Media

News Articles

2015: Optometry Australia published an article about my inspiration for pursuing a career in research (Link)
2016: ARVO MIT Outstanding Poster Awardee publicised in the following newsletters: Bosch Institute (Link), Save Sight Institute (Link)
2017: AAO Student Travel Fellowship Awardee publicised in the Optometry Australia newsletter (Link)
2017: Selected to be in the top ten newsworthy abstracts at the American Academy of Optometry conference in Chicago, summary published in Review of Optometry (Link)
2017: Interview about my successfully crowdfunded research project on Experiment.com in the Optometry Australia newsletter (Link)
2018: AAO Student Travel Fellowship Awardee to ARVO publicised in the Optometry Australia newsletter (Link)
2018: Instagram Takeover of Sydney_Science for the University of Sydney on December 7, 2018
2018: Webinar guest speaker for the ARVO SciComm Training Fellowship hosted by Matt Windsor with fellow SciComm alumni Annemijn Wierenga (Link)
2018: American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Annual Report as Ezell Fellow Awardee (Link)
2018: Featured on Instagram page of @TheAddictiveBrain here and explained how BCA assays are performed and used for western blot protein quantification here.
2019: Interviewed by Jennifer van Alstyne from The Academic Designer on how I use social media (Twitter and Instagram) to share my scientific research journey here.
2019: Featured by Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Gibco Cell Culture Hero and presented a webinar on the use of a rat lens epithelial explant system here. View the webinar on YouTube.
2019: Interviewed by Labstep on my three top tips for surviving a PhD here.
2019: Interviewed by Labstep on my PhD journey and how to make the most out of your PhD here.
2019: Blog post for “Dr on What” on “A Day in the life of” series here.
2019: Interviewed by It Grl Empire and announced “It GRL of the Week” here.
2019: SciComm Panel for Northeast Symposium on Biomedical Optics at MIT here. Moderated by Prasha Dutra from the podcast, Her STEM Story.
2019: My TGF-beta signaling pathway is featured as a template available for users to edit on Biorender here.
2019: Instagram takeover for Techgalogic here.
2019: Featured on the Life in the Lab magazine by ThermoFisher Scientific in the “Let’s get cellular” article on Women in Science (here).
2020: Interviewed by Prasha Dutra on the podcast Her Stem Story: Episode 92 An Optometrist and A Science Communicator.
2020: Interviewed by ABMGood about being a science communicator here.
2020: Interviewed about my science career by Lauren Callender from Science Scribbles here.
2020: Live webinar, Gibco Cell Culture Heroes: Work From Home Edition Panelist here.
2020: Featured as part of ASIP Women in Pathology here and on YouTube. Summary here.
2020: Featured in the first 1000 women in STEM in the 1 Million Women in STEM campaign here, also shared by ASIP Pathways here.
2020: Featured by Integra BioSciences on better qPCR pipetting technique using the VIAFLO electronic pipettes here.
2020: Wrote blog post for ASIP Pathways on “How to make Social Media posts more accessible to the blind and visually impaired”
2020: Wrote blog post for ASIP Pathways on “Doing less, being more”
2020: Wrote blog post for ASIP Pathways on “What would happen if you read a paper a day for 2 years”
2021: Featured in the Top 21 STEM Accounts to follow on Instagram by Katrina Wesencraft here.
2021: Wrote blog post for ASIP Pathways Next Gen on “What to read if you’re a scientist”
2021: Wrote blog post on why scientists should Tweet for BBSRC White Rose DTP Communications team. The BBSRC White Rose DTP is a partnership between three universities across Sheffield, Leeds and York, which funds students in the UK (https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/). The Communications team ensures students are up to date with latest training opportunities, highlighting student achievements and provide a platform for science communication. Blog post here.
2021: Featured in a blog post ““SciComm for Dummies”: A beginners guide to communicating scientifically” by communications ambassador Aditi Aiyer in the Australian Society for Microbiology blog here.
2021: Featured on my alma mater UNSW Medicine’s alumni spotlight here.
2021: Featured by ARVO in an interview on my new position as the MIT representative on the ARVO Board of Trustees here.
2021: Wrote blog post for ASIP NextGen Blog on the PISA2021 meeting here.
2022: Faces of FASEB feature here.
2022: Contributing to GeniusLab article on the need for better lab coats here.
2023: ASIP Member Spotlight here.
2023: ARVO SciComm TF YouTube Feature here.
2023: UNSW Faculty of Medicine and Health Alumni Spotlight here and Instagram feature here.

Social Media Features

March 2019: TheAddictiveBrain featured my profile for their International Women’s Day collage on their Instagram.
April 2019: Stem For Fem featured my profile on their Instagram.
April 2019: Lucky Science Education featured my profile on their Instagram here and here.
April 2019: Lab.Hack featured my lab trick on reusing gloves on their Instagram.
June 2019: WomenThinkScience featured my profile on their Instagram.
July 2019: Biorender featured my scientific schematic diagrams on their Instagram.
November 2019: She Can Do Both featured my profile on their Instagram.
March 2020: Scholars of Science featured my profile on their Instagram.
2020: Featured in 1 Million Women in STEM on Twitter.
November 2020: Interview featured on Girl Genius Magazine here.
2021: Featured on ARVO Setting your Sights showcasing a day in my life as a scientist here.
2022: Girl Genius Magazine Instagram Takeover here on March 16th 2022.

Blog Posts

“PISA2021 Recap – Oh What A Conference!” November 2021
“What to read if you’re a scientist” February 2021
“How to make Social Media posts more accessible for the blind or visually impaired” October 2020
“Doing less, being more” August 2020

Podcasts

Episode 1 – Interview with Dr. Sam Merlin, The Peer Review Podcast; April 2017 (Link)
Episode 2 – Who is a scientist: discussing the challenges facing women in science (Interview with Professor Athene Donald), The Peer Review Podcast; May 2017 (Link)
Episode 4 – Show me the money: a close look at the current research funding situation, The Peer Review Podcast; August 2017 (Link)
Episode 5 – Crowdfunding science: what you need to know to get your project funded by the public, The Peer Review Podcast; October 2017 (Link)
Episode 18 – WazaMedia podcast. Branding – getting started on social media, 18th March 2021 (Link).
Episode 1 – Behind our Science – Meet the Team Co-host with Roberto Mota Alvidrez and Marina Anastasiou (Link).
Episode 7 – I Belong Here Podcast – Interview with Dr. Daisy Shu (Link).
Episode 2 – Behind our Science – Interview with Dr. Garcia (Link).
Episode 3 – Behind our Science – Celebrating Women in Pathology (Link).
Episode 4 – Behind our Science – Live recording, Mental health awareness (Link).
Episode 5 – Behind our Science – Day in the life of Dr. Monga, 7.3 Questions, Favourite thing in the lab (Link).
Episode 6 – Behind our Science – Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Link).
Mini-episode – Behind our Science – Interview with Dr. Melanie Scott on her experiences at the FASEB Capitol Hill Day and the importance of science advocacy (Link).
Episode 7 – Behind our Science – Happy Holidays and Favourite Christmas Thing in the Lab (Link).
Invited on the Nothing is Rocket Science Podcast, hosted by Sandhya Shekar to discuss eye health and science communication, 31st December 2021 (Link).
Episode 8 – Behind our Science – Black History Month, People of Path podcast collaboration, 7.3 Questions with Tessa Fitch (Link).
Episode 9 – Behind our Science – Women in Pathology (Link)
Episode 10 – Behind our Science – Capitol Hill Day + Last Experimental Biology (Link)
Episode 11 – Behind our Science – Self ESTEAM + Art in Science (Link)
Episode 12 – Behind our Science – Fluorescent Friday Live episode (Link)
Episode 13 – Behind our Science – Rewind and recap, ASIP Leadership Academy, SACNAS and what we’re grateful for (Link)

YouTube

Real-time PCR Bioline product review at the Lens Research Laboratory (Link)
Crowdfunding a cure for cataract at the Lens Research Laboratory (Link)
Explained talking about the cornea and eye diseases affecting the cornea on the YouTube channel Scientifically here.
ARVO Vlog – Day in the life of a scientist (Link)