Me: Teaching a 1st year bioinformatics class yesterday Student: “Are scientists paid to upload sequences to NCBI?” Me: “No” Student: “Why do they do it then?” Me: “To maximise the public good of the data we collect” Student: “Seriously?” Me: “Seriously” Student: 🤷‍♂️ Me: 🤷‍♂️

New podcast episode is live. We're joined by Prof Megan Munsie Stem Cells Australia who brings a unique perspective to the table. Watch on youtube: lnkd.in/gR-WBSDp Or listen on Spotify: lnkd.in/gKSJ68ay #ethics #cultivatedmeat #podcast #startup

How does a cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocyte kill a large ovarian cancer cell by inducing apoptosis of the tumor cell using perforins and granzymes

Completion Seminar Marija Dinevska on GBM. 8 first author or first co-author papers, and loads of prizes. You are an inspiration, amazing work Marija!

What to do during a Covid lockdown in Melbourne for nerds: rewrite a data portal from scratch. doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…. Stemformatics Christine Wells

The GCI is pleased to announce the GCI Travel Support Scheme winners in 2023: Yi Wang, Dr Marcus Giansiracusa, Annie Qu,Arshiya Sangchooli (He/They), Engin Akinoglu, Miguel Rubio, Han Liu and Alice Chen University of Melbourne. More details on the scheme and the recipients in this round: clarkinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/news/congratul…

So how did we, Adrian Ranga lab, manage to bring order to neural tube domains inside hPSC-derived human neural tube (NT) organoids? Read our newest story about local mechanical forces, you will find our approach to be very “attractive”. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Tradizione a Lorne Davide Vespasiani #LorneGenome2024

The Lorne Open doubles finals with Jarny Choi Davide Vespasiani and #sefi. #LorneGenome2024

Honoured to be awarded the Student Poster Presentation by Illumina at the #LorneGenome24. After 3 years of attending the Lorne conferences unfailingly, this feels like a major recognition of the work I am carrying out in my PhD. Thanks everyone who supported me to make it here!

JOIN US! We're seeking a new PhD student in beautiful Melbourne🇦🇺 University of Melbourne. Join our diverse, supportive team of physicists, neuroscientists, and mathematicians as study how #zebrafish brains perceive the world. Deadline: May 9th. Details👇. Please RT

Excited for #nanoporeconf? Don't miss Mike Clark as he explores the role of isoforms in brain development using nanopore single-cell RNA sequencing. Join Mark online for his 5th appearance to hear the latest cutting-edge genomics. Register here: bit.ly/4a72gwm

Visualise RNA isoforms with IsoVis: doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…. Work of 2 hard working masters students in the Mike Clark lab over several years.

Feliz aniversario, Moderdonia ✊