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Simon Lewis
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Professor of Forensic and Analytical Chemistry, Curtin University. Watch addict. Views personal. He/him.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · Feb 13
🧪 Jemmy’s research lead us to propose the concept of Frugal Forensics, which we outline in this paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision
Recent worldwide humanitarian and security efforts reflect the growth of forensic science as a global practice supporting peace, prosperity, and justi…
www.sciencedirect.com
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judydunlop.bsky.social
Toads are on track to reach the Pilbara in the next 20 years. If they do, they'll threaten 25 native mammals and reptiles- 8 of which occur nowhere else in the world. The Toad Containment Zone can stop them, here's how! #wildoz #tcz theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them
Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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aus-tsx.bsky.social
For today’s #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), found in south-western WA. These cockatoos can live for over 50 years and have a narrower and longer bill than the Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, which they are sometimes mistaken for!

📷 Keith Lightbody

#WildOz
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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First day in my new position. Just a tad nervous.
Glass office door with name plate Professor Simon Lewis, Head of School. A small cartoon duck is peeking out behind the sign.
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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View from my mat during exercise this morning - is it a sign?
Underside view of a white box containing an emergency defibrillator on the side of cream coloured brick wall.
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Happy Friday. Enjoying small people from around the neighbourhood running around and having fun. Is there anything more therapeutic than children laughing?
A view of various Halloween decorations, including big skeletons and black furry spiders in our driveway.
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🧪 not exactly encouraging #predatorypublishing
I believe your work, as exemplified by your publication "[ARTICLE_TITLE]," has great potential to advance the field. Therefore, I warmly invite you to submit your next manuscript to our journal.
June 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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ctmccartney.bsky.social
Phew... report looks like it hit the target. So wild to know other people reading it now! www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds
Inquiry warns of rising risk in England and Wales of biased investigations, wrongful convictions and cases collapsing due to missing evidence
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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🧪 🫆 Well, looks like that batch of reagent is working. Latent fingermarks developed with 1,2-indanedione/zinc chloride photographed in luminescence mode. Getting the practical side of my study leave underway.
Glowing yellow fingerprints on a dark surface with what looks like a red illuminated circle around them.
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Having a green sort of day.
Image of a watch on my wrist. Watch has a black face, an orange GMT hand, cream Arabic numbers and a green 24 hour bezel. It’s on a khaki green fabric strap, visible in the picture is the sleeve of my olive green jumper, background is green grass.
May 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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It was standing room only for Thais Lópes fantastic Milestone 3 presentation on the research she has been carrying out into sustainable latent fingermark development for the Brazilian context for her PhD. 🧪

#CurtinForensic #forensicscience #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #frugalforensics
A joyful Thais posing in front of the presentation screen at the end of her presentation. Photo by Luiz Felipe Netto Title screen for Thais’s Presentation. Title on a representation of yellow and black crime scene tape “Design, development and evaluation of sustainable fingermark detection protocols for Brazil” Supervisors: Prof Simon Lewis and Dr Georgina Sauzier, Curtin University.
May 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Homemade French onion soup in front of The Day of the Jackal. Nice way to end a relaxing Sunday.
Bowl of French onion soup, with a mackerel tabby cat on a sofa in the background. TV screen showing the title of the movie Day of the Jackal.
May 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Good night all round.
Image showing final score of Collingwood vs Geelong AFL match on 3 May. Collingwood 12.15 87 to Geelong 13.12 90. Hurrah!
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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dailygrail.com
Some faith in my fellow humans restored tonight.

1. Unequivocal repudiation of culture war bullshit in our election

2. Leader of losing party conceded the election with grace

3. Leader of winning party shut down boos for losing leader

"What we do in Australia is we treat people with respect"
May 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Very annoyed that there’s no scraps left under the barby. Sound up for furious sniffs. Quenda. #wildoz
May 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Civic duty done. #democracysausage with a side of curry puffs at Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek, WA. @democracysausage.org #ausvotes25
Grilled sausage in a white bread roll with mustard and tomato sauce.
May 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Hare Orchid - Leporella fimbriata

One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
An orchid flower of green and dark red with two petals held upright above the flower like the ears of a hare
April 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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cecooper.bsky.social
#Desert sky. A Southern Cross windmill under the southern cross.
April 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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ANZAC Day 2025 Dawn service at Monument Hill in Fremantle #lestweforget
War memorial against a dark pre-dawn sky Pre-dawn sky over trees. Early morning view from Eastern Gates lookout towards Maritime Museum in Fremantle
April 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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My PhD research involved using chemiluminescence for chemical analysis. Always love a good light show.🧪
waynestatechem.bsky.social @wsuchemistry.bsky.social @waynestatechem.bsky.social · Apr 23
The man, the legend; Paul Schaap, demonstrating the synthesis of dioxetane derivatives that trigger bright #chemiluminescence when activated. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
April 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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cenmag.bsky.social
Stephanie Beaupark is working to analyze the chemistry of natural dyes made from eucalyptus plants. This Ngugi researcher gathers knowledge in Aboriginal communities to track changes in plant pigments.

#ChemistsCelebrateEarthWeek #CCEW #EarthDay2025 #EarthDay cen.acs.org/environment/...
Stephanie Beaupark sees chemistry through an Indigenous lens
This Ngugi researcher gathers knowledge in Aboriginal communities to track changes in plant pigments
cen.acs.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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rsc.org
We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
LGBT+ toolkit
This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.
rsc.li
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Proud to be part of the Royal Society of Chemistry
rsc.org Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Apr 17
We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
LGBT+ toolkit
This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.
rsc.li
April 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Long weekend Saturday breakfast at Manning Rd markets
Paper plate of spinach and feta gozleme on a table, with a takeaway coffee in the early morning sunshine with out of focus view of farmers market in the background.
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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deirdreassenza.bsky.social
Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space
Mae Jemison wears a bright orange NASA space suit and holds her helmet for a photo
April 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Looks like any visits to the US are off the cards for foreseeable future. Just not worth it.
April 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM