Dr Natalie McKirdy

Research Fellow @QUT | COO @dialogicedu | PhD (Medicine) | TEDx speaker | (she/her)

[Damien Harkin @DamGerryHarkin]

Has been a very busy and exciting few weeks putting a “new” team together to tackle the quest for bioengineered corneal tissue.

We are “putting the band back together”, including @Nat_Mac26 Jenny Young (Walshe) and Ceara McGowan.

Details to follow soon!

[IndigenousX @IndigenousX]

In the lead-up to Invasion Day, allies should consider giving the usual beers and bbq a miss, and show up for mob. Here's how.
https://t.co/oKD1XEFm0l

[Dr Natalie McKirdy @Nat_Mac26]

@allergyaust @DrEmmaBeckett Stabbing the pit out with a chopstick can also work

[Dr Natalie McKirdy @Nat_Mac26]

Absolute. Pure. Gold.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes

[RealScientists @realscientists]

[Admin] Are you interested in talking science with some of the friendliest folks on twitter? Sign up to host Real Scientists here:
https://t.co/9WQrL6KKOt

[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

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The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting.

RT when it works for you.

[Dr Natalie McKirdy @Nat_Mac26]

@ThePhDPlace Protective cell scaffolding

[Jodie Gunders @JodieGunders]

‘Please don’t take it hard but endeavour to work so that in future, war may be impossible, and it will never be necessary for men and women to leave their homes to fight unknown men against whom they have no quarrel’ 5/

He was 22 years old #LestWeForget

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

No one:
Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs

[Dr Emma Beckett @DrEmmaBeckett]

COVID cases mean people undergoing cancer care can’t have visitors or support during treatment. It means hospital staff are working double time. It means that waits are longer for things that compromise quality of life. It’s not just about avoiding the COVID symptoms for you.

[Dr Emma Beckett @DrEmmaBeckett]

Please if you are eligible for your third dose and haven’t had it, get into your pharmacy, GP or vax hub, you will want it before winter hits. It’s not just about you and COVID it’s about every other person who needs medical care for anything.

[Dr Natalie McKirdy @Nat_Mac26]

@synapse101 Ditto! I'm one of 5 and that was enough to cop the raised eyebrows and "Irish Catholic" jibes. (Also not religious - my parents just wanted a bigger family)

[Dr Natalie McKirdy @Nat_Mac26]

@alison_mrice My starting salary was $45k after 1st class honours (10 years ago!). GFC and Campbell Newman restructure/layoff era. Job searching for ~6m with no success. Pretty desperate for anything in my field. Didn't know better, didn't know to negotiate. Definitely discuss with boss/HR!

[Lee Constable 🔥 @Constababble]

Break The Bias isn't the IWD theme. That's from a company that hijacked UN IWD. The official UN theme is Changing Climates: Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.

If you like, you can quote or copy/paste this tweet rather than typing it out all day. #IWD2022 #IWD

[Jaclyn McCosker @JaclynMcCosker]

I don’t want nuclear submarines. I want water bombers for bushfires.

[ICE Syndrome Research Consortium @ICEconsortium]

Consortium members at @QUT have launched a national surveillance study to establish how many Australians live with ICE + collect key details of medical history for analysis. Please DM us if you are a patient or eye care professional & would like to participate in the study.

[ICE Syndrome Research Consortium @ICEconsortium]

Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome (#ICEsyndrome) is a #raredisease of the cornea, progressing from glare and halo vision, to drastic iris changes and secondary glaucoma - ultimately causing blindness. Some aspects of it can be managed, but not yet cured. We want to change that!

[ICE Syndrome Research Consortium @ICEconsortium]

There are 300 million people worldwide living with a #raredisease. When you try to imagine that many people, suddenly rare diseases don't seem quite so rare.
#showyourstripes #RareDiseaseDay #icesyndrome

[Michelle Allison, RD @fatnutritionist]

I want you to remember that, in a society not actually organized around caring for people because money is more important, there is a huge incentive to get people to blame themselves for their individual "failures" and "choices" during a massive, system-wide public health crisis.