AIBN researcher Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_Soph_89) is following in the footsteps of her MND research mentor after winning a prestigious fellowship to address the neurodegenerative condition from a new angle.
Regions of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but have better connectivity, with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood, according to research published in @NatureNeuro. https://t.co/px69k4CXGC
The October Scientific Seminar sees @turnerMNDlab highlighting a state-of-the-art Drug Screening Platform using patient-derived stem cells to accelerate MND drug discovery at @TheFlorey in Melbourne. Tune in on Tues Oct 25th at 3:30pm AEDT.
Register at https://t.co/ZKqjGDznXn
Australian government can be so twisted, been Aus resident for tax purposes for 10 years, PR for 18 months, yet unable to get paid parental leave. I can't even give primary care to my partner as he is not the birth mother. @ausgov#paidparentalleave#centrelink#sexist#whypaytax
As prizes go, this was pretty good!
Dr Sophia Luikinga from our MND lab won 24 hours with the 2021 AFL Premiership Cup as a @FightMND raffle prize - and she brought it into the office for the Florey footy fans to grab a photo 🤳
Thanks Sophia! 🏆
Congratulations to Prof. Andy Lawrence who is now Vice-President of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism 👏
@ISBRAComm brings together clinicians + scientists to share ideas and collaborate to improve understanding of, and treatments for, alcoholism.
Super excited that the first few years of hard work of my Post-Doc has resulted in this beast of a paper. Key to the basis of clinical trial and highlighting importance of lipid dysregulation in ALS. Preprint available now #ambroxol#als#mnd@turnerMNDlab
Profound lipid dysregulation in mutant TDP-43 mice is ameliorated by the glucocerebrosidase 2 inhibitor ambroxol https://t.co/Fx4kDOtdBC #biorxiv_neursci
International conferences in COVID times, can attend from anywhere, but live in the unluckiest timezone. Still excited for #alsmndsymp to kick off at 1AM local time