Prof Ros Gleadow FAA

I buy my RATests in bulk at $1 each - they’re expensive $10? In Australia so prohibitive for a family

Applications now open for the position of Director of Pacific Biosciences Reseach Center, at University of Hawaiʻi.
PBRC fosters cutting-edge research across cellular, molecular, developmental, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation biology—with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

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‘Were you very sick?’

Me. ‘No, I had antivirals and recently vaxxed - anyway I’m much more worried about getting LongCovid - remember, I have a daughter disabled with ME”

Silence

Most common response when I tell people I had Covid recently is “Still? Hasn’t it gone away?” - Er, no, we just want it to Be Gone

One hundred years of Australian flower data reveals pollination drop Researchers behind a new study examining thousands of flower specimens collected over the past century say temperature increases could be behind a pollination decline in native orchids.

Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Open rank faculty positions available at MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Apply online at: https://tinyurl.com/yy2kvt3n

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

Green plants! There’s a good chance another system would use different wavelengths for capturing solar energy from their sun(s) 🪴🌾

I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me

People love birds - and yet destroy their habitats eg in the suburbs by razing vacant blocks to the ground and covering it with concrete www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Premature baby dies from measles in Alberta as cases throughout province near 2,000 | Globalnews.ca An infant born prematurely died shortly after being born, after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy, Alberta's health minister said.

Canada: Premature baby dies from measles in Alberta as cases throughout province near 2,000.

"Since March, 1,914 cases of measles has been reported in Alberta, with the majority of the cases occurring in the southern (998) and northern (704) Alberta Health Services zones."

Renaissance sculpture several metres off the ground - like a little balcony with a roof - on the corner of a Romanesque/Renaissance church (striped stone facade) with a bell tower behind

Donatello designed this beautiful outdoor pulpit on Prato Cathedral for use during The Plague - to keep people safe. Now there’s an idea! #VentilationWorks #CovidIsAirborne

International Safe Cassava Network - YouTube

All webinars of the International Safe Cassava Working group can be viewed in this YouTube playlist via the Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social 🌾🧪⚕️🪴https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Uoz9Q4ChQq8YgGeCv1736-cGlAS9zCF

Climate change drives global surge in the worst wildfires Catastrophic wildfires with major socioeconomic impacts are becoming more frequent and severe, 43% of the costliest striking in the past decade.

#climatechange #bushfires

cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climat...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Time to vote for Bird of the Year. How to choose? So many amazing birds! This round I voted for the Orange Bellied Parrot because of its endangered status - it won’t make it through though 🦜
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very like what happens to people with ME

“2 years since the pandemic ended” ??- sorry, no. It’s still a pandemic according the the WHO - although no longer in the emergency phase it’s still a pandemic.

Wordle 1,569 2/6

Pleased with this but it does depend a lot on the luck of your first word choice

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Boost your immunity with this one weird trick: Schedule an appointment with your primary care physician.

Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:

The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine

- @hislopmd.bsky.social

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and worsened by reinfections and ongoing transmission. Governments and health systems must prioritise research, care access, and protection for kids—otherwise, the long-term social and economic costs will keep rising.

#LongCOVID

Not to speak of Hal Hatch and Roger Slack’s discovery of the C4 photosynthesis pathway - there’s no plant Nobel but it could be for chemistry. And sadly Roger has passed away so no longer eligible

Look forward to seeing the ‘after’ photos

Hard to stop flying when you like in the south of a largely uninhabited continent but I do now try and combine several activities to reduce the number of flights

A campaign would help. It is hard to cut through these days with people scattered across so many different media but - certainly in Australia - almost universal ignorance of long covid in kids and government efforts to educate would help

I’m amazed at the hope and optimism - and yes, grit, I see in so many people with ME. Despite being desperately ill. Yet not unrealistic. These people are definitely not depressed #pwME

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’: stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

The clearing of precious Jarrah forest for a bauxite mine threatens the whole ecosystem with extinction including this black cockatoo www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Poverty persists in rich countries because governments have made a political choice to keep people poor” - during Covid lockdowns Australia double unemployment benefits lifting people out of poverty then cut it later. Tolerating poverty is a choice society makes. I’d rather tax the rich

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Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

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