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2017 BOOK LIST
“Thinking, Fast and Slow” Daniel Kahneman
“What the Dog Knows” (Canine neuroscience) Cat Warren
“Getting to Yes” Roger Fisher & William Ury
“Advice for a Young Investigator” Santiago Ramón y Cajal
“Lab Girl” Hope Jahren
Right now I feel really strongly called to be at home, in Wollongong. So strongly that I don’t want to do anymore international travel for a while. There was a time in my life where all I wanted was to jet overseas to the next destination. Those times are gone. I am experiencing this incredibly strong pull to be with my family, with my roots, in the place where I was born, where I went to school, running into people I’ve known my entire life at the supermarket, within 20min of most of my uncles, aunts and cousins. To allow my son to spend as much time as possible with his great grandparents. I have a trip to the US planned for December and I’m thinking of pulling the plug. There have been times in my life where I felt guided by something greater and this is one of those times. Right now, this is where I belong. #home #academicmama #science
So much fun getting jazzed up and heading to the city sans baby for the AIPS Tall Poppy awards. Proud to be one of the 11 awardees, out of 120 applicants. Sci comm is so important and I’m excited to do more of it through AIPS. @nhmrc @uow #tallpoppy
Back on the radio today with @doctormcdougall and Dr Yee Lian Chew, talking brains. We were so disappointed we didn’t get onto the worms bonking thing. The males bonk the females a lot and then after a while they get bored and bonk themselves instead. Plus they only live two weeks and so there’s a lot of bonking to get done when you only live for two weeks. Did you guys hear about that woman at sea world who had to masturbate the captive dolphin daily? Or that recently they brought a pig’s brain back from the dead? We still have so much to say! You’ll have to have us back ABC Illawarra 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠 #radio #lifeofascientist #researcher #neuroscience @uowresearch
Gave my first talk with my son on my hip today, sure it won’t be the last. It was a talk on being an academic mama so it was fitting #academia #science #research #academicmama
