Drew Billinghurst 🦘

Frosty morning and the house is surrounded by 30-50 yellow-tailed black cockatoos chomping on gum and hakea #ytbc #snapcracklepop #ozbirds rehab success

@aussieboroboy @NeilMcMahon Any infectious disease when you're infectious. Isolate, stay away.

@NeilMcMahon Apart from the fact Covid is not mentioned, the message is correct. It's not OK to come to work and spread the lurgy

@NeilMcMahon Not by email, though it is a repeated conversation and direction at my workplace. Often led by me. Ageing workforce! "WFH if well enough, if you wish. Use your sick leave, it is its purpose. Get well and we'll see you when you're not infectious."

@geogphotog @DrLachie You forgot footy 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Microscopy twittersphere - Job alert (Light sheet/tissue/multi-plexing/other stuff). Come and join us here in lovely Melbourne where we have light microscopes, tim tams, @DrLachie, Surfing Koalas, beautiful (questionable) weather, and much much more. wehi.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/broadbean_exte…

@SarahGarnish @VicGovAu @WEHI_research @pseudokinase 👏👏👏

It’s taken time to sink in but it was a privilege to win the Basic Science Researcher award at this years Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists. Thanks to @VicGovAu , @WEHI_research & my mentor @pseudokinase

@senatorbabet @StephenJonesMP Censoring child pornography spread by the bad guys is a good thing.

@StephenJonesMP At no time in history have those who advocate for more censorship ever been the good guys.

Social media platforms should not enable the distribution of violent and distressing content. This is reckless and dangerous. The Albanese Government will not accept this standard. We will keep Australians safe online.

Nice to be able to tack on a weekend day and a bit to a work trip to Townsville, and pound out some walking kms on #MagnericIsland

We loved meeting Ambassador Kennedy to talk about the importance of medical research and clinical trials for #braincancer @BrainCancerCtr in #jenkinslab @WEHI_research w @whittlejim & @braincancerlab

@WEHI_research @SnowMedical @TheRMH And showing all the values 😘

Amazing to celebrate announcement of the Snow Centre for Immune Health today with @SnowMedical and @TheRMH, and to be joined by the ever-inspiring Magda Szubanski. See how the Centre will change the game when it comes to understanding our immune system 👇 wehi.edu.au/collaborative-…

This is not ok . Calling scientists “terrorists” who have no agenda (and don’t even get any money out of this) , whose aim is to educate and inform what the research has found and develop solutions to literally prevent native bee extinctions is just so bigoted and callous .

@SomeBlondeSci 🤗🤗🤗

It's been so lovely to join a few zoom meetings this week with my bundle of joy, and touch base with my science life again during the whirlwind of mat leave 💫 With a face like that, I might not ever come back to the lab 😅

@declanf Imagine these poor petals back in the 1890s when faced with a whole new constitution. They would have been like freaking jelly with the "if you don't know" challenge

How come all those people who were “doing their own research” during Covid, now want to do absolutely no research on The Voice? #Yes23 #voicereferendum

The live camera is online!! nationalmalleefowl.com.au/live-camera The birds have been very active and laying over the past weeks, if they aren't in front of the lens when you open the link don't worry they are not far :). #malleefowl #savingmalleefowl #wildoz

@mike_feigin I would have hoped for overglasses or prescription safety glasses. In Aus, expect electrical cables tagged and tested. And shamefully your calendar is still on August 🤷‍♂️

Live malleefowl content? Even Netflix can't compete! Here is a quick timelapse of this pair hard at work and it is part of an upcoming live camera installation!!! It is nearly ready to go public alongside the new website. Stay tuned! #savingmalleefowl #malleefowl

And in my spare time my building of garden habitat for birds and insects is continuing to progress. 80m³ of mulch spread over winter, and plenty of planting. The birds that winter elsewhere are returning to nest, and the activity continues. #landforwildlife #ozbirds

@tham_lab @AS_Para @WEHI_research You're most welcome. Hope you and fam are well.

@RuleGuided @AS_Para @WEHI_research Thank you!

Congratulations Professor Wai-Hong Tham Walter and Eliza Hall Institute winner of the 2023 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence parasite.org.au/blog/congratul… @tham_lab @WEHI_research #2023ASP #malaria #parasite

@Andrew_Akbashev I try try try to get home and spend an hour in the garden continuing to build habitat for the local indigenous animals and insects. Doing something helping the world to survive is as important for me.

And my daily routine: I wake up at 5 am. Get to the gym at 5:30 am. While working out, I listen to a science podcast for 1h. Have breakfast and respond to emails at 7:30 am. Reach to my lab at 8 am.  Work until 6 pm. Have a dinner at 7 pm. Read research reviews for 60 mins. Read a book for another 60 mins. Write down the work plan for the next day. 9 pm: I’m in bed, thrilled to start another super-day in 8 hours. ▫️ Sounds perfect, right? Except that this is not real. It’s NOT about me. ▫️ In real life: - I can get sick of office work - I can get sick of writing grants, papers, reports - I can get sick of working in a lab (hell, yes!) - I can get too tired for a gym ▫️ My life as a scientist is not about productivity.  It’s about creativity and fulfillment. Such a daily routine can quickly exhaust us, mentally and physically. ▫️ As a student, postdoc or faculty: Do NOT feel guilty when you get sick of your lab duties. Do NOT feel ashamed of your slow writing process. Do NOT get upset by your mental and physical fatigue. ▫️ Your strength is in your personality and curiosity. Not a productive daily routine.  #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #Phd