Dianne

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.

Exciting announcement: Mary Cushman has been elected as ISTH President for the 2028–2030 term.

💬 “I look forward to collaboratively advancing the ISTH’s mission globally and ensuring scientific advances reach patients” said Cushman

Blijven prachtige beestjes 🤩

Trees in a forest with color edited.

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank

Oh wow I feel seen...

Beautiful picture 😊 you too!

A view of a power tower with an eagle on top. Not easy to see. There is water in the foreground, a lake with the towers reflection.

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Prachtig 😊

You too! 🎉🎊

Thanks you too 😊

The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends

Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV

I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.

We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.

In our already overflowing hospitals

Blood: flowing stronger than ever after 80 years Blood was first published in 1946, so 2026 represents the 80th anniversary of the premier journal of hematology. Ten years ago, the 11th editor-in-chief, B

In honor of Blood's 80th Anniversary, Editor in Chief Dr. Andrew Roberts reflects on eight decades of hematology research and looks to the future of the journal.

Read Dr. Roberts' editorial here: ashpublications.org/blood/articl...

Prachtig 😊 mooi Nederland (af en toe)

In the country among the roos

You too 😊

🩸 Cryopreserved platelets did not meet noninferiority versus RTP. But given the shelf life of 2 years versus 7 days, is there room for CSP as a contingency component? #hemesky #platelets

Prachtig 😍

Highly recommended and should be read by all (future) group leaders! Thanks for sharing your personal struggles also
@jenheemstra.bsky.social 🧪

The harassment tax A senior faculty member asked me into his office. I assumed it was to talk about agricultural data. It was the fall of 1991 and I was untenured, 32 years old, and 7 months pregnant. He was in his 60s ...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Beautiful 😍

#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #immunosky #publichealth Studies have shown that elderly individuals who have recovered from #COVID have a significantly higher and longer-lasting rate of #apoptosis (programmed cell death) in their #peripheralbloodmononuclearcells (PBMCs) vs to age-matched controls.

Daily small portion almonds and 🍫 lowers heart attack risk 🧪

Those engineering technologies are hard to beat!

AL 34 near Termini station, Roman pinsa pizzas, fantastic! Enjoy Rome (just about to fly back)

Last days of Italian food...

So inspiring to have watched her in Sydney years ago, one of THE nature trailblazers of our time & 1st #womeninSTEM It's a sad day but her legacy will 4ever continue Dr. Goodall 🦸‍♀️👩‍🔬

Dankje is goed 😁

Prachtig 🤩

PSA:

Your period should not
🩸last > 7 days
🩸interfere with your life
🩸happen consistently > than monthly
🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours
🩸have clots larger than a quarter
🩸cause debilitating pain
🩸require double product coverage
🩸make you anemic