Izzy Jayasinghe
@ijayas.bsky.social
Scientist (biophysics, single molecule imaging,🔬) | HoD of Molecular Medicine UNSW Sydney | she/her | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | proud Tangata Tiriti | mostly posting science, academia, & inequality | posts reflect personal views only.
One of the real highlights of working in @singmolsci.bsky.social is that the view into the campus comes truly alive in the spring. The downside is that campus outside the window comes truly alive in the spring just as ALL OF THE ARC grant deadlines come around and I cannot go outside 😭
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
One of the real highlights of working in @singmolsci.bsky.social is that the view into the campus comes truly alive in the spring. The downside is that campus outside the window comes truly alive in the spring just as ALL OF THE ARC grant deadlines come around and I cannot go outside 😭
Make sure to stand *exactly* in the same shape as the diagram on the body scanner.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Make sure to stand *exactly* in the same shape as the diagram on the body scanner.
The miners are also quite charming if you cover your ears.
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The miners are also quite charming if you cover your ears.
Also, a friend just recently found this hilarious Google search suggestion about a certain institution🤭
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Also, a friend just recently found this hilarious Google search suggestion about a certain institution🤭
🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
Science outreach, particularly celebrating science from the lens of EDI was a lifeline for me in surviving academia. These days I am convinced inspired by the members of my dept who have a real passion for this. So, it’s just pure joy.
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Science outreach, particularly celebrating science from the lens of EDI was a lifeline for me in surviving academia. These days I am convinced inspired by the members of my dept who have a real passion for this. So, it’s just pure joy.
Our* olive oil sourdough has made its feeling about neoliberalism holely clear.
*Courtesy of a Bourke Street Bakery, Sydney.
*Courtesy of a Bourke Street Bakery, Sydney.
August 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our* olive oil sourdough has made its feeling about neoliberalism holely clear.
*Courtesy of a Bourke Street Bakery, Sydney.
*Courtesy of a Bourke Street Bakery, Sydney.
Essay mills shamelessly advertising on the academia feed. CC @keithwilson.eu
July 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Essay mills shamelessly advertising on the academia feed. CC @keithwilson.eu
Congratulations to Tayla Shakespeare & Raj Seehra who passed their PhD defences over the past 2 weeks 👏 ! Both of them members of our lab in Sheffield, 2021-2025, developing & applying new methods in expansion microscopy 🔬. 📷 here together with postdoc Tom & technician Michael on the special day. 1/
July 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Congratulations to Tayla Shakespeare & Raj Seehra who passed their PhD defences over the past 2 weeks 👏 ! Both of them members of our lab in Sheffield, 2021-2025, developing & applying new methods in expansion microscopy 🔬. 📷 here together with postdoc Tom & technician Michael on the special day. 1/
We can always go back to reprint request cards if PMC fails.
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We can always go back to reprint request cards if PMC fails.
FML. Just waking up to these results. What’s wrong with these people?!!
May 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
FML. Just waking up to these results. What’s wrong with these people?!!
What an excuse! This was seen a dog-loving part of Sydney. Somehow, I doubt the owner is coming back for it.
Spotted by @jessgifkins.bsky.social
Spotted by @jessgifkins.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What an excuse! This was seen a dog-loving part of Sydney. Somehow, I doubt the owner is coming back for it.
Spotted by @jessgifkins.bsky.social
Spotted by @jessgifkins.bsky.social
Absolute scenes out here in Sydney harbour.
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Absolute scenes out here in Sydney harbour.
Sending all the hugs from the Gulf of Sydney
February 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sending all the hugs from the Gulf of Sydney
This photo is courtesy of eduroam at the Brisbane airport 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This photo is courtesy of eduroam at the Brisbane airport 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
A fascinating 2023/24 study of publishing timelines over 140,000 academics in STEMM showing discipline & country-specific attrition of academic careers from the publication of first paper. The probability of continuing after 19y just 38-43%. Interactive maps at:
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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January 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A fascinating 2023/24 study of publishing timelines over 140,000 academics in STEMM showing discipline & country-specific attrition of academic careers from the publication of first paper. The probability of continuing after 19y just 38-43%. Interactive maps at:
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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A delayed new year post with much gratitude for everything & everybody in our lives. 2024 was a busy first year after returning to 🇦🇺 & loving this gorgeous city of Sydney. Whilst we miss so many of our friends back in 🇬🇧 we hope to see each of you again, hopefully soon. Wishing everyone a happy 2025!
January 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A delayed new year post with much gratitude for everything & everybody in our lives. 2024 was a busy first year after returning to 🇦🇺 & loving this gorgeous city of Sydney. Whilst we miss so many of our friends back in 🇬🇧 we hope to see each of you again, hopefully soon. Wishing everyone a happy 2025!
Out of office on. Heading north. 🦘
December 16, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Out of office on. Heading north. 🦘
Just say it, Kiri.
December 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Just say it, Kiri.
All of the users of this app who arrived here a year ago and gave up on distributing invite codes are now like this. Tell me I’m wrong.
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 AM
All of the users of this app who arrived here a year ago and gave up on distributing invite codes are now like this. Tell me I’m wrong.
Good morning from Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
November 23, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Good morning from Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
Saturday morning crossword hack with ChatGPT is going well. 🤨
November 15, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Saturday morning crossword hack with ChatGPT is going well. 🤨
Dear Nature Portfolio,
This is a bit rich coming from you especially just weeks after your editors ghosted me after I raised concerns about the revisions (or lack thereof) of a paper that I reviewed for one of your flagship journals.
IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I SUBMIT MORE OF MY WORK.
This is a bit rich coming from you especially just weeks after your editors ghosted me after I raised concerns about the revisions (or lack thereof) of a paper that I reviewed for one of your flagship journals.
IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I SUBMIT MORE OF MY WORK.
November 12, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Dear Nature Portfolio,
This is a bit rich coming from you especially just weeks after your editors ghosted me after I raised concerns about the revisions (or lack thereof) of a paper that I reviewed for one of your flagship journals.
IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I SUBMIT MORE OF MY WORK.
This is a bit rich coming from you especially just weeks after your editors ghosted me after I raised concerns about the revisions (or lack thereof) of a paper that I reviewed for one of your flagship journals.
IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I SUBMIT MORE OF MY WORK.
Ending the week feeling like a total failure (whilst in grant writing mode) but full of gratitude to the shining sun and this beautiful city I now call home #Sydney
November 8, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Ending the week feeling like a total failure (whilst in grant writing mode) but full of gratitude to the shining sun and this beautiful city I now call home #Sydney
Here in 🇦🇺 , we are going to be joining our academic friends doing it tough around the globe. Some big Aus unis looking at mass layoffs to offset the losses from international student caps that our Labour govt is proposing to bring in. Way to desalinate the biggest industry that’s not about mining.
October 30, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Here in 🇦🇺 , we are going to be joining our academic friends doing it tough around the globe. Some big Aus unis looking at mass layoffs to offset the losses from international student caps that our Labour govt is proposing to bring in. Way to desalinate the biggest industry that’s not about mining.