Sean Coakley

July fun fact! #ANS2025 #AusNeuro

Bring your Tassie tuxedos (aka puffer jackets)!

As one of the southernmost capital cities in the world, Hobart is closer to Antarctica than it is to Darwin.

🚨 Deadline for Abstracts closes 17:00 AEST, Monday 7 July 2025 🚨

🔬🧬🧠Abstract submission for the #ANS2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Hobart, Tasmania close soon!🔬🧬🧠

Submit your abstract Here: tas.currinda2.com/register/eve...

We look forward to seeing you in Hobart!

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A watched manuscript never gets reviewed

Your first customer @mehershadw.bsky.social 😉

Daily reminder that life's a rollercoaster 🎢 #celegans #dadjokes and coaster by @mehershadw.bsky.social

What a fantastic gift from Red, our undergrad rotation student this semester. A needle felt C. elegans! Thank you Red 🙏#worm #celegans #scienceart #science

Alright, Aus Neuro fam! 👋 We've just dropped a new ANS starter pack over at go.bsky.app/B8viKca and it's feeling a little... empty. 🤔 Hit that link and drop your suggestions – let's make this pack legendary! ✨ #bluesky #starterpack #suggestions #ANS #AusNeuro 🇦🇺🧠

‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.

A little piece I wrote for the conversation on the role of curiosity in medical breakthroughs 👇
theconversation.com/curiosity-dr...

They... used the force

Thanks Jenny! We have so many great stories to share. As you know, these discoveries take decades. But with the right support they are inevitable.

‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.

A little piece I wrote for the conversation on the role of curiosity in medical breakthroughs 👇
theconversation.com/curiosity-dr...

Not this year I'm afraid 😢 but hopefully the next one!

Congratulations Callista!!! 🎉🥳

Screenshot of a tweet from the ARC saying the following: "DP26 EOI applicants: tomorrow all lead CIs will receive an email with their outcomes and all applicants will be able to get their results in RMS. Due to the volume of applications, emails may be staggered throughout the day. Stay tuned for an update.".

The ARC have tweeted that they will released Discovery Projects Expression of Interest outcomes tomorrow.

This looks like a fabulous meeting! Abstract submission and registration close soon so don't miss out. Cell biology ✔️ nervous system ✔️ Greece ✔️

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Fantastic first day of #SMP2025 Bill Shorten's masterclass on civics was a highlight. Great to have the opportunity to chat with Minister Ed Husic at the gala dinner about the benefits of basic science and the culture of curiosity to drive innovation and economic benefits for all Australians 🧠🔬🤓

This paper is now featured by @naturecomms.bsky.social on their Editors' Highlights page
Check it out 👇
www.nature.com/collections/...

Our paper is now featured in the Editors' highlights at @naturecomms.bsky.social 👇

www.nature.com/collections/...

NEW Paper:
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS

Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇

Nice way to start the year. An enormous effort on this one from Alessandra. Congratulations! 🎉

OSP-1 protects neurons from autophagic cell death induced by acute oxidative stress - Nature Communications How oxidative stress impacts neurons is poorly understood. Here the authors reveal that overactivation of autophagy following oxidative stress contributes to neuronal death and discover a protective f...

Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

😮 noooo! Get better soon!

What happens if I only eat tacos for 5 days? Asking for a friend... #CellBio2024

I'll be presenting our work from @coakleylab.bsky.social #CellBio2024 where we discovered a periodic spectrin skeleton in the skin of C. elegans that protects neurons from damage. Come say hi 👋 P1427 Sunday 15th 11:15am-12:45pm
@ascbiology.bsky.social

Congratulations 👏🎉

Very happy and proud about this week's success. Very grateful to all my colleagues and my lab for their hard work and support getting this over the line 🍾🙏🥳

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.

I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Good plan. I have outreach with high school students! 😝 Not sure I will be inspiring many people tomorrow. Good luck! 🤞

Thinking of everyone who feels like they have a LOT riding on these. The sun will rise on Wednesday 🌞 #ARCDP25

Screenshot of a tweet from the ARC saying they’ll announce DP25 grant outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 26 Nov).

ARC says they’ll release the Discovery Projects 2025 outcomes tomorrow.

Recently, outcomes announcements have tended to happen at/around 11am Canberra time.

My bot will pick up the announcement in RMS’s database and post immediately.

Good luck!