Very excited to be at the Proteoglycan and Matrix Biology Society of ANZ conference this week! 🔬👩‍💻Looking forward to some great talks and seeing colleagues.
(Also, churros for afternoon tea 😮)

Closing out the meeting is Tim Sargeant with an engaging plenary on the “trash bags” of the cell (autophagy)!

Pleasure to then chair fascinating presentations in the ECR/MCR session at the ANZSCDB Adelaide Meeting 🪑🗣️

Nice talk by our student @mogana-rajkumar.bsky.social on ROCK signalling in Metastasis at the ANZSCDB Adelaide Meeting.

Attending the 13th Adelaide Meeting of the ANZSCDB today, kicked off with a mesmerising seminar from @melaniedwhite.bsky.social.

What an honour to be able to don the puffy hat again yesterday, to give the oration at a University of Adelaide graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Truly delighted to be asked. Congrats to all the graduates and wishing you the very best!

Just simple antibody optimisations, but it feels good to be back doing lab work after a year away from the bench. 🔬🥼👩‍🔬 #immunofluorescence #confocal

Was my pleasure to moderate the panel today at the inaugural Female Fellows symposium “Balancing Acts”. An insightful, open and frank discussion on juggling a scientific career with caring, part time work and leave, and a real sense of solidarity.

Finally got the time to put together my awesome new Lego, The Evolution of STEM 🧬🔬🧪🚀

A bit late to the party, but finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. POV as a reader: captivating, funny, gripping story, relatable in professional sense. As a woman in science: Fantastic to see how far we’ve come, but some aspects still unfortunately resonate. Recommend!

Today on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, I’m reflecting on where I’m at. Pausing and slowing things down to raise a family takes its toll on an academic career in so many invisible ways, but it pushes me to work harder. This little babe (me!) knows it’s worth it.