A Planetary mineralogist from London working at the Australian Synchrotron who likes to look for rocks in deserts...All comments are my own.🇬🇧🇦🇺 She/Her

Joined January 2009
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dr. helen brand retweeted
I had the best fun nerding out with @SciNate this morning on @abcnews talking about all the cool stuff the @ausynchrotron does! Thanks Nate for inviting me on! Missed it? Check out the clip at the link below
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We think our beamline scientist @DrEmilyFinch did a great job describing the advanced #science @ausynchrotron with real world applications on @ABCscience Monday Science with @SciNate. abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/t…
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Happy #Pride2023, London! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

ALT A gif of a group of ethnically diverse people waving the prog pride flag whilst holding a rainbow banner that reads happy pride

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dr. helen brand retweeted
I'm not 100% sure, but this may well be the first time EVER that a #LGBTQ #Pride flag has hung proudly at the @GeolSoc, in 216 years! Very proud to be part of this community & to ensure visible support this year for #Pride2023, especially for the #parade route next weekend!
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Even for us, this was quite a far-fetched #geology #fieldtrip to plan! Take a look at where @heab & I would visit across the Solar System, if given the opportunity! Hint: we visit #moons, planets, & #asteroids...
If we could go sightseeing across our cosmic neighbourhood, these would be some of the best highlights. 🔭 @heab (@ANSTO) @NatStephen (@imperialcollege) pick their highlights of what the Solar System has to offer: bit.ly/3OXegKc
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dr. helen brand retweeted
There is still time to register for the @pigmentreveald 2023 Symposium! Amazing speakers, incredible artists and a wonderful community. Come and be a part of it. wwu.eventsair.com/pigments-r…
Honored to announce our Key Note Speaker for the 2023 Pigments International Symposium is Narayan Khandekar, Director of the Straus Center for Conservation & Technical Studies, Harvard University. Abstract & Art exhibition submission DEADLINE APRIL 30! pigmentsrevealed.com/pigment…
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If we could go sightseeing across our cosmic neighbourhood, these would be some of the best highlights. 🔭 @heab (@ANSTO) @NatStephen (@imperialcollege) pick their highlights of what the Solar System has to offer: bit.ly/3OXegKc
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More impact crater fun and this time I just had to get @NatStephen involved! Please enjoy our favourite craters from across the solar system and we hope they will become yours too! ☄️👩‍🔬 theconversation.com/5-incred… via @ConversationEDU
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I love how easy it is to stay connected in the 21st century, but it's a hard way to maintain your closest relationships! 16 hours of time differences to manage daily...
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The @ausynchrotron but make it Wes Anderson.
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My favourite #meteorite find from this year, I think, meet Aurora! Not yet classified, but almost certainly something special... #Nullarbor2023 #MeteoriteHunting
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Being under the stars on the Nullarbor may just be my favourite place to be in all the world! So glad to have finally been back after 4 years, but it's hard to leave behind... #Nullarbor2023 #Stargazing #NightSky #Pixel #PixelNightSight
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The happy faces of 8 scientists in the Nullarbor, having collected an exciting new haul of #meteorites to add to the collection! All the exciting science to come, so watch this space... #Nullarbor2023
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A solar #eclipse in the desert requires a bit more ingenuity than normal... #SolarEclipse2023 #Nullarbor2023
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Let's go, let's go, let's go! 05:45 and we're off - Melbourne to Port Wakefield today, before out to the Nullarbor tomorrow for #meteorite hunting... 🤞🏽 for fair weather, fly amnesty, & good hunting! #Nullarbor2023 #MeteoriteHunt
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dr. helen brand retweeted
And the robot in action! Loading Martian #meteorite Zagami into the PD beamline at @ausynchrotron ready for an overnight run... #SynchrotronScience #ScienceDonut
Ever wondered what #rock samples look like when powdered ready for #diffraction experiments? Today's #geology fun - 17 rocks ready to go at @ausynchrotron, including #Mars & #Moon rocks as well as #impact rocks from around the 🌏 We'll load them up for the robot to run later...
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dr. helen brand retweeted
It's been 3 years, but I'm back @ausynchrotron! Prep done & beamtime with @heab starts tomorrow morning! All the #SynchrotronScience to come... You've got to love a #ScienceDonut!
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dr. helen brand retweeted
Beamline Scientist (Scattering) 😍position available at our very own @ausynchrotron. Last date 11 April. More details in the following link- careers.ansto.gov.au/job/Mel… #ozchem #WomenInChemistry @RACInational @RACI_VIC
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