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Dr Anita Pax

@anitappax

@EI_CareerFIT #MSCA postdoc in #dairyscience @teagasc 🇮🇪. PhD in cheese structure from @engunimelb @Bio21Institute. #LoveCheese (eating & research). She/her.

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Joined January 2017
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The first paper from my #PhD uses #synchrotron #microscopy to look at cheese structure! Check it out here: bit.ly/2Uwfh0A . Working with @engunimelb @ausynchrotron @Bio21Institute.
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Fun fact: Florescence microscopy does not involve fluorescent microscopes #Microscopy
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The Rheology Venture Fund's Rheology Comics Issue 1 has officially launched! You can read Rheology of Cats in print at #ICR2023 in English and Greek (available at the AIP booth) and online at in English, Greek, Japanese, French, and Persian at rheologycomics.github.io/
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Good morning, Melbourne! Looking forward to #AIFST2023 today! #foodscience
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Also looking forward to FoodPro!
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@JonBruner13 Jul 2023
Perhaps you've wondered what Doritos would look like in a CT scan. We did, so here's a clump of Cool Ranch Doritos, scanned through the bag. But there's more...🧵
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It is World Chocolate Day 🍫 Researchers from @FoodSciLeeds recently investigated the process that takes place when chocolate is eaten, focusing on texture over taste. They found that where the fat lies within the chocolate helps to create its smooth and irresistible quality.
A chocolate bar, cacao fruit, cacao seeds and cocoa powder

ALT A chocolate bar, cacao fruit, cacao seeds and cocoa powder

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@CSIRO4 Jun 2023
Can you guess what we're looking at under the microscope today? 🔬 Some clues: 🔶 It's a popular foodstuff after it has been subjected to heat 🔶 It's a good source of calcium 🔶 It goes well with nachos Let us know your guess! 👇
Microscopic image which has green wisps across the image and orange spots.

ALT Microscopic image which has green wisps across the image and orange spots.

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Happy to share another publication from my #PhD (finally!) looking at frozen cheese using my favourite microscope @ausynchrotron and various other techniques to optimise cheese melt & stretch! Download here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1g68V… @engunimelb @Bio21Institute
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What a beautiful day to be back @UniMelb @engunimelb ! Great to catch up with my #PhD supervisor.
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Sometimes smells a bit weird? No? Just me? Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool #cartoon #academia #science
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It’s my last week @teagasc Moorepark as part of my @EI_CareerFit fellowship. It’s been great! Will miss the people & the #labfuntimes but looking forward to what’s next.
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Alice Klein@alicevklein5 Sep 2022
“The aim of our project isn’t to kill feral cats, it’s to protect native species; it’s just an unfortunate reality that the way to do that is through lethal control of cats" - @KRCBrewer with @AntonBlencowe @UniversitySA newscientist.com/article/233…
Australian feral cats: Making native animals poisonous could curb pests | New Scientist

Australian feral cats: Making native animals poisonous could curb pests | New Scientist

An implant embedded in Australian animals that releases lethal poison when feral cats eat them could stop species being driven to extinction by cat predation

newscientist.com
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Our paper on Diamond: The Game has just launched in @Research4A! We share the #boardgame design, evaluation and learnings in this bumper paper that we are really proud of. Check it out: doi.org/10.14324/RFA.06.1.14 Some cool things we wanted to highlight in this thread 🧵⤵️
A photo of 'Diamond: The Game' laid out on a white flat surface. The central board is a representation of the Diamond Light Source Particle Accelerator, with scientist tokens on it. On each side of the board there are cards and tokens laid out. The scientist cards have a simple icon of a head and shoulders, with an icon illustrating who they are in the background e.g. fish for an Oceanologist. The experiment carts say 'success' and 'failure'. The project cards highlight some of the different science that happens at Diamond (e.g. Design a new catalyst, Investigate materials that copy nature) and some of these have green check mark tokens on them to highlight completed parts of the card. The events cards are also laid out, which the player uses to initiate unexpected actions.

ALT A photo of 'Diamond: The Game' laid out on a white flat surface. The central board is a representation of the Diamond Light Source Particle Accelerator, with scientist tokens on it. On each side of the board there are cards and tokens laid out. The scientist cards have a simple icon of a head and shoulders, with an icon illustrating who they are in the background e.g. fish for an Oceanologist. The experiment carts say 'success' and 'failure'. The project cards highlight some of the different science that happens at Diamond (e.g. Design a new catalyst, Investigate materials that copy nature) and some of these have green check mark tokens on them to highlight completed parts of the card. The events cards are also laid out, which the player uses to initiate unexpected actions.

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Editing a manuscript and sick of staring at the screen. Using the text to voice function in Word is a great way to change things up and pick up things that the eyes miss. #ECRchat #peerreview #PostDocLife
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Great to join @OceanicNLP connect session today & meet some new people! @ENLP_Lead program has opened global doors & networks- love it. #ENLP #leadership
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Looking forward to catching up with some @OceanicNLP alumni in our online connect session this afternoon!
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Learn the chemistry behind baking powder and baking soda, and how they help your cakes, muffins and cookies rise, in the latest #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem   🍰 fal.cn/3o6tv
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Experiments never behave like they are supposed to! #LabTweets #Experiments
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I’m on sabbatical this year working on a book about what it means to be a food scientist. I think the answer might teach us something about how we value different forms of knowledge.
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It’s Dec 1st! This year we thought it would be fun to do a #BookAdvent & highlight a previous STEMMinist Book Club pick or favourite read on #feminism or #WomenInSTEMM every day of December. Join by listing your favourite books as well! #stemministbc 📚
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