What’s your favourite nuclear or radiological scientific application? Women in Nuclear (WiN) Australia members, through short videos, describe their favourite nuclear or radiological applications. From fluorescing glass, power and energy through to medical imaging there are so many ways nuclear science and technology has applications for everyday life. A daily video will be launched on…
Topic: Health and Medical
Asteroids to Oceans: What makes research possible in Australia?
Australia’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) ensures that researchers have access to the facilities, equipment and resources they need to produce world-class research. These resources range from supercomputers and microscopes to datasets and software platforms, all provided through 27 NCRIS projects and facilities around Australia. With the resources provided by the NCRIS projects, researchers…
Killarney Heights High School Science Week
Killarney Heights High School will participate in National Science Week, Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology on 15- 19 August. Students and teachers will participate in a number of events including: a glass blowing workshop with glass artist Mark Elliot daily demonstrations and activities around school such as periodic table hunt, forensics investigation, and various…
Women in Chemistry ECR Showcase
All are welcome to attend the Women in Chemistry Early Career Researcher Showcase as part of the university of Melbourne Science Festival. Come along and hear about some exciting chemistry research from Chemistry Early Career Researchers: Dr Stacey Rudd: Experienced Postdoctoral Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the fields of chemistry, molecular biology,…
Rainbows in Science
Rainbows in Science: LGBTQIA+ science event Keen for an evening of rainbow science, meeting LGBTQ+ scientists from ANU and beyond, and free food? Young, emerging and aspiring LGBTQ+ scientists (16 – 25yrs) are invited to an evening of colourful STEMonstrations from a variety of science disciplines (earth sciences, environmental sciences, biology, physics, and medicine), followed…
Good bugs, bad bugs – preserving and fermenting food in glass
Join us virtually for our National Science Week event Good bugs, bad bugs – preserving and fermenting food in glass. Some bacteria are good – for example they live in our gut and help us digest food or they help us preserve food safely through fermentation. Other bacteria can make us very sick through food poisoning…
Women in Science Lecture Series
Associate Professor Karyn Johnson is the Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland and is a virologist who specialises in viruses transmitted by insects. After completing her PhD at CSIRO in conjunction with Australian National University, Karyn worked at the Department of Microbiology at The University of Alabama at Birmingham….
Women in Science Lecture Series
Associate Professor Karyn Johnson is the Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland and is a virologist who specialises in viruses transmitted by insects. After completing her PhD at CSIRO in conjunction with Australian National University, Karyn worked at the Department of Microbiology at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since joining UQ,…
Women in Science Lecture Series
Associate Professor Karyn Johnson is the Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland and is a virologist who specialises in viruses transmitted by insects. After completing her PhD at CSIRO in conjunction with Australian National University, Karyn worked at the Department of Microbiology at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since joining UQ,…
Women in Science Lecture Series
Associate Professor Karyn Johnson is the Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland and is a virologist who specialises in viruses transmitted by insects. After completing her PhD at CSIRO in conjunction with Australian National University, Karyn worked at the Department of Microbiology at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since joining UQ,…