Dr Stephen (with a PhD) Mieruszynski

Our best of the Aurora australis from about an hour ago

@NobodyImpawtant We can just manage see it without cameras

@NobodyImpawtant It's looking better now than 2 hour ago

From our backyard in the lower Dandenong Ranges

@BlairWilliams26 The ABC did a piece of this late last year. The fine print in the policies allows up to a certain % of the company's revenue to come from thermal coal mining and other fossil fuel revenue. Story is here: abc.net.au/news/2023-12-1…

@aboutasteph You might like Padlet or Milanote - both are free up to a point and have a schedule template. They are basically a digital post-it board. I use both for different functions but prefer the Padlet interface for scheduling, but the Milanote one allows for more creativity

reccs for the best organisational app for keeping track of appointments?

@BlairWilliams26 Had this exact conversation with a colleague that teaches undergrads. This is also happening in the life sciences, not all students or unis, but the transactional view of degrees seems to be a major issue. Doesn't help either where many milestone subjects have stopped being so.

@BlairWilliams26 Should also add. It's really cheap - using 2 or 3 times a day and the bottle lasts about a month ($15) and has the longest shelf life once opened compared to others we have tried

@BlairWilliams26 We have been using Flo travel nasal spray (always available at Chemist warehouse). Shown to have a 80% risk reduction. Shame the TGA is still sitting on the Viraleze approval

@BlairWilliams26 Probably also neglected the average number of investment properties our politicians have and the clear conflict of interest

@DrShaneRRR This was yesterday with our battery - 98% solar. The 2% is due to the drip feed the battery maintains with the grid. Low energy house too with the AC on most of the day.

Just got my monthly power bill, so very low! Also note that we are now exporting more power than we are using as a result of the solar installation. Total Usage for this period: 353.6480 kWhs Total exports this period: 456.0570 kWhs Now I just need $20k for a damn battery!

@BlairWilliams26 We had the same issue with a vaccination for our dog. Told to wait a year. Requires 2 doses and no guarantee of supply for the 2nd.

@PutoczkiLab Wonderful news! Huge congratulations and such a great way to end the year.

@DrShaneRRR @sjwill99 @PalliThordarson I had to pick up as many teaching contracts as possible and worked 22h each weekend to make ends meet. By my 3rd year I started experiencing blackouts from burnout. Kudos Shane for having these conditions for funding.

@sjwill99 @PalliThordarson I think for a lot of students working additional jobs in excess of 70-80 hour research weeks is unsustainable.

At UNSW Sydney Australia in chemistry (AUS$ which is 0.65 USD): Stipend $37,500 Fees = $55,000 Consumables & equipment access fees = $10,000 ->$100K (US$65K) p.a. but mostly not from supervisor-see notes in thread. Indirect cost for the uni is probably another $10-20k minimum. 1/

@talveon It's the end of the beginning as I've seen some epidemiologists put it

The more people say COVID is over, the more it shows it is far from it. It's just getting started.

@drng I think we're going to be seeing this more and more. Very few colleagues of mine see a future in academia in Aus. We're not only loosing a pipeline of ideas in the current environment but also people and leaders.

She’s going to be brilliant and so impactful in the next phase of her career by the way. Will be missed.

A good friend of mine has left academia for industry. I admit this has rocked me. Hugely successful leader with enthusiasm for their work & training up next gen scientists. Why can’t we support people like this more in Australia? We’re killing ourselves & our scientific futures.

@BlairWilliams26 If it's been 6 months or more since your last, pharmacists seem fine to provide it. DM me if you like, can share some details. Had a booster last week.

@briankirsty Yep correct. It looks like no detectable virus with CPC alone. These experiments were effectively performed in test tubes, so keep this in mind. The study does go on & test 4 products in people. Some worked really well. If I have time I'll compare those to what we have in Aus

@DrMieruszynski so the way i'm reading this - CPC without benzoate is so effective the result sits right on the x axis. Amirite ? thanks

@briankirsty Just note the y-axis is logged, so even the benzoate has a massive effect still. Working off the graph control viral titre is around 5 million and benzoate around 250.

@briankirsty I should have linked directly to this part of the thread. I'm not sure of the reason. But the presence of sodium benzoate appears to reduce inactivation of the virus: twitter.com/AltenbergLee/s…