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Sally McArthur
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Sustainable Materials, HealthTech and collaborative research and skills translation with industry and community partners. Love big ideas and making things happen. #academickindness Director, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
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Fabrication takes on many forms! Delighted to support Deakin's ARC Research Hub for Future Fibres, working hard towards a circular economy and sustainable solutions for our world.
#NCRIS #yarn #fabrication #cotton #wool #clothing @fullcirclefibres.bsky.social @sallymcarthur.bsky.social
Christopher Hurren on LinkedIn: A new acquisition to the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin…
A new acquisition to the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University Future Fibres Facility is this The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)…
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February 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Interested to do a PhD on modern polymer science while also working on state of the art NMR characterization? Also, you want to work (and visit) between labs in the UK and Australia (University of Bath and Monash University in Melbourne)?

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#Chemsky #ozchem
Real-time online monitoring of polymerisation reactions by high resolution FlowNMR at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Real-time online monitoring of polymerisation reactions by high resolution FlowNMR at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Back for the evening session #PacSURF24 with Prof Christopher Muratore from U Dayton introducing us to mass produced medical diagnostics from 2D materials. #manufacturing #medtech @avs-members.bsky.social #skychem #skymanufacturing 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Fabulous to have Dr Saimon Moraes Silva from La Trobe Uni in Melbourne give his invited talk #PacSURF24 on #biosensing , #biofouling & #electrochemistry inspired by nature #skychem 🧪 @avs-members.bsky.social @asbte.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 9:16 PM
#PacSurf24 Continuing around the Pacific Rim to Japan & Prof Kaori Suguhara’s invited talk on mechanobiosensing in biomaterials and biomembranes #skychem @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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As the year comes to a close, don’t forget to add #ASBTE2025 to your to-do list!
Submit your work for the 29th Annual Conference of the ASBTE, April 2025, in Brisbane, Australia.
Deadline: 31/12/24
Submit here: asbte2025.com.au/abstract-sub...
#ASBTE2025 #Biomaterials #TissueEngineering
Abstract Submissions | ASBTE 2025 Conference
asbte2025.com.au
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Last week’s TissueTalk with Prof. Don Ingber (Harvard):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=akfr...

Discusses various models, incl:
- Alveoli-on-a-chip: Breathing motion suppresses viral inf & inflamm.
- Human-body-chip: Quantitively predicts clinical PK data for 2 drugs

🧪 #TissueEngineering #OrganOnChip
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Tissue Talks: Don Ingber, 12.4.24
YouTube video by Columbia BME
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December 10, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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🔔 I'm excited to be part of this really cool and timely review on how #hydrogel platforms with tunable / dynamic #mechanics enhance our understanding of #cancer progression and #fibrosis! 🧪

🌺 Thank you @marcocantini.bsky.social and @mattjwalker.bsky.social

#mechanobiology #invitromodels #3D
Happy to share our Current Opinion by @mattjwalker.bsky.social and @delphe.bsky.social🧪
We review how advances in dynamic #hydrogel based #mechanobiology platforms are critical to understand disease progression in cancer and fibrosis @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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The idea that you can somehow hyperoptimize the results of research by explicitly saying that "these" types of science will lead to the desired outcomes while "those" types won't, is, quite frankly, ridiculous. And must be an opinion from someone who's never actually been a researcher. 🧪
What an incredibly dumb move, and even dumber statement, from the NZ center-right government

'the fund should focus on “core science” that supports economic growth and “a science sector that drives high-tech, high-productivity, high-value businesses and jobs”' 🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy
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December 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Biomimetic leaf surfaces as models for bacterial attachment with Prof Volker Nock focusing on how plants develop beneficial niches for synergistic growth. #skyeng #skychem #PacSurf24 @avs-members.bsky.social 🧪
December 10, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Leaving the Pacific Rim and heading to Switzerland with Prof Stefan Seeger discussing supercritical angle microscopy for amyloid protein visualisation. #PacSurf24 #skychem @nickrey.bsky.social @avs-members.bsky.social 🧪
December 10, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Day 2 #PacSURF24 with Prof Jenny Malmstrom @aucklanduni.bsky.social kicking our sessions off engineering cell environments & understanding how cells respond to scaffold stiffness #chemsky #biosky @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Last talk of the day from graduate student Alexander Blagojevic from U Connecticut telling us about his neuroarray research developing textured Ti-based electrodes. #PacSURF24 #variety #biointerfaces @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Shifting gears to sustainable food packaging with Prof Monique Lacroix from INRS, Canada. Reducing food waste by improving packaging to prevent food loss. Using irradiated gelatin dosed with riboflavin & antimicrobial essential oils creates sustainable packaging #PacSurf24 @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Back from the break with coffees in hand to hear our next Invited talk from Prof Amy Gelmi @drtinytaps.bsky.social from RMIT discussing targeted stem cell therapies & AFM for understanding stem cell mechanics. @avs-members.bsky.social #PacSURF24 #biointerfaces
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Kate McHardy discussing cryo- SIMs analysis of zebra fish - fascinating insights on detection in tissues using water cluster guns. Given it is 5AM in England and she arrived 2hrs ago, Kate is a legend! Also thanks to Ionoptika for sponsoring #PacSURF24 so generously @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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Hello Blueksy! NIST is seeking a motivated scientist to join the Fire Research Division in our efforts to model wildland, wildland-urban interface, and prescribed fires! Please reach out if interested.

#postdoc #science #wildfire
Research scientist in wildland fire dynamics modeling - International Association for Fire Safety Science
Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA Position type: 2-year term Summary: The Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group of the National Institute of Standard...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Fabulous to have Prof Mary Kraft from U Illinois discussing depth profiling of cells with NanoSIMS and how to manage topography to build 3D images. @avs-members.bsky.social #legendsofSIMS #Biointerfaces
December 10, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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For those interested in community engagement around clean energy - this is a good recent review from Australia - a country that has had among the fastest growth in the world of utility-scale wind and solar over the past decade

www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/renew...
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Skin analysis with gas cluster sources in SIMS with Prof John Fletcher from Gothenburg. Fascinating just how much advanced with molecular ion detection using GCIB sources - I remember struggling to get matrix-assisted SIMS to work on 1000Da - that is solved this completely @avs-members.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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🧪If you are interested in the biology of how exercise (load) can drive tendon/ligament adaptation and recovery, please take a look at this deep dive on the topic from my PhD student Kenneth Tam.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using load to improve tendon/ligament tissue engineering and develop novel treatments for tendinopathy
Tendon and ligament injuries are highly prevalent but heal poorly, even with proper care. Restoration of native tissue function is complicated by the …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Back from an afternoon of snorkeling for science to continue at #PacSURF24 with Prof Jiro Matsuo from Kyoto Uni discussing SIMS molecular signals and sputtering from cluster sources. @avs-members.bsky.social #ToFSIMS #biointerfaces #MickyMouseBrains
December 10, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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"Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle emissions are three to four times higher on the road in both Europe and Australia"

Generally worrying to see so much acceptance of PHEVs, which are fossil fuel cars that burn extra fossil fuels to carry around an unused battery

theconversation.com/australians-...
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Plenary at #PacSURF24 from Prof Yang Shao-Horn from MIT discussing the urgent needs for electrochemical storage solutions for our transitioning energy systems. @avs-members.bsky.social #electrochemistry #energystorage
December 9, 2024 at 9:30 PM