Andrew Boughton

Abstract Musculoskeletal diseases are a major health burden. Development of bone-active therapies has been hindered by limited understanding of the cells and genes that regulate the skeleton. We exploited the value of cross-species analysis and developed single-cell methodologies in skeletal tissues to define the critical endosteal compartment that regulates bone turnover.

A touch of the Balkans skulduggery has marked out our PM’s less than deft handling of the Djokovic deportation. Divided opinions about Novak Djokovics Australian visa and court cases aside, one fact cut through all the hoopla for me.On the day of the first federal hearing, in a pure Freudian political slip, my Serbo-Croatian wife referred to our Prime Minister as Scott Milosevic. When I said You mean Scott Morrison? she said: Oh, my. Did I really say that?

Men such as Novak Djokovic are political liberals in the classic or progressive mould. A touch of the Balkans skulduggery has marked our our PM’s less than deft handling of the Djokovic deportation. Divided opinions about Novak Djokovic’s Australian visa and court cases aside, one fact cut through all the hoopla for me.