The year is 2050 and you have just sat down to your insect burger in a genetically modified plant bun with some seaweed dangling out the side… sounds delicious, right? Taste Tomorrow invites you to taste the future of food right now by ordering a mystery box of sustainable and nutritious goodies. Attend our online…
Topic: Health and Medical
The Grand Challenge: Eradicating Malaria
Giving your students around Australia the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers and award winning entrepreneurs to design their very own innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. The Grand Challenge: Eradicating Malaria Our world is facing a pandemic at an unprecedented scope for the modern, developed world. As the race for…
SciFest Art meets Science – Crystals Rock! Family Science Workshop
Get ready for some family fun with Dr Rina in this interactive workshop. Bring out your scientific and artistic best as you embark on an adventure and create a beautiful keepsake. We’ll examine some large and some microscopic crystals found in nature, the human body and even parasites. As a treat for rock collectors, amateur…
SciFest Little Scientist Workshop: Blood & Stuff Part 1
Calling all little scientists across Australia and beyond to join Dr Rina for an online, live and interactive Little Scientist Workshop on Blood & Stuff. Not for the faint-hearted, recommended for brave little scientists only. Dissections may be involved. Get a glimpse of real, still-alive blood cells under the microscope… Find out what can eat…
SciFest Little Scientist Workshop: Blood & Stuff Part 2
Calling all little scientists across Australia and beyond to join Dr Rina for an online, live and interactive Little Scientist Workshop on Blood & Stuff. Not for the faint-hearted, recommended for brave little scientists only. Dissections may be involved. Get a glimpse of real, still-alive blood cells under the microscope… Find out what can eat…
Live from the lab – Giardia parasites with Tina and Tiash
Join Associate Professor Tina Skinner-Adams and Dr Tiash from Griffith University as they talk about Giardia, the most common gastrointestinal parasite of humans. Learn about the lifecycle of these parasites, where we find them, how we combat them and how we grow them in the laboratory. You will see first-hand how we investigate new treatments…
SciFest Art meets Science – Malaria, claymations and illustrations
Join Dr Danny Wilson and his team from the University of Adelaide as he shows you through his malaria laboratory and how they use art to communicate what they do. Malaria parasites are fascinating microscopic organisms. Their amazing underlying biology is complex, but through art we can visualise exactly what makes them tick. Join Dr…
SciFest Live from the Lab – Malaria, Veterinary Parasitology and VR!
Across National Science Week join the Molecular Parasitology Laboratory from La Trobe University as they talk you through their research activities. Find out about their work on parasites, discover the virtual reality activities they have created and find out what it means to be a parasitologist. Meet the research team and then find out about individual…
Live from the Lab – The War on Scabies
Join Dr Katja Fischer and her team at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute as they as they show you through their laboratory. They will introduce you to some of their projects towards new diagnostics and drugs for future use in scabies outbreaks. You’ll find out about scabies parasites and why it’s important to study…
Live from the Lab – Poo analysis
Find out what a real live scientist does in the laboratory. Join Dr Michelle Power and her team in her laboratory as she tests the wildlife poo samples she has collected for her research from the field. See science live from a research lab and Join Dr Michelle Power and her team in her laboratory…