Donna Whelan
@drdonnawhelan
Group leader at La Trobe, Bendigo. Interested in all things fluorescent, single molecule, DNA damage, diseased/dysfunctional and cool to image! she/her
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One of the absolute best things in the new teaching lab La Trobe University Bendigo La Trobe Rural Health School is our ability to see all the golden staph results without having thirty students crowded around a table AND no reason for anyone to touch the pathogen-rich plates!
We still have some tickets for tonight's kick off Pint of Science AU event in #Bendigo where we will be talking about plastic and DNA - two things that are all around us! $8 online until 4.30pm or $10 at the door! La Trobe University Bendigo pintofscience.com.au/event/whats-re…
First of five events for the Pint of Science AU festival is underway at the Queens Arms in #Bendigo!! Ing Kong from La Trobe University Bendigo telling us all about agricultural plastic and how her research is finding innovative ways to reuse and recycle it!!
Our second speaker at #Pint24 Pint of Science AU in #Bendigo is Haylo Roberts (he/him) a La Trobe University alumni who now works on using environmental DNA for conservation efforts!
Night number 2 underway for #Pint24 in #Bendigo with The Queens Arms hosting a tour de force of La Trobe Rural Health School research starting off with a tag team presentation from Rodrigo Rico Bini and Daniel Wundersitz talking about the science of exercise!!
Over at our other venue #pint24 #bendigo The Golden Vine the fabulous Ebony Monson, PhD is just finishing up her fantastic presentation about lipid droplets in the antiviral response! Great atmosphere!
Kicking off night three of #PintAU in Bendigo with Dan English from La Trobe Rural Health School and we are discussing neck pain and breaking down many of the related myths. La Trobe University Bendigo
Over at The Golden Vine in Bendigo our final #PintAU night is all about psychology! Starting off with Amy Siobhan Millard, a PhD student from La Trobe University Bendigo, talking about the tricks your brain plays on perception!!
Last talk for #Pint24 from A/Prof Brian Haskins PhD giving us all some amazing hands on CPR training and an appreciation for the roles of bystanders during cardiac arrests!!! Huge increases in survival just by following the “Call, Push, Shock” approach!
Up next at #PintAU in #Bendigo is Brad Hodge from La Trobe Rural Health School giving a great talk about the psychology of teamwork! Packed house at the Golden Vine!
Great talk by Irumi Amarasinghe!! Wonderful images showing extracellular lipid droplets! Excited to be down in Melbourne with the team for another brilliant La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science EMCR symposium!
Fantastic talk by Leann Tilley detailing her research highlights reel and offering some career insights and wisdom to the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science EMCRs during our annual symposium!
Congratulations to La Trobe University Bendigo La Trobe Rural Health School honours students Maddy and Rhys on presenting posters at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science EMCR symposium!! Especially exciting after both students attended this symposium in 2022 as seconds years taking part in our annual biomedical research intensive!
Well done to Abbey Milligan and Ash Rozario on their vibrant, beautifully put together talks today at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science EMCR symposium!! Great job representing the lab! La Trobe Rural Health School
Great to be part of a session yesterday highlighting some of the vibrant advanced imaging research that we are doing here at La Trobe University Bendigo!! Well done to Abbey Milligan and Ash Rozario for giving great talks!! La Trobe Rural Health School