Prof Francine Marques
@fzmarques.bsky.social
Viertel, NHMRC & Heart Foundation Fellow & #Hypertension Lab Head at Monash University. Gut #microbiome, 🐶 lover, #Cancer survivor, Australian Academy of Science Gottschalk🏅she/her. Always an ally
😎 Nelson Mandela Epic Fail Award - Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it: winners Liz Vecchio, Phoebe Cheong, and Evany Dinakis
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
😎 Nelson Mandela Epic Fail Award - Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it: winners Liz Vecchio, Phoebe Cheong, and Evany Dinakis
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a PhD student: Chaoran Yang
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a postdoctoral researcher: @rikeish.bsky.social
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a postdoctoral researcher: @rikeish.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a PhD student: Chaoran Yang
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a postdoctoral researcher: @rikeish.bsky.social
🏆 Research Rockstar Award - For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition as a postdoctoral researcher: @rikeish.bsky.social
📈 The Master Organiser Award - For being the most organised person in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills: winner Chudan Xu, runner up Simona Antonacci
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
📈 The Master Organiser Award - For being the most organised person in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills: winner Chudan Xu, runner up Simona Antonacci
📰 Trend Tracker Award - For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field: (several times) winner @rikeish.bsky.social, runner up Chaoran Yang
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
📰 Trend Tracker Award - For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field: (several times) winner @rikeish.bsky.social, runner up Chaoran Yang
🫂 Awesomeness Award - For being an overall great colleague: winner Phoebe Cheong, runner up Wendy Qin
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
🫂 Awesomeness Award - For being an overall great colleague: winner Phoebe Cheong, runner up Wendy Qin
😄 Funniest Person Ever Award (our most competitive award) - For bringing joy and laughter to the team: winner Wendy Qin, runner up Evany Dinakis
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
😄 Funniest Person Ever Award (our most competitive award) - For bringing joy and laughter to the team: winner Wendy Qin, runner up Evany Dinakis
✨ Values Vanguard Award - For supporting the lab values and living by their own values: winner Evany Dinakis, runner up Liz Vecchio
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
✨ Values Vanguard Award - For supporting the lab values and living by their own values: winner Evany Dinakis, runner up Liz Vecchio
💚 Resilience Pro Award - For being the most resilient person in the team and helping others improve their resilience: (several times) winner Chudan Xu, runner ups Joanne O'Donnell & Jenny Li
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
💚 Resilience Pro Award - For being the most resilient person in the team and helping others improve their resilience: (several times) winner Chudan Xu, runner ups Joanne O'Donnell & Jenny Li
💡 Resourcefulness Award - For their problem-solving attitude that has helped our team thrive: Winner Simona Antonacci, runner up Joanne O'Donnell
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
💡 Resourcefulness Award - For their problem-solving attitude that has helped our team thrive: Winner Simona Antonacci, runner up Joanne O'Donnell
Announcing our lab annual award winners 🏆
Every year, our team votes on team members who contributed towards helping behaviours, something we fail to capture in promotion and fellowship applications
Here are the 2025 award winners:
Every year, our team votes on team members who contributed towards helping behaviours, something we fail to capture in promotion and fellowship applications
Here are the 2025 award winners:
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Announcing our lab annual award winners 🏆
Every year, our team votes on team members who contributed towards helping behaviours, something we fail to capture in promotion and fellowship applications
Here are the 2025 award winners:
Every year, our team votes on team members who contributed towards helping behaviours, something we fail to capture in promotion and fellowship applications
Here are the 2025 award winners:
Lab presentations at the joint @ascept.bsky.social and Hypertension Australia meeting this week 🤩
#hypertension #microbiome #immunesystem
#hypertension #microbiome #immunesystem
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Lab presentations at the joint @ascept.bsky.social and Hypertension Australia meeting this week 🤩
#hypertension #microbiome #immunesystem
#hypertension #microbiome #immunesystem
Congratulations to Rikeish R Muralitharan
His major PhD paper published in Circulation Research in February 2025 is already a WoS Highly Cited paper 🤩
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His major PhD paper published in Circulation Research in February 2025 is already a WoS Highly Cited paper 🤩
lnkd.in/gMbx5HyA
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to Rikeish R Muralitharan
His major PhD paper published in Circulation Research in February 2025 is already a WoS Highly Cited paper 🤩
lnkd.in/gMbx5HyA
His major PhD paper published in Circulation Research in February 2025 is already a WoS Highly Cited paper 🤩
lnkd.in/gMbx5HyA
A great honour to receive the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Jian Zhou Medal last night from the Minister Mark Butler and AAHMS President Prof Louise Baur, alongside the other amazing medalist Prof Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A great honour to receive the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Jian Zhou Medal last night from the Minister Mark Butler and AAHMS President Prof Louise Baur, alongside the other amazing medalist Prof Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg
Congratulations to our PhD student Evany Dinakis who completed her final milestone today, delivering a fantastic presentation 👏👏👏 an example of great science communication skills + great science
#microbiome
#bloodpressure
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
#microbiome
#bloodpressure
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Congratulations to our PhD student Evany Dinakis who completed her final milestone today, delivering a fantastic presentation 👏👏👏 an example of great science communication skills + great science
#microbiome
#bloodpressure
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
#microbiome
#bloodpressure
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
Big thank you to @events.embl.org, @cibiocm.bsky.social, @borklab.bsky.social, Mani Arumugam & @amibhatt.bsky.social for a wonderful microbiome conference #EESMicrobiome
My team and I had a great time, learned lots, met lots of inspiring researchers & made friends ✅
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
My team and I had a great time, learned lots, met lots of inspiring researchers & made friends ✅
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Big thank you to @events.embl.org, @cibiocm.bsky.social, @borklab.bsky.social, Mani Arumugam & @amibhatt.bsky.social for a wonderful microbiome conference #EESMicrobiome
My team and I had a great time, learned lots, met lots of inspiring researchers & made friends ✅
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
My team and I had a great time, learned lots, met lots of inspiring researchers & made friends ✅
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
Proud of our team members Dr Chudan Xu and Phoebe Cheong for being brave and asking (great) questions at @embl.org #EESMicrobiome 👏👏👏
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Proud of our team members Dr Chudan Xu and Phoebe Cheong for being brave and asking (great) questions at @embl.org #EESMicrobiome 👏👏👏
Congratulations to @rikeish.bsky.social for winning the ISHR Postdoctoral publication prize for his paper “Gut Microbiota Metabolites Sensed by Host GPR41/43 Protect Against Hypertension” published in Circulation Research 👇
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
(I received it on his behalf 🙂)
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
(I received it on his behalf 🙂)
August 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Congratulations to @rikeish.bsky.social for winning the ISHR Postdoctoral publication prize for his paper “Gut Microbiota Metabolites Sensed by Host GPR41/43 Protect Against Hypertension” published in Circulation Research 👇
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
(I received it on his behalf 🙂)
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
(I received it on his behalf 🙂)
Today I went to my daughter’s childcare to talk to the toddlers about heart health and gut microbes ❤️
They were very excited to tell me about their fav fruits and veggies
Big thanks to @cibiocm.bsky.social for the toy microbes 🦠🙏
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
They were very excited to tell me about their fav fruits and veggies
Big thanks to @cibiocm.bsky.social for the toy microbes 🦠🙏
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today I went to my daughter’s childcare to talk to the toddlers about heart health and gut microbes ❤️
They were very excited to tell me about their fav fruits and veggies
Big thanks to @cibiocm.bsky.social for the toy microbes 🦠🙏
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
They were very excited to tell me about their fav fruits and veggies
Big thanks to @cibiocm.bsky.social for the toy microbes 🦠🙏
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
It was graduation day today 🤩
Congratulations to Dr Chudan Xu & 2 of honours students who graduated today 🤩 and a big thanks to our amazing team for helping to celebrate it (wait until she sees her desk tomorrow 🥹)
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Chudan Xu & 2 of honours students who graduated today 🤩 and a big thanks to our amazing team for helping to celebrate it (wait until she sees her desk tomorrow 🥹)
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It was graduation day today 🤩
Congratulations to Dr Chudan Xu & 2 of honours students who graduated today 🤩 and a big thanks to our amazing team for helping to celebrate it (wait until she sees her desk tomorrow 🥹)
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Chudan Xu & 2 of honours students who graduated today 🤩 and a big thanks to our amazing team for helping to celebrate it (wait until she sees her desk tomorrow 🥹)
@monashuniversity.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
Last week we had our lab planning day 🤩
2025 motto - let's work together (w each other within & outside the lab & our communities) inspired by Adam Grant's quote “Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by product"
2025 motto - let's work together (w each other within & outside the lab & our communities) inspired by Adam Grant's quote “Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by product"
March 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Last week we had our lab planning day 🤩
2025 motto - let's work together (w each other within & outside the lab & our communities) inspired by Adam Grant's quote “Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by product"
2025 motto - let's work together (w each other within & outside the lab & our communities) inspired by Adam Grant's quote “Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by product"
Lab Xmas cards are ready 🤩
Every year I try to find a word for each person to inspire their new year
All watercolour painted and hand written 😅
These are the 2025 words
My favourite: Ganbatte
It means ‘do your best’ and ‘don’t give up’ = we have a power perspective
Every year I try to find a word for each person to inspire their new year
All watercolour painted and hand written 😅
These are the 2025 words
My favourite: Ganbatte
It means ‘do your best’ and ‘don’t give up’ = we have a power perspective
December 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Lab Xmas cards are ready 🤩
Every year I try to find a word for each person to inspire their new year
All watercolour painted and hand written 😅
These are the 2025 words
My favourite: Ganbatte
It means ‘do your best’ and ‘don’t give up’ = we have a power perspective
Every year I try to find a word for each person to inspire their new year
All watercolour painted and hand written 😅
These are the 2025 words
My favourite: Ganbatte
It means ‘do your best’ and ‘don’t give up’ = we have a power perspective
Finally, the Nelson Mandela Epic Fail Award 🏆
Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it
Entry-based award, nominees say what went wrong and what they learned
Winners : Evany Dinakis and @mattsnelson.bsky.social
Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it
Entry-based award, nominees say what went wrong and what they learned
Winners : Evany Dinakis and @mattsnelson.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Finally, the Nelson Mandela Epic Fail Award 🏆
Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it
Entry-based award, nominees say what went wrong and what they learned
Winners : Evany Dinakis and @mattsnelson.bsky.social
Inspired by Mandela’s quote ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’, this award recognizes failing but learning from it
Entry-based award, nominees say what went wrong and what they learned
Winners : Evany Dinakis and @mattsnelson.bsky.social
The Master Organiser Award 🏆
For being the most organised people in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills
Nominees: Leticia, Evany, Chudan, Phoebe, Wendy
Runner up: Wendy Qin
Winner: Dr Chudan Xu
For being the most organised people in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills
Nominees: Leticia, Evany, Chudan, Phoebe, Wendy
Runner up: Wendy Qin
Winner: Dr Chudan Xu
December 15, 2024 at 9:25 PM
The Master Organiser Award 🏆
For being the most organised people in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills
Nominees: Leticia, Evany, Chudan, Phoebe, Wendy
Runner up: Wendy Qin
Winner: Dr Chudan Xu
For being the most organised people in the team and helping others improve their organisational skills
Nominees: Leticia, Evany, Chudan, Phoebe, Wendy
Runner up: Wendy Qin
Winner: Dr Chudan Xu
Values Vanguard Award 🏆
For supporting the lab values and living by their own values
Nominees: Simona, Rikeish, Phoebe, Hamdi, Evany, Leticia, Jo, Matt
Runner up: Dr Joanne O'Donnell, Evany Dinakis and Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @mattsnelson.bsky.social
For supporting the lab values and living by their own values
Nominees: Simona, Rikeish, Phoebe, Hamdi, Evany, Leticia, Jo, Matt
Runner up: Dr Joanne O'Donnell, Evany Dinakis and Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @mattsnelson.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Values Vanguard Award 🏆
For supporting the lab values and living by their own values
Nominees: Simona, Rikeish, Phoebe, Hamdi, Evany, Leticia, Jo, Matt
Runner up: Dr Joanne O'Donnell, Evany Dinakis and Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @mattsnelson.bsky.social
For supporting the lab values and living by their own values
Nominees: Simona, Rikeish, Phoebe, Hamdi, Evany, Leticia, Jo, Matt
Runner up: Dr Joanne O'Donnell, Evany Dinakis and Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @mattsnelson.bsky.social
Trend Tracker Award 🏆
For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field
Nominees: Leticia, Fran, Phoebe, Rikeish, Matt, Chaoran
Runner up: Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @rikeish.bsky.social (5 times champion!)
For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field
Nominees: Leticia, Fran, Phoebe, Rikeish, Matt, Chaoran
Runner up: Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @rikeish.bsky.social (5 times champion!)
December 15, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Trend Tracker Award 🏆
For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field
Nominees: Leticia, Fran, Phoebe, Rikeish, Matt, Chaoran
Runner up: Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @rikeish.bsky.social (5 times champion!)
For being the go-to person for communication trends and finding the latest papers in the field
Nominees: Leticia, Fran, Phoebe, Rikeish, Matt, Chaoran
Runner up: Dr Leticia Camargo Tavares
Winner: @rikeish.bsky.social (5 times champion!)