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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · 28d

Hey #mob, what do you think & feel about genomics research?

This project is indigenous led, with the aim that future genomics research is done the right way - guided by community values, priorities, and leadership

#IndigenousGenomics #DataSovereignty

rsph-redcap.anu.edu.au/surveys/?s=3...

The Survey

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Sep 5

#EMCR coming to #ABACBS25 ? Test your mettle in the Shark Tank!

abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎥 New teaser: 🦈 EMCR Shark Tank @ ABACBS 2025 (Adelaide Oval, Mon 24 Nov).
Level up your grant pitch with real-time feedback from our Sharks and compete for prizes.
Watch the video, then register: www.abacbs.org/sharktank2025

#ABACBS2025 #Bioinformatics #ResearchCareers #EMCR #Grants

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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · Sep 5

ECRs, join us on Sept 30th 2025, 3-4:30pm for our online Career Panel Q&A Session on bioinformatics career pathways within academia and industry. Check out our invited speakers below! Register at shorturl.at/Lerzw

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Jul 8

The 2025 South Australian Internship in Indigenous Genomics is open 🎉

EOI for Indigenous Australian students, researchers & professionals for a 12- week paid internship 👇

sahmri.org.au/careers-and-...

#GenomicsEquality #IndigenizeScience #IndigenousGenomics

Expressions of Interest Paid Internship in Indigenous Genomics

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ANU NCIG (National Centre for Indigenous Genomics) @ncig2013.bsky.social · Mar 18

Genomics Our Way – An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians 📢

Hear from Alex Brown on why this free online course matters.

Source: Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics.

✉️ Register your interest here: lnkd.in/gR-3iDgm

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The Kids Research Institute Australia @thekidsau.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congratulations to the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics for the launch of a first-of-its-kind online course, Genomics Our Way – An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians. Register for free today: indigenousgenomics.com.au/courses/geno...

Genomics Our Way - ALIGN

Welcome to Genomics Our Way, An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians! This course has been designed to be an educational resource, aims to grow a culturally responsible future...

indigenousgenomics.com.au

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Jul 6

Come join us in #Adelaide for this kick arse #bioinformatics conference, it's our 10 year anniversary! In a beautiful setting with an amazing professional community, it's going to be rad! Focus on #IndigenousGenomics, #EnvironmentalBioinformatics, #PopulationHealth, #Microbiology... & so much more ❤️

abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · Jul 4

The day is finally here! 🎉 We’re releasing the invited speaker line-up, key dates, and lots more info for ABACBS 2025.
Check it out and share widely: www.abacbs.org/abacbs2025

Registrations and abstract submissions open next week, with abstracts due in August!

ABACBS 2025 Conference

Adelaide, South Australia. Nov. 24-

www.abacbs.org

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · May 2

Come join us for #Radelaide 2025! This course is brilliant both for content & learning structure - lots of skill application sections with supportive tutors and a legendary teacher!

Doppeldata - Adelaide Bioinformatics @doppeldata.au · May 2

@smped.bsky.social and Black Ochra Data Labs (BODL) are bringing #RAdelaide back for 2025 (8-10th July)! It’s a great fit for beginner to intermediate R users — and a solid upskilling bridge if you’re coming from Python.

Register or ask questions here: events.humanitix.com/radelaide-2025

R-Adelaide 2025

Boost your research through this three-day, hands-on R training workshop.

events.humanitix.com

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · May 2

Any time 😉 excited to be part of this year's #Radelaide again! Such a good time, wickedly informative course and great teacher!

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 4

Anecdotally, #COVID was one of the scariest infections when our little one was only a few months old. She went from seemingly fine to unresponsive within 30 min, needing hospital admission because it was doing some very scary things to her heart.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Nov 13

THREAD: we urgently need to talk about babies & Covid - AGAIN.

A new paper has dropped looking at acute Covid-19 outcomes from Sep 2023-Apr 2024 by age for all England.

Except for deaths, babies under 6 mths old have HIGHEST risk of A&E, admission & SEVERE hospital admission across ALL ages 1/10

Plot of covid outcomes by age for A&E attendance, hospital admission, severe hospital admission and death. Apart from death, rates were highest for babies under 6 months.

Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

Yeah whether cat data was included in your test datasets was the first thing I scanned for in the paper! Was really stoked to see that, and intrigued at the missingness handling - I'm keen to try this out with our data, i.e. I'll definitely be in touch when I inevitably take a wrong turn somewhere 😂

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

Nice! We're working with patient data too, it's been interesting seeing how different methods deal with categorical metadata and missingness, which are rife in hospital records too 🙃

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

Thanks for that! Looking forward to reading this one too then 😊

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

This looks super cool! Do you have a sense for what % missingness per variable or % missingness per sample the method can handle; or would imputation still be recommended before using treefuser?

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Dec 2

"How has being a mum impacted your research career?"

Well, my notes have gotten a hell of a lot cooler 😂

#PostdocParent #momademia #KidsAreAwesome

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 22

Highly recommend, it's wonderfully cathartic for that pay wall rage 😉

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 22

*cough* sci-hub if you find yourself in that situation again

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 21

😍 that would have been epic!

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Queen! All her stuff is pure fire 🔥

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 20

One of my absolute favourites is Barkaa, bad ass Lady, not pulling any punches and dropping goose bump inducing lyrics 💪
youtu.be/-VMcnKM09w0?...

Barkaa - King Brown (Official Video)

YouTube video by BarkaaVEVO

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Can I suggest @blackochreomics.bsky.social & @ncig2013.bsky.social for the global Indigenous list? We work with Indigenous genomics and Data sovereignty

Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Proud that that's my boss 🙌 @blackochreomics.bsky.social @ncig2013.bsky.social & ALIGN network, bringing change and paving the way to close the Health Gap, with and for Indigenous Australians 🖤💛❤️

ANU NCIG (National Centre for Indigenous Genomics) @ncig2013.bsky.social · Nov 18

Amazing to see genomics' role in tackling health disparities for Indigenous Australians highlighted at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference! Prof Alex Brown @blackochreomics.bsky.social our Director @ncig2013.bsky.social spoke with Prof Jason Kovacic on personalised medicine's transformative future.

Source: Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · Nov 20

“I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist. I worry what Helmuth's loss means for Scientific American, and for anyone doing and covering science.”

SO DO I.

Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · Nov 20

I wrote about what Laura Helmuth accomplished at Scientific American, and what her resignation means for science journalism, and for me personally
defector.com/do-not-accep...

Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector

Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...

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Liza Kretzschmar @hydrahamster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Please add me 🙋