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Shireen Lamande

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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Today I would like to share a publication that is particularly meaningful to me. Our tribute to my late mentor, Richard Hynes, has just been published in Matrix Biology. I hope you will take a moment to read and celebrate the legacy of an extraordinary scientist and mentor. doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Registration for #MBE2026 is now open! Join us in Oulu 🇫🇮 for the flagship European meeting dedicated to fundamental #ECM research. ECRs and trainees, this is a unique chance to connect with leaders in the field, present your work, gain visibility, and build your network! More at www.mbe2026.org
Flyer of the Matrix Biology Europe conference listing invited speakers
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Truth Seeker 🇵🇸🍉 @abuabdulaziz.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
‘Bomber Harris went hunting Palestinians. Tens of thousands were gunned down by Brits in the 1930s revolt.’ Historian William Dalrymple reveals Britain’s hidden colonial role - and why historic responsibility still matters today.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack… what could go wrong? Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 03/10/2025
New government data confirms gas exporters continue to pay no tax “It beggars belief that a company like Santos can spend a decade selling almost $50 billion worth of gas and not pay a cent of tax on it," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social. #auspol Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-gov...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 15/09/2025
Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I don't understand this thinking. Like we don't already have brilliant academics in Australia who are unable to find a job because our government woefully underfunds universities. Like US academics are just so ~inherently brilliant~ instead of coming from well-funded institutions. So frustrating.
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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne. More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The #tagging community will know who did this, exactly whose signature this is, and why this shit is way over the line. I hope they do the right thing and make some calls. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Vandals damage culturally significant waterfalls loved by tourists
Police are investigating after vandals damage popular waterfalls already fragile from erosion.
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Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our literature review ⏰ that accompanies the BSMB #ECR Award is now out in The International Journal of Experimental Pathology. Well done to Ask Møbjerg and Sara Dietz Pedersen for putting it together! 💪 #tendon #translationalmedicine #circadianclock onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Role of the tendon circadian clock in tendinopathy and implications for therapeutics
Tendinopathy or tendon overuse injury is a major clinical problem for individuals and has a significant socio-economic cost. Its pathophysiology is not yet fully understood and involves multiple fact....
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New research into the amazing chemical mimicry used by the Western Australian Slipper Orchid (Cryptostylis ovata) to deceive male Orchid Dupe Wasps (Lissopimpla excelsa) into pollinating it 🌿🐝 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pollination by sexual deception via pro‐pheromone mimicry?
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Marco Cantini @marcocantini.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Great to see that our work on #viscoelastic #hydrogels for #cartilage #TissueEngineering was one of the most-read papers in Advanced Healthcare Materials @mattjwalker.bsky.social @delphe.bsky.social @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social Check it out here doi.org/10.1002/adhm... 🧪
Top Viewed Article in Advanced Healthcare Materials in 2023
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Since WWII America has been a source of global economic stability. Now it is the number 1 threat to that stability. But don’t expect Australia’s major parties to break their vow of silence on Trumpian carnage.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 03/04/2025
As Australia confronts biodiversity loss, this research underscores the importance of listening to those who know Country best.
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Scientists worked with Walpiri to track down bilby poo – and uncover clues to help conserve these iconic animals
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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting 🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025 📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research 👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
First 🇺🇸 targeted research in our unis, now going after our national scientific organisation. We need to diversify our research partnerships & increase R&D spending but 🇦🇺 govt should also stand up for agreements that are beneficial for BOTH countries. www.smh.com.au/national/sug...
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
PM promises to do what he promised to do last election but personally stopped from happening 🤯🤦‍♂️ You couldn’t make this up. If you care about nature, Labor & Libs aren’t representing you. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labor vows to establish federal EPA if it wins second term – weeks after shelving 2022 election promise
Commitment may quell caucus angst about party’s environment credentials, but could face backlash from Western Australia’s industry and government
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Australia: Labor’s proposed legislation “would prohibit third-party civil society organisations from challenging environmentally damaging projects….. Which is, by any definition, undemocratic”. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Peter Dutton and the Coalition offer Australian voters a fiction
If there is a way to divide, Peter Dutton will find it and he’ll lead the Coalition into the chasm with him.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Labor & Albo would rather amend environmental law & sideline their own Environment Minister (again) to favour a polluting, toxic industry owned by multi-nationals that pay sfa tax than ensure a healthy environment & the long-term survival of the Maugean skate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’
Exclusive: Australia’s top green organisations suspend anti-nuclear power ads to fund campaign against Labor’s move to protect salmon industry
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A column today: As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia Features some excellent climate science explanation by Prof Mark Howden from @anu-iceds.bsky.social
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As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton
Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed future
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Joan Chang @tranejoan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our lab's #1st manuscript from our #1st #PhD Katie is on #bioRxiv! Check it out 👇🏻 #macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts
Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...
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ASMB @amsocmatbio.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We #ASMB stand up for #science on March 7 2025 - Because science is for and impacts everyone! Find your local rally site and other ways to get involve here: standupforscience2025.org #ECMatrixIsEverywhere #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceNotSilence #ScienceForAll
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
ProToDeviseR is finally out!!! 🤩 A fantastic tool to draw rich protein topology schemes in a second, by my super talented postdoc Petar!! As usual from Izzilab, all in #rshiny! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ProToDeviseR: an automated protein topology scheme generator - BMC Bioinformatics
Background Amino acid sequence characterization is a fundamental part of virtually any protein analysis, and creating concise and clear protein topology schemes is of high importance in proteomics stu...
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/02/2025
Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Meg K. 🌊🏔️❄️ @c2snow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science. Entire NIH departments will have no leaders. World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators. Is this what they want? Chaos? Destruction?
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27/02/2025
End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour now. As hundreds of thousands of salmon are dying, the PM is throwing public money at the polluting, tax-avoiding foreign corporations, putting them over Australia's people and wildlife. It has to stop. Add your name: theaus.in/save_the_skate
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@unesco.org and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social will probably claim they're not in danger, because they like playing pretend for political convenience. But science and the truth will inevitably cut through 🐂 💩 in the end. www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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'First time on record': Coral reefs across half of WA are bleaching
Western Australia has been hit by marine heatwaves since August, and now coral is bleaching in large areas along the coast from World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef to Ashmore Reef.
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon. It’s produced & farmed irresponsibly, harms the local environment inc the ancient & endangered Maugean skate - & is owned by multinationals who pay little to no tax Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon #auspol
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 21/02/2025
Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇 90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free. To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax. Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
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Shireen Lamande @mamareen8.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous
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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Registration for the 2025 Collagen Gordon Research Conference is now open: www.grc.org/collagen-con... Looking forward to seeing many of you there this summer! #CollagenGRC #TheMatrixIsEverywhere
Flyer for the 2025 Collagen Gordon Research Conference
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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A petition from Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission calling on parliament to investigate the Daily Telegraph's actions at Cairo Takeaway. The Murdoch media has thus far been allowed to divide and provoke with impunity, and this can't go on. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
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Petition Parliament to take action against Murdoch!
Journalists from the Daily Telegraph allegedly targeted a well-known Sydney takeaway restaurant, Cairo Takeaway. The restaurant has been a vocal supporter of Palestine on its social media pages. Acco...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/02/2025
We, and 13 other organisations, have written to UNESCO, the World Heritage Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to highlight the plight of the endangered Maugean skate and request their assistance to prevent its extinction.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This stunning palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi) is just one of the more than 2000 listed threatened species in Australia. Alarmingly, this list continues to grow, rapidly. To learn more about the amazing palm cockatoo and its conservation check out @cnzdenek.bsky.social's work!
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better. My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Addressing Australia’s biodiversity crisis
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The environment is deteriorating, rapidly, we'll all be affected. theconversation.com/existential-.... The LNP AND Labor have failed to deliver environmental law reform theconversation.com/labors-dumpi.... There's a federal election soon. No vote is wasted with preferential voting. Vote wisely!
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‘Existential threat to our survival’: see the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing
Iconic ecosystems, from coral reefs to Tasmania’s ancient forests, are collapsing across the continent and into Antarctica. It’s not too late to act — in fact, our lives depend on it.
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Joan Chang @tranejoan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Very glad to see this study finally out (and mentioned on bsky already!)- it's been a huge #collaboration across different groups🙏🏻 Fibroblasts recycles (in a #circadian manner) #collagen to make new fibrils, which is enhanced in #fibrosis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @elife.bsky.social
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Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis
Secretion and fibrillogenesis of collagen-I are separately controlled molecular pathways in the fibroblast, where surprisingly endocytic recycling is required for fibril formation and is increased in ...
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Martin Humphries @martinhumphries.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Fascinating study from @tranejoan.bsky.social linking integrin-collagen binding, circadian control & endocytosis with IPF (@ipfdoc.bsky.social). Chang J, et al. Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis. Elife. 2025 Jan 15;13. PMID: 39812558
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/01/2025
"There's only a few wells that have been fracked in the Beetaloo so far and they're already having these kind of contaminations. They're proposing tens of thousands of wells, so this is a very, very bad sign." - @markogge.bsky.social, Principal Advisor #auspol #climate
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Proud of my university @unioulu.bsky.social ! 💪
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Science is never “value-free”, because scientists are people too. Arguably, climate scientists, ecologists, social scientists, etc have an ethical responsibility to contribute to public discourse on the future of our planet. We should never be “neutral” bystanders. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Eldritch kcarruthers @kcar.me · 21/12/2024
the philistines are in charge now: Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences www.science.org/content/article/ami…
Text Shot: This week, in an announcement that stunned New Zealand’s research community, the country’s center-right coalition government said it would divert half of the NZ$75 million Marsden Fund, the nation’s sole funding source for fundamental science, to “research with economic benefits.” Moreover, the fund would no longer support any social sciences and humanities research, and the expert panels considering these proposals would be disbanded.One of the philistines
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A swamp wallaby, one of my favourite macropods, on the cover of Nature, and I’m a coauthor on the paper www.nature.com/articles/s41..., led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social. Achievements unlocked!
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Frank Zaucke @fzaucke.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
🚨publication alert🚨 Open Access! Please have a look at our latest review: doi.org/10.1515/jpem...
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Osteogenesis imperfecta: shifting paradigms in pathophysiology and care in children
The formation of functional bone requires a delicate interplay between osteogenesis and osteolysis. Disturbances in this subtle balance result in an increased risk for fractures. Besides its mechanica...
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Unpublished docs for review of mutual obligations / targeted compliance framework that form spine of employment services reveals the govt cannot be sure the system is legal or working. Review won't report until after election. ACOSS refers to Ombudsman. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
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Exclusive: JobSeeker payment system errors prompt review
The hunt for ‘anomalies’ in the JobSeeker compliance system will take months and the Department of Employment is unable to say if it is legal.
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Kevin Pimbblet @kevinpimbblet.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Can ChatGPT pass an entire degree? iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... There’s been a lot of opinion and talk about the impact of AI on education for a while, so a colleague and I set about to test ChatGPT against an entire BSc in Physics.
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Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees - IOPscienceSearch
Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees, Kevin A Pimbblet, Lesley Morrell
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 03/12/2024
Students, nurses and teachers contribute more tax to Australia than the gas companies. If you think it’s time to address the loopholes in the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax (PRRT) sign the petition below. ✍️: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the...
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Nature conservation is chronically underfunded in the ACT and across the county. It has to increase if we are to better protect & manage the incredible landscapes that make Australia so special. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883559...
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Plan to protect endangered ACT grasslands a casualty of tanked environment deal
'These are two of the most ecologically significant bits of bush in Canberra.'
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