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Matt Baker
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A/Prof🔬👨‍🔬 @UNSW 🦁🇦🇺 || #synbio #evobio #biophysics || #fencing 🤺🇳🇿NZL.
Well done @laurenceluu.bsky.social on ASMR Award tonight! Nice talk on pelvic inflammatory disease and great to celebrate @unswbabs.bsky.social colleagues' success at NSW Parliament. #asmr
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Well done to Jamiema for your ECR Plenary #AES2025 yesterday @unswbabs.bsky.social

A clear talk sharing our enthusiasm for flagellar diversity

Uncle Billy welcome to country also awesome.

AU has so much biodiversity but also raw human talent in ecology and evolution!
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Some absolutely belter talks #AES2025 in the first macroevolution session. So impressed with the clarity of the talks and beautiful phylogenies and evolutionary narratives.

Looking forward to second session after lunch.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
And there's another error my 5yo loves in astrophysics.

Which has given us an opportunity to talk about protons.

Thanks a lot for your gift many years ago when I had the challenging neighbour. We read the statistical physics one nearly every night.
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@csferrie.com I thought I was going nuts but you have an error in statistical physics for babies, two of these combinations are the same...
There are two combos with a blue and a purple ball on right.
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am not sure I know what a planetary gear is but it looks like this:

(from: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/300)
June 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Out this weekend in @ismepublications.bsky.social

We looked at 10,000 species to map the diversity and history of the bacterial #flagellar motor across the tree of life.

Lots of (re)analysis , especially from Jamiema Sara Philip @unswbabs.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
June 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
1st NSW #fencing comp of the year – won.

Did it with UNSW club and for UNSW. Great to share my experience with current students and see the club in such good health. Impressive student-led self organisation!

Otherwise trying to wrap head around #DECRA mentoring and imoendinf #arc system changes.
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Haven't posted here but here's set of recent wechat posts - last time I logged in at conference zero users here but now more traction.

Visit to China and talks at Peking Uni, Westlake Uni and CAS microbiology.

Postdoc poster prize for Jacob Scadden in BLAST in Cancun - well done.
January 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM