As a PhD student or academic, you have a lot on your plate.  But getting shit done doesn't have to be overwhelming.  Here are some methods that will help you stay focused and productive: Thread 🧵

I'm often asked "should I do a PhD?" I usually say no, because: - a PhD doesn't prepare you for most careers - a PhD isn't required for most careers - the risk to your mental health is high - the opportunity cost is high $$ How would you answer this question?

GlobalFungi Release 5 is online! Our team and collaborators added 27788 samples (blue points on map) from 331 new papers. Especially the coverage of Africa increased greatly (+200%). Search for fungal genera, species or UNITE 9 species hypotheses at globalfungi.com

Come and work with us CSIRO at the beautiful Waite Research Institute campus in #Adelaide, South #Australia. New #Postdoc investigating and modelling stabilisation of fresh carbon inputs to #soil. Led by Chiara Pasut and I, with collaboration from many! jobs.csiro.au/job-invite/948… Please RT!

Poster ready! Here I come ISSY37 ! Thanks ARC Wine Centre Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology and all the industry partners involved AGRF ltd. AWRI CSIRO Lallemand Oenology Pewsey Vale Vineyard

If you're heading to ISSY37 tomorrow at the National Wine Centre, come and check poster #98! Our vineyards harbour a precious yeast diversity that we can exploit in winemaking. ARC Wine Centre Waite Research Institute Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology Lallemand Oenology AGRF ltd. AWRI CSIRO

Privileged to be part of this! Thanks Waite Research Institute for the support! Bring it on!

We are hiring! We have an exciting new role for an early-career research technician to join our dynamic CSIRO team in Perth to recover resources from waste. For more info, please see: jobs.csiro.au/job/Perth%2C-W…

Hi Adelaide! I'm presenting some of my work at the Future Science Talks during Fringe! Isn't that cool!? We'll talk about, you guessed, everything yeast and wine!!! Tickets are selling fast so grab yours before it's too late! 😎🍷🌱🍇🧫 Waite Research Institute ARC Wine Centre Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

NEW PHD OPPORTUNITY: scholarship available School of Biological Sciences, UWA! Strong prospective applicants interested in #kelp #ecology and #ClimateChange please email me a CV, academic transcripts, list of publications & a paragraph on research interests fore 10 January 2024 UWA Research UWA Oceans Institute

Never forget that you’re a survivor. You kept on going. And no matter what life threw at you or how unfair it was, you’re here because of you.

The part about ADHD that non-ADHD people really don't understand is that we KNOW the thing is important to get done, and we WISH knowing that was enough to get us started on it, but our brains simply can't function on importance alone like non-ADHD brains can.

#PhDSubmitted thank you! Krista Sumby ARC Wine Centre Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

🎈🎈🎈🎈 Wohoo, big week for celebrations. Huge congratulations Caitlin Mudge Caitlin Mudge, Tomas Howson, Legesse Mengie @‌Legesse Mengie and Natalia Caliani Natalia Caliani for submitting your #thesis 👏🎉🥳. Wishing you all the best for your future adventures.

Postgraduate research students - don’t miss this opportunity 🤩 Applications now open under round one of the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration’s new Postgraduate Research Scholarship Program. Up to 12 top-up scholarships on offer. Applications close 16 April 2024. Learn more 👉🏻 wa.gov.au/government/med…

🍺The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste 🫙Spent brewer's yeast - the basis of our much-loved breakfast spread Vegemite - can be used multiple times to pull metals out of water, say international researchers scimex.org/newsfeed/the-s…

We're looking for backyard soil samples to see how widespread PFAS (forever chemicals) are in our gardens 🌳. If you live in Adelaide and have a backyard, register by 24 April to receive a free sample kit: bit.ly/49E1tmE #Adelaide #PFAS #CitizenScience

A few days left to apply for our fully funded #PhD scholarship to work in antimicrobial resistance Waite Research Institute Uni of Adelaide. Please RT! Details 👇🏻

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An amazing start to an amazing trip! Uruguay is a wine region of the world that has so much to teach and offer. Pin it for your next trip to South América. Gracias totales #GWC #FAGRO ARC Wine Centre