Jeff Keelan
@jeff_keelan
Head of School of Biomedical Sciences @UWA; science advocate; sci-fi lover; jazz-rock guitarist, father & All Black supporter. Tweets are my own.
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http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/people/jeff.keelan 06-05-2016 12:02:27
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Contrary to other data I have seen, this report shows a marked increase in UK cancer mortality in 2022. It seems solid. Can anyone with epi skills tell me if it's erroneous?
phinancetechnologies.com/HumanityProjec…
Uncle John Returns Prof Jeffrey S Morris Hypothesis James Neill ≠ 𝕏 @Thruth_in_Number Mau
Ben Wylie from Telethon Kids Institute at UWA will share his research on “Developing novel immunotherapies to prevent the recurrence of sarcoma after cancer removal surgery” soon. #2024CureCancerSymposium
Are you a kiwi expat ECR wanting to return home to NZ? Apply for a AMRF Sir Douglas Goodfellow Repatriation Fellowship! This scheme is what brought me back from the UK and kickstarted my career at Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. 10/10, would recommend. Open now at help.medicalresearch.org.nz/?src=34978#151…
Cap on international students, coupled with reduced public funding, leads to serious economic challenges for 8 out of 10 UK universities, according to the UK Office of Students. Let’s avoid this diasastrous outcome in Australia! Jim Chalmers MP Jason Clare MP
timeshighereducation.com/news/recruitme…
We heard from David MacIntyre and others that relatively little funding is available for research into pregnancy and preterm birth. We’ll explore this further next week. See below for Monday's schedule.
A happy team?
Start the lab meeting by asking everyone to tell the person next to them what they admire about them. People are often unaware of what they bring to the team! Good for building self-confidence and team spirit :)
#happinessatwork #lifeisshort
Question What Project 2025 Would Take From US. The Real Truther Here's another:
The work was fascinating!
nature.com/articles/s4146…
New research from Deborah L. O’Connor & team: for premature babies, nutrition in the first month is associated with cognitive processing speed 5 years later.
⬆️ mothers' own #breastmilk = ⬆️ processing speed.
#DOHaD DOHaD CANADA CNPRM Michael Narvey 🇨🇦
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jp…
This is a theory changeling paper that overturns decades long paradigm that each cell of the 2-cell stage contributes equally to all parts of the developing embryo and placenta. This paper shows tht symmetry breaks much earlier in human embryos.
Kudos Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and team
The Alliance welcomes the announcement of $5.8M in Federal funding to expand Australia’s national program to reduce rates of preterm birth. The funding will improve pregnancy outcomes for more women across the country with emphasis on First Nations mothers #everyweekcounts