Emma Gordon
@VesselDynamics
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ex-Head of the Vessel Dynamics lab @IMBatUQ . 🐶 lover, wannabe 🚴♀️🏄♀️ *views are my own*
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It’s with very mixed emotions I’m hanging up my lab coat, closing the lab doors and starting a new chapter in my career working for the federal government.
I have struggled with how to post this, so what better way than with rhyme.
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Yes, I was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire 💰. Yes, I did air pipetting on national tv 👩🔬. No, I didn’t win any money (but I’ll always have this gif which money can’t buy)
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Coming full circle, here is my first paper (and cover) as a PhD student and now as a PI.
@Dev_journal
will always have a special place in my heart!
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To the anonymous student who wrote this in my lecturer evaluations, you rule, and can you please speak to the UQ Dean???? Much appreciated.
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So I’m excited to move into drugs and compliance,
But no matter what happens, I’ll always love science ❤️ 🧪
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I thought twice about tweeting this due to “fear of damaging my career.” Which is exactly the point of the article really.
It resonates deeply with me and most other women I work with, thank goodness we are there to be each others lifeboats ⛵️
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I'm very happy to be able to share our contribution to the fast moving field of COVID-19 vascular research, just published in
@ClinTransImmuno
. A huge collaboration across labs, institutes and disciplines!
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
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I'm thrilled to have been awarded an
@heartfoundation
Future Leader Fellowship and Paul Korner Innovation Award! Combating CVD is a cause close to my heart (pun intended) and that of my family, so I'm honoured to be able to represent the Heart Foundation. 👇 a thread...
Congratulations to the 53 researchers who have received funding for their projects to investigate the causes, treatment and prevention of heart disease, stroke and related disorders. 👏❤️
Read more 👇
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I want to think and create but I’ve just got no time,
Can’t move up a ladder I’m too tired to climb.
I’m sad to leave colleagues, students and postdocs,
But they’re so independent, they’ll knock off your socks.
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Stoked to announce myself and
@Lagendijk_lab
have been awarded a grant by
@arc_gov_au
to study how our favourite kinase, c-Src, regulates the vasculature. Eternally grateful to collaborators and all those who helped us finesse this project over the last 3 years
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
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Vascular biology enthusiasts! Don't forget to register for the upcoming AVBS symposium. Talks and prizes are on offer, as well as an awesome list of national and international speakers. Deadline to register is TODAY, so get those abstracts in!
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I have never been to a conference with such gorgeous posters, my western blots felt lonely! Developmental Biology is surely the most beautiful science of all (the Fabio of science dare I say??)
#2019SDB
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Very proud of these two absolute legends
@LarisaLabzin
@ScientistShah
for being awarded Qld Tall Poppy awards last night
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
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I’ve had the best mentors and made the best friends,
But sometimes even good things must come to an end.
I’m ready for a new challenge, to take a new path,
Exhausted by grant writing and the funding bloodbath.
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Celebrating the end of a long grant season with some of the amazing ladies of the
@IMBatUQ
🍾🍾
@Lagendijk_lab
@inflammasomelab
@LarisaLabzin
@MelanieDWhite
@Samanthastehbe2
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Absolutely stoked that my brilliant postdoc Lilian Schimmel was successful with her DECRA. So proud of her and the independent scientist she has developed into 👩🔬🥇
Today, the ARC has announced more than $86 million in funding for 200 new research projects to be undertaken as part of the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
Read more here:
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What a fabulous 5 days at
@ivbm2022
in San Francisco. My head is full of new and exciting ideas and my heart is full after catching up with old friends and making new ones. Can’t want for Amsterdam in 2024!
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Feeling relieved to be one of the lucky few and grateful to be able to keep this exciting collaboration moving, but also feeling the pain of all the other deserving scientists who missed out
Incredibly excited and relieved that
@VesselDynamics
@KengYih
and I have been awarded an
@nhmrc
Ideas Grant to continue investigating how COVID-19 causes vascular dysfunction. We are so excited to continue our work on fundamental virology, immunology and vascular biology!
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Thrilled to work again with my work wife
@Lagendijk_lab
with the support of the ARC
It is not every day that we get to celebrate the wins in the Australian system but today we celebrate a DP with
@VesselDynamics
with great support from
@CaronLabUNC
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Me leaving Sweden: “this paper will be ready in a few months, easy!” So very naive..... Countless challenges and 2.5 years later, paper is finally accepted!
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To end the year with a bang, congratulations to my very talented postdoc Lilian Schimmel who has been awarded a UQ ECR grant for next year! I'm one proud PI.
#WomenInSTEM
#Srcrules
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
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Super proud of Lilian Schimmel and
@INoordstra
for sweeping the ANZSCDB Early Career Researcher Awards! The future of cell and developmental biology at
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
is looking bright with these superstars🌟
Congratulations to 2022
@ANZSCDB
Early Career Researcher Awardee Dr Lilian Schimmel from
@VesselDynamics
lab
@IMBatUQ
for exciting contributions to the fields of vascular development and disease.
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Interested in vascular biology, inflammation and viruses? Calling all Postdocs to come and join us at
@IMBatUQ
in sunny Queensland, working with
@LarisaLabzin
and
@K_RenfreeShort
, on a fun multi-disciplinary project. Only one week left to apply! pls RT
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Impressive. Money talks, let’s hope this makes everybody listen.
Snow Medical has taken the difficult decision to suspend the University of Melbourne from its prestigious Snow Fellowship program. We are committed to working with the University to ensure real change happens.
Read our statement here:
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Time for some
@IMBatUQ
Molecular Magic to process one rejection and one win in the same day. Riding that science rollercoaster 🎢
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Not your average day in the lab! Had a fabulous time meeting the families of
@IMBatUQ
at
#imbfamilyday
in memory of our mate Neil Bower. Thanks to everybody who volunteered their Sunday and worked tirelessly behind the scenes
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I believe the children are our future 🎵 So proud of my students
@Alexand62514902
@TEssebier
and
@morris_elysse
for their fabulous 3MT presentations! Watch out for winners Alex and Tish coming for the UQ crown…
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
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Excited to announce the 10th meeting of the acronym nobody ever remembers correctly: ANCVDB! (Australian Network of Cardiac and Vascular Developmental Biologists) Mark November 23/24th in your calendars for science and surf on the Gold Coast!
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When your students get your dog a thank you gift at the conclusion of the honours year 🤣🤣🥰
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Very excited to be able to do this work with the support of the
@heartfoundation
! But unsure of how convincing I look in the lab anymore.... Looking down microscopes, peering into tubes with blue liquid in them...
A family history of heart disease has inspired
#IMB
researcher and
@heartfoundation
Future Leader Fellow Dr Emma Gordon (
@VesselDynamics
) to examine blood vessels, their role in heart disease and help develop new treatments for patients.
Discover:
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Today I gave my fourth and final lecture for the semester, and was thrilled to see I had gone from 2, to 3, to 4, to 7 students in person over the duration 😎 In these times of hybrid learning, I am going to call this a great success!
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Can’t wait to see everybody in San Fran in a few weeks!!
On the program at
#IVBM2022
:
Dr. Emma Gordon
@VesselDynamics
from
@UQ_News
, will present: Deciphering the signaling cascades guiding vascular growth and integrity
Check out their lab website:
Details and registration at
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This is an absolutely beautiful piece of work from the Coultas lab at
@WEHI_research
. Congratulations to everybody involved!!
Blocking endothelial apoptosis revascularises the retina in a model of ischemic retinopathy
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An excellence award for an excellent human and an excellent scientist. Three cheers for
@LarisaLabzin
! 🎉🎉🎉
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
So delighted to see our
@LarisaLabzin
up on the big screen - winner of the
@UQ_News
research excellence award! Larisa is our superstar of viruses at
@IMBatUQ
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Everybody in Adelaide needs this today! Fingers crossed you can crush this second wave!!
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Starting the new year at the beach, where it seems I may be trapped for some time due to incomprehensible Australian state border restrictions. I suppose it could be worse??
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When you are giving a virtual seminar but you still have a small live audience
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It will take some time to recover from the fun times and amazing science at the fabulous
#GRCAngiogenesis
. Thank you to
@cleaverlab
and
@KarinaYaniv
for such a great meeting, I can’t wait to see old colleagues and new friends again in 2 years
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This month the
@VesselDynamics
and
@Lagendijk_lab
labs are taking part in MyMarathon to raise money for the
@heartfoundation
. We are ready to get running! Please feel free to donate using the link below to help us find cures for Australians with cardiovascular disease
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Had the absolutely best time in Kobe being hosted by
@LabPhng
@BDR_RIKEN
. Amazing science, new collaborations and delicious food!
@Lagendijk_lab
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The best few days with the best science gang at
@ancvdb2023
. I can’t thank everybody enough for coming, and to
@julien_vermot
and
@vbautch1
for making the HUGE trip to join us. See you next year in Melbourne!
Such a great time
@ancvdb2023
in beautiful Coolangatta. Great science, catching up with friends, and making new ones. Thank you to our guests
@BautchLab
and
@julien_vermot
for making the huge trip here and sharing your work with the Australian cardiovascular community.
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It’s been a wild ride these past 18 years,
Full of vessels and microscopes, blood sweat and tears.
Developing lymphatics to retinas and cells,
Dissecting and imaging, blots and gels.
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For all my Australian colleagues who had a pretty lousy day, Trixie invites you to have a beer and commiserate
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Anybody who works in a lab, or runs one, knows how important support staff are. Everybody on the
@IMBatUQ
4th floor will miss our floor manager Jill very much!
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Today the
@Lagendijk_lab
and
@VesselDynamics
labs showed off their artistic skills. Most lab members were very impressive, whereas I feel I am better suited to science.
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I never thought I (and over 300
@IMBatUQ
-ers) would have an institute wide meeting, reclining in my slippers, over zoom. Great leadership from
@HendersonLab
,
@JennyStowLab
and all involved to get the message out there that we can get through this together.
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I'm very proud of these legends
@brittanyhill__
@JaredCoombs_
@JonesKahli
for making this beautiful, sparkly, rainbow cake on behalf of
@IMBatUQ
for the
@UQ_News
#IDAHOBIT
cake competition. I can confirm it tasted amazing too! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
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From a student to postdoc (or maybe two),
Now as a group leader with my own little crew.
Adelaide to New Haven, Uppsala then Brissie,
Hurricanes, snow storms, now hair that is frizzy.
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Despite the haphazard dinner due to nothing being open at the airport, I’m jazzed to be making my way to Sweden to catch up with old friends and then off to Barcelona for the
@GordonConf
endothelial phenotypes conference! See ya in 26 hours 🎉
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We study how preventing blood vessel growth and leakiness can treat a huge range of diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and atherosclerosis. To continue this work, we desperately need investment into medical research
#nhmrc
#auspol
#AdvanceAustraliaCare
@TheASMR1
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“I walked in and thought, these are my people”. Well said
@ThatKelly
. Another excellent ANCVDB done, kudos to
@DrNatashaHarvey
and team for a fantastic few days of great food, wine and science!
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On
#NationalDogDay
, it seems fitting to introduce lab mascot Trixie. She enjoys when humans work from home, tennis balls, the beach and sleeping on laptop keyboards.
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When
@VascSensing_Lab
comes to town, first we need wine, second we need a selfie, third we need more wine, fourth we talk science. It’s essential to remember these priorities.
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Lab drag race, start your engines, lab drag race, may the best scientist win
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Hoorah, some non-COVID-19 news! Beautiful work from our Harvey lab friends, congratulations
@DrNatashaHarvey
and all involved!
Atypical cadherin Fat4 orchestrates lymphatic endothelial cell polarity in response to flow
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We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join the lab in collaboration with
@Lagendijk_lab
! If you are interested in studying how complex vessel networks form in mouse and fish in sunny Brisbane, Australia
@IMBatUQ
, DM or email me. Please RT!
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How many balloons/group leaders working together does it take to drop an egg?? We know the answer after a 2 day retreat on the beautiful Gold Coast!
@IMBatUQ
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The first official Xmas party of the combined
@VesselDynamics
and
@Lagendijk_lab
. Of the many things I expected in these first years, what I did not anticipate is how grateful I would feel having such a fantastic team around me. Merry christmas from steamy Brisbane +
@IMBatUQ
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This has been an awesome collaboration that started during lockdown and has led to the start of new projects and friendships! We still have so much to learn about this virus and the vasculature....
Endothelial cells elicit a pro-inflammatory response to SARS-COV-2 without productive viral infection Our very exciting recent work on SARS-CoV-2 with
@VesselDynamics
@KengYih
@LarisaLabzin
@inflammasomelab
@Lagendijk_lab
and Lilian Schimmel!
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Excited to be on my way to science summer camp
#GRC_angiogenesis
via Montréal to collaborate on BMPs and poutine with
@AlexandreDubrac
and Bruno Larrivée 🧪🍟🌞🌊
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I am not much of a runner these days, but luckily I have a ready, willing and able running partner for
#MyMarathonAU
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Fabulous to see this recognition for
@inflammasomelab
- an amazing mentor, champion for diversity and inclusion and a wonderful colleague
WINNER of LSQ QIMR BERGHOFER WOMAN OF INFLUENCE AWARD Prof Kate Schroder at
@IMBatUQ
developing drug targets for inflammasomes & startup Inflazome. The $620M sale to Roche is Australia’s largest academic deal. Thankyou to sponsor
@QIMRBerghofer
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Can't wait for 3 fun filled days of microscopy at
#LMA2021
. Come along to hear me speak about vessels in this afternoon's session and then stick around for the amazing program to follow.
@LightMicroAus
@IMBatUQ
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Great to have a visit from the always lovely
@claudine_bonder
from
@CCB_Research
. Got me thinking about dynamic rearrangements during vascular mimicry, fascinating stuff! Not to mention a beautiful dinner with
@Lagendijk_lab
and Dr Genovesi
@IMBatUQ
!
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Reaping the benefits of having a Dutch postdoc and a name that is easy to pair with a drink!
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I was really proud of
@SIMBAatUQ
for organising the first official
@IMBatUQ
Meanjin Pride March!
Lab mascot Trixie put on her best rainbow attire on for the occasion 🐶🌈
🏳️🌈Researching with heart, celebrating with pride!🏳️🌈
On Saturday, we proudly marched in Meanjin Pride March in celebration of our LGBTQIA+ community.
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to all our community, allies, family and friends for their support! 🩷
#BrisbanePride
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Feeling inspired and exhausted after an amazing week at the
#Angiogenesis
#GRC
in Newport. Thank you to
@HellmutAugustin
and
@cleaverlab
for a brilliant meeting, I can’t wait to come back in 2 years (even the college dorms can’t put me off!)
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Slightly alarmed as I look at grant outcomes to see that at my allocated fellowship level, the 'competition' are professors with 15+ years of experience running a lab.
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Everybody welcome to twitter
@TEssebier
, one of the star PhD students of the lab 👋 Tish works on mechanical regulation of the vasculature and has introduced us to the joys of vegan cakes 🍰
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How cool is it to have a postdoc (the twitter-less Lilian Schimmel) who contributed to the coolest cell biology project ever?? Very cool 😎
🧑🔬Behind every great image, there are great scientists. Let us showcase the cameramen & camerawomen from
@cellworlds_off
➡️ Lilian Schimmel (
@VesselDynamics
) and
@INoordstra
(
@TheYapLab
) from
@IMBatUQ
🔍Look for them :
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Also, our latest work on c-Src in the endothelium is out now in it's fully formatted glory! I may be biased, but I think it's a good read.
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Less than one month until the Australian Network of Cardiac and Vascular Developmental Biologists meeting on the sunny Gold Coast! We are still accepting abstracts for short talks and posters, come along and join us!! Registration is open now
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Writing with your pal is the best kind of writing!! We hope everybody enjoys reading this as much as we did writing it.
@VascSensing_Lab
@FrontiersIn
@IMBatUQ
“You never get physiologically relevant results using cell culture”. Wrong! You just need to read our trusty guide on the Importance of Mechanical Forces for in vitro Endothelial Cell Biology
@VesselDynamics
@FrontiersIn
@vascularbiology
@ExtracellMatrix
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My next response to reviewer 2: “This review is fraud. Frankly, this is winning data.” My god....stay strong American friends. This
#emotionalsupportaustralian
is here for you
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As the day ends at
#NAVBO19
, I am taking in all the amazing science I have heard from
@JonesLab_KUL
@BautchLab
@RuhrbergLab
@cleaverlab
(just to name a few) and wonder if after a science and wine filled poster session I will make it up for another gorgeous sunrise...
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We do some unusual outreach as scientists, but sitting on a Spicks and Specks style comedy panel
@UQBrisScience
was a first. Thanks to
@joelgilmore
,
@DNABeast
and
@girlclumsy
for setting up the jokes and witty panelists
@JackTHWang
,
@Reasondisabled
and
@hi_im_alise
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Rocking my purple sneakers for
#WearItPurpleDay
to support all my LGBTIQA+ friends and colleagues
@IMBatUQ
@UQ_News
🌈
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Felt great to begin the Swedish tradition of the “kickoff” to the
@VesselDynamics
and
@Lagendijk_lab
. I feel very lucky to work with such a bunch of excellent colleagues!
@IMBatUQ
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Embarking on the long trip to Boston for back to back
#2019SDB
and GRC Angiogenesis. Excited for inspiring science and shenanigans with old friends and new ones.
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Only in Queensland does a divisional retreat get interrupted by a curious bush turkey
A bush turkey crashed my talk at the division retreat at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens today. Photo:
@brettcollins100
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When you see NAVBO tweeted about your paper! Thanks
@vascularbiology
, we love pretty pictures.
The perks of working on the
#retina
#vasculature
: PRETTY PICTURES!
Check out the latest paper from
@VesselDynamics
published in
@Dev_journal
Terrific work!
#vascularbiology
#endothelialcells
#research
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What a brilliant game! I suspect 50 thousand people will have lost their voice tomorrow 🇦🇺🇫🇷
#Matildas
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Yesterday: lectures cancelled, record them online. Prepare for imminent lab shut down, wind down experiments, work from home.
Today: lectures back on for new dates. Keep experiments going, don’t worry about shut down, come to work and seminars.
Tomorrow: 🤷♀️ mental breakdown.
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In the Swedish tradition of the spring Kickoff party, the
@Lagendijk_lab
,
@MelanieDWhite
and
@VesselDynamics
labs faced off in a fierce game of lawn bowls. The victors will retain glory and bragging rights until next time...
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En route to
#NAVBO19
, looking forward to a week of top notch vascular biology! (Not to mention a Halloween themed dance party...)
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Congratulations to my postdoc mentor Anne! What an amazing honour!
Today we celebrated the juge achievements of Pr Anne Eichmann for her
@ERC_Research
grant and Légion d’honneur delivered by her mentor Pr Nicole Le Douarin. Extremely moving moments
@parcc_inserm
. We are pround of you Anne!
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Another one bites the dust... Sad, but not surprised, to see the Gordon Endothelial Phenotypes conference (and my Spanish holiday) is cancelled. Hard but right decision by all involved. Now to look for conferences in the latter half of the year and my cross fingers....
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Something about microscopists that like taking pictures of pretty things….
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If you love VE-cadherin as much as we do, check out our review!
A review from
@UQ_News
: The precise molecular signals that control
#endothelial
cell-cell adhesion within the vessel wall
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Congratulations to
@Huveneers_Lab
on this beautiful paper investigating the link between FA turnover and angiogenesis!
Proud to present the publication of our latest study, which made it to the cover of
@J_Cell_Sci
!
DLC1 is a direct target of activated YAP/TAZ that drives collective migration and sprouting angiogenesis
#integrins
#endothelial
#mechanobiology
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