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Dr Emily Furlong

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A #newPI and lecturer at @ourANU | researching bacterial thiol redox pathways and virulence factors | community builder | storyteller | views my own | she/her

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

8 months

When I started working on the bacterial flagellar motor, our goal was to get high resolution structures of the C-ring. I optimised the whole basal body prep around keeping that region intact. It is so satisfying to see our original goal fulfilled! 1/2

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Susan Lea

8 months

Published today @SJohnsonDPhil and @justindeme85 story finally revealing the molecular basis for transmission of uni-directional ion flow into bi-directional rotation of the bacterial flagellum

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Very excited that I officially have lab space! Look out for my postdoc position advertisement in the coming week 👀

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Very excited to share some of my postdoctoral work! The molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body:

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

The Furlong Lab will start in February 2023! If you are interested in hearing about my adventures as a #newPI and keeping up with my research on bacterial pathogens, please follow my new Instagram account:

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Next year, I will be joining the Research School of Biology at @ourANU as a lecturer! Very excited to develop my teaching skills and establish my own research lab. A big thanks to all those who have supported me over the years. Watch this space for my #newPI adventures!

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

My postdoc advert is now live! If you are a protein biochemistry expert and are interested in helping me build my lab at ANU, please apply. It’s a 2.5 year, full time position. Please RT! 1/2

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Dr Emily Furlong

8 years

I'm Emily and I study the structure and function of proteins involved in forming bacterial virulence factors #actuallivingscientist

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

I’m moving to Sydney! Looking forward to starting a postdoc at @VictorChangInst in a few weeks’ time 😄

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Gelato to celebrate the submission of my #ARC #DECRA application!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

I’m going home 🐨 I can’t believe it!

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

THESIS SUBMITTED! The past 3.5 years have been pretty incredible and though I’m relieved, I’m also sad my PhD over. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of my PhD journey, particularly the @Jenny_STEM lab - I couldn’t have picked a better place to spend 3 years of my life!

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

A great email to wake up to this morning! I have officially completed the requirements for the award of my PhD 😄

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Finally got to wear the floppy hat! @UQ_News #graduation #phinished

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

I think I've got a better chance of getting Australian research grant funding than #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour tickets 🙃😂

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Added a few more grids to the graveyard today.

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

Here it is - my first first author publication! Very excited to share it with you all :D @Jenny_STEM @alvinlo80

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

This work was my “pandemic project”. My first attempt at this basal body prep was on the 9th of June 2020. 1/4

Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body

Nature Microbiology - The in situ cryo-electron microscopy structure of the intact Salmonella flagellar basal body—including the inner membrane rotor, drive shaft and outer membrane bushing...

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

So glad I can visit my favourite place in Oxford again 😍

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Our bacterial flagellar basal body structure is on the cover of the June @NatureMicrobiol issue!

@NatureMicrobiol

Nature Microbiology

@NatureMicrobiol

3 years

Our June issue is now live with bacterial flagellum assembly on the cover! Discover how S. epidermidis becomes pathogenic, a parasitic ultrasmall bacterium that can stop wastewater foaming, how gut Clostridia mimic human signalling compounds, and more.

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

My first first author paper officially got accepted for publication! Not a bad end to the day 😄🎉

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

I was supposed to be in Australia this week, so I bought some overpriced Tim Tams and other Australian sweets to console myself.

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

For my birthday this year, my family sent me the biggest bunch of flowers I have ever seen 🥰

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Very pleased that I eventually made it to Coffs Harbour for #ECPM2022 ! Got to visit The Big Banana for the first time and won my first best talk prize. Thanks to everyone who made the meeting possible.

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

The third and final paper from my PhD work is now published! 😁

@ActaCrystD

Structural Biology

6 years

Furlong et al.: Engineered variants provide new insight into the structural properties important for activity of the highly dynamic, trimeric protein disulfide isomerase ScsC from ... #IUCr

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

It’s our structure 😄

@BPoD_s

Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD

3 years

Molecular structure of the flagellum motor #protein complex revealed. Image and research by Steven Johnson & @em_furlong et al @S_M_Lea lab Sir William Dunn School of Pathology @UniofOxford in @NatureMicrobiol . Read more on with @MRC_LMS and @Kat_Arney

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

I’m giving my first invited presentation tomorrow at #ascanz ! Feeling a bit nervy 😬

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

A beautiful flight into Canberra today 🤩 I live here now!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

That brand new pipette smell 😍

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Please grow me some pretty protein crystals 🤞🏻

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

We couldn't find a short video that raised awareness of bullying in academia, so we decided to make one! I hope this helps some people. #AcademicChatter #phdlife #eLifeAmbassadors #bullyingawareness #bullyingiswrong

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Nafisa M. Jadavji, PhD, FAHA (she/her)

4 years

It’s our pleasure to share this short video about bullying in #academia . Great work by @em_furlong , who took the lead on this project! Please share widely! #AcademicAntiBullying #eLifeAmbassadors #highered #AcademicTwitter #academiclife #ecrchat

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

@gshowalt This tiny homogeniser is my favourite!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

It's me! Thanks @OxfordMedSci for the feature, @Dunn_School for the nomination and @Jenny_STEM and @S_M_Lea for making it all possible!

@OxfordMedSci

Medical Sciences

4 years

Emily Furlong is a Postdoctoral Researcher in @Dunn_School . Emily was inspired by two female scientific role models into her academic career. Read her interview 👉 #100WomenOfOxfordMedSci #WomenInSTEM

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

One ring to rule them all.... #behindthepaper

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Feels good to start the week with a win, even if it is just a successful PCR 🎉

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

My last day at @UQ_News . What an incredible 8 years!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Merry Christmas from Oxford 🎄

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

The second paper from my PhD work has just been accepted and is available online!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Today’s hotel quarantine task is to record my @LorneProteins presentation. Wish me luck!

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

I retweeted this article earlier in the week, but it’s worth retweeting it again. “When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive…” Walking this tightrope is exhausting!

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Prof Francine Marques

1 year

Great article on misogyny in academia To our male colleagues, please read this - many times I don’t think we realise the impact of comments Many ideas to improve this issue too

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

✅ Pfizer dose #3 (3 weeks ago) ✅ Negative COVID PCR test (<72 hours ago) ✅ QLD border pass ✅ DECRA application ready for compliance checking ✅ Checked in for flight and waiting to board Looking forward to spending the Christmas-New Year break with my family 😄

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Treated myself to some beautiful flowers to help me through week 3 of the Sydney lockdown

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Dr Emily Furlong

8 months

Straight from the #lorneiandi conference to the #MelbourneTSTheErasTour . What a way to finish off a great couple of weeks in Victoria!

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

It was great to be involved in the @FranklinWomen Wikipedia edit-a-thon this afternoon! #FWonWiki #WomenInSTEM

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Finally got a proper photo with my favourite microscope 🔬

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Four years ago today I graduated with my BSc(Hons) and was super anxious about starting my PhD. A lot has changed since then but (surprisingly) I have the same hair cut and colour!

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

My first piece of TEM #sciart ! I assume it’s my protein aggregated into a nice ring/doughnut shape 🙃

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Fresh air never smelled so good 😄

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Perfect flight into Sydney this evening 👌

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

I’m a structural biologist studying a bacterial protein-folding machine! #ilooklikeascientist #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomenInSTEM Tag, you’re it! @claudiajades @SarahJ_Piper @ChristieLab_au

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

This hat completes me.

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Found some old photos of my first protein crystals. I miss crystallography 😭

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Dr Emily Furlong

9 months

Back in Lorne for the #LorneIandI conference! @The_VIIN

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

It’s been fantastic to have @SarahJ_Piper visiting @BiologyANU @ANU_RSB_BSB over the past couple of days. Thanks for the seminar and Blender workshop, Sarah!

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Think I’ve found a new hobby! I’m very proud of my wonky bowl 😅

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

I just did something that I never thought I’d do... I voted in the #UKElection

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Rad Cam reflection shot thanks to the afternoon storm.

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Last day of experiments before I go into full thesis writing mode 😬 #phdchat #98daystogo

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Yay! Check out our flagellar basal body structure now out in @NatureMicrobiol 🎉

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Susan Lea

3 years

Our post from @biorxivpreprint in December now out online congratulations all group members but especially twitterless Steve and @em_furlong

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

Dancing proteins are the best proteins @Jenny_STEM #proteins #crystallography

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

The @Dunn_School Christmas tree is up 🤩

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

On Wednesday night I’m speaking to the Rotary Club that sponsored me to attend the Siemens Science Experience 10 years ago. Really looking forward to it but reflecting on the past 10 years is making me quite emotional 😭 14-year-old Emily didn’t even know what a PhD was!

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Time for a commiseratory ice cream 🙃 congrats to all those who were successful!

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Gelato to celebrate the submission of my #ARC #DECRA application!

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Homemade jam drops for tomorrow’s lab meeting! I take my snack duty very seriously.

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

So excited that our article was chosen as an "Editor's Pick" 😁 @Jenny_STEM

@jbiolchem

Journal of Biological Chemistry

7 years

Editors' Pick Highlight: Stress control for a well-structured life.

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Hello old friend ☺️

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Dr Emily Furlong

7 years

Follow the link to see my #QLD #WomenInSTEM prize entry and vote!

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Been working here for a year 😮

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Hey UQ 👋🏻

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Got hold of a picture of me from 2009 (thanks Mum!), so here is my 2009-2019. High school semi-formal to PhD graduation day. Now, should I dye my hair dark brown again? 🤔

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Thanks for the spotlight @PddcSydney 😁

@PddcSydney

Postdoctoral Development Committee

3 years

Today the spotlight goes to @em_furlong ! She loves "seeing" molecular machines and works with @alastairstewart in the Structural Laboratory. Are you interested in her story in 10 Q&A?! Because we are! 🙏💫💡😁 Hurray, we have a great community of postdoc and leaders!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Halfway through hotel quarantine!

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Made it to the @ausynchrotron ! Sneaking in one last visit during my PhD 😄

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

I’m about to move back to Aus but am concerned that I’ll have to move out of the research sector if @nhmrc and @arc_gov_au funding doesn’t improve #AdvanceAustraliaCare #AusPol

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Claudia Stocks

4 years

Am about to leave Aus in pursuit of postdoc research employment overseas. Really hoping that @nhmrc / @arc_gov_au funding outcomes improve soon to enable me to come back and keep doing the work that I love in the country that I love ❤️🔬🐨 #AusPol #AdvanceAustraliaCare @TheASMR1

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Needed this walk today 🤩

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Thanks @ITSASBMB for giving me the opportunity to reflect on my career so far and offer some advice for students and ECRs. The full article can be found in the latest issue of the Australian Biochemist:

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

8 months

My favourite time of year in Canberra 🎈

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Merry Christmas from me, my Christmas tree and my landlord’s *delightful* yellow curtains!

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

IT’S SNOWING! 🌨🌨🌨

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

I’m going home for my graduation in 23 days time. Super excited to see my friends and family but also have an unlimited supply of vegemite, Tim Tams and milo for three weeks!

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Looking forward to visiting ANU tomorrow! It’ll be the first time I’ve been to Canberra since my high school “Science Camp” in year 9

@ANU_RSB_BSB

ANU Division of Biomedical Science & Biochemistry

2 years

Join us tomorrow for the BSB #Seminar Series presented by @em_furlong from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, title of the talk: Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body. Zoom link and details are available here:

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

See you soon Oxford!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

. @LeaLabTweets has spent the last two days cleaning and tidying our lab and office area. We’ve now got all our ducks in a row!

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@em_furlong

Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Very excited to see this work on BioRxiv! This protein has kept me busy for the past 5 months and will probs continue to do so for another couple of years 😅

@S_M_Lea

Susan Lea

5 years

Latest preprint from group - congratulations Steven, Yu Hang and rest of group! Structure of the bacterial flagellar rotor MS-ring: a minimum inventory/maximum diversity system

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

Finally getting on the #Blender3D bandwagon! Thanks @PiperProteins and @bradyajohnston for the tutorials and encouragement PDB: 6C29

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

A big thank you to @buildmodels , @PDBeurope , @PDBj_en and Daniel Eriksson, for providing resources for the #BraggYourPattern Crystal-A-Con Monoclinic activity and displays @IUCr2023

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Dr Emily Furlong

3 years

Looking forward to sharing our story about the bacterial flagellar basal body on Friday!

@UNSWBABS

UNSW Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences

3 years

Join us for an online seminar this Friday at 12pm from Dr @em_furlong of the @VictorChangInst ! "Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body" Register here:

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Today I visited @MRC_LMB for the first time!

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Dr Emily Furlong

1 year

Very excited to be at #IUCr2023 !

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Squeezed in a quick trip up the Oxford University Church tower earlier in the week, before #UKLockdown2

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Some pics from a wonderful weekend in Cambridge!

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

Sunrise from the lab 😍

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Some highlights from my recent walks around Oxford.

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

Finally got to visit the Natural History Museum in London 😍

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

It was awesome to share my work with the rest of @VictorChangInst today! Had lots of great questions to answer 😀

@VictorChangInst

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

@VictorChangInst

2 years

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @Em_Furlong is using the Talos Arctica transmission electron microscope at the Institute's #InnovationCentre to 'see' these nanoscale machines. #ScienceTwitter #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM @alastairstewart @johanna_barclay @JRMcArthur17

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Dr Emily Furlong

4 years

A light dusting of snow is just what I needed to distract myself from the chaos 😍

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

My mum is opening an art gallery! I could not be more proud of her 😊

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Getting creative with the bacterial flagellar basal body maps. This image could almost be an ink blot 🖤

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Dr Emily Furlong

5 years

This week I started supervising two students in the lab. It has been both the most exhausting and rewarding week of my postdoc so far! #TGIF #postdoclife

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Dr Emily Furlong

2 years

Off to Melbourne 😄 looking forward to the #CrystalLite @Crystal_SCANZ meeting and seeing some of my favourite people in person for the first time in 3 years

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Dr Emily Furlong

6 years

Today I continued my tour of Melbourne research institutes with visits to @bio21 and @WEHI_research !

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