Hard to choose: Angus Taylor was a climate denier, Susan Ley resisted meaningful health traffic light labels on fast foods, and both were in a government that gave tax cuts to the rich and signed us up to buying eyewateringly expensive imaginary submarines #AusPol

Long Covid > more blood Tau > increase chance of Alzheimer's. Nice study followed people before/after infection, plus 2 years later, and a control group that managed to avoid getting infected (how?). Not surprising to those of us who've been following the story - terrifying all the same #Covid 🧪⚕️

Key reasons for Australia to participate in agricultural research for development #Agriculture #AusPol www.crawfordfund.org/news/key-rea...

If all Earth’s ice sheets melted, sea level would rise ~65m over millennia But just 1–2% of that (~65–130 cm) would force chronic flooding & retreat in many coastal cities ~1 billion people live within 10m of sea level (~15% of total) The risk isn’t the end state, it’s how little change it takes!

David Tuller is always worth reading on #MEcfs

Sadly this is still true - I used to use this in my sci comm lectures to illustrate the challenges of being heard

Super excited to have this online at @jxbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... "Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social @mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social @goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚

Ran into my neice at the International Day of Women and Girls in STEMM event organised by the Monash AthenaSwan advisory group. Maybe having a mad 🤪 scientist for an aunty has helped her pursue her work

There's no better way of communicating the insane trajectory of humanity in the 21st century than cartoons and no-one did it better than Jon Kudelka. Rest in power Jon. Here's his top ten. 1. Asteroid mitigation program

In this week's #ThereForME blog our co-founder @karenlhargrave.bsky.social writes about the challenges she and her husband James have faced accessing NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. She explains why CHC funding for very severe ME is an issue that deserves attention. 🔗 in next post 👇

This paper of ours is not getting read as much as expected - it tests whether people domesticated #sorghum that was already high #cyanide or selected for cyanide during #domestication (it’s the former) - Classic case of a misleading title 😞 🪴🌾🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Voting for Australia’s Eucalypt of the Year opens today. This year the theme is "Our Eucalypt Home" Vote here: www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au @eucalyptaus.bsky.social #EucalyptoftheYear2026. 🌳🪴

Nice to have this paper on the effects of nitrogen fertiliser on Taro growth and biomass partitioning. Work was done by Honours student Laura Steel about a decade ago, but it had still not been done www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... #taro 🪴🌱🧪

Study plants. Much nicer. And useful too. 🪴🌱

Worth reading : “It’s not just the rampant misogyny that oozes from the pages ... Women as chattel…as objects.. of both hate and desire…A culture which reveres female youth and innocence despises female age and experience…We [older women] are crones hags witches because we are a threat” #Epstein

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...

“..the biggest and grimmest question..what it means for women and girls to be able to clearly see that we live in a world where so many of the richest and most powerful men alive are just not bothered enough by their exploitation. Or worse.” #WomenInSTEM #Epstein www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Emotional clip from the early 90s. A woman with #MECFS and her mum talk about the impact of the illness on her life and her family. “It totally stops your life. You lose your friends, you lose your social life… I've had to give up my job… You lose everything.”

1) 🇩🇪 Scientists and clinicians based at institutions located in Germany can apply for the 2026 research funding programme of the ME/CFS Research Foundation. €2 million is available for new research projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 April 2026.

Damn right! Thats my cousin on the Olympic team protecting her health and the people around her!!!! She has been open about her struggles the last 2 years with chronic fatigue, celiac, and Hashimotos and it's so great seeing her out there in a mask! fasterskier.com/2025/12/novi...

Steve Long’s legacy of PhD students Steve>Colin>Marjorie>Sophie - I suggested they pose like models (left) given they did modelling - only Steve was up for it. At @sebiology.bsky.social Edinburgh, 2023

Palace cinemas have been doing a great job of improving ventilation - starting back in 2020! Went last night and CO2 did not get about 650 ppm using my @airspotrob.bsky.social

This is amazing. Australia has not had a Covid wave since last winter . Long may it last !

Steve Long - truly a giant in science. He was hugely influential on my thinking and career - I definitely was one who benefitted from his encouragement 1/ 🌱 🪴🌾 #PlantScience www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cracker of a day in Melbourne #MyGarden

Job opportunity: Join ETH Zurich as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Sustainable Plant Nutrition. Application deadline: 28th February 2026. Explore more details at the link. #PlantSciJobs ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Scomos’s parting gift is a mill stone aroond Australia’s neck #AusPol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

We’re heading for 2deg C but ‘we might still be able to [avoid it].. if we change tactics,’ #ClimateEmergency

Please help us spread the word. We are hiring postdoctoral fellows in Clinical Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology. Details and application via Indeed.

Are you a researcher looking to help the next generation of plant scientists gain valuable experience? Then consider applying to host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship this summer! 📆Apply by Tues 10 March Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health... #PlantHealth

Locally contracted measles

The new 'highly transmissible' COVID-19 variant: what Aussies need to know NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.

Australia has been a pretty safe place to be this summer - although a couple of friends got 🦠 just before Xmas

Great to see Cathie Martin’s team’s work come to fruition, so to speak 🙌 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Randomly came across a series of interviews i did for an education study on giving feedback - maybe 10 years ago? I made a lot of sense back then!! #SciEd #SciComm #HigherEd feedbackforlearning.org/case-studies...

📢 New plant science textbook Staff and alumni from our institute and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social have recently published Essential Plant Biology, a new textbook presenting current and comprehensive knowledge of plant biology 🌱

"Wastewater surveillance reveals hidden COVID spread beyond reported cases" As COVID testing becomes less routine, case numbers can underestimate outbreaks. Research led by Prof Murakami shows wastewater surveillance reveals hidden spread, offering a clearer view of transmission and early warnings.

"Long COVID affects around 6 in every 100 people who get COVID-19, and that people of any age and health status can develop Long COVID" - World Health Organization (European Region) #LongCOVID

Never mind the jobs you had. Tell me five classes you took in college AKA uni Systematics and ecology Plant physiology Entomology Ethology Plant anatomy

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Now available on youtube! #FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKek...

Women are often seen and portrayed relative to someone else #WomenInSTEM

Important data - and more reasons to get your covid jabs

🏆RECORD: WA's power grid hit 91% renewable energy on Dec 20 ⚡ 1,225MW of new batteries driving the transition 💰 Wholesale prices down 13% to $69.55/MWh 🏭 Coal & gas generation falling fast Full story 👇 www.boilingcold.com.au/wa-renewable...

Official version of our latest paper is out on Reproductive investment in native and invasive populations of Pittosporum undulatum👇. Here we are collecting some of the data. I lost my car keys that day. Ben found them when revisiting the site. #Trees #InviasiveSpecies #FieldWork

“the last heatwave between January 5 to 10 was made over 5 times more likely due to global heating” #ClimateEmergency #HeatWaves theconversation.com/where-did-so...

“Shingles causes dementia”

Interesting interview with researchers from Qld about ME, Faulty receptors and possible mechanisms for why LDN might work

You’d think this is made up. That it can’t be true But then you read about the death of Maeve Boothby-O’Neill and others and you realise it’s happened before - it’s absolutely unbelievably cruel and bizarre #MEcfs