Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024No better lesson than consequences of your own actions. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Fascinating talk from Tony Hannan on gut-brain interaction in Huntington's and epigenetic inheritance #ANS2024 040
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#42: #ANS2024 is held in the Noongar season of Birak, the season of the young. Birak sees snakes and reptiles shed their skins, chicks leave the nest and young animals venture out It's also marked by the flowering of Moodjar, the WA Christmas tree. 010
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#41: CY O'Connor is the man behind some of Western Australia's great feats of engineering, including Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, a pipeline supplying water 566km from Perth to Kalgoorlie! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#40: Southern WA is one of the best spots in the world for whale watching! 🐋 Blue whales can be seen feeding in autumn, and humpback whales and their calves are currently migrating south to Antarctica, stopping to play and rest near Perth! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#39: The picturesque Swan Valley is just 25 minutes from Perth and accessible by public transport! It's the perfect spot to relax after #ANS2024 and try some local wine 🍷, chocolate and produce. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#38: In Perth we're glad when the doctor is in! The Fremantle Doctor is a cooling summer sea breeze which brings afternoon relief from the heat. This aeolian harp is designed to play a tune when the Doctor comes though. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#37: Tony Galati is the (Spud) King of Western Australia! Tony owns the Spudshed supermarket chain and always sports his iconic cutoff denim shorts and shirt. People even dress up as him at "Tony Galati Parties". 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#36: Perth's signature sandwich is the Continental Roll! Dreamt up in the 1950s, the Conti Roll has a crusty roll, layers of deli meats, mozzarella and provolone, topped with marinated vegetables. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#35: Western Australia has some spectacular pink lakes! Beta-carotene producing algae give the lakes this amazing colour. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#34: Byron Kakulas AO was the father of 🇦🇺 neuropathology. Studying muscle wastage in the Quokka, his work led to current treatments for muscular dystrophy. Byron founded @perroninstitute.bsky.social and was active in research until his passing in 2023. 110
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#33: Thomas Danbo's Giants of Mandurah is an amazing installation of recycled and reclaimed woods. Dotted around Mandurah the giants are a delight for kids and adults alike! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#32: For the true crime junkies, no visit to WA is complete without a trip to World Heritage Fremantle prison, Australia's largest and best-preserved convict prison. Even Bon Scott of AC/DC was an inmate! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#31: Western Australia has one of the world's great long-distance walking tracks! Winding 100km from Kalamunda in the Perth hills to Albany down south, you can walk the whole Bibbulmun or tackle a section of this famous trail. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#30: The Perth Mint was established in 1899, 2 years before Australia's federation! It's still responsible for minting most of Australia's gold coins, and is home to the world's largest gold coin 🪙 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#29: Perth is nicknamed the ✨city of light✨ for a very cool reason! In 1962 American astronaut John Glenn orbited earth. When Glenn flew over #Perth, everyone turned on their lights and Glenn could see the city sparkling from up in space! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#28: Balga (grass tree) is an unusual plant you'll notice everywhere in Perth and southwestern WA. Every couple of years a Balga grows a flower spike which can be up to 2.5m high! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#27: #ANS2024 will be held on Whajuk Noongar land (boodja). You might notice a lot of place names ending in -up in southern WA; the suffix means "place of" in Noongar language (wangkininy). 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#26: South Western Australia is Australia's only Global Biodiversity Hotspot! 1/3 of Australia's native plant species are only found here, and 72 animal species are endemic to the region including the quokka, dibbler, and Carnaby's black cockatoo. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#25: Perth Profs Wilton AO & Fletcher AO pioneered the use of antisense oligomers to combat dystrophin gene defects in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Thanks to them, 3 drugs now FDA approved to help extend lives of people with #DMD 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#ANS2024 I've been sharing some fun facts about Perth and Western Australia to get you excited about visiting our wonderful city - 42 facts for the 42nd ANS meeting!! 🧵recap part 2: 110
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#24: Monkey Mia is one of the only places in the wold you can get up close with wild bottlenose dolphins! Select mother dolphins and their calves are offered fish each morning under strictly controlled conditions to maintain their ability to hunt. 000
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#23: The Kalbarri Skywalk extends 25m over the Murchison gorge, 100m up! This feat of engineering is longer than the platform over the grand canyon, giving uninterrupted views of the beautiful landscape. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#22: Eliza is a #Perth 'It Girl'. Celebrating the former Crawley Baths in the Swan River, Eliza is over 7 ft and is often dressed up to celebrate local events and cheer on students at exam time! Check her out on a stroll along Mounts Bay Road. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#21: The #Pinnacles are huge limestone pillars which emerge from the Nambung desert. Formed 25,000+ years ago after the sea receded, this unique geological formation is only 2 hours from Perth! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#20: Perth is the longest city in the world 🌎 at 150 km north from Two Rocks to Dawesville in the south. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#19: Perth is Australia's sunniest city! Thanks to our Mediterranean climate more than 70% of our days are soaked in ☀️ 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#18: In 1932 Western Australians went to war with a mighty opponent: the emu. Within a few short weeks the Royal Australian Artillery abandoned their mission, no match for the fearsome emu. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#17: WA's otherworldly karst landscapes, such as the famous Pinnacles, hold clues about Earth's climate history – and future! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#16: Western Australians really, really love personalised number plates and you're sure to spot some corkers when you're out and about! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#15: Perth's Kings Park is one of the world's largest urban parks! Substantially bigger than Central Park in NY, Kings Park has 327 native plant species, 96 native bird species and 30 native reptile species! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#14: On the west coast, WA has the best sunsets in Australia! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#13: Many of the best Aussie musicians are from WA! Troye Sivan, Spacey Jane, Tame Impala, INXS, Voyager, Birds of Tokyo, Little Birdy, Drapht, Downsyde, John Butler, Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans), Eskimo Joe, The Triffids, Jebadiah, Sleepy Jackson, Pendulum, Hoodoo Gurus... 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#12: The Square Kilometre Array in WA is the largest and most sensitive radio telescope 🔭 on earth! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#11: Western Australians are colloquially known as 'Sandgropers'. Some say it's due to the vast sand dunes covering our coast, others say it's after a little insect common in the state. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#10: at the end of Busselton is a magical underwater observatory, one of only a handful in the world! You can see schools of colourful fish, beautiful corals, and if you're lucky, fur seals or dolphins! 110
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#9: WA has the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, at 1.8 km! You can walk the length of Busselton Jetty or take a tram ride. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#8: Western Australia is big. Like, really big! 2,527,013 square kilometres. That's 10x larger than the UK and 3.5x the size of Texas. Lots of room to explore! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#7: WA is home to the friendliest animal in the world - the quokka! Living primarily on Rottnest island, these sweet little pals have no natural predator and are famous for their selfies 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#6: Western Australia has two Nobel Laureates in Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, awarded for their work on Helicobacter pylori. Sadly, Robin passed earlier this year at 87. 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#5: Cowaramup in Western Australia's South is home to 42 fibreglass cows! People dress them up for local events and celebrate them every year with a 'LegenDairy' party! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#4: the world's first artificial cornea was developed by researchers at the Lions Eye Institute in Perth! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#3: There are dolphins in the Swan river, which runs right though the CBD. Take an early morning walk and you're likely to see them! 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#2: Herrison island is in the middle of the Swan river just outside the CBD - and there's a colony of roos there! 🦘If you're lucky you might see them from the #ANS2024 party venue 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#1: Western Australia's neuro community has been meeting for 42 years, as long as ANS! ! Originally the Western Australian Neuroscience Consortium (WANC), for obvious reasons this is now Symposium of WA Neuroscience 100
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I've been sharing some fun facts about Perth and Western Australia to get you excited about visiting our wonderful city - 42 facts for the 42nd @AusNeuroSoc meeting! !🧵recap: 110
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Wonderful talk from @francinemarques.bsky.social on her work using dietary fibre to improve outcomes after #stroke #ANS2024 000
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Prof @gavanm.bsky.social delivering the #ANS2024 Elspeth McLachlan Plenary Lecture on his fascinating work on the dynamics of punishment learning 000
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#ANS2024 would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and exhibitors 120
Sarah Hellewell @hellewell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Exec Chair @HamidRSohrabi and President Janet Keast welcoming @AusNeuroSoc delegates to #ANS2024 022
