Congratulations to @DFBC_PedCare's Stuart H. Orkin, MD, on receiving a 2022 Canada Gairdner Award for 4 decades of pioneering work in blood disorders that's unraveled molecular mysteries behind how blood cells develop and how disorders arise: https://t.co/Ochxi2013z 🎉👏
Interesting interview with Aviv Regev about her move to @genentech: How to deliver better medicine? 1. human biology, 2. high-res methods, 3. modalities, and 4. computation & maths, the latter for "predictive, generative and interpretable models". https://t.co/vgPTJClrbb
"I realize that someone like you will have to take a chance on me, I don't learn like typical people do"
A soon-to-be high school graduate with autism started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. https://t.co/BK1xAq7q5l
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
- Rabindranath Tagore, awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for his sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry expressing his poetic thought.
Learn more about Tagore: https://t.co/gH7SO7JPN7
#WorldPoetryDay
Helped review the stem cell program at Monash university in Melbourne pre-COVID and they spoke of the lack of government support for research. Now I hear they are threatening to close Greg's Neuro department because of a financial shortfall. Very shortsighted thinking!
Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biology, John Gurdon went onto receive a #NobelPrize, thanks to his classic frog experiment which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells has all the information needed to develop all cells in its body.
#WorldFrogDay
Cutting neuroscience at ANU, especially in the context of the potential neurological consequences of COVID-19, is shortsighted at best.
Please consider signing the open letter (below) or the petition: https://t.co/in8aXrFlpe
We need neuroscience research!
#saveEccles
"Science is not about competition or publishing in the best journals. The collaborative part is the most fun part of it". Thank you everyone and especially, @jvveenvliet for today's session! We know you'll do great as a group leader. Stay tuned for our upcoming session!
Global inspiration @priyankachopra in the foreword of #DareToDream by @GirlRisingIndia, emphasizes about the power of believing in oneself for making dreams come true.
We cannot wait to read it!🙌
Words from our President, Prof Schofield, on the proposed closure of ANU's Eccles Institute of Neuroscience:
"This is not the time to force a brain drain ...This is the time to ensure neuroscience remains a priority on the national agenda."
FULL STORY: https://t.co/BecrivlaGh