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Rebecca LeBard

@rlebard

Scientist BSc (hons) PhD👩🏽‍🔬 | Educator MEd (HE) SFHEA 👩🏽‍🎓 | 🔬🧫🧬| #biology #microbiology #biochemistry #higherEd | #running

 sydney, australia
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Joined April 2009
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Some holiday writing: My dog keeps taking me for coffee... medium.com/p/my-dog-took-me-…
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International student numbers to be limited using a new ministerial direction. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/i…
International student numbers to be limited using legal workaround

International student numbers to be limited using legal workaround

The government has found a legislative workaround to restrict how many international students can study in Australia, after laws to impose caps were rejected by the Coalition and Greens.

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The Theory of Everyone - Michael Muthukrishna for the #unsw Wurth lecture interviewed by @Brooks_Rob @UNSWScience #unswideas
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The Theory of Everyone - Michael Muthukrishna bookshop.unsw.edu.au/details…
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Good morning! 🐨 Happy Open Day #unsw @UNSWScience #unswopenday
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Pleased to welcome @UNSWScience students for O Week today 💛
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Driverless cars keeping residents up as they all honk at each other when trying to park at night. 😆 vt.tiktok.com/ZS2LyMb1u/
TikTok - Make Your Day

TikTok - Make Your Day

TikTok - trends start here. On a device or on the web, viewers can watch and discover millions of personalized short videos. Download the app to get started.

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A Field Guide to the Apocalypse | @AthenaAktipis interviewed by @Brooks_Rob for #scienceweek @UNSWScience @UNSWCentreIdeas #unswideas
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It’s the apocalypse. Are you prepared for first 72 hours? What’s missing? And do we need a whistle and harmonica? 🙉
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It’s the apocalypse. What are you looking for? #macgyver #dating
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Learning about GOOSILES and some strategies for resilience and managing risk from @AthenaAktipis in her Field Guide to the Apocalypse Roadshow hosted by @UNSWCentreIdeas for #ScienceWeek @UNSWScience #unsw unswcentreforideas.com/event…?
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This is interesting. Using AI to access a wealth of past stories and repurpose them as explained. Thoughts? abc.net.au/news/science/2024…
Australian science magazine publishes AI-generated articles after laying off half its staff

Australian science magazine publishes AI-generated articles after laying off half its staff

Cosmos Magazine's use of a Walkley Foundation-administered grant to publish AI-created content has drawn the ire of contributors and former editors, including its co-founders.

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^explainers 🤦‍♀️
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CRISPR used in a process to identify anti canon alternatives 🐍 smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…
The end of venom? Sydney scientists find new cure for flesh-eating snake bites

The end of venom? Sydney scientists find new cure for flesh-eating snake bites

A bold new technique for finding antidotes for box jellyfish stings, vipers’ venom, and death cap mushrooms has emerged from a Sydney lab.

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After a year or so of talks starting with “I put this into ChatGPT..” I loved seeing an Oxford dictionary definition again. A great definition for “inspire” in context of education. @AsmEducationsig #asmeducon
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Can we measure inspiring educators? 🤔
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Great start to the @AustDeansSci Learning and Teaching leaders conference hosted by @UNSWScience today. Leaders from >20 universities present.
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I may not have sashimi again for lunch today ;) abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-0…
This parasite found across three states can burrow through the skin of fish and, in rare cases,...

This parasite found across three states can burrow through the skin of fish and, in rare cases,...

Red-worm-of-trout can infect humans and other mammals when they eat uncooked or undercooked fish caught in fresh water and can be lethal to some animals.

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Call for abstracts‼️ ASM EduCon invites educators in microbiology & related disciplines to submit an abstract for a poster or 10 min oral presentation. Great networking & learning opportunity on 4-5 July 2024 in Brisbane, QLD. @AUSSOCMIC @AsmEducationsig theasmmeeting.org.au/educon
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REGISTRATIONS & ABSTRACTS OPEN. The @AsmEducationsig event is scheduled for 4-5 July in Brisbane in conjunction with the @aussocmic annual meeting. Please share. #highereducation #microbiology #AI @julielindsay
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REGISTRATIONS & ABSTRACTS OPEN. The @AsmEducationsig event is scheduled for 4-5 July in Brisbane in conjunction with the @aussocmic annual meeting. Please share. #highereducation #microbiology
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Carl Bergstrom “expert bullshit detector”discusses the art of skepticism in a data driven world with @Brooks_Rob @unswbees @UNSWScience for @UNSWCentreIdeas @unsw #wallacewurthlecture
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Why does misinformation stick? Humans a information foragers. Our social networks have grown from <100 to unimaginable scales. Now our evolved psychology for identifying patterns and drawing conclusions that worked well well may work poorly on these scaled networks at speed.
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Great even this evening and looking forward to reading. 📘
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