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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 2h

Do they sponsor any other community sporting groups, from people who can't regulate their industries? Haven't seen them at my workplace. I'm sure it's legit though.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely. If you want to have some social sport after work, get everyone to put money in a kitty and pay for it yourself like everyone else does. Beggars belief that the charity from a lobbyist doesn't engender any goodwill.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 1d

That episode on data centres was very educational - can definitely recommend.

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Paul McMillan @drpaulmcmillan.bsky.social · 22d

We have an opening for a Platform Support Officer to join our team at the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform at the University of Melbourne. For full details or to apply go to go.unimelb.edu.au/xb3p @micro-au.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social

Platform Support Officer

Role type: Fixed term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department/School: School of Biomedical Sciences Salary: UOM 7 109,093 – 118,091 AUD p.a. plus 17% super E...

go.unimelb.edu.au

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 9d

This is great. My son has worked in aged care and my mum was a resident in one and a pay rise was well deserved. It's an extremely important job but also physically and emotionally demanding and sometimes dangerous.

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 10d

#HappyMicroscopyMonday!

#microscopycommunity -Imaging Scientists in Core Facilities play a vital role in advancing research. How are their contributions recognized in publications?

Take the survey now:https://buff.ly/k0X6PRw

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for the #VirtualPub with @virsicas.bsky.social - one of Euro-BioImaging's Scientific Ambassadors! She'll give a talk entitled "From Microscopes to Workflows: Supporting Research Through Imaging & Analysis."
🗓️ Fri, Sept 26 @ 13:00 CEST
Register 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/title...

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 16d

Are you sure? This graph shows the growth rate, which was still positive (barely) during the pandemic. That would imply a plateau rather than a drop. Am I missing something here?

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Stratocore @stratocore.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 Our next PPMS Microscopy Focus Group is on Sept 25!

Hear from Sonja Welsch, MPIBP & Stephan Junek, MPIBR & MPIBP, as they present:

“Two cores, one joint user base”

✅ Cross-institute imaging workflows
✅ Real-world light & EM examples
✅ Peer discussion for complex facilities

@maxplanck.de

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 22d

Well, I thought I was pretty diplomatic, giving each side the opportunity to claim credit, regardless of the actual merit. Not wanting to split team D.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 23d

Come on, don't be shy. You know the pavlova is doing all the heavy lifting for that slice, right?

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 23d

This is a good paper highlighting the potential abuse of AI in image manipulation. Challenging times ahead.

Nature Nanotechnology @natnano.nature.com · 24d

The rising danger of AI-generated images in nanomaterials science and what we can do about it

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02009-9Generative AI has made it trivial to generate fake microscopy images that are indistinguishable from real images, even for experts. As researchers in nanoscience, it is time for us to face this reality and discuss strategies to conserve the integrity of our discipline.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 25d

ABV is going up too. Densification all round.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations!

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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is seeking an exceptional academic leader to be the new Director of the Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery and lead our centre consisting of 10 group leaders, 40 staff and approximately 50 HDR students. Come and join us in sunny Brisbane!

Director, Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Sep 1

Global Bioimaging are running a survey on Authorship and Acknowledgements for imaging core facility staff. If you work in a core, please take five minutes to fill out the survey and help us understand the good, the bad and the ugly around this topic. Thanks!

Link: forms.gle/cKh6m4SskzZm...

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yeah, this and dulce et made a really big impact on young me.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 25

Did they cut him off before, "with notably rare exceptions"?

Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 23

Queens garden, but park. Sorry.

Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 23

I thought they abandoned the story bridge idea and went for Victoria Bridge instead.

Facebook post of Brisbane Palestine protest. Queens Gardens at 1pm, Sunday 24th August.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hasn't Brisbane changed to queen's Park now?

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Microscopy Australia @micro-au.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔬 We're hiring! Adelaide Microscopy is seeking a CryoTEM Microscopist to support cutting-edge research in South Australia. Passionate about cryo-EM & single particle analysis? 🧪 Apply by 18 Sept: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
#STEMjobs

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 5

Come on. Have you ever started working on a task a whole week before deadline?

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 4

This was more an airbnb situation, I think.

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Jamie Riches @chickenrampant.bsky.social · Aug 3

Osprey decided to take a catfish from the nest and dine on the nearby transmission tower instead. 🪶

Osprey flying away from nest on top of a tall pole while carrying a catfish in one claw and watched (unhappily?) by another osprey.

Taken at Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Brisbane, Australia.

Osprey eating a catfish while sitting on top of a transmission tower.

Taken at Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Brisbane, Australia.

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