The last FWO grant panel after 6 years service! Did the online overnight panels during the COVID era, but it has been great spending time discussing great science / projects these last 4 years in Brussels and some excellent impactful projects supported #allgoodthings

Been an excellent few days at the Amgen Scholars Asia Symposium. Honoured to have represented University of Melbourne and our scholars - 10 quite remarkable and talented people. Thank you for the invite to talk and thank you Kyoto University - wonderful hosts.

Honoured & delighted to represent the University of Melbourne at the Amgen Scholars Asia symposium hosted by Kyoto University. Nice perk of my role to be engaged in this programme and wonderful to see our Melbourne Amgen Scholars again 7 months after their research time ended.

Delighted to open the ANZCCART conference this morning. A packed few days ahead with some excellent sessions and discussions. #3Rs

Quite a place to be last night! I’ll leave this here !!

Ray French: Rugby league legend and BBC commentator dies aged 85 - BBC Sport Rugby league great Ray French, who commentated on the sport for the BBC over four decades, has died at the age of 85.

This is sad news. Listened to his commentaries and his knowledge of the game growing up. Part of the soundtrack of my youth. Always clear, always informative and always wonderful use of the English language! #RIP

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Not a classic by any means and the last quarter we dropped the intensity, it the win is the win. #GoLions ! Well played boys.

Excellent day in Mildura at the Mallee Region Innovation Centre (MRIC). A great partnership between University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and SuniTAFE. Opportunities everywhere.

Delighted to present our work on Proteomic Analysis of the Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Secretome in Response to Bacterial Stimulation at the @asbte.bsky.social meeting in Brisbane today. Enjoyable first day of the conference #TissueEngineering

Attending the Universities Australia summit in Canberra today. Interesting discussions yesterday and will continue today. This morning is are Australia’s universities building the skills for the future? Critical question

A fab thing I do as PVC is support our Amgen Scholars programme at The University of Melbourne. After 8 weeks of lab work, scholars are today presenting their work. Fantastic see their data and enthusiasm for research. Thanks to all lab hosts and wider team

Poor oral health is a strong indicator of disadvantage in Australia. So why aren’t we doing anything about it? We could fund a universal public dental care system if we really cared about improving oral health

My op-ed today as part of a special series on oral health.

‘Dental care in Australia is at a crossroad. There is an opportunity to take bold action to correct the mistakes of the past and create an equitable dental system that ensures all Australians …

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A happy place for the past 10 days!

Lovely day at the Test!

The use of antibiotics in the management of odontogenic facial swellings in children and adolescents: A scoping review To identify evidence and guidelines relating to the use of antibiotics in the management of odontogenic facial swellings in children and adolescents.A…

Great way to end the academic year (almost the end). Excellent scoping review by a clinical scientist PhD student at Melbourne Dental School and Royal Children’s Hospital I am co-supervising 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Great work by our colleague & PhD candidate at Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. Very interesting practice-based research data as part of his wider project investigating orifice barriers for coronal restorations for root filled teeth.

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have the honour of being the presiding Vice Chancellor at the Melbourne Dental School graduation ceremony this afternoon. It will wonderful to celebrate the success of the class of 2024 - my second full cohort since I arrived at University of Melbourne

Fabulous trip to Mildura to chair the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre (MRIC). Great partnership between University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and Sunraysia TAFE leading to links partnerships and research impact. Bonus was time in Mildura!

I’m encouraging others at the #unimelbMDS to adopt this philosophy… I mean in #dental #education we literally sit beside our students to guide them through simulation and patient care. This is a nurturing approach to reaching milestones that I’m sure enhances student’s experiences and abilities

Rare non work / professional life post!! A celebration dinner will be had when the lad isn’t working but tonight we are celebrating Dan’s degree success! Very very proud of him!

Excellent!!

Antimicrobial resistance - a global health problem Is dental prescribing helping or harming patients? Antimicrobial resistance has been described as one of the greatest threats to human and animal health, as well as to food and agriculture.

Australian dentists write around 70,000 prescriptions for antibiotics each month. But how many of those prescriptions are actually necessary, and are we contributing to antimicrobial resistance. I speak to dentist & pharmacist Dr Leanne Teoh.
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