Australia’s longest-running women’s health study achieves 30-year milestone The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) has grown into the largest study of its kind in Australia, with plans to expand to ensure the nation’s culturally diverse landscape is repre...

Kudos to these visionary women for this longitudinal study of Women’s Health, covering 4 generations of women born 1921-26, 1946-51, 1973-78 and 1989-95. #WomensHealth #ChildrensHealth #endometriosis #menopause #ChronicDisease #obesity #DomesticViolence #Aging

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Expanding the power of drugs used to treat liquid malignancies into solid tumours. We screened an epigenetic compound library against cell lines models of ovarian clear cell carcinoma. The BTK inhibitor ibrutinib shows promise #ovariancancer #ibrutinib 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I often think that if the world could be run like a scientific collaboration with valued colleagues located around the globe, what a place it could be. As @astrokatie.com notes - "joy, international teamwork, diversity". Important reminder we're actually capable of this as a species 🧪#Artemis II

Do we grow wiser as we age?
I spent 15+ years chasing glam journals, wasting time and energy (and frustrating my team and co-authors).
I don’t want to wake up at 70 and realize my life went into convincing a few editors my work was trendy enough.
Enough. I’ll try to be smarter.

I think you make a true statement there … ours just counts the numbers pretty much that is so disappointing. Don’t care if you are highly cited, where you are in the team etc. And you don’t need to be in a ‘glam’ journal to be highly cited. This has to play into contribution & legacy.

Brilliant talk by my colleague Dr Dongli Liu from UNSW at ANZGOG (Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group) on the Gold Coast this week. All about development of organoids from patients with ovarian and endometrial cancer & their value in drug testing. #organoids #tumoroids #ANZGOGASM2026

Excellent!!

Research Grant System Teeters on the Cusp of an AI Hellscape The research funding system is in danger of becoming an AI slop hellscape, with AI-assisted applications screened by AI bots. New approaches are required, writes Adrian Barnett.

Opinion piece just published by Adrian Barnett makes for interesting reading - "Research Grant System Teeters on the Cusp of an AI Hellscape" 🧪#grantwriting #AI #researchfunds futurecampus.com.au/2026/03/22/r...

Honours student Anaida Nirula giving her formative presentation today. Excited to be working on PTEN again after somewhat of a hiatus 😊. This time working to understand the role of loss of #PTEN in #endometriosis. Anaida nailed her presentation & I am excited for her discoveries this year! 🧪

Beautiful & poignant reminder that in our actions, we don’t just walk with the people around us today, but with those yet to be born decades & much more from now. Makes me want to go find a Whitman book gifted to me many years ago at a fork in my own road. #WaltWhitman

Edward Norton delivers a powerful reading of Walt Whitman’s "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," bringing the poem vividly to life. #Colbert #EdwardNorton #WaltWhitman #Poetry TikTok video by colbertlateshow

Walt Whitman, transcendentally.

#StephenColbert #poetry #EdwardNorton #Brooklyn

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‘Medical research isn't just good for our health, it's also great for our economy.’

In this Budget, the govt has to commit to spending money put aside for that purpose in the Medical Research Future Fund. Before we lose more brilliant minds overseas, before we damage the sector irrevocably.

Let’s talk about #endometriosis and #womenshealth at #agces

I am so very sorry to hear this sad news and can only imagine how difficult this is for your family. Please take care. I hope our paths will cross at one thing or another. It's been a long time.

Underfunding in gynaecological cancer research is costing women their lives YouTube video by ANZGOG

Spoken by women who walk in the shoes - "Underfunding in gynaecological cancer research is costing women their lives". www.womencan.org.au/underfunded #gynaecancer #uterinecancer #endometrialcancer #ovariancancer #cervicalcancer #vaginalcancer #vulvarcancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwC...

And the winner of Science’s 2026 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is … A physicist and professional dancer takes home the grand prize, and Science awards its first trophy for an AI-assisted dance concept

And the winner of Science’s 2026 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is … | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Up to $1.4 billion in medical research remains unused under government cap Researchers say securing funding has become increasingly tough, with many left with no choice but to spend a disproportionate amount of time applying for grants.

More than 60% of Australian medical researchers left active research roles between 2019 & 2024 because they could not make ends meet - while my costings from the PBO suggest the govt could more than double annual spending from the MRFF without any effect on its base level of funding.

Our PhD student Teagan Fisher presenting her research into key genes involved in both ovarian cancer and endometriosis at the National Endometriosis Clinical & Scientific Trials (NECST) conference last week in Sydney. 🧪 #endometriosis #OvarianCancer #ChromatinRemodelling

Not sure I will ever understand how America chose such different people and philosophies to lead them, both at home & on the world stage. May they see the likes of Obama lead them again soon. We, in the rest of the world, are also needing to count on this.

At a conference this week & heard a dog bark during a presentation. Realised at a break there was a support dog attending. A very large & beautiful oodle not unlike the one in this picture. 1st time for me to see this. Very happy that the dog seemed to be enjoying the conference 🧪 #dogsofBluesky

when it's your turn to give lab meeting and you don't have new results to show

Magda Szubanski in remission after stage 4 cancer treatment The Australian entertainer reveals she is in remission after completing chemotherapy treatment for stage 4 blood cancer.

Oh happy news 😊. Along with the rest of Australia & beyond, keeping the beloved Magda Szubanski in my thoughts. The number of times she has made us all cry with laughter, the very least we can do is this. Thank you science #MantleCellLymphoma #MedicalResearchMatters

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Global Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium Launches AI Accelerator Grant with Microsoft Collaboration The Global Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium has unveiled its first AI Accelerator Grant with Microsoft’s support to enhance ovarian cancer research.

Global Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium Launches AI Accelerator Grant with Microsoft Collaboration #USA #New_York #Microsoft #AI_Research #Ovarian_Cancer

Harnessing AI to improve ovarian cancer outcomes VCHRI and UBC researchers are part of an international team awarded $2 million to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve prediction of ovarian cancer survival, guide treatment selection, and ultimately lead to better patient outcomes. Over the last decade, new treatments have been introduced for high-grade serous ovarian cancer — the most common form of ovarian cancer. However, five-year survival rates remain low, with 70 per cent of patients experiencing relapse.

Congrats to VCHRI & UBC research team led by Dr. Ali Bashashati on receiving $2 million to study how AI can improve prediction of ovarian cancer survival, guide treatment selection & ultimately lead to better patient outcomes:

This is big news. As a scientist and ovarian cancer researcher, I know that platinum resistant ovarian cancer is a bear to treat. A major advance in the field of #ovariancancer. Let's keep it up and find more options for these women. #Keytruda #immunotherapy #pembrolizumab

I did my PhD on the RET proto-oncogene & the rare cancer syndrome Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia. I learnt the value of studying rare cancers & syndromes & how we can extrapolate knowledge to cancer more broadly. I learnt the value of multi-national collaborations. A valuable Special Collection #RET 🧪

Endocrine-Related Cancer. RET@Thirty: Three Decades of Remarkable Progress. Special Collection.

Marking 30 years, the RET@Thirty Special Collection features an exclusive editorial with Professor Sir Bruce Ponder & brings together mini-reviews addressing the multifaceted aspects of RET & its impact on clinical practice.

Explore the collection: erc.bioscientifica.com/page/RET@Thirty

Teen swims four hours through rough seas to save mother and siblings off Western Australia The 13-year-old attempted to kayak back to shore to get help, but the vessel took on water, forcing him to swim 4km

In a world full of awfulness, here’s something wonderful. Austin Appelbee, hero of the hour.

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Received a lot of requests in January to write a commentary on papers we published last year in other journals. Why on earth would I do that? We made our original contributions in our original papers! Science has a growing problem of too many publications & competing interests. Not a good thing 🧪