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Louise Purton
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Australian Prof studying blood cells/microenvironment/cancer. DEI advocate, Happily married Mum of 2 boys + 1 🐶 Recipient of 2 cochlear implants. Ally of all underserved groups. She/her
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Lives: Melbourne/Naarm
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Adding on to these data on chances of success in having successive NHMRC Investigator Grants funded, here are data showing the levels (EL2 & above) & the % of recipients who were previously funded, either at earlier levels (eg EL1 applying for EL2) or at the same level (eg L3 being renewed). 👇🏻
Shows the proportions of 2024 and 2025 NHMRC Investigator Grants that went to a previous recipient in the scheme in each of the 4 disciplines and for men and women (data for non-binary people not available).
May 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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I had a wonderful weekend in Adelaide catching up with my dear friend Joy Wu (not on this platform yet!). There’s an amazing Chihuly Art installation in the Botanical Gardens till April ‘25, highly recommended👇🏻
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Shows a Chihuly glass art sculpture in reds, yellows, blues and greens. The sculpture fills a wooden boat floating on a lake in the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Australia Shows a woman in front of a Chihuly glass sculpture of long red poles attached to wooden logs. The woman has dark hair, a brown jacket and black pants with white shoes. She is wearing sunglasses and looking at the camera and smiling. Shows a Chihuly art installation in the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Australia. This is a chandelier type structure with two main components, one under the other. They are light and dark blue and consist of wavy long lengths of glass. This shows a Chihuly glass exhibit in a water lily pond at the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Australia. It consists of colourful flower-like structures that seem to be coming from the lily pads.
November 14, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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Our baby girl turned 2 today 🎉🎉! Maya was our first Jack Russell puppy- both of our other JRs were rescued and were 7 when we got them. What a contrast- she loves other 🐶 (we know many more ppl in our neighbourhood now!) & it’s been an enjoyable journey watching her grow ♥️
Puppy Maya (Jack Russell) who is chestnut and white in colour sitting on her human Dad’s lap on a chair. She is playing with him, he has his hand near her mouth. Jack Russell puppy Maya lying on a chair looking at the camera. She has a chestnut head with white nose and white torso with some chestnut patches on her back. Jack Russell Maya fully grown and sitting on her human Dad’s lap on a recliner chair. Jack Russell Maya on her birthday, laying on a white and blue striped mat with a red chew toy in her front paws.
September 30, 2023 at 10:12 PM
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Sunday 24th September is Int’l Day of the Deaf. Deafness ranges from no hearing to hard of hearing. Tips: 🧵 1/4
1) not all ppl who are deaf want to hear- there’s nothing wrong with that decision
2) sign language is not the same internationally
3) hearing aids are not perfect
Audiogram showing profound hearing loss in the high frequencies (where most consonants are) and slight to moderately severe loss in low frequencies. A CT scan of a cochlear implant showing 22 channels wrapped around the cochlear. External processor of a cochlear implant with a magnet attached to a hearing aid like device. Internal part of a cochlear implant. A magnet is inserted under the skin above the ear to connect to the external device. Two long threads are hanging down- one contains the 22 channels. I don’t know what the other one is!
September 23, 2023 at 10:54 PM
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Maya says Mummy you have found the right alternative to Twitter but you had better not spend too much time there- you have other important things to do, like play with me ♥️
A 2 year old Parson’s Jack Russell (cross between a Jack Russell and a fox terrier) is looking into the camera. Her name is Maya and she has a chestnut brown head with some white over her nose and a white body with some chestnut brown markings.
September 23, 2023 at 9:27 PM
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Joining here after 4 yrs on another site. I am an Australian Prof who loves nature, baking, reading, diversity, equity & inclusivity. I research blood cells/blood cancers/bone marrow microenvironment (the factory for blood cells). I have profound deafness and recently had 2 cochlear implants.
A flowering Australian eucalyptus with yellow fluffy blossoms and olive green tapered leaves.
September 23, 2023 at 12:15 AM