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Simon Lewis

@simonwlewis.bsky.social
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Professor of Forensic and Analytical Chemistry, Curtin University. Watch addict. Views personal. He/him.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Problems at Forensics Science Queensland date back decades to 2007 spanning multiple governments & now including Crisafulli. The lab suffered multiple job cuts during the Newman government of which Deb Frecklington & David Crisafulli were a part. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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New errors uncovered at Queensland's troubled DNA lab
The latest bungle involved statements the lab provided to police for prosecution, which had typographical errors like the wrong date or case number. The mistake was sensationally first discovered as a...
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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🌱 CCDM researchers and students will present their latest barley disease and fungicide research at #ABTS2026 in Geelong (17–19 Aug). Talks from Xuan Hoan Dinh, Jade Davis and Varthini Govindaraju Punithan, plus a poster from Jiaping Du. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🔬 EOI now extended: CCDM Nanopore Sequencing Workshop 2026 Join us at Curtin University from 17–19 Nov for a hands-on workshop covering wet-lab sequencing + bioinformatics 📊 $500 rego | bursaries available EOIs close 1 September - buff.ly/40UXAwg @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 28/06/2026
Curtin University program helps connect young autistic people to cyber security industry
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Autistic talent tapped to help fill growing cybersecurity skills gap
The cybersecurity sector is projected to need tens of thousands of roles filled by 2030. Now, a university-based program is helping provide those workers by tapping into the abilities of autistic people.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Hmm, Ricky Martin? I don’t think so.
Your timely article will add meaningful value to this focused issue.
With best regards, Ricky Martin
Editorial Manager
SM Journal of Family Medicine
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Had a go at cooking some skirt steak on the grill last night. Very tasty.
Glowing charcoal grillSkirt steak in a cast iron skillet in the process of being cooked on the charcoal grillGrilled skirt steak slices served with a Chimichurri sauce, baked potato and salad
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Left work a little later than usual today, and enjoyed a close encounter with some Carnaby Cockatoos feasting on the banksias in the carpark
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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
When your dad is a chemist
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Fantastic to celebrate the achievements of our graduates at the Bunuru Curtin University graduation ceremony last night.
A night sky full of exploding fireworks above a stage with a screen that says “congratulations Curtin Alumni”.A light archway into the graduation celebration area with the Curtin University logo and the word “congratulations” brightly shining.
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New 🫆 research paper by my PhD student (and some other weirdos): doi.org/10.1080/0045...
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The importance of determining the chemical composition of Tape adhesive prior to conducting fingermark enhancement: a preliminary study
Adhesive tape is a challenging substrate for fingermark enhancement. A range of enhancement techniques are available for the adhesive side of tapes, with powder suspensions commonly used. The abili...
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Second book for the year 💙📚#booksky
Front cover of “Ancestors” by Professor Alice Roberts. Partially exhumed skeletal remains of a person against a red-brown background.
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Liam 🐦 🏳️‍⚧️ @lliamrbird.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us for a one-day symposium celebrating Trans+ students and researchers in STEM at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London on 27th February! Free to attend #trans #transstem #lgbtstem #lgbt #stem transstemuk.substack.com/p/sign-up-fo...
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Sign up for: 'Celebrating transgender, non-binary, and intersex researchers in chemical sciences'
Join us for a one-day symposium on 27th February 2026 at RSC Burlington House in London
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵 #DiggingForBritain #DrawingDiggingForBritain #PlaymobilInfestation @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social 1: Life
Playmobil Cacofonix the bard blowing a miniature reproduction of the Norfolk carnyx, on a green field with other Iron Age Playmobil figures in the distance.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Some reading for the very long flight home - the latest by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
My hand holding a paperback copy of the book “Domination” by Professor Alice Roberts. The cover is a lovely purple colour with a gold pattern on the front that looks like an early Christian icon.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
How a first-ever beard — sprouted as a good luck charm for the #Florida Panthers — turned our reporter from a spotlight-shunning, stage-shy wallflower into an improbable Santa Claus. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/24/a... via @sun-sentinel.com
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A Christmas gift for Santa: What you learn as an unlikely first-time St. Nick in South Florida
How a Sun Sentinel writer’s random decision to grow a beard for the Florida Panthers led to an anxious debut as Santa Claus — and a lesson: Santa is real.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
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a group of police officers are talking to a man in a room with bbc written in the corner
Alt: a group of police officers are talking to a man in a room with bbc written in the corner
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the 21st of December. Long way from home this year.
Me wearing a dark green t-shirt with the words “who’s gonna make the gravy?” on it.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Off to the UK, leaving behind the first of the summer heat and blue skies above Perth.
View of Perth Airport Terminal 4 from across other side of pedestrian crossing, with blue sky above.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Toads are on track to reach the Pilbara in the next 20 years. If they do, they'll threaten 25 native mammals and reptiles- 8 of which occur nowhere else in the world. The Toad Containment Zone can stop them, here's how! #wildoz #tcz theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
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Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them
Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.
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Threatened Species Index @aus-tsx.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
For today’s #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), found in south-western WA. These cockatoos can live for over 50 years and have a narrower and longer bill than the Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, which they are sometimes mistaken for! 📷 Keith Lightbody #WildOz
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
First day in my new position. Just a tad nervous.
Glass office door with name plate Professor Simon Lewis, Head of School. A small cartoon duck is peeking out behind the sign.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
View from my mat during exercise this morning - is it a sign?
Underside view of a white box containing an emergency defibrillator on the side of cream coloured brick wall.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Friday. Enjoying small people from around the neighbourhood running around and having fun. Is there anything more therapeutic than children laughing?
A view of various Halloween decorations, including big skeletons and black furry spiders in our driveway.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🧪 not exactly encouraging #predatorypublishing
I believe your work, as exemplified by your publication "[ARTICLE_TITLE]," has great potential to advance the field. Therefore, I warmly invite you to submit your next manuscript to our journal.
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Phew... report looks like it hit the target. So wild to know other people reading it now! www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
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Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds
Inquiry warns of rising risk in England and Wales of biased investigations, wrongful convictions and cases collapsing due to missing evidence
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🧪 🫆 Well, looks like that batch of reagent is working. Latent fingermarks developed with 1,2-indanedione/zinc chloride photographed in luminescence mode. Getting the practical side of my study leave underway.
Glowing yellow fingerprints on a dark surface with what looks like a red illuminated circle around them.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Having a green sort of day.
Image of a watch on my wrist. Watch has a black face, an orange GMT hand, cream Arabic numbers and a green 24 hour bezel. It’s on a khaki green fabric strap, visible in the picture is the sleeve of my olive green jumper, background is green grass.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It was standing room only for Thais Lópes fantastic Milestone 3 presentation on the research she has been carrying out into sustainable latent fingermark development for the Brazilian context for her PhD. 🧪 #CurtinForensic #forensicscience #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #frugalforensics
A joyful Thais posing in front of the presentation screen at the end of her presentation. Photo by Luiz Felipe NettoTitle screen for Thais’s Presentation. Title on a representation of yellow and black crime scene tape “Design, development and evaluation of sustainable fingermark detection protocols for Brazil” Supervisors: Prof Simon Lewis and Dr Georgina Sauzier, Curtin University.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Homemade French onion soup in front of The Day of the Jackal. Nice way to end a relaxing Sunday.
Bowl of French onion soup, with a mackerel tabby cat on a sofa in the background.TV screen showing the title of the movie Day of the Jackal.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Good night all round.
Image showing final score of Collingwood vs Geelong AFL match on 3 May. Collingwood 12.15 87 to Geelong 13.12 90. Hurrah!
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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 03/05/2025
Some faith in my fellow humans restored tonight. 1. Unequivocal repudiation of culture war bullshit in our election 2. Leader of losing party conceded the election with grace 3. Leader of winning party shut down boos for losing leader "What we do in Australia is we treat people with respect"
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Very annoyed that there’s no scraps left under the barby. Sound up for furious sniffs. Quenda. #wildoz
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Civic duty done. #democracysausage with a side of curry puffs at Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek, WA. @democracysausage.org #ausvotes25
Grilled sausage in a white bread roll with mustard and tomato sauce.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Hare Orchid - Leporella fimbriata One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
An orchid flower of green and dark red with two petals held upright above the flower like the ears of a hare
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Christine Cooper @cecooper.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#Desert sky. A Southern Cross windmill under the southern cross.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ANZAC Day 2025 Dawn service at Monument Hill in Fremantle #lestweforget
War memorial against a dark pre-dawn skyPre-dawn sky over trees.Early morning view from Eastern Gates lookout towards Maritime Museum in Fremantle
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My PhD research involved using chemiluminescence for chemical analysis. Always love a good light show.🧪
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Stephanie Beaupark is working to analyze the chemistry of natural dyes made from eucalyptus plants. This Ngugi researcher gathers knowledge in Aboriginal communities to track changes in plant pigments. #ChemistsCelebrateEarthWeek #CCEW #EarthDay2025 #EarthDay cen.acs.org/environment/...
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Stephanie Beaupark sees chemistry through an Indigenous lens
This Ngugi researcher gathers knowledge in Aboriginal communities to track changes in plant pigments
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 17/04/2025
We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends ➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
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LGBT+ toolkit
This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Proud to be part of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Long weekend Saturday breakfast at Manning Rd markets
Paper plate of spinach and feta gozleme on a table, with a takeaway coffee in the early morning sunshine with out of focus view of farmers market in the background.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Looks like any visits to the US are off the cards for foreseeable future. Just not worth it.
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Be a good dog owner, obey the leash laws, and pick up your dog's shit - please theconversation.com/good-boy-or-...
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Good boy or bad dog? Our 1 billion pet dogs do real environmental damage
We don’t want to admit it, but our beloved pet dogs do a lot of environmental damage, from killing or terrifying wildlife to emissions from pet food.
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Urgently needed supplies have arrived courtesy of a visiting colleague from the UK.
A large jar of Marmite sitting on a wooden chopping board.
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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Best student paper of 2024 winner Kate Rick, along with Brenton Von Takach and Kym Ottewell, discuss the use of genomics in Australian conservation efforts, and their study on the golden bandicoot Find the episode wherever you usually get your podcasts.
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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Where can you find CCDM?🌐 💙 Bluesky – @theccdm.bsky.social (new!) - buff.ly/TRx8uyk 💼 LinkedIn – Centre for Crop and Disease Management - buff.ly/FbhEcBp 📘 Facebook – Centre for Crop and Disease Management - buff.ly/FxcSKXA Follow us to stay updated on our research, events, and more! 📊✨
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Carnaby’s B Cockatoos foraging: doing a number on this tree on Curtin Campus, raining leaves and seed coats #urbanecology
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Eleanor @elamanor.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Oh science folk might like this! Our sample mounting robot on the brand new crystallography beamline at the Australian Synchrotron 🧪
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Simon Lewis @simonwlewis.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🧪 Something spicy from the Curtin Uni Forensic Research Group. Congratulations to first author Thais Lópes for this first publication from her PhD. Available open access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A proof-of-concept study into turmeric spice as an improvised fluorescent latent fingermark detection powder for limited resource jurisdictions
Latent fingermarks are a crucial form of physical evidence for crime scene investigations; however, limited-resource jurisdictions, such as some state…
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