Passing my 1 year PhD mark today somehow made me realise that life changed so much in the last year! Met amazing people and experienced the moody Melbourne weather! Looking forward to more interesting times ahead ☺️
(And here's some pictures from different seasons)

Brilliant work solving those puzzles in Gathertown Elizabeth Mullens and Samriddhi Thakur! You are the winnners of the #MicroSeq2022 Quest and will be receiving your merch soon!

Such a great talk by Dr. Francisca Ferreira de Almeida about her incredible journey through academia and transitioning to become a CRO, and highlighting all the challenges and ways to overcome them! What a great start to #VIINCareers evening VIIN

It was an absolute pleasure listening to Dr. Libby Kruse on how to 'Science' but in a different way while keeping connected to the people at the #VIINcareers , VIIN. Always a pleasure to meet such inspiring women in STEM.

One of the many #Salmonella serovars is Salmonella Virchow. Through analysis of 413 genomes, 2nd year Ph.D. student Samriddhi Thakur shows multiple lineages, STs, pathogenicity islands, and virulence factors. Few AMR mechanisms. #MicroSeq2023

And to UniMelb MDHS PhD Candidate Samriddhi Thakur, our runner-up! Congratulations -- your engaging and fascinating analogy of the Trojan Horse in understanding invasive Salmonella has really stuck in our minds, as did your brilliant your use of the stage space.

Gathertown at #MicroSeq2022 was super fun! (Definitely should be kept in future) 😆

Thanks a bunch to the #MicroSeq2023 committee for giving me this exciting opportunity! Always a pleasure to be part of the Microseq family!

Such an amazing and enlightening evening!

So excited to be a finalist at 3MT this year! 😀

And huge congratulations to Samriddhi Thakur who was our University of Melbourne #3MT runner up today.

Your talk (and slide) were absolutely fantastic Samriddhi - we all especially loved your Trojan Horse analogy.

Well done 🙌🙌

Samriddhi Thakur University of Melbourne Researcher Development Unit Our final incredibly deserving winner at the University of Melbourne #3MT today was Mikaeylah Davidson who took out the highly coveted People’s Choice Award.

Mikki, you are an amazing speaker and your passion for frog conservation is absolutely riveting. Warmest congratulations 🙌🙌

Samriddhi Thakur University of Melbourne Researcher Development Unit Mikaeylah Davidson Finally, warmest thanks to the Researcher Development Unit for inviting me to MC today’s #3MT Grand Final. What an honour and a heap of fun 🤩🤩

Glad to be a part of #MicroSeq2022 ! Big thanks to the organisers for the opportunity to present my work MicroSeq2024

Congratulations to Samriddhi Thakur! Love to see #microbiology shared in an engaging way. Plus you know I'm all about getting my dogs involved in science. #KellyTheDog

And of course, can't end the post without thanking the judges, the sponsors and the POSSIIM organisers 🙂