Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney 🇦🇺 | Ion channels. VGICs. LGICs. Leak channels.
Sydney, Australia
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Leaks are nuisances for plumbers and patch clampers, but leaks through specific ion channels are necessary for many bodily functions. The sodium leak channel (#NALCN) is an evolutionarily conserved leak channel that mediates inward leakage of Na⁺ ions. #IonChannel
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📢📢📢 The 2025 Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference is happening 3–5 Dec 2025 in Sydney, Australia! 🐨🦘🪃
🔬 Cutting-edge pharmaceutical research
💊 Live demos, including 3D drug printing!
🔗 Submit your abstract: afps2025.org
#AFPS2025
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Here's the thing. We have **NO IDEA** how to pick good graduate students. I served on admission committees for 10+ years, and chaired a few, and what I learned is that all the spreadsheets of grades and test scores and recommendations and essays and publications and interview rubrics are just an elaborate ruse to pretend we know what we're doing when we simply don't. Many of the most highly ranked applicants to our "top" program flamed out quickly, and tons of the students we summarily rejected have turned into amazing scientists. But in the name of creating meritocratic seeming rankings that are more about creating a workforce than great scientists (a system that anyone paying attention knows is bullshit), we've created a homogenous process adopted by nearly all institutions that has stamped out the one thing we should be striving for - given our lack of any clear understanding of what leads to success - a wide range of difference talents and experiences.
Pretty crazy after reviewing the applications of some Stanford PhD applicants and feel like they can graduate right away after the admission 😄
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For those frustrated and hurt by @arc_gov_au processes, I'll remind of this:
This paper was the cover of @NatureChemistry. ARC DP reviews rejected funding the underlying research FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.
@ARC_Tracker
nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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"...because these days police work consists of one-tenth actual police work, with the rest of the time devoted to making notes about exactly what you did during the course of that police work." 📚 Anxious People
What I envisioned PIs do when I 1st got into science: read/write papers, discuss science w/ students, teach & prepare lectures
What PIs actually do: edit biosafety/animal protocols, manage lab finances, solve HR problems, write/grade exams, write reference letters, review grants
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“There are so many interesting things to discover in biology. You don’t have to make things up.”
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
My first feature for @_TheTransmitter investigates the emotional and existential fallout for one lab in the aftermath of a misconduct case.
thetransmitter.org/science-a…
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It has been 10 years since I started doing Western blots in the lab. Wow, what a rollercoaster!
Based on my successes and failures, here are some tips for perfect Western blots. A thread (1/5)…
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Last week’s Ion Channel Virtual Symposium 2.0 was quite the event! Two days. Ten speakers. Ion channels and transporters: PIEZOs, SLC26A5, ELKIN1, Navs, chemotactile receptors, SCL9C1 and TMEM165.
If you missed it, here's a brief overview for you 🧵
#ionchannels
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The Novel Ion Channel symposium is back after a three-year hiatus! It will be held virtually on Aug 28 & 29. We've got a great line up of speakers! Register for free! #ionchannel 🔬💡🧬🧪🧫eventsignup.ku.dk/channels20…
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@ShifraLansky of Weizmann Institute of Science will tell us how the use of high-speed atomic force microscopy captures a rare oligomeric state of the TRPV3 channel! Is it a tetramer or a pentamer?! 🧐
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Our keynote speaker, Yamuna Krishnan (@KrishnanYamuna) from @UChicago, will introduce LCI, the lysosomal Ca2+ importer. We can't wait to learn about this new protein's role in facilitating Ca2+ entry into lysosomes!
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🚨 Reminder: The virtual Ion Channel Symposium 2.0 is happening next week! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers ready to share the latest discoveries in the field. Don’t miss out—sign up and join us for free! ✨
eventsignup.ku.dk/channels20…
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The Novel Ion Channel symposium is back after a three-year hiatus! It will be held virtually on Aug 28 & 29. We've got a great line up of speakers! Register for free! #ionchannel 🔬💡🧬🧪🧫eventsignup.ku.dk/channels20…
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📣 WE ARE HIRING (TT assist. or assoc. prof)
Come be my colleague at the University of Copenhagen 🇩🇰!
Copenhagen is a great city to live in 🚲🌤️ 👪 and you will have lots of great colleagues 🧑🔬🧑💼 working on diverse topics🧪🧫🧶🍝🧬🖥️
Deadline Sept 22:
employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sh…
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