Thank you to our fantastic & hardworking @Genemappers committee who worked together with the experienced with Genemappers ASN Events (Maryanne, Attit, Sally) to pull it all off! Absolute pleasure to partner with Kathryn Burdon & opening on int'l women's day on wed.

How does genetic variation contribute to #MultipleSclerosis? Dr Nicholas Blackburn Nicholas Blackburn of our MS Research Flagship talks about his research inspiration, exciting developments in MS research and current research project funded by MS Australia 👉youtu.be/YDrBGgRcEhk

Huge turnout for today’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research MS Research Flagship ‘Research with Connections’ Symposium! Top MC Associate Professor Des Graham kicks off proceedings in Hobart ahead of #WorldMSDay2023. Bringing researchers and people with MS together to do great things! MS Australia

Loving seeing our Menzies Institute for Medical Research PhD students bringing science to the people - well done Himanshu!

Our ABACBS National seminar series starts again next Thursday (31st August 2pm AEDT), heroically led by our ABACBSpostdocs ABACBS Postdoc committee. To register go to the following link: sahmri.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Congratulations to Natalie King Natalie King of our MS Research Flagship who has been awarded an MS Australia incubator grant. Natalie's research focuses on repairing myelin, the protective sheath around nerves damaged in #multiplesclerosis More here👇 youtu.be/d6vYGCiXon8

We are excited to present our most recent preprint, outlining gene expression differences and functionality of mesoderm and neural crest iPSC-derived pericytes (iPericytes) in comparison to human brain vascular pericytes (HBVPs) biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/3)

Next Monday Melanie Bahlo will speak in the Asia-Pacific Genetics seminar series. It’s online and free, but you need to register for access. Sign up now and join your international peers for this great event. Please re-tweet #genomics #bioinformatics #disease #health

We are excited to announce the 2024 Genemappers Conference will be held in Christchurch, in Aotearoa New Zealand! Mark your calendars now! 🗓️19- 21 AUGUST 2024

A busy week for our MS Research Flagship's Professor Kaylene Young (Young Glial Research Team) in Perth, WA. First stop Perron Institute, then #MSResearchConf2023

Anna and I co-presented a keynote today on some of the findings from the MS Family Study we work on, as well as our consumer-researcher relationship. Thank you MS Australia for having us!

Australian keynote presentation, Dr Nicholas Blackburn from Menzies Institute for Medical Research & Anna Ritchie provide unique insights into their partnership as a researcher and a consumer in The MS Family Study, a project examining the genetics of MS through family history. #MSResearchConf2023

Did you see the front page on the weekend announcing record research funding? Read more about it here 👇🏼 utas.edu.au/about/news-and…

We're hiring! Come and work with use on understanding the cellular mechanisms of brain dysfunction in MS! careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/499619/… with Young Glial Research Team and Nicholas Blackburn

Our latest publication was just released in Stem Cell Research and Therapy, showing gene expression and functional differences between neural crest and mesoderm iPSC-derived pericytes (iPericytes). Check it out here: doi.org/10.1186/s13287…

We are hiring! The Jokubaitis Lab is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our team. If you have advanced skills in bioinformatics/computational biology and a passion for neuroimmunology (wet lab skills a bonus) we would love to hear from you! 👇👇 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

5 days to go until applications close. Looking for a talented #computationalbiologist or #bioinformatician to join our awesome team

Consider submitting an abstract for GeneMappers coming up in beautiful Christchurch this August. Link below for all the info you need genemappersconference.org

“Infographing” #Dementia Prevention: A Co-Design Approach tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Presenting my poster on co-design of dementia prevention infographics today at #ADRF2024 Come check out this recently published work! @wickingdementia