Haruna Suzuki-Kerr

Passionate cochlear physiologist, wanting to develop inner ear therapeutics & diagnostics. Still learning how to delivery impactful science.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

It talks also about how agricultural revolution increased human numbers as species level, but reduced quality of life at an individual level- eating less variety diet, working longer hours farming, carry heavy things and getting arthritis. Fresh perspective.....

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Enjoying reading the "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari. Today's section on agricultural revolution -> Humans did not domesticate wheat, wheat domesticated humans. Look who has become accustomed to a home. Fresh perspectives!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

The principle of generalisation in patent law allows the patent scope to be more broad without having to list every parameters, as long as enough information is included to justify the generalisation. This is where the mechanism of action may come in for biology.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

The "background" section of the patent should not include about the invention itself; caution is on the details of "the problem" solved by the invention. This is because details of the problem can "give away" the inventiveness - now, that's quite different from an academic paper!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

On my wishlist to read is Dirty Work by Nicky Hager, but currently waiting for the book to become available - they must be selling well!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

I just started reading "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari. The starting page is already so good, defining science and three revolutions in beautiful language. Very excited to continue reading!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

While that's so challenging, I can see how some people would totally love doing it, like word play. Researchers do similar things too, for the tight, one-pager grant application EOI, when every single word must count and be effective.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Today I learnt that the key difference between provisional and complete patent filing is the inclusion of "best methodology known" as part of requirement for the full specification. Australia is one of the most strict jurisdiction for this requirement.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

On the patent, keeping the claim narrow enough to be clearly novel and inventive but broad enough for retaining potential future scope seems to require interrogation of every words to sit just "right". And all that while keeping them in legal language...

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Amazing people at the impact office of the university has suggested;Cooper, A., & Shewchuk, S. (2017). A taxonomy of research impact indicators for humanities and social science researchers. RIPPLE Toolkit. - and is a fantastic resource with so many potential"impact measures".

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Learning about patent writing - rules and distinct language used are very interesting. The background section is important for context setting and demonstrating usefulness, but could be used against you if you include information about prior art.. Scary!!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

My sons and I went to Auckland Chocolate and Coffee Festival! It was very busy - and definitely more chocolate than coffee! I love very dark chocolate (>85%) that are rich in minerals like iron and magnesium, as well as anti-oxidants.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Started reading "Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order" by Ray Dalio. I was initially using audiobook but oh my, this book has many figures - so now reading with eBook. Big cycles happen in 50-70 year cycle so everyone is naiive an hit hard - makes sense...

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Currently trying to get better at using Claude - after trying ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot, I have settled on Claude for the main personal use that I subscribe personally, in combination with Copilot (because our University has the paid license). Cost is an issue....

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

I really resonated with the "overhead" described in the book for cognitive workload that adds up when you have multiple tasks concurrently happening. Doing fewer things does help.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Finished "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport. Great book that talks about importance of "taking natural time" for creative work to emerge, including research. Cal Newport is Professor of Computer Science. Do fewer things, take time and up quality!

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

Research Impact Bootcamp organised by RIO of our University was excellent! Particularly useful to me was the five impact pathways: (i) Policy, (ii) Practice, (iii) Community and Public (iv) Commercialisaton and (v) Kauapapa Māori pathways.

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

We have them at our student expo today! https://t.co/r4eBMnAOKh

[Haruna Suzuki-Kerr @HarunaSK]

We support #WorldHearingDay (3rd March) 2026! Checkout our fun display at the University of Auckland campus! :)

[Auditory and Vestibular Translational Neuroscience @AVTNC1]

Professor Peter Thorne from @EisdellMooreNZ speaks on Radio NZ about the #worldhearingday 2024. #worldhearingday2024 https://t.co/w4JWiMfwyS