Scientist | dad | lapsed cellist | APAC Medical Director Stallergenes Greer #medaffairs | science & innovation | views my own
Sydney, Australia
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
“I started my postdoc 5 years ago and had a 1-year contract … whether the contract would be renewed every year put enormous stress on me.”
Excessive casualisation of Australia’s research workforce is deplorable & impacts mental health and future careers.
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This is Australia's most important report on the environment's deteriorating health. Here we summarise our team’s grim findings. #environment theconversation.com/this-is-… via @ConversationEDU
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We’re hiring! Come join the @Opin_Health and @OpylAI team. Looking for someone to lead services and help us scale. If you are a strategic thinker with experience in clinical services we need to talk. RT generously friends and ping someone you know who should be talking to us
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Unprecedented, unseasonal, uncommon, unusual; have you noticed that the "un" words are rising with the temperature?
We need rapid and drastic greenhouse gas emissions reductions before many parts of the world become uninhabitable. #climatechange
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WE ARE HIRING: Elevate Program Manager applications open! This is an opportunity to foster a vibrant, innovative #STEM ecosystem in Australia. Join my team at @ATSE_au and work with us to drive positive change, inclusion, allyship & belonging. #STEMCareers
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Ovaries. Talk about them. Our campaign with @camillaandmarc launches today to raise awareness and funding for #OvarianCancer Find out more at camillaandmarc.com/collectio… #ovariestalkaboutthem
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
#LongCOVID research is growing and our team at @opin are keen to find people in Australia willing to share their experience with medical researchers. Please RT generously so we can make the connection. #DigitalHealth #clinicaltrials
We’re looking for people living with long COVID with the following symptoms:
➡️ Brain fog
➡️ Headaches
➡️ Poor concentration
➡️ Dizziness
To participate in research assessing new treatment for these neurological symptoms
Find out more bit.ly/35YIW9v #longCOVID #COVID
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Some quantification of the entrepreneurial value of basic research:
Grants for basic research are just as likely to be cited in patents as are those with an applied focus. Fund basic research!
h/t @calinplesa
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
“He said other pioneers in engineering or science, such as Elon Musk and Galileo, had faced similar criticism when first airing their views.” 😭🤦🏻♂️
Djokovic-backed ‘biotech’ firm’s approach likened to homeopathy theguardian.com/business/202…
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Tonga's Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite.
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
To all politicians. In a liberal democracy, You make the grant rules, The independent research agency uses peer review to determine funding. It is completely inappropriate for grants to be removed by politicians, unless the grant rules were not followed.
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Friends, I think that the modelling just released for Morrison's 'net zero' target reveals some terrifying and valuable truths. Not in its accuracy or quality, but in the rhetorical role it serves in worsening climate harm.
New piece -->>
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
A study in @NatureComms estimates SARS-CoV-2 infection antibody levels associated with protection against reinfection likely last 1.5-2 years on average. go.nature.com/3mUn2dc
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Why do more people choose Tay-Tay over Tchaikovsky? smh.com.au/culture/music/why…
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Check out this great animation on thunderstorm asthma by @Healthily_Au and @AsthmaAustralia
youtu.be/rt00fVPzIZs
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The globe is indebted to @edwardcholmes for his lifetime’s work and for this act of scientific integrity: tweeting to the world the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, without which the research effort to understand the virus and develop a vaccine could not have commenced. #PMPrizes
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Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Five years ago around this time Melbourne had an epic thunderstorm asthma event that put a lot of people in hospitals and ICU. A subset group analysis showed:
Majority did NOT have a known diagnosis of asthma.
Almost all had known allergic rhinitis (hay fever).
Stay safe.
Dr Martin Rees retweeted
Scientists: Support for an overhaul in the distribution of NHMRC funding - Sign the Petition! chng.it/kHHz7678 via @ChangeAUS @purton_louise – at Wonga Park, Victoria
