The first official experiment @GioPolverino and I did @ @MonashBiol, @BBM_Wong lab with an amazing group of people: @Farin_yp @gabriela_melogc @HungTan_ James & @NosratiR is out now! We think it opened new research avenues in ecotoxicology. Read the full paper below👇🏾

Just look at the last 3 swimmers - despite a 10-fold increase in viscosity, sperm maintain consistent velocity without increasing metabolic activity by switching to 2D slither swimming — a fascinating natural mechanism that helps high DNA integrity sperm reach the egg quicker!

Excited to share @Farin_yp #cover article in Small Methods, revealing a transition from 3D swimming to 2D slithering by increasing viscosity 💫— an energy-efficient motility mode to reach the egg quicker! 🎉🎈🎊 @monashengineers @MonashMAE @AdvSciNews doi.org/10.1002/smtd.2023009…

2023 Mollie Holman Award for Best Doctoral Thesis - Faculty of Engineering We warmly congratulate Dr Farin Yazdan Parast who has received this prestigious award, one of the highest academic honours Monash bestows, marking her as a researcher of the highest order. #monashMAE

Congratulations to @Farin_yp on receiving the Bill Melbourne Medal 🥇 for the best PhD thesis! 🎉 Well done, Farin! Your hard work has truly paid off! 👏✨ @MonashMAE @monashengineers @MonashUni