Evolutionary geneticist and singer, working on creating and performing "Origins", the creation story from science.
Latrobe Uni, Melbourne
Joined August 2014
- Tweets310
- Following112
- Followers1.2K
- Likes5
Pinned Tweet
For those who don’t know me, I'm a professor of #evolutionary #genetics with a passion for animals, #science and singing.
I'm a Fellow of the @Science_Academy, the @theNASciences and a one-time winner of L’Oreal-UNESCO and 2017 PM Prize for Science 🧬🎼 latrobe.edu.au/news/articles…
Great party in the Jenny Graves Building to celebrate launch of "Sex, Genes and Chromosomes". Thanks LaTrobe!
Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women theconversation.com/hundreds… via @ConversationEDU
Check out my latest article: Sex, gender and sport - can there ever be a level playing field? linkedin.com/pulse/sex-gende… via @LinkedIn
My book "Sex, genes and Chromosomes" comes out tomorrow. After 33 years' gestation! I planned to launch it at a meeting in Crete, but since none of can get there, I'm working on a virtual launch.
Check out my latest article: Thoughts on the International Day of Women & Girls in Science linkedin.com/pulse/thoughts-… via @LinkedIn
With old friends and colleagues Aurora Ruiz-Herrera and Irina Solovei at the 3D Genome conference in Sanya, China. Our job – to relate the patterns that chromatin conformation analyses reveal with what we see under the microscope.
With co-librettist Leigh Hay at the Sydney launch of “Best Australian Science Writing 2024”, which contains our libretto for Part I, “Origin of the Universe” and includes the link to the “Origins” video, youtube.com/watch?v=YRH7MD7F…, so we hope for another wave of “Origins” fans.
Why do humans have near-equal numbers of male and female babies, unlike many other animals? A new genetic study looks for clues theconversation.com/why-do-h… via @ConversationEDU
We grow berries and citrus and I make jam and marmalade to sell in support of the Heidelberg Choral Society. John thought the last batch was so good he entered it into the Melbourne Royal Show, defying my ridicule. Just found the marmalade won third prize. Pinnacle of my career!
Proud to win the Ruby Payne Scott career award from the Australian Academy of Science. Ruby is one of my heroes; pioneer radio astronomer driven out of science when she became pregnant, called a disgrace to CSIRO.
Same thing with my mother, Ann Marshall; she gave geography lectures at U of Adelaide for male staff away at the war. Tutor salary didn’t cover minding the baby (me). She applied for and got a job after the war - a disgrace to womanhood, but winner of the John Lewis gold medal.
Yes, that’s me in black velvet to the right of the podium after negotiating my way from the alto section past the tuba and four double bases. Leigh Hay and composer Nick Buc are on the left, conductor Peter Bandy on the podium. Exultant at standing ovation from full house.
Yes, you can see the whole Origins libretto, plus music and visuals, at youtube.com/watch?v=YRH7MD7F…. It's the Creation story from science!
I'm very chuffed that the libretto for "Origins" (oratorio that tells the creation story from science) that I wrote, with poet Leigh Hay, was chosen for the 2024 Anthology of Australia's best science writing!
Jenny Graves retweeted
Congratulations to Prof Jenny Graves AC, whose extraordinary contribution to science was recently recognised with the naming of the Jenny Graves building at our Bundoora campus. The Hon. Colin Brooks MP and Vice-Chancellor Prof Theo Farrell joined Jenny as she cut the ribbon. 🎀
And here's our Conversation article that describes our new dosage compensation work theconversation.com/whats-th… via @ConversationEDU
Forty years ago I showed that genes on the inactive X in female mammals are silenced because they are not transcribed into RNA. Sniffy Nature reviewers bounced my paper because "what else could it be?" Well, read our new paper that documents the "else" pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
Vale Opera Alex. One of my first PhD students, Alex Dobrovic shared widely his deep love and understanding of music and science. We will miss his wonderful mix of culture and curiosity.
