Prof Francine Marques
@FZMarques
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Thrilled to see our latest paper showing that maternal dietary fibre intake & gut microbiota influence the cardiovascular outcome of the offspring
Now online in
@CircRes
👇
I started this as a post-doc. It then became part of
@HamdiAJama
's PhD
A 🧵
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In the past I’ve shared my struggles with
#ovariancancer
, and today I want to share big (positive) news ❤️
We are over the moon to announce that we will be welcoming our baby girl in August 2022 ❤️
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A little rant re
#lockdown6
#lockdownextension
How 70 people in an
#engagementparty
all thought that what they were doing was okay?
I cannot understand how a couple is willing to risk the health and life of the 70 people that mean the most for them in the world
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Grateful to share the news of the safe arrival of our daughter ❤️
Chloe Joanna Goodbody
On 22 July 2022 at 5:45 pm, weighing 2.8kg at 36 weeks 🙏
Our miracle baby came into this world after nearly 3 years of fertility appointments and a lot of help from an amazing village
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Something to reflect on today...
We live in a research culture where overwork is accepted as a status symbol and productivity is associated with self-worth
You are not = papers, grants, awards etc
At the end of your life, do you really think these will matter?
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Truly grateful to announce I have been promoted to Associate Professor at
@MonashBiol
😊
I would like to thank my team & former team members, my collaborators, mentors, colleagues for the support and feedback
@BBM_Wong
and
@RobertB_R
, & my boss
@OBryanMoira
for the push to apply
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I am incredibly honoured and proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Gottschalk Medal by the
@Science_Academy
I'm also honoured to be a scientist and lead a fantastic team studying the role of the gut microbiota linking fibre and prevention of cardiovascular disease
A/Prof Francine Marques from
@MonashUni
has shown how more dietary fibre will improve our blood pressure and lower the chance of developing serious disease.
She is the recipient of the 2021 Gottschalk Medal.
#Honorifics21
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I'm excited, honoured and relieved that our team has been awarded an
#NHMRC
Ideas grant, particularly when so many other great teams and projects missed out
I'm grateful to my CIs Charles Mackay and
@Jo0Donnell
, AIs
@gr_drummond
@blink_e
@BaellJonathan
@MonashBiol
@MonashUni
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Honoured & grateful for being awarded an
@nhmrc
Investigator Grant in this round🙏
Now 2 career disruptions & 3rd time lucky
Grateful to my team, mentors and colleagues for the invaluable feedback & previous awardees who shared their app with me
@VicHeartInst
@MonashBiol
A 🧵
Fantastic to see
@nhmrc
Investigator Grant success across
@MonashUni
, including supporters, friends and members of the VHI.
Congrats
@DrShaunGregory
,
@FZMarques
,
@petecurr
,
@SoutheyMelissa
, A/Prof Dion Stub and
@Monash_FMNHS
Dean, Prof Chris Mitchell.
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I’m honoured and grateful to
@MonashUni
@MonashBiol
for promoting me to Professor 🙏
Raising an academic takes a village (& many years) ❤️
I’m grateful to my team, collaborators, mentors, colleagues & sponsors who have helped me along the way, and ofc my family
🧵
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Call from the oncologist’s office this morning…
I always feel sick in the lead up as it’s so stressful
A call that suddenly can change everything
Lucky for me it was good news 🙌
6.5 years from my
#ovariancancer
diagnosis I’m still cancer free 🙏🥳
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I’m honoured to have been selected as one of the 2020 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Awardees together with
@benhenley
and many others.
I look forward to a bright 2021 where we can inspire kids to love science like we do 👩🔬🧑🏾🔬👨🏻🔬
@TallpoppiesAIPS
@MonashBiol
@Monash_Science
Congratulations to our 2020 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Award Winners Associate Professor
@FZMarques
, and Dr
@benhenley
! 👏
@MonashBiol
@MonashEAE
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5 years!
Today marks 5y since I had my last
#chemotherapy
for
#ovariancancer
I’m grateful to be alive, healthy, for all the amazing things I’ve been allowed to do & the amazing people I’ve met in the last 5y🙏❤️
@OvarianCancerOz
@ocrfaustralia
@thewomens
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Beyond grateful to have the all clear for both my ovarian and breast cancer check ups 🙌 that’s 8 years 🥹
I’m grateful for all the messages and support I’ve received 🙏 this community is amazing ❤️
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After 2 years of searching for a surrogate and nearly 8 months of appointments with doctors, counsellours and lawyers, I am pleased to say we have finished our surrogacy paperwork (>70 pages of documents) and have forwarded it all for approval 🥳🥳🥳
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It is official: I am 4.5 years CANCER FREE!!! Only 6 months to reach the survivor category :-)
While a
#cancer
diagnosis doesn't define who I am, it has taught me a lot, especially to put things into perspective. Here are my reflections and learnings from the past 5 years:
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Only in
#Australia
, first a kangaroo on the
#Sydney
Harbour Bridge now a snake in
#Melbourne
CBD?! 😆🐍
A deadly tiger snake has caused disruption in central Melbourne, forcing police to block off part of a busy city street until it could be bagged by a reptile catcher.
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As I’m scoring fellowships I have some suggestions for those writing one, now or in the future:
1- Make it easy for the reader to find the info we need. Use headings, separate types of presentations (oral/poster/presenter/invited) and papers (first author or not)
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Excited to share the results of our randomised clinical trial, published today in
@NatureCVR
The first human evidence that substances produced by the gut microbiota can lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients
@Nature
Research Briefing coming soon
Fermentable fibre to help hypertension 🌽❤️: Ingesting short-chain fatty acids appears to lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, a
@MonashBiol
study led by A/Prof
@FZMarques
has shown, which builds on earlier research using animal models:
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Excited to share my opinion piece on rethinking culture to unlock the potential of research
Grateful to
@HyperAHA
& editors
@LabTouyz
&
@endocelldoc
for the support
A 🧵 about why I wrote this & why it matters
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Day 2 of babysitting our 2y old goddaughter while her mum is in hospital👶🏻
I’ve slept ~4.5 hours/night 🥱
I now know the lyrics of baby shark & even have a choreography😂🦈
I learned doing ponytails are harder than they look 👧🏼😅
Hats off to all
#WomenInSTEM
mums, you rock 👏
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FOUR YEARS AGO!!! I can’t believe it I made it this far! Today it marks 4 years since I finished
#chemotherapy
after stage 3
#ovariancancer
diagnosis in 2015. Just amazing!!! ☺️💪🙏
@ocrfaustralia
@OvarianCancerOz
@CancerCouncilOz
@OvarianCancerUK
@OCNA
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This month I celebrate 5 years since my stage 3
#ovariancancer
diagnosis. The most amazing thing is that not only I’m alive (clearly 😅) but I’m also
#cancer
free! I’ve joined the survivorship club which has, unfortunately, too few members
@OvarianCancerOz
@ocrfaustralia
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I'm grateful to the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation for awarding me a Senior Medical Research Fellowship 🙏 (I honestly still can't believe it)
Also congratulations to
@jmacshine
and Mikael Martino 👏
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So so grateful to my wonderful team for all their support as we welcome our little one earlier than planned
Grateful to all the gifts and words of support ❤️ & the morning tea I missed 🙈
Leaving my team has been super hard. I love working w these champions & will miss them
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Our paper is officially out 👇☺️
I’m so proud of this paper 🤓
About 3 years of work from conception to publication with many people involved
Remember doesn’t happen overnight 🙃
Thanks
@CircAHA
Low fiber diet promotes HTN through deficient microbiome SCFA production & GPR43/109A signalling in mice. Read more:
#AHAJournals
@FZMarques
@HamdiAJama
@kizza_a
@blink_e
@gr_drummond
@MonashBiol
@BakerResearchAu
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It's an honour to continue to represent the
@heartfoundation
as one of their Future Leader Fellows 🙏
I'm beyond grateful for the support
I'm also grateful to my mentors & colleagues who took the time to give me feedback & helped me prepare for the interview
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Heart Foundation invests $13.9 million into Australia’s biggest killer – heart disease. Read more about newly awarded projects and full list of successful recipients 👉
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On my birthday, I always like to recap the best of the past 365 days ❤️
No doubt the best gift this year has been to become a mum - Chloe completed 4m of life today ❤️ we couldn’t be more grateful for her & all the help we received
@JoPerry68802380
🙏
#surrogacy
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Lots of people are looking for new research jobs in the new year
As I review the 162 applications for 2 research assistants to join our team (~1% success rate 🫣), let me tell you the quick things you can do to make your app stand out
A 🧵
#ECRchat
#PhDChat
#AcademicChatter
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Since I was told there is no embargo, I'm going to share some amazing news with you: I'm the awardee of the
@AHAMeetings
’s Council on
#Hypertension2019
Harry Goldblatt Award for New Investigators 🥳 I'm so honored & completed stoked 😄
@HBPRCA
@MonashBiol
@BakerResearchAu
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I would like to remind all who supervise PhD students to be KIND
If you are a supervisor, independent if you are based in an MRI or University, your job is not only research but it’s also education
A short thread
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Now that
#NHMRC
grants are no longer under embargo, let me challenge some of the concepts of perceived 'success'
I'm grateful to have won a
@TallpoppiesAIPS
Tall Poppy Science Award &
@HBPRCA
Mid-Career Award in 2020 🙏
I also missed out on 8 grants & fellowships - yep 8!
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I'm super excited to share the results of our phase 2 randomised clinical trial using gut microbial metabolites to lower
#bloodpressure
, for now as a pre-print
@VicHeartInst
@MonashBiol
@Monash_Science
@MonashUni
Funded by
@heartfoundation
@nhmrc
A 🧵
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Happy 40th birthday to me 🥳
What a privilege it is to grow old & do so with health 🙌
To have people who I love & love me in my life ❤️
To have a job & team I adore 🤩
Going offline this week on a much needed family holiday 🙏
See you next week 😎
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Outcomes of
@nhmrc
Ideas Grants will be announced on Monday 30 November under embargo
Good luck everybody 🤞
@MonashBiol
@MonashUni
@OzCvA
@GaetanBurgio
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Independent of today’s outcome I’m incredibly proud of the
#NHMRC
grant I put together
It was the best grant I’ve ever written and I truly hope I’m allowed to do it because I believe it can have an impact on those living with high blood pressure
Good luck everybody!
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Our
@CircAHA
paper is out (my first last author research paper too ☺️)
Main take home message is that lack of prebiotic fibre is a risk factor for
#CVD
, leading to a
#gutmicrobiota
that is pro-
#high
#bloodpressure
development (inc in germ-free animals)
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Thrilled to announce that our
@arc_gov_au
DP was funded 🙏
@MonashBiol
@Monash_Science
Grateful to my Co-CIs Prof Charles Mackay & emerging leader
@Jo0Donnell
Preliminary data by
@HamdiAJama
(a PhD student at the time so couldn’t be listed as CI by acknowledged on grant)
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So in line with being vulnerable and breaking the "Instagram of academia" where we only see success, I am going to say it out loud:
This week I received news that two fellowship applications I was shortlisted and interviewed for were unsuccessful
#vulnerableacademic
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An honour to win this award but there are many people behind the ‘scenes’ walking alongside me
My team at
@MonashBiol
@MonashUni
who drive the discoveries
@OzCvA
ELC members who are on 🔥 pushing for changes
@ISHBP
MTC team who is making an impact on
#mentoring
#wala2021
Congrats
@FZMarques
winner of
@WomensAgenda
#WADA2021
emerging leader in STEM - we join you in promoting a more inclusive STEMM sector 🥂
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I’m excited today
@HamdiAJama
, my 1st primary PhD student, presents her final candidature review 🥳
I’m incredibly proud of her & everything she achieved, & her contribution not just to science & lab but also to the
@HBPRCA
&
@OzCvA
(as a CV Champ)
I see a bright future ahead🤩
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Such a nice surprise to receive this in the mail 🤩
Thank you
@Science_Academy
for the honour of being the 2021 Gottschalk medalist and inviting me to be part of the award panel
I can’t wait for the 2022 medalist to be announced 🙊
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Great article on misogyny in academia
To our male colleagues, please read this - many times I don’t think we realise the impact of comments
Many ideas to improve this issue too
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Thank you to
@MonashUni
for giving us 2 recharge days in Sept 🥳🥳🥳 I honestly cannot wait 😅
(Hope this inspires other unis and MRIs 🙃)
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Appreciation post to STEMM colleagues who become friends & family
I met
@PriscillaRPE
21y ago at uni
She has been keeping every extra drop of milk her baby doesn’t drink for our baby
Nearly 30L❤️😱
Helping us give our little one the best start in life 🍼
So so grateful 🙏
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I’m such a good scientist 👩🔬I developed a way to grow dogs in planter boxes 🪴🐶😂
Who would like one? 🙋♀️
#petsofMonash
#dogsoftwitter
#dogs
#puppylove
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Yesterday our baby girl Pepper became a puppy angel
She bravely battled lymphoma for 21 months, after being diagnosed at only 3 years young
She will be forever missed by us, her sister Ashy and many others
RIP Pepper
20/10/2016-26/12/2021
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🧵 This week I attempted to attend a conference w a 4m old baby 😬
Let me tell you how that went…
1st of all, a huge THANK YOU to everybody at the
#HBPRCA_ASM2022
who helped/offered help or were super patient w us 🙏
#womeninSTEM
#womeninSTEMM
@WomenSciAUST
@FranklinWomen
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As many of you now, due to a
#cancer
diagnosis at 31y we are now struggling to start our family. Last year I wrote about this
I’m incredibly happy and grateful to say we have found an egg donor!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
We are now one step closer 🥳
#eggdonation
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An honour to win the Medal and also grateful for the support of Monash along the way
Internationally renowned
@MonashUni
researcher Associate Professor
@FZMarques
has been awarded the
@Science_Academy
's 2021 Gottschalk Medal for her work on high blood pressure. 🫀
#Honorifics21
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I wish politicians would read
#NHMRC
IG applications that didn’t & won’t get funded
Only then they would appreciate the importance of the discoveries Australian researchers have already found 🤩 & what we could achieve if there was more funding
#triplethebudget
🙏
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Thank you to my mentee, colleague and emerging star ⭐️
@Matt_Snelson
for the super cute science onesie ❤️
PS: Et al 😂 to account for
#eggdonation
#surrogacy
#ivfbaby
😅
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I cannot understand how people can be so careless about others
The impact on hospitality & shops, & mental health of the ones already at a tipping point
Please please please support people around you. Check on them. They need it more than ever
#melbournelockdown
#lockdown6
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Thanks
@CosmosMagazine
for the opportunity to share my story & patience with my crazy deadlines 😅
I've openly shared my career struggles & what has helped me to keep going - I hope it can help someone
@MonashBiol
@HBPRCA
@ISHBP
@OzCvA
@VicHeartInst
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Good morning 🌞
What a beautiful day to (sort of) end
#melbournelockdown
🙏
And celebrate 6 years of finishing
#chemotherapy
for
#OvarianCancer
and being alive & cancer free
@OvarianCancerOz
@ocrfaustralia
I’m so so grateful 🙏
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The Animal Resources Centre (ARC), which stores and supplies many animal strains to researchers in Australia, just announced they will cease operations over the next 12-18 months 😲 (they are the Australian equivalent of the American Jackson Laboratory)
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So happy to be sharing this paper with you all, published today in
@HyperAHA
Let me tell you a little about this paper’s story and how it came to be
Full paper can be read here:
🧵
A new study led by
@MonashUni
scientists has found that microbial genetic pathways are different in people suffering from hypertension.
@MonashBiol
@FZMarques
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Today is
#OvarianCancerDay
and I’m a proud 4 year survivor! When I had my diagnosis I never thought I’d still be here today to celebrate and enjoy life! It changed my
#perspective
in life & helped me become a better person
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Grateful for the recognition & the opportunities I’ve been given 🙏
Work that I have led via
@OzCvA
@ISHBP
@MonashBiol
@Monash_Science
More grateful to receive this award along
@HamdiAJama
who received VC Commendation for her thesis (from 5 across
@MonashUni
)👏
Rewarding Research 👩🔬🏆: Congratulations to A/Prof
@FZMarques
from
@MonashBiol
who has won the Faculty of Science Award for Research Community for her efforts to improve research culture and outreach through podcasting, workshops, mentoring and research roadmap development.
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For those wondering how returning to work after parental leave is, this is the 4th cold I’ve had since Feb (an unwanted gift from childcare)
We report time lost as parental leave but fail to account for illnesses (both baby & us) & sleeplessness nights
#womeninSTEM
@Momademia
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It’s that time of the year I dread so much… annual cancer check ups 🤢
I never know if they will find a vein so I start preparing 💧 days in advance 😬
3rd time lucky today 💉💉💉
Hopefully all clear 🙏
#breastcancer
#ovariancancer
#cancersurvivor
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I’m incredibly honoured and humbled to receive the Harry Goldblatt award at the
#hypertension19
@AHAMeetings
@MonashUni
@MonashBiol
@heartfoundation
I honestly wouldn’t be still in research if it wasn’t for all support I have received for >15y from so many people ❤️ so thank you
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Excited to be back in the lab doing an experiment with
@MonashBiol
honours student
@alexpokrassen
🥼 it seems I still know how to pipette 😂
To the other PIs, when we’re you last in the lab? 👩🔬
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🏆 Award-winning researcher
⭐️ Fabulous supporter of
#womeninSTEM
and
#DEI
❤️ Inspirational colleague & friend
And now also baby whisperer 😅🙌
Thank you
@purton_louise
for the visit, gifts, and compassion 🙏 your visit filled up my cup today ❤️
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What a milestone 🥹
PhD submitted ✅ congratulations
@rikeishm
👏👏👏 what a pleasure it has been to supervise you 🤩
Looking forward to the celebrations 🥂
#phdchat
#PhDone
@MonashBiol
@ISHBP
@HypertensionAus
@MonashVHI
@Monash_Science
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This week I was told I’m still in remission from
#ovariancancer
after 2y since
#chemo
! Much better news than any
#nhmrc
grant will ever be 🙏
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Same smile 2 years apart, one during
#chemo
and the other on our
#wedding
day! Happy to be
#cancerfree
for 2 years now, 3 more to go!
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My sister is 47y & is a doctor in Brazil
She was offered the
#astrazenecavaccine
months ago 🙌(didn’t have adverse effects)
Her partner now got
#COVID19
😓 (vaccine wasn’t available to him yet)
Even living in the same house she continues to be COVID-free
❤️science 🙏
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Honoured to be named a
@WomensAgenda
finalist in the "Emerging Leader in STEM" category together w the fabulous
@AbdiElahe
@madhu_bhaskaran
@DwanPrice
🥳 & other amazing women across all sectors
#WALA21
@Monash_Science
@MonashBiol
@MonashUni
@OzCvA
@HBPRCA
@ISHBP
@WomenSciAUST
DRUMROLLL 🥁..... Introducing the brilliant
#finalists
of this year's Women's Agenda Leadership Awards! These women have led with courage, creativity, innovation and empathy at a time when nothing comes easy. Our future is safe in their hands. 👏
#WALA21
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As people go back to work in January, a few things lab heads can do to make lab life easier in their labs
1. Write a lab manual - it outlines everyone's expectations! (Tip: If you have an established lab this should be done with your team)
#TheLabEdit
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About
#MothersDay
&
#infertility
🧵
In days like this, dealing with infertility can be quite isolating. Many friends don’t want to talk about how hard it’s being a parent or don’t want to accept help from us because they worry how we will react
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So grateful to some of my wonderful mentors who have come to visit me and Chloe 🙏🙏🙏 particularly on a weekday when mat leave can get quite lonely
@glamb3004
and
@Elisabe07757617
last week, and today
@GeoffreyHead
❤️
Really appreciate the company, chat and gifts 🥰💪👶🏻
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So I’ve had cold symptoms since Wednesday (sore throat, blocked nose, headaches, very tired) & then on Friday developed some cough (no fever thou)
I won’t be tested because I don’t fit the selection criteria to be tested. But I’ve decided to isolate myself anyway
#covid19
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Friends,
I am preparing a talk about research culture and I wanted to include some bad examples of what we need to stop tolerating
What are some of the worst comments you have received or have heard?
(If you are not comfortable to post them, feel free to PM or email)
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@celinefsantiago
I have the same t-shirt (gift from
@RachelClimie
🙏) and proudly wearing it today
I think
@JordynMThomas
also has it
And yes, women just want to have funding for research
#womeninSTEM
#genderequity
@WomenSciAUST
@FranklinWomen
@WomensAgenda
@SciGenderEquity
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Just saw the announcement of the
#NHMRC
CTCS grants - an overall success rate of 6.9% (30/436)!
However, for a change, female CIAs had 9.7% success rate compared to 4.9% of male CIAs
Congratulations to the successful teams and commiserations to all 406 who missed out
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Congratulations to Dr
@HamdiAJama
on the conferral of her PhD on Friday ❤️
Dr Jama is the first PhD student t to graduate from our lab 🤩 she set a high standard with 14 papers published during her PhD and 10 awards/nominations
What a superstar - I couldn’t be prouder
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So I will be taking some time tonight and this weekend to recharge and celebrate the fact that I am a 5y cancer survivor - and the stats for that were as low as getting any of these fellowships
So in the scheme of things I am already a winner 🙏
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Thank you
@DrNadiaChaudhri
for raising awareness about
#ovariancancer
As one of the few OC survivors myself, it’s always confronting to learn the stories of amazing women who didn’t have the same luck as me😓
I’ll be thinking of her family ☀️🌙
RIP Nadia
@DrNadiaChaudhri
passed away yesterday evening, having reached the end of her road with ovarian cancer. She leaves behind her Sun and Moon, a loving extended family, colleagues and students, friends around the world, and so many others who have been touched by her & her story 1/n
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I'm truly honored to be a finalist of the
@3M
@eurekaprizes
for
#EmergingLeader
in Science together with 2 amazing
#WomenInSTEM
@DrMelodyDing
and
@karlie_moon_
. Go girls 🙂
#womeninleadership
@HBPRCA
@OzCvA
@ISHBP
@Monash_Science
@MonashBiol
@MonashUni
@BakerResearchAu
Dr Francine Marques
@FZMarques
@MonashBiol
@Monash_Science
@MonashUni
is a finalist in the
@3M
Eureka Prize for
#EmergingLeader
in Science. Learn more:
#Eureka19
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I can't wait for Monday to tell you about a study we finally published after 5 years of collecting samples and analyzing data
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First accepted manuscript of 2022 and it’s a great one 🤩🤩🤩 I can’t wait to share it with you all
Work by the amazing
@OzCvA
former ELC
@Dr_NChapman
@_emma_thomas
@RachelClimie
@anna_calkin
@deanp_BP
@Dr_WuJ
@docswise
@jotan80
@LCBlekkenhorst
@KColafella
and Sally Ingles 👏👏
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Waking up to TWO papers accepted for publication 🥳🥳🥳congratulations to my co-authors
@ChudanXu
@Dr_NChapman
@_emma_thomas
👏
One “accepted as it is” - 1st time ever this happens😱
But let’s keep it real - a welcome outcome after a few great manuscripts were rejected recently
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5 years ago!
I’m grateful for having hair again, but specially for being healthy and cancer-free
I share it today in the name of many who are no longer here to tell their story
@ocrfaustralia
@OvarianCancerOz
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My
#vulnerableacademic
confession:
I’ve been struggling w
#WorkLifeBalance
In my attempt to have a rule about not working on weekends, my weekdays have become a nightmare
Everything is late & there is a lot to be done, & not enough time
I need a twin👭🏻
Apologies in advance
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*A personal post*
After surviving
#ovariancancer
we had to look for an egg donor & a surrogate to start our family
I’m grateful to say we found an amazing woman who helped us to create 8 healthy (46 chromosomes) frozen babies👇❤️🙏
We are the proud parents of octuplets 🥳😂
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We are eternally grateful to
@JoPerry68802380
who carried & delivered our baby girl w so much grace, love & laughter ❤️
Tiffany who donated her eggs (& some fantastic genes 😍)
@PriscillaRPE
who donated nearly 40L of breast milk, giving our little girl the best start in life
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Fully vaccinated 💉💉🙏🥳
While I’m well now, as a
#cancer
survivor I have been part of the vulnerable population we need to help to protect
If you want to protect your loved ones make sure to
#GetVaccinated
#CovidVictoria
#COVID19Vic
#CovidVic
#vaccinated
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Little Chloe starts her life w the most amazing role models & incredible lessons of kindness, compassion and selfless love!
No words will ever be enough to thank these women & their families for the sacrifices they made so we could become parents 🙏
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Congratulations to
@HamdiAJama
on handing in her PhD thesis today!
The 1st student to complete the PhD in our lab at
@MonashBiol
- setting a high standard for all w 11 papers (6 1st author) published already, more to come
We are so proud of her!
@ISHBP
@HBPRCA
@CouncilonHTN
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*** A happy-ending thread***
5 years ago, following a 'cyst' diagnosis, I entered my surgeon's office and told him I was there for good news. He then looked at me and told me I had advanced stage
#ovariancancer
. I cried a lot. I was only 31
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AMAZING news! Well done to everyone who has been pushing for this massive and necessary change
Thanks
@nhmrc
for listening to our concerns 🙏
@purton_louise
@jessborger
@rachaelzmurray
@GaetanBurgio
@Gianina_Natoli
@jodieingles27
From 2023, NHMRC will award equal numbers of Investigator Grants to women and men in a new intervention to address gender inequities in research funding. 1/2
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Congratulations to our PhD student
@rikeishm
(and of course everybody else involved) for having TWO first author papers accepted for publication this week in top cardiovascular journals 👏👏👏 one without any changes (first time for me!)
@MonashBiol
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#HappyInternationalDogDay
Wait… isn’t that every day in our house?! 😂
Seriously, wouldn’t have survived 6 lockdowns, infertility, many grant/fellowship/manuscript rejections, etc without them 🐶❤️🐶 they are worth every dog treat 😂 and much more 🥰
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Very disappointing
I can’t comprehend how Australia wasted this unique opportunity to support our First Nations
We could have done so much better
To our First Australians: I’m sorry. As a country, Australia should have done better for you today.
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On another note, our baby girl 🐶 Pepper finished her
#chemotherapy
today for
#lymphoma
diagnosed in March 🥳
The best news is that she is officially in remission 🙏❤️
It has been a long road, and especially difficult without support due to lockdown but hey we made it 🙌
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This a tough time for those in
#Melbourne
for many reasons
If you are struggling w
#mentalhealth
know you are not alone
I’m a certified mental health first aider and happy to help, listen & direct you to resources available-just get in touch via 📧
We are in this together🙏
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Since making our lab manual available on our website it has been downloaded >800 times ☺️
wow thank you to everybody who has checked it out
let's change the culture of academia together, one step at a time
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Excited to share this major piece of work from the inaugural
@OzCvA
Emerging Leaders Committee:
A roadmap for developing a supportive & sustainable cardiovascular research sector published in
@NatRevCardiol
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