🤰And now the parental leave begins ... 2.5 days late but I finally checked everything off my pre-leave to do list. 39 weeks tomorrow so let's hope I manage to get in a solid week of binge watching + nesting before bubs arrives. First up, banana bread

👏 The Prof Deb White lab has another Fresh Scientist alumna, congratulations Dr Elyse Page 🌟 What a star! Elly was one of the top 10 applicants from SA and was selected for the quality of her work and her ability to communicate this research freshscience.org.au

There is no difference in the capability of women & men to design & perform outstanding research, yet the current funding system is biased against #WomeninSTEMM. Support an overhaul in the distribution of NHMRC funding - Sign the Petition! chng.it/W5VPKLjY via @ChangeAUS

💪💉 I'm now fully vaccinated for myself, my family and my community and very much enjoyed my celebratory German Apple Cheesecake

Australian Health and Medical Research is in crisis. Make 👏 research 👏 funding 👏 a 👏 priority 👏 Australian Government @GregHuntMP

A very eloquent and accurate take on why the Australian research sector is broken and unsustainable. Hopefully a change in government will see a change in attitude and research adequately valued

It was great to present some of my latest research for the first time at #blood22 and to get back to presenting in person again! The Prof Deb White lab also has poster presentations from Dr Elyse Page and Elias Lagonik

🔬📻 If you'd like an honest perspective on being a research scientist, check out my chat with Callum MacPherson on the SAHMRI podcast A Window On SAHMRI. Each episode gives you insight into the people and research that make our institute what it is. youtu.be/gOaVnqIyCY4

👩‍🔬📖First publication of 2023 for the Prof Deb White team! A harrowing but interesting case report of KMT2Ar acute lymphoblastic leukemia. mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/2… Jacqueline Rehn Jimmy Breen Dr Charlotte Toomes (née Downes) Sue Heatley Dr Barb McClure Genes MDPI

🎗️🔬 Thrilled to report that I'm a Cancer Council SA Beat Cancer Fellow. Not my first fellowship funding but pretty proud to be awarded this grant … being a part-time working parent is HARD, man. Hats off to all the other parents managing to keep the balls in the air

👩‍🔬📃 Very satisfying to present some work I led from an all women research team on #InternationalWomensDay. Just needs a few finishing touches then 🤞publication

🧪👩‍🔬 Extremely chuffed to be included in this list of 25 Australian female scientists achieving great things in health and medical research. SAHMRI The Advertiser

⏰️📄 Despite a 4am alarm, I'm excited to be involved in the #AAMRISexAndGenderPanel. A deliberative panel charged with providing AAMRI recommendations about the use of sex & gender in medical research practices & decision-making. The lunch time view wasn't half bad either

Congratulations to all the 2023 40 Under 40 finalists.

4️⃣0️⃣ Very honoured to be included in this year's InDaily 40 Under 40! It's great that these business-oriented awards are also recognising the contribution researchers and scientists make to our great state. #40Under40AwardsSA CityMag SAHMRI

🧪💙 Looking forward to the National Science Week launch and awards presentation tonight! #tallpoppy #YTP2023

📰 🧫 Our latest case report has just been published in the British Journal of Haematology

👩‍🔬🏦 I had the pleasure of speaking at the South Australian Science Meets Parliament event co-sponsored by Lee Odenwalder MP and Stephen Patterson MP. It was great to engage with other @aipolsci Tall Poppies and members of parliament about our varied research topics.

✈️ 🇺🇲 And so ends my first in-person #ASH2023 meeting in 7 years. I had a lot of interest in my poster presentation so am excited to get the publication out in the new year. Very tired though with over 17k steps (on average) per day owing to most of my sessions being off site 🏃‍♀️