Kate Quinlan
@katequinlan.bsky.social
Scientist in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS) at UNSW Sydney studying gene regulation and transcription factors in adipose tissue-resident immune cells and red blood cells
It is a glorious (and warm!) day in Clovelly today and I am excited to be spending the day with my @unswbabs.bsky.social colleagues for our BABS Research Day to discuss research excellence and plan our research strategy.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is a glorious (and warm!) day in Clovelly today and I am excited to be spending the day with my @unswbabs.bsky.social colleagues for our BABS Research Day to discuss research excellence and plan our research strategy.
Belated congratulations to 2025 Honours students Ziggi Zikmann & Ishara Maharjan for submitting their theses last week! I am very proud of your achievements. And thank you to the team for finding a way to make the process of pressing "submit" on a computer a celebration! @unswbabs.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Belated congratulations to 2025 Honours students Ziggi Zikmann & Ishara Maharjan for submitting their theses last week! I am very proud of your achievements. And thank you to the team for finding a way to make the process of pressing "submit" on a computer a celebration! @unswbabs.bsky.social
Thank you to the @anzscdb.bsky.social NSW Branch Committee for an excellent symposium today! I was grateful for the invitation to share our work & am delighted for Sonia Goozee who won the best ECR talk award! #anzscdbnsw2025 @biologists.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social @merlincrossley.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Thank you to the @anzscdb.bsky.social NSW Branch Committee for an excellent symposium today! I was grateful for the invitation to share our work & am delighted for Sonia Goozee who won the best ECR talk award! #anzscdbnsw2025 @biologists.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social @merlincrossley.bsky.social
Today at the ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au) all three of our lab contingent gave oral presentations! I was so impressed with Tia Valentini and Emmaline Lonergan, for giving their first talks at a scientific conference with such poise! Now we relax! #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Today at the ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au) all three of our lab contingent gave oral presentations! I was so impressed with Tia Valentini and Emmaline Lonergan, for giving their first talks at a scientific conference with such poise! Now we relax! #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
I have popped over to Perth for the
ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au). I made the most of being on Sydney-time exploring Kings Park & Botanic Garden this morning & now it is time for Science. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues & learning #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au). I made the most of being on Sydney-time exploring Kings Park & Botanic Garden this morning & now it is time for Science. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues & learning #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I have popped over to Perth for the
ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au). I made the most of being on Sydney-time exploring Kings Park & Botanic Garden this morning & now it is time for Science. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues & learning #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
ESA-SRB-ANZOS 2025 meeting (www.esa-srb-anzos.org.au). I made the most of being on Sydney-time exploring Kings Park & Botanic Garden this morning & now it is time for Science. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues & learning #ANZOS @unswbabs.bsky.social
It was a great final morning at #ASBMB2025 this morning @asbmbaus.bsky.social topped off by the awards ceremony, including a poster prize for Michael O’Dea from our lab. I really enjoyed the meeting (thanks to @dr-berger.bsky.social & the rest of the organising committee). Until next time…
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It was a great final morning at #ASBMB2025 this morning @asbmbaus.bsky.social topped off by the awards ceremony, including a poster prize for Michael O’Dea from our lab. I really enjoyed the meeting (thanks to @dr-berger.bsky.social & the rest of the organising committee). Until next time…
I’m back at @asbmbaus.bsky.social at UQ this morning & delighted to have the opportunity to present the 2025 ASBMB Boomerang Award to @unswbabs.bsky.social alumni @ajknights7.bsky.social. What a deserving recipient of this award! It was great to hear about your latest research, Alex! #ASBMB2025
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’m back at @asbmbaus.bsky.social at UQ this morning & delighted to have the opportunity to present the 2025 ASBMB Boomerang Award to @unswbabs.bsky.social alumni @ajknights7.bsky.social. What a deserving recipient of this award! It was great to hear about your latest research, Alex! #ASBMB2025
It’s great to be at UQ for the #asbmb2025 conference! Convenor Michael Landsberg opened the conference this morning & I’ve already been lucky enough to present research from our team to this great audience. Looking forward to the rest of the conference! @asbmbaus.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It’s great to be at UQ for the #asbmb2025 conference! Convenor Michael Landsberg opened the conference this morning & I’ve already been lucky enough to present research from our team to this great audience. Looking forward to the rest of the conference! @asbmbaus.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Yesterday our two honours students gave their @unswbabs.bsky.social final seminars. Congratulations, Ziggi & Ishara on your excellent presentations & on reaching this milestone. I am very proud of all you’ve learned & achieved this year! Now you can relax & enjoy the rest of the honours talks!
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Yesterday our two honours students gave their @unswbabs.bsky.social final seminars. Congratulations, Ziggi & Ishara on your excellent presentations & on reaching this milestone. I am very proud of all you’ve learned & achieved this year! Now you can relax & enjoy the rest of the honours talks!
I’m very happy to be on campus today for #unsw Open Day! It’s a beautiful day for it & there is an amazing atmosphere. So pleased to be having conversations with potential new students & their families about the great student experience we offer here in @unswbabs.bsky.social & across the University!
September 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m very happy to be on campus today for #unsw Open Day! It’s a beautiful day for it & there is an amazing atmosphere. So pleased to be having conversations with potential new students & their families about the great student experience we offer here in @unswbabs.bsky.social & across the University!
Roundtable discussion topic #2 at #IES2025 led by @khourymd.bsky.social & Fei Lei Kuang
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Roundtable discussion topic #2 at #IES2025 led by @khourymd.bsky.social & Fei Lei Kuang
One of my favourite parts of the #IES2025 Congresses are the Roundtable Discussions, where we collectively debate major issues in the field, with audience members tagging in to provide their ideas. Later we also have the pro/con debates (also great fun)! (+ some trip photos) @unswbabs.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
One of my favourite parts of the #IES2025 Congresses are the Roundtable Discussions, where we collectively debate major issues in the field, with audience members tagging in to provide their ideas. Later we also have the pro/con debates (also great fun)! (+ some trip photos) @unswbabs.bsky.social
I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to present some of our work at the International Eosinphil Society Congress #IES2025 today & to get some great feedback on this project. I have also really been enjoying the excuse to visit the beautiful city of Montpellier! @unswbabs.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to present some of our work at the International Eosinphil Society Congress #IES2025 today & to get some great feedback on this project. I have also really been enjoying the excuse to visit the beautiful city of Montpellier! @unswbabs.bsky.social
I’m here in Montpellier for the International Eosinophil Society Congress #IES2025! As a member of the Scientific Program Committee, it’s exciting to see it all come together. Fittingly, earlier today I visited the Faculty of Medicine, which has been operating for >800 years. @unswbabs.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m here in Montpellier for the International Eosinophil Society Congress #IES2025! As a member of the Scientific Program Committee, it’s exciting to see it all come together. Fittingly, earlier today I visited the Faculty of Medicine, which has been operating for >800 years. @unswbabs.bsky.social
Today we celebrated @henrybell.bsky.social’s next adventure! Henry joined us 8 years ago as an intern, then for honours, a PhD & a postdoc. While I’m sad to see him go, I know he’s going to thrive in the next stage of his research career in Melbourne! All the best, Henry! @unswbabs.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today we celebrated @henrybell.bsky.social’s next adventure! Henry joined us 8 years ago as an intern, then for honours, a PhD & a postdoc. While I’m sad to see him go, I know he’s going to thrive in the next stage of his research career in Melbourne! All the best, Henry! @unswbabs.bsky.social
PhD students @valasafari.bsky.social & Michael O’Dea represented the lab & @unswbabs.bsky.social at the UNSW Science Postgraduate Showcase this week. They did a great job of communicating their PhD research projects creatively & in just 1 minute! And Michael won the Best in School prize for BABS!
June 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
PhD students @valasafari.bsky.social & Michael O’Dea represented the lab & @unswbabs.bsky.social at the UNSW Science Postgraduate Showcase this week. They did a great job of communicating their PhD research projects creatively & in just 1 minute! And Michael won the Best in School prize for BABS!
Tonight we celebrated our 2024 honours student graduations: Tia Valentini (jointly supervised by Annalise Psaila), Tahlia Schiro (jointly supervised by Sergey Kurdyukov) & Cleo Turner (jointly supervised by @mananshah.bsky.social). 3 first class honours degrees & 2 University Medals. I’m so proud!
March 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Tonight we celebrated our 2024 honours student graduations: Tia Valentini (jointly supervised by Annalise Psaila), Tahlia Schiro (jointly supervised by Sergey Kurdyukov) & Cleo Turner (jointly supervised by @mananshah.bsky.social). 3 first class honours degrees & 2 University Medals. I’m so proud!
Tonight I’m representing UNSW at the Australian-American Fulbright Scholars Gala Presentation Dinner at Parliament House, Canberra. Tia Valentini, who Annalise Psaila & I were lucky enough to supervise for her honours year in BABS at UNSW in 2024, accepted her Fulbright Scholarship. I’m very proud!
February 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Tonight I’m representing UNSW at the Australian-American Fulbright Scholars Gala Presentation Dinner at Parliament House, Canberra. Tia Valentini, who Annalise Psaila & I were lucky enough to supervise for her honours year in BABS at UNSW in 2024, accepted her Fulbright Scholarship. I’m very proud!
Now the dust has settled on #LorneGenome25 I’ve had time to reflect on how much I enjoyed the bonus Wednesday morning sessions, where we heard an amazing talk from Julian Wells Medalist Jozef Gecz & awarded student & ECR prizes. Looking forward to seeing you all for #LorneGenome26 15-18 Feb 2026!
February 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Now the dust has settled on #LorneGenome25 I’ve had time to reflect on how much I enjoyed the bonus Wednesday morning sessions, where we heard an amazing talk from Julian Wells Medalist Jozef Gecz & awarded student & ECR prizes. Looking forward to seeing you all for #LorneGenome26 15-18 Feb 2026!
After closing the Lorne Genome 2025 (#LorneGenome25) conference yesterday, I stayed on in Melbourne for a quick morning walk (not as picturesque as Lorne) before a very productive day of meetings with our industry (& ARC Linkage Grant) collaborators & at CSL Headquarters today. Now home to Sydney!
February 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
After closing the Lorne Genome 2025 (#LorneGenome25) conference yesterday, I stayed on in Melbourne for a quick morning walk (not as picturesque as Lorne) before a very productive day of meetings with our industry (& ARC Linkage Grant) collaborators & at CSL Headquarters today. Now home to Sydney!
It’s a gloriously moody morning in Lorne, with lots of wildlife out & about but not many #LorneGenome25 delegates (perhaps resting after the conference dinner last night). But I think the weather will clear in time for our new Wednesday morning sessions! Join us at 9am for even more great science!
February 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It’s a gloriously moody morning in Lorne, with lots of wildlife out & about but not many #LorneGenome25 delegates (perhaps resting after the conference dinner last night). But I think the weather will clear in time for our new Wednesday morning sessions! Join us at 9am for even more great science!
It is great to have so many of our lab team from the School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (BABS), UNSW Sydney at #LorneGenome25! I hope you’re all having fun & learning a lot. I’ve got so many new ideas!
February 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It is great to have so many of our lab team from the School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (BABS), UNSW Sydney at #LorneGenome25! I hope you’re all having fun & learning a lot. I’ve got so many new ideas!
After #LorneGenome25 delegates refresh over afternoon tea & chat about some amazing talks we’ve just seen, I look forward to seeing you back at Session 10 - Chromatin & non-coding RNA for more great science. Then it will be time to relax & celebrate our community at the Conference Dinner at 7pm!
February 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
After #LorneGenome25 delegates refresh over afternoon tea & chat about some amazing talks we’ve just seen, I look forward to seeing you back at Session 10 - Chromatin & non-coding RNA for more great science. Then it will be time to relax & celebrate our community at the Conference Dinner at 7pm!
I hope the #LorneGenome25 delegates are all enjoying the lunchtime activities today, especially the professional development session. I look forward to seeing you all back at 2:30pm for Session 9 - Functional Genomics!
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I hope the #LorneGenome25 delegates are all enjoying the lunchtime activities today, especially the professional development session. I look forward to seeing you all back at 2:30pm for Session 9 - Functional Genomics!
Next up at #LorneGenome25 we’ve got the second of the concurrrent sessions. I’m in session 8A - Gene Expression & Epigenetics, listening to @mananshah.bsky.social presenting his research on how transcription factors find their targets in vivo. I’m sure those in 8B are enjoying equally great science!
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Next up at #LorneGenome25 we’ve got the second of the concurrrent sessions. I’m in session 8A - Gene Expression & Epigenetics, listening to @mananshah.bsky.social presenting his research on how transcription factors find their targets in vivo. I’m sure those in 8B are enjoying equally great science!