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brookefarrugia.bsky.social
A/Prof @ UnimelbBME | #biomimetic materials | #glycosaminoglycans | #hyaluronidase | #MastCells | AWTRS treasurer | MBSANZ VP |
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#PhDSupervisors: When you say your door is always open - remember some students might not be up to coming through that door. You may need to reach out. #mentalhealth #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #PhDforum

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

If you are supervising an international student who is trying to write in their non-native language - tell them how awesome they are. They often feel incompetent, frustrated and even stupid. In reality they're really smart - just doing something very complicated. Tell them.

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Happy to share this new #glycotime work with collaborator Tony Wyss-Coray, led by grad student Sophia Shi, mucin loss at the BBB is associated with aging and cognitive decline, can be reversed by restoration with with gene therapy. Aging is a mucinopathy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting 🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025 📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research 👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Thinking of doing a PhD or postdoc? #1 Tip: Find a good supervisor. Do some research on your supervisor before you start doing research with your supervisor. This will be the most important decision in your whole PhD or postdoc. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #MRes

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Q: How do you know when a PhD is finished? A: A PhD is never finished. There is always more you could do. At some point you just have to hand it in. #PhDchat #PhDforum

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🔔📢 Next event is fast approaching, so here is the complete program for next week's "Advances in Mechanobiology" session. @drsarahboyle.bsky.social @carstenschulte4.bsky.social @mathildemathieu.bsky.social Moderator: @ccstorytime.bsky.social Info: themeshwork2020.wixsite.com/info/up-comi...

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Christmas arrived early for me🎄🎁 just got a hard copy of the Nature Methods Nov 2024 issue with our GlycoShape article in it ❤️❤️ it smells sooo nice!!! 🤩🤣 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Very cool! Perfect union of #microsky and #glycotime. microglycodb.glycosmos.org

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