Science for Food Security: Making a Global, Career & Personal Difference – NSW

Be inspired. Explore countries and cultures. Have a rewarding career AND make a difference. If you want to be motivated by the work of young New South Wales scientists or are looking for study,  career or volunteer opportunities delivering global, professional and personal impacts – whatever you’re age – join our free live interactive 60…

Gawler and District College Junior School

Gawler and District College Junior School will be hosting an event in National Science Week. The event will run everyday throughout recess and lunch breaks as well a a whole day on that week. The students will be involved in hands on activities and experiments. The focus of the event will be agriculture (as we…

Getting to Know Your Friendly Neighbourhood Microbiologist

JAMSpod is a microbiology-themed series of podcasts (check out #JAMSpod @jamsorgau) named Getting to Know Your Friendly Neighbourhood Microbiologist for National Science Week. This podcast is run conjointly between Macquarie University, Western Sydney University, Department of Primary Industries and The Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS) Organisation (Check it out here: http://jams.org.au/). JAMS is a microbiology…

Possible Impossibles

Humans are a species of creative thinkers, problem solvers, and ambitious dreamers. Together we have achieved the seemingly impossible from curing diseases, extending the average lifespan, inventing air flight, harnessing the power of the Earth’s resources to connect people all over the world, to sending people into space. What does the future hold? Will we…

Career Sessions Podcast

The Career Sessions podcast showcases the unique and inside stories of people working in their careers. Hosts, Dr Stephanie Champion and Dr Tamara Agnew hold PhDs in public health and health science. We are researchers and academics who are driven by our desire to really understand the world that exists outside of our own bubble….

Future Scientist Career Quiz

Scientists are humanity’s frontline. Wherever answers are needed they lead the charge – overcoming complex global challenges, solving real-world problems and developing solutions for the future. Incredibly, science is predicted to bring more human progress in the next 50 years than the previous 400 combined. Fighting climate change… saving lives… sustaining the environment… ending hunger……

Eating for the Planet

Is it possible to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries? Four years ago, this question was posed to a group of doctors and dieticians from all over the world, and their response became the Planetary Health Diet – a way of eating created by scientists to bring…

Webinar: Industrial hemp for use as a forage or dual purpose crop

Gain insight into a day in the life of an Honours student at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA). Fourth year student Rohan Borojevic recently presented findings from his world-first Honours project that is investigating the potential use of industrial hemp as a dual purpose crop for grazing. The additional use of the crop is…

Tech Futures Talk – Future of Food: Bees, Technology + Innovation

Join The Bendigo Tech School for an exciting ONLINE forum on all things bees with three of Bendigo Tech School’s industry partners. They will discuss the importance of bees, the innovations, and the things that we can do individually to help bee health and survival. Joining the forum will be CSIRO’s Peter Marendy. Peter leads…