I pipette better when my feet are sore from dancing, legs are tired from running, batteries are recharged by high quality sleep, and mind is rejuvenated by friends. My research suffers if I neglect my physical and mental health. #researcherlife #MentalHealthMatters #phdlife

Congratulations Joanne Reed.

Lab wardrobe is predominantly jeans and T-shirts from either bands or reagent companies. The former from gigs. The latter were freebies from conferences. Potential preference for clothing from booths covered in promo material. #phdlife #sciencefashion #conferenceswag #labmusic

Today’s B-cell experiment was conducted by yours truly, to the sounds of Rise Radiant by Caligula's Horse. Initial observations: cells enjoy Oceanrise thoroughly. Good pipetting song. #tissueculture #labplaylist #phdlife

I need to convince myself that I’ve got an experiment planned each day or I just sleep through my alarms. At least I know that science is what gets me up in the morning.

Someone asked me what I was grateful for and I responded with “dilution curves that form the perfect linear progression”. They quickly changed the subject. #gratitude #ResearcherRealities #phdlife

The Autoimmunity & Amyloidosis Lab is taking Giant Steps for research. This morning my lab turned our weekly meeting into a 4km walk around Parramatta Park to raise research $ for The Westmead Institute for Medical Research giantstepsforresearch.wimr.org.au/t/aa-lab

It would appear that I have encountered a positive result. A phenomenon so foreign that the past hour was spent searching for what went wrong. I’ve since given up and will observe the graph overnight in case it was tricking me. #researcherlife #phdlife #positivefindings

Announcing our review discussing how EBV infection may contribute to MS pathogenesis via interactions with genetic risk loci. Part of Clinical & Translational Immunology's special feature on #EBVandMS! Great work Ali Afrasiabi, Chantelle Ahlenstiel and Sanjay Swaminathan! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

One day my writing process will look less like a chaotic fever dream that eventuates in something mildly coherent after being run through Google translator a few times. But it is not this day. #phdlife

The three lab modes 1. Focused. Will jump if interrupted. 2. Social. Will talk to anyone about anything. 3. Lab party. Will dance or sing shamelessly. Audience participation appreciated. #phdlife #ResearcherRealities

Congratulations to my amazing PhD student Lara Glass looking forward to seeing you and your research on lupus take off 🚀 The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Thank you to Arthritis Australia for supporting promising researchers like Lara take on exciting projects in musculoskeletal diseases.

Opening reception for ASI23 #ASI23 #Australianimmunologysociety

Congratulations 2nd year PhD student Adrian Lee. First presentation ⁦Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology⁩ #ASI23NZ and ECR prize for best talk at the clinical immunology, autoimmunity and systems SIG ⁦The Westmead Institute for Medical Research⁩

Blown away by the intravital imaging of glioblastoma and CAR-T cells by A/Prof Misty Jenkins yesterday at #ASI23 #Immunology #WomenInSTEM

Always inspiring listening to a talk by my PI Joanne Reed . Truly humbled to be a part of the lab behind groundbreaking research of sequencing to beside can guide patient treatment today. #WomenInSTEM #autoimmunity #ASImmunology

Come swing by poster at ASI23 to hear about anti-C1q in SLE. #NPSLE #SLE #ASImmunology #WomenInSTEM

Looks like Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology crossed the #BBB to join the neuroscience family for the afternoon. #Neuroimmunology #microglia #WomenInSTEM #immuneinfiltration #ASImmunology

WIMR is delighted to announce that A/Prof Joanne Reed has been awarded a $2.6 million Investigator Grant from the NHMRC. A/Prof Reed’s successful project aims to use genomics to transform the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disease. Read here: rb.gy/gk2gnt