Maybe I need to change my hairstyle ... For once my little girl jumped straight out of bed to get ready for school😆. #scientistmum #crazyhair #motherdaughter #ScienceWeek

Focusing on the 'mum' half as a #ScientistMum - loved spending time with my little girl attending the '#Herpetology' workshop at Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre in #ScienceWeek. #Snake tracking, #frogs feeding, holding stick insects & immersing ourselves in #nature. Inspiring WA

It's going to be big! Celebrating the 30th anniversary of #CBSM in WA on Fri 30th August. 3 internationally renowned plenary speakers, 22 exhibitors, & high caliber keynotes & latest #biological #research in WA. Share & Register now at our website: cbsmwa.au

This year's theme for #bookweek - "Reading is magic 🪄" - indeed! Like magic, reading can make things disappear (troubles), it's full of mysteries, surprises and fun. 📖 #author #illustrator #rinafu #DrRina #cbca #MyMadScientistMummy #IHateScience

Landed and ready for #science outreach at Auckland Zoo! Love their billboard 'science at work'. #scicomm #travel #rinafu #DrRina #scientist #asp #rinawong

Although running on not much sleep, it was so awesome to be part of the Australian Society for Parasitology 's #outreach team with fellow #scientists at #Auckland Zoo today! #scicomm #rinafu #rinawong #DrRina #asp

In New Zealand! It's like a family reunion with fellow #parasitologists at the Parasites in the Pacific international #conference. A very welcoming reception Maori style! Looking forward to a week of #learning and #collaboration. #pio2024 #asp Aust Soc for Para #parasites Herminthology

'Worm-biome' in livestock - learning from our world renowned plenary speaker Prof John Gilleard, about #metabarcoding & targeted deep sequencing to understand host-parasite interactions at the Parasites in the Pacific #conference. #pip2024 #ASP2024 #technology Aust Soc for Para #research

Very intriguing lecture by Prof Raina Fichorova from Havard Medical School about the #microbialinteractions in the female reproductive tract - when 'villains' work together! Trichomonas: parasites + viruses+ bacteria power! Parasites in the Pacific Aust Soc for Para #microbiology #pip2024

Imagine blinking with #ticks dangling around your eyes .... Learned a lot from #Wildlife Vet specialist Dr Ralph Vanstreels about #seabird colonies suffering from tick infestations at the Parasites in the Pacific #conference, Auckland. Aust Soc for Para #pip2024

Kicking off #CBSM2024 with our WA superstar and role model, Prof. Sue Fletcher giving us a plenary session about challenges and #innovations in rare #diseases and the development of #RNA therapeutics.

Sideshow Bob featured in our #parasite themed plenary by Prof. Shokoofeh Shamsi CSU , she has the auditorium hooked by her engaging talk at the #cbsm2024. Honoured to introduce our world renowned medical biologist to the Perth #research #community.

Australian Society for Microbiology's fascinating session at #cbsm2024- Dr Lucy Furfaro's innovative #phage therapy #research on Group B strep in WA and Dr #PadraigStrappe's insights into #SARSCoV2 new variants, explained with 3D models. Curtin University Combined Biological Sciences Meeting 🦘🔬🧬🌿 #covid #chiri

#cbsm2024 in full swing! Bringing the West Australian #biological #research community together.

Honoured to meet and be encouraged by Prof Raina Fichorova, specialist in Trichomonas parasite & host #immunobiome interactions #research. I showed her the #Trichomonas I sketched in my #storybook she loved it! Hope her grandkids like them too! Aust Soc for Para #author #scientistartist

Great time catching up with Brian Cooke, Editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Parasitology, and research & teaching colleagues at Griffith Uni, Uni Melbourne and New Zealand. #ijp Aust Soc for Para Curtin University John Mamo #parasitology #network #PIP2024 #ASP2024 New England Biolabs

Chatted about 'Ageing' on ABC Radio with Mark Gibson , (listen from 1:46:19) after Cold Chisel) Breakfast abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia #radio #ageing #research #DrRina #rinafu #scicomm Centre for Precision Health Edith Cowan University (ECU) Curtin University John Mamo #rinawong #science

🐸 🎧 Tune in at 98.5 Sonshine FM on the radio or join us anywhere around the world, online, live radio (AWST). Send us an SMS with your thoughts & comments: +61 429 985 985. Catch you then! #science #scicomm #DrRina #rinafu #biology #radio #rinawong #scientist #onair

Artist hat on! Performance of a selection of my #original #sciencesongs, including 'The Fight Against Malaria', 'Hail to Parasites' and others at the Parasites in the Pacific international #conference, New Zealand. #singersongwriter #music #rinafu #DrRina #scicomm Aust Soc for Para

Calling all little scientists from the WA #deafspraak & #HardofHearing Community, for a day of science fun at #Scitech! See Dr Rina's invitation in Australian Sign Language (Auslan). #Auslaninterpretedshows. 24th Sep. Please share! ScitechWA WA Fnd Deaf Children DeafConnect #DrRina #wadfc