Matthew Coleman

PhD | Genetics enthusiast 🏳️‍🌈 🔬 🧬 | @MCRI_for_kids | @queersinscience VIC | Out For Australia 30 Under 30 | Views & typos are my own | He/Him

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

I have submitted my PhD thesis!!! I was so fortunate to have had such wonderful PhD supervisors (@0sems0, @drkbhowell, Prof Paul Lockhart & Prof Rick Leventer), advisors (@ae_frazier & @houweling_peter), collaborators and friends! @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelbMDHS @GSA_UniMelb

[@BrainComms @braincomms]

Coleman et al. report on genetic & histopathologic analysis of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome revealing mTORopathies & SLC35A2-linked malformations as major causes. Please read at: https://t.co/pH7xjyG49P @geneticsmatt @drkbhowell @simonscas @mcri_for_kids

[QueersInScience @QueersInScience]

LGBTQIA+ STEMM Day 2024 is on Monday!!! Come hear from some incredible queer people in STEMM and network with other LGBTQIA+ people in STEMM!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧪🧬
Register now:
https://t.co/svJIH8YHWQ

[QueersInScience @QueersInScience]

The most fabulous day in STEMM is coming up, and we can’t wait to celebrate LGBTQIA+ STEMM Day 2024 with you on November 18! 🌈✨

Follow the link to find more info and register for FREE to join in Melbourne, Sydney or online:

https://t.co/svJIH8YHWQ

See you there!

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

@Kiymet_b @DeptofDefense Congratulations @Kiymet_b! Amazing work!

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to #MCRI's Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu who has received a New Investigator Award to examine the impacts of #NF1 on brain function. NF1 causes various benign tumours and is linked to #ADHD & #autism. | @Kiymet_b @DeptofDefense

➡️ https://t.co/49ANptACnB

[Joel Steele 🧪💉⚡💥📹 @JoelisSteele]

We are hiring two Research Fellows! 😁
(Spatial/SCP) and a general expert (qual/quant). $85-136k+17% Super (aka 401k).
>13 mass specs, inc astral, cellenONE, robots, autobots, repeating pipettes inc tips. An amazing team 🥳 https://t.co/uB5h2adZnH #proteomics #massspec

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

Fantastic talk on the history and future of genomic medicine from @NHGRI_Director Eric Green at @MCRI_for_kids today!

[Prof Zornitza Stark @ZornitzaS]

Out now @NatureMedicine 🔥🔥

#genomic NBS: the challenges are daunting

But we have a responsibility to lead research in public health systems 🇬🇧🇦🇺

@RDExeter @Rich_Genomics @smbanka @LouiseFish1 @swynn_unique @NeonatalEthics @jbuchanan_ox @dgmacarthur

https://t.co/GakK209knx

[Katherine Howell @drkbhowell]

Focal structural causes of infantile spasms are common, and epilepsy surgery can improve outcomes. We (first author @_emma_m_l , also @aaewarren , @0SEMS0 , others) write a review paper on surgically-remediable IESS, with useful clinical tips...
https://t.co/D51mYCNgyz

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

@sighmonger Congratulations!!! Fantastic news and well deserved!

[QueersInScience @QueersInScience]

We have so many @CSIRO folks involved in @QueerslnScience! 🤝

The QueerslnScience and CSIRO collaboration continues here in Sydney and we're ready to march tomorrow at @sydneymardigras! 🌈🏳️‍🌈

See if you can spot us 😉

#CSIROpride

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

@PhDVoice Absolutely, I thanked @taylorswift13 & @troyesivan in my PhD thesis! Their music carried me through hours of lab work and lockdown walks.

[Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) @MCRI_for_kids]

Congrats to MCRI's A/Prof Rachel Conyers, Prof Paul Lockhart and Dr Katherine Howell, who have received MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission Grants | @AusGenomics @Mark_Butler_MP @healthgovau @anygivensundaes
Learn more: https://t.co/egdZF4YqhF

[Transgender Victoria | TGV @transgendervic]

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance 💜

TDOR is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the trans, gender diverse and non-binary lives lost to acts of transphobia and discrimination.

Illustration by: @zandegoop

[QueersInScience @QueersInScience]

It's LGBTQIA+ STEMM Day!! 🌈🌈

Come down to @scigallerymel for talks, crafts, live music, and trivia!!

#LGBTQSTEMDay #LGBTSTEMDay @SOBRNetwork

[emma macdonald-laurs @_emma_m_l]

The clinical, imaging, pathological and genetic landscape of bottom-of-sulcus dysplasia - my PhD cohort published in @Brain1878!!🧡
@MCRI_for_kids
@UniMelb
@RCHMelbourne
#epilepsy
https://t.co/Oz9HWv9k6B

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

You may be in their DMs but @taylorswift13 and @troyesivan are in my PhD thesis acknowledgements. We are not the same.

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

If you don’t know, find out. #VoteYes @yes23au

[First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria @firstpeoplesvic]

“That’s the whole point of the Voice – so we can hear from Aboriginal people about decisions that are going to affect them!” explains @rjhberg ahead of a @yes23au doorknocking event.

[Matthew Coleman @GeneticsMatt]

@drkbhowell Thank you Katherine!!! So lucky to have you as a supervisor!