Melanie D. White

This developing quail embryo looks like it's thinking fiery thoughts for #FluorescenceFriday 🐣🔥🧪. Imaged by the fantastic @vanderspuy.bsky.social

#NARF is on bluesky! 👉 if you’ve held a fellowship in the last 10 years, you should join.

Medical Research Matters

Right now, the Government is starving medical research of full funding, even as it claims that science and research are national priorities. If our leaders truly value science as much as they say, then they must back their words with action—and fund it properly.

Join the campaign!

Apply for a PhD in Singapore at NUS! Deadline Jan 12. I'm recruiting:

Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...

and

Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/

Every opportunity politicians provide for you to tell them about how chronic underfunding of research in Australia is affecting your particular fields, people, working conditions etc. is extremely important.

Fill out the form here: lnkd.in/g8A_PAZG

Aussies, please consider signing this petition to show your support for Australian science. The sector is already on its knees. 🇦🇺 🧪 actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...

It must be spring! Every spring for at least the last 3yrs, these crows have collected and stashed their favourite sticks outside my 6th floor office window. They collect them for 1-2 months and then one day, they all vanish! 🐦‍⬛🪹🪺

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

Hey Mechanobiologists! Come and join us in sunny Brisbane for #MechBio2025 Nov 5-7. Registration is now open. Enjoy world-class science, a stellar speaker line-up, and relaxed Queensland vibes. 🧪🔬🌴
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A microscope image showing a developing eye in a quail embryo. Actin is labelled in orange and nuclei are in cyan.

Bird’s eye view, literally. 🐦👁️ Glowing quail embryo eye for #FluorescenceFriday, #DevBio 🧪🔬

Spring has sprung at the UQ Lakes! 😍

Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form… Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.

Register for the 12th Avian Model Systems Meeting www.stowers.org/events/avian.... We have now received funds from the @biologists.bsky.social to subsidise the travel/registration costs for students and early career researchers presenting their work from selected abstracts.

A photo of a group of five people standing in a room filled with scientific equipment.

We've enjoyed having Marise and Samara from the lab of @melaniedwhite.bsky.social here to image quail embryos on our MOSAIC system. We wish them safe travels home and happy data analyzing!

Absolutely thrilled to be heading off soon to @stowersinstitute.bsky.social for this incredible meeting! The speaker lineup is stacked, and it’s all about the amazing potential of avian model systems. I’m travelling 25 hours to get there - can anyone top that? #devbio 🧪🐣✈️🔥

How long would you wait before contacting an editor to ask them to please either send your paper out for review or reject it so we can all move on with our lives?

1️⃣ 2 weeks
2️⃣ 3 weeks
3️⃣ 4+ weeks
4️⃣ Never - don't poke the bear!

📊 Show results

Night time in the lab

Sunset in the lab @aicjanelia.bsky.social 😍

Today was a super fun first day of imaging @aicjanelia.bsky.social with @vanderspuy.bsky.social and @samarar.bsky.social.
All hail the quail!🧪🔬#DevBio

I’m so excited to wake up at Janelia @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this morning! Ready for some awesome quail imaging over the next few weeks #DevBio 🤗🔬🧪

Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form… Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.

12th Avian Model Systems Meeting bit.ly/3ZBw2qS @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. We will be joined by Marianne Bronner, Olivier Pourquié, Megan Davey, Julie Elie, @jeromegros.bsky.social, Carols Lois, Peter Lwigale, Alan Rodrigues, Marcos Simoes-Costa, @melaniedwhite.bsky.social and YOU!

Love this power crew of UQ #ARC Future Fellows (former, current and the newly minted @vessel-integrity.bsky.social)!
My commiserations to those who missed out today. It’s a truly brutal system. Be kind to yourselves 💕

I’m excited for this! 🧪

In these turbulent times, beautiful microscopy always cheers me up 😍. Here's a quail neural tube just doing its thing for #FluorescenceFriday. Imaged by the very talented
@vanderspuy.bsky.social
#devbio 🧪🔬👩‍🔬

So sorry to hear this Jacob but very glad you and your team are safe! Take care.

Wonderful to watch @brettcollins.bsky.social giving his @anzscdb.bsky.social President’s Medal talk. So well deserved! #HunterMeetingOz 🧪

And foraging for mushrooms?

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My cat is channelling today’s vibe #CatsOfAcademia

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies? Here’s how your body might respond when you turn your clock back an hour on Saturday night.

Time change season is here! While most Australian states fall back from DST, QLD, WA & NT don't practice it. @benweger.bsky.social and I break down why this might be a win in our latest piece for The Conversation. ⏰☀️ @emcra-imb.bsky.social

theconversation.com/daylight-sav...

Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system.

There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.

By @donnadlu.bsky.social