Michelle Novais

PhD candidate at @IMBatUQ 🤓 Investigating solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance 🧫🧪🔬

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Our newest antibiotic-derived fluorescent probe paper preprint is out - this time an oldie but a goodie....polymyxin B......
Rapid profiling of polymyxin B susceptibility in Gram-negative bacteri... https://t.co/RGllKMdZrK

[Michelle Novais @Michnovapa]

Me & @mrglenlamb made it to the top 10🎉🎉🎉
Check it out our images and don’t forget to vote🥰❤️

[BioTechniques @MyBioTechniques]

🥁 Drumroll, please! 🥁

The public vote for the BioTechniques Image Competition 2025 is NOW OPEN.

Check out our Top 10 images, selected by our judges based on scientific impact, image quality and ‘wow’ factor.

And cast your vote! >>> https://t.co/2Kff6grGtp

You have until Tuesday, 26 August at 5pm BST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT, to cast your vote. Remember, only one vote is allowed per email address recorded.

[Michelle Novais @Michnovapa]

Really enjoyed presenting one of the many exciting projects I’ve been working on at IMB with the Blaskovich group. Grateful for the opportunity to share our research! 🥰

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Great to see our research getting out into the wild... beer and science is a synergistic combination! Just like PhD @Michnovapa Michelle Novais de Paula from @IMBatUQ presenting her research on combinations of octapeptins and antibiotics at JAMS Brisbane tonight!

[Science News @ScienceNews]

Just a single infusion of lab-grown pancreatic cells let patients’ bodies make all the insulin they needed, scientists report. A year after treatment, 10 out of 12 participants no longer needed supplemental insulin.

https://t.co/enVugSqyLu

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Our new paper is out - led by former PhD student @APrasetyoputri at @IMBatUQ and cosupervised by Matt Cooper and by @lachlanjmc now at @TheDohertyInst, it....

https://t.co/Dppm5KAMJR

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Congrats to @IMBatUQ director Prof Ian Henderson, elected as a fellow of the @ASMicrobiology American Society for Microbiology and recognized today in LA at #ASM2025!

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

I'll be giving an online talk next week with an overview of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic discovery , if anyone is interested...
@COADD_news
@UQ_News
@IMBatUQ

https://t.co/bpyLqtbam7

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Congrats to joint QUEX (UQ/UExeter) graduate @SamuelCKraus !

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Clinical progress for an Australian AMR biotech...

Australian biotech points to potential superbug use as gel treats skin infections in phase 2 trial https://t.co/9UIwzX1nqH

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Come join our CEAStAR team!
https://t.co/M86aKwfhAD

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

If you have a spare 15 min, in honour of World AMR Awareness Week (#WAAW) here's a great documentary on how antibiotic misuse in food production is helping to drive antimicrobial resistance (with a few quotes in my messy office).
@IMBatUQ
@COADD_news
@UQ_News
@AAMRNet_

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

I strongly believe that one reason antibiotics are sometimes used indiscriminately is that people believe they're completely safe, so there's no harm in taking some 'just in case'...

Pepper chemical piplartine can prevent hearing loss from antibiotics https://t.co/TV6KfpKn83

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

Our newest open access review is online.....find out about the pipeline of antibacterial candidates with new MOA
@ACS_Infectious @IMBatUQ @HendersonLab
@msb_chem
#AMR #antibiotics #antibacterial

A Review of Antibacterial Candidates with new MoA https://t.co/K6r6IDP6SO

[UQ News @UQ_News]

Congratulations to @mark_blaskovich and a team of #UQ researchers who have been awarded almost $1million through the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance to human health👏

Read more: https://t.co/xX6hRYDxyW
@IMBatUQ

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Here’s a basic social media etiquette I wish more people knew about:

When someone celebrates one of their achievements, the only appropriate response is to congratulate them.

If you find it difficult to congratulate them for any reason (jealousy, insecurity), consider scrolling away.

Someone’s celebration is neither the time nor the occasion to highlight what’s wrong with the world.

Please don’t bring in your “activism” to someone’s celebration. There are many other occasions and places to do that.

Imagine you are a hardworking parent, and your daughter or son graduates from a college like Harvard.

I see you celebrating and start yelling that Harvard has millions of dollars invested in fossil fuels that are destroying the planet.

Will that be appropriate? I don’t think so. It’s neither an appropriate place nor an occasion to do so.

Doing so will achieve nothing, and I will end up looking bitter, petty, and inconsiderate.

[Dr Martina Jelocnik @MartinaJelocnik]

Great team fab project get in touch with @jojkenyon 👇👇👇#acinetobacter

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

PhD opportunity in algal research in a great IMB lab!

https://t.co/WM2rErSbOQ

[Gen (Tom) Li @gen_tom_li]

What a great week of networking and science at #ASM2024, privileged to have been given an opportunity to present my work and humbled to have received an award for my poster @AUSSOCMIC @ASM_QLD

Picture credit: @Michnovapa

[Michelle Novais @Michnovapa]

That was AMAZING!!! ❤️

[ASM @AUSSOCMIC]

Live at #ASM2024, @VignuzziLab is delivering a fascinating talk on combating viruses with evolutionary concepts! From manipulating RNA virus evolution to creating innovative antiviral approaches, this research is revolutionary. #virology

[Michelle Novais @Michnovapa]

Awesome talk from our brilliant Post Doc from Blasko Group, Dr @AnthonyVerdero3 at #ASM2024❤️