Rachelle Balez
@chellebalez.bsky.social
Stem cell alchemist exploring the world of neurodegenerative diseases through mass spec imaging | UOW | HB2 | she/her
Paper writing is looking a little different these days…
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Paper writing is looking a little different these days…
Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at the UOW ECR Conference. It was fun to share some of the collaborative work I’ve been involved with at @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at the UOW ECR Conference. It was fun to share some of the collaborative work I’ve been involved with at @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
Attending the UOW ECR Conference? I’ll be sharing how we are navigating the metabolic maze of Parkinson’s disease, one cell at a time. Come join me at 12:30 pm in 19.2003! @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Attending the UOW ECR Conference? I’ll be sharing how we are navigating the metabolic maze of Parkinson’s disease, one cell at a time. Come join me at 12:30 pm in 19.2003! @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
I’ve always been intimidated by baking as following the recipe rarely works for me. Then it finally clicked - recipes = protocols, and thus likely require optimisation. I feel like I’ve just unlocked a dormant (and delicious) skill set 💪😋
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’ve always been intimidated by baking as following the recipe rarely works for me. Then it finally clicked - recipes = protocols, and thus likely require optimisation. I feel like I’ve just unlocked a dormant (and delicious) skill set 💪😋
Thoroughly enjoyed this mornings Women in STEMM Stroll from @iaccelerate.bsky.social. A wonderful opportunity to connect with the beautifully diverse network of women working in this space. Thank you @ecologee.bsky.social and @tamstutch.bsky.social for organising. 👶🏻 & 🐩 loved it too!
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed this mornings Women in STEMM Stroll from @iaccelerate.bsky.social. A wonderful opportunity to connect with the beautifully diverse network of women working in this space. Thank you @ecologee.bsky.social and @tamstutch.bsky.social for organising. 👶🏻 & 🐩 loved it too!
Traded the lab coat for hi-vis this weekend to help set up my dad’s stall for the Sydney Ceramics Market at Carriageworks. It’s been so inspiring seeing all the beautiful creations. Drop by and say hi if you’re in the neighbourhood.
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Traded the lab coat for hi-vis this weekend to help set up my dad’s stall for the Sydney Ceramics Market at Carriageworks. It’s been so inspiring seeing all the beautiful creations. Drop by and say hi if you’re in the neighbourhood.
Grateful to have the opportunity to share some of our lipidomics work at the @molecularhorizons.bsky.social Symposium. This project has truly been an collaborative effort across the institution 💚💜🩷🩵
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Grateful to have the opportunity to share some of our lipidomics work at the @molecularhorizons.bsky.social Symposium. This project has truly been an collaborative effort across the institution 💚💜🩷🩵
And we’re off! The first @molecularhorizons.bsky.social ECR Symposium is underway. This mornings session covered everything from nanobody applications to a signature for metastatic cancer and ALS biomarkers.
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
And we’re off! The first @molecularhorizons.bsky.social ECR Symposium is underway. This mornings session covered everything from nanobody applications to a signature for metastatic cancer and ALS biomarkers.
When the theme is ‘art party’, so you make it a family affair.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
When the theme is ‘art party’, so you make it a family affair.
Been playing around with good old faithful SH SY5Y cells as we optimise some mass spec imaging sample prep methods. Keen to get these under the mass spec to see if we are moving in the right direction!
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Been playing around with good old faithful SH SY5Y cells as we optimise some mass spec imaging sample prep methods. Keen to get these under the mass spec to see if we are moving in the right direction!
Next Dutch house added to the window neighbourhood
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Next Dutch house added to the window neighbourhood
Starting an evening tradition… drawing a new Dutch house on our front window 🧡
August 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Starting an evening tradition… drawing a new Dutch house on our front window 🧡
Went to continue reading some papers on NIH website and can no longer access them as the server can’t be found. Went back to X to see if there was anything circulating only to be met with what now seems to be a propaganda account 😳 I just want to finish reading my lipid papers!
August 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Went to continue reading some papers on NIH website and can no longer access them as the server can’t be found. Went back to X to see if there was anything circulating only to be met with what now seems to be a propaganda account 😳 I just want to finish reading my lipid papers!
First talk done and dusted since returning to work! It was a pleasure to share with 3rd year students how social media can by a useful tool as researchers
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
First talk done and dusted since returning to work! It was a pleasure to share with 3rd year students how social media can by a useful tool as researchers
My favourite pic from the opening of 50 Artists: 50 Years, Rubi checking out her Pépé’s artwork 😍
August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My favourite pic from the opening of 50 Artists: 50 Years, Rubi checking out her Pépé’s artwork 😍
If you’re on UOW main campus check out the 50 Artists: 50 Years exhibition in BLD 29 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the uni. A eclectic mix of some very fine artworks.
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you’re on UOW main campus check out the 50 Artists: 50 Years exhibition in BLD 29 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the uni. A eclectic mix of some very fine artworks.
She’s alive! Our first single cell mass spec imaging run on the new instrument! She wizzed through a co-culture of astrocytes and microglia at 5 um 😍
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
She’s alive! Our first single cell mass spec imaging run on the new instrument! She wizzed through a co-culture of astrocytes and microglia at 5 um 😍
A beautiful winter’s day in Kiama
July 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A beautiful winter’s day in Kiama
My honours girls from last year gradated last week 🥳 They both navigated what is a challenging year with intelligence, resilience and kindness - more so as while they grew a thesis I grew my human 😅 They can be proud of the growth they undertook and their fantastic achievements @lezanne.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My honours girls from last year gradated last week 🥳 They both navigated what is a challenging year with intelligence, resilience and kindness - more so as while they grew a thesis I grew my human 😅 They can be proud of the growth they undertook and their fantastic achievements @lezanne.bsky.social
It’s not every day your office buddy graduates! Congratulations Dr Chloe on the mammoth achievement of completing your PhD. So proud of how much you have grown and all that you have accomplished!!
July 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It’s not every day your office buddy graduates! Congratulations Dr Chloe on the mammoth achievement of completing your PhD. So proud of how much you have grown and all that you have accomplished!!
Fairy bread at the Monday morning lab meeting is the only way to start the week!
July 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Fairy bread at the Monday morning lab meeting is the only way to start the week!
It ain’t much, but I’m mighty proud of the preliminary box plot I made during the intro to python workshop hosted by 👏 @dezeraecox.bsky.social👏Excited to apply my new skills to some mass spec imaging data analysis 🐍
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It ain’t much, but I’m mighty proud of the preliminary box plot I made during the intro to python workshop hosted by 👏 @dezeraecox.bsky.social👏Excited to apply my new skills to some mass spec imaging data analysis 🐍
Much food for thought from the MH EMCR network workshop on the importance of, and how to craft, a research narrative as a young scientist when writing grants @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Much food for thought from the MH EMCR network workshop on the importance of, and how to craft, a research narrative as a young scientist when writing grants @molecularhorizons.bsky.social
A lot of history in this photo - the OG @lezanne.bsky.social lab members reunited to celebrate and farewell Mon for her Cambridge adventures 🥳
June 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A lot of history in this photo - the OG @lezanne.bsky.social lab members reunited to celebrate and farewell Mon for her Cambridge adventures 🥳