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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺

@ginaravenscroft.bsky.social

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Rare & neuromuscular disease researcher at UWA & the Harry Perkins Institute, Perth 🇦🇺 Passionate about #sciencefunding, #womeninSTEM, #EMCRs Mum of 👦👧🐶 Posting about genomics, rare disease, PI life & wine https://www.ravenscroftlab.com

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · 11d

The National Association of Research Fellows join the call for full disbursement of the #MRFF #DiscoveriesNeedDollars
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Billions going unspent from Australia’s $24b medical research fund

Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan reveal the government could double how much funding it gives to innovative health research each year.

www.theage.com.au

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 12d

yep

"It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on, who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go." Barack Obama.

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · 21d

Calling Australian #EMCR in health and medical research - anyone willing to speak to media and provide quotes about the impact of the MRFF underspend on researchers, on how tough it is in medical research? Please contact me! #NHMRC #MRFF #biomedicalscience #SaveOzScience #medicalresearch

a man is sitting in a chair reading a newspaper called the press-herald

ALT: a man is sitting in a chair reading a newspaper called the press-herald

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Aug 19

The government is starving medical research in Australia and we risk losing talent. Thanks @mon4kooyong.bsky.social for asking questions of this government

#SaveOzScience #MRFF #medicalresearch

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Aug 17

A locus on the dancefloor #HGSA2025

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Aug 10

Should be working on my talk for #HGSA2025
Miss 7 had other ideas. Painting, it’ll be fun they said #procrastipainting

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 30

is there any way to find details of an individual with a variant in #gnomADv4 One allele in 1.6M....

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · Jul 23

Following our God Complex story on #4Corners on Monday on issues including gender politics of neurosurgery, #surgeon and fmr AMA Vic President Dr Jill Tomlinson lamented that of Epworth’s 25 neurosurgeons, none are women. This was #Epworth neurosurgeon Paul D’Urso’s (now-deleted – 🤷🏻‍♀️) reply:

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 23

Sapphire has been down a large part of the day *sigh* #NHMRC #hungergames

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 23

Master 11’s starter word on worldle is sigma

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 21

Lab curry potluck #teamsthateattogether

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congrats to all involved with this study associating mono-allelic POLR3A variants with #peripheralneuropathy.

So good to catch up with some of the key players at #ESHG2025 Milan where Jevin Parmar presented the study on behalf of the collaborative team #raredisease #CMT

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 16

Writing #NHMRC #investigatorgrant during school holidays #momademia #womeninSTEM

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 15

*carrels

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 15

A hive of activity in the cartels today #teamwork #raredisease #genomics

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 12

#naturescapes #outofoffice

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Juliane Glaser @julianeg.bsky.social · Jul 9

Also, check out the News & Views summarizing our findings, written by Youjia Guo & @themodzlab.bsky.social 🤩🤩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 10

Out of office
#LSmerchants #hoipolloiorange #margaretriverregion #naturescapes

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Jul 5

Young Archie competition 2025: Australia’s awards for child portrait artists – in pictures

Running alongside the Archibald prize, the Young Archie competition invites artists aged between five and 18 years to submit portraits of people who are special to them and who play a significant role in their lives. This year more than 3,200 entries were received. All 70 finalists are on show at the Art Gallery of NSW until 17 August * Archibald prize 2025 finalists: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Chen, Jackie O and others – in pictures Continue reading...

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dear academics: you can’t take your H-index with you.

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Brain @brain1878.bsky.social · Jul 3

The dystonin gene encodes three major isoforms: DST-a, -b, and -e. Jacob et al. report that variants exclusively affecting DST-b cause an autosomal recessive congenital myopathy, while variants that also affect DST-a cause a lethal contracture syndrome. tinyurl.com/3p99pu9j

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Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jul 2

Revisiting sacred Wednesdays (just for a few hours this morning) - we both needed it today #womeninSTEM #puttingoutfires #leadingishard

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jun 30

Some nights require brandy #wiseestate #beautifulstranger

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jun 29

Even stunning in winter #Perth #thinkingtime #NHMRC #grantwriting

Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺 @ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · Jun 29

Congrats Dr Mridul Johari on this important study, huge thanks to the many collaborators and the patients and their families. We describe a large cohort of patients with mono- or bi-allergic variants in TUBA4A and myopathies, some presenting at birth. #myopathy #raredisease

medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · Jun 28

Missense variants in TUBA4A cause myo-tubulinopathies https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.25330266v1