Scientist and Global Citizen. Opinions are my own.

Moreton Bay, QLD
Joined August 2016
I'm thrilled, relieved, shocked & incredibly grateful to receive an #NHMRCIdeas grant to study early stages of human placental development using our novel placentoid model. Huge shout out to my collaborators @DrMelindaDean and @drjojames and support from @ResearchUSC_AU. 1/3
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Celebrating tools down for 2023 with lab family Christmas lunch at the ‘farm’ - wishing everyone has a fantastic holiday season 🥳 – at Queensland, Australia
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TBT 📣 Dr. Angela Ratsch presenting some interim findings from our research project co-designed with the Butchulla People at @ANZPRA1. We are so excited about what this project and what it has to offer in 2024 💪@widebayhealth @ResearchUSC_AU #healthforall – at Queensland, Australia
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Inaugural international #placentoid team strategy day at @usceduau Moreton Bay ❤️💪😎
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Proud PI moment... two of our Ni-Vanuatu research associates are presenting our first preliminary data from the MaMi Project today in #Vanuatu at the 2023 Vanuatu Health Research Symposium 💪🤓 @WeAreACPIR @usceduau
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Amazing first honours presentations from our fantastic students Michael and Ruth! @ResearchUSC_AU @usceduau
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Just wrapping up a whirlwind trip to Melbourne for #ARU2023 - and what a meeting! Fantastic research across #reproduction science thanks to a great program curated by the hostesses with the mostess(es) @DrNatHannan and @DrTKaituuLino . Cool speaker presents to boot! – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Just a bunch of nerds doing some public health research on fetal and maternal health in #Vanuatu 🤰❤️ #wansmolbag @WeAreACPIR @usceduau
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Proud to bring our fantastic research students along to the inaugural @usceduau #researchconference #proudPI #placentaresearch #pacificresearch @WeAreACPIR @ANZPRA1 @ashley_wil9437 @_MichaelPatter @MadisonEGarner
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Prof. Nat is one of the best in the game and is also a rad human to boot - highly recommend checking this out!
Come and join our dynamic team @TDVFGroup! We are looking for passionate individuals with specific skillsets to support our teams quest to discover novel therapeutics for serious complications of pregnancy 🤰🏻👩🏽‍🍼- take a look 👇🏼 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/9…
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Little pre-event snapshot from the fantastic #WomenInBio forum this morning organised by @QldGov and hosted at the growing @usceduau Moreton Bay Campus. #Queensland #WomenInSTEM
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📢LAB NEWS!📢 Today we welcome @FarhadSoheilmo1 to @usceduau. We are delighted to have Farhad join our team, bringing his passion and expertise in stem cells, material science & polymer chemistry to the lab - welcome officially to #teamplacenta Farhad!
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Excited to be back at #UQ for the day for what is sure to be a fantastic day of research for the 2022 @QPaCt_Official Consortium #teamplacenta – at Brisbane, Queensland
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Go for it placenta people🤞
Applications for the ANZPRA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award are open!! 📬Want to visit other laboratories to learn new techniques and/or advance collaborations?! 🧑‍🔬🧪🧬APPLY NOW! Applications due 6th December - for more details check out anzpra.org/awards #teamplacenta
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Georgia Kafer retweeted
So wonderful to spend all this time together again ❤️ #teamplacenta #anzprafamily – at Hurunui District, New Zealand
THANK YOU to all our ANZPRA family for joining us in Hanmer Springs!! Been so fabulous to have everyone together after several years - looking forward to seeing you again next year! @IFPA_Official #teamplacenta @ReproductionSRB
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Incoming @usceduau School of Health Dean Prof. Tony Perkins schooling is all on placental biology… #newboss #teamplacenta @ANZPRA1 @ResearchUSC_AU – at Hurunui District, New Zealand
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Amazing presentation by @GeorgiaKafer on the development of placentoids! With syncytiotrophoblast on the outside 👏🏼👏🏼 Wow, so much potential questions to answer with this brilliant placental model. @ANZPRA1 @ReproductionSRB #SRB2022
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Georgia Kafer retweeted
#SRB2016 gala dinner gems from the archives 😂 who would have ever thought I’d end up being trusted to mentor two of these young punks. Let’s do it all again tonight at #SRB2022 #placentasstillmatter @GeorgiaKafer @JoshuaJFisher1 – at Christchurch City, New Zealand
Replying to @GeorgiaKafer
SRB conf dinner is going off! Pretty sure I'm at the cool table. @Bryony_McNeill #ESASRBANZBMS2016 #placentasmatter
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Georgia Kafer retweeted
Starting @ESASRB with the Presidents Lecture from the ANZPRA legend @clairetroberts!! #teamplacenta
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Wine for dinner (thanks awkward 3 hr time difference) while perusing the Sunday sessions for @ESASRB and not mad about it! Pretty excited to see all the repro crew tomorrow! @ReproductionSRB #Christchurch #teamplacenta – at Christchurch City, New Zealand
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