum
March 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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If you are supervising an international student who is trying to write in their non-native language - tell them how awesome they are. They often feel incompetent, frustrated and even stupid. In reality they're really smart - just doing something very complicated. Tell them.
March 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Happy to share this new #glycotime work with collaborator Tony Wyss-Coray, led by grad student Sophia Shi, mucin loss at the BBB is associated with aging and cognitive decline, can be reversed by restoration with with gene therapy. Aging is a mucinopathy!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease - Nature
Disruption of mucin-domain glycoprotein expression and function in the endothelial glycocalyx are associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, leading to dysregulated blood–brain barrier function.
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting

🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025
📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia

Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research

👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Thinking of doing a PhD or postdoc? #1 Tip:
Find a good supervisor.
Do some research on your supervisor before you start doing research with your supervisor. This will be the most important decision in your whole PhD or postdoc.
#PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #MRes
February 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Q: How do you know when a PhD is finished?
A: A PhD is never finished. There is always more you could do. At some point you just have to hand it in. #PhDchat #PhDforum
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🔔📢 Next event is fast approaching, so here is the complete program for next week's "Advances in Mechanobiology" session. @drsarahboyle.bsky.social @carstenschulte4.bsky.social @mathildemathieu.bsky.social Moderator: @ccstorytime.bsky.social Info: themeshwork2020.wixsite.com/info/up-comi...
January 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Christmas arrived early for me🎄🎁 just got a hard copy of the Nature Methods Nov 2024 issue with our GlycoShape article in it ❤️❤️ it smells sooo nice!!! 🤩🤣
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 11, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Very cool! Perfect union of #microsky and #glycotime.
microglycodb.glycosmos.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:55 AM