Profiles
Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist
Australia’s national science agency has appointed Dr Cathy Foley to the position of CSIRO Chief Scientist.
Research and industry – A relationship guide (Part 2)
Videos from the Spark Festival: Australian leaders explore how universities can better prepare researchers for the future.
Research and industry – A relationship guide (Part 1)
Videos from the Spark Festival: Australian leaders explore how universities can better prepare researchers for the future.
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science go to…
The winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were announced this week – and here they are!
Core code
Gernot Heiser has spent the past decade developing secure microkernals for operating systems.
Fight club at cybersecurity MOOC
Australia’s hottest hackers come from one Sydney lab, led by an affable professor who is on a mission to fight cybercrime at the world’s biggest institutions.
Organ weaver
Working at the intersection of biophysics and technology, UNSW researchers are weaving artificial tissues in the hope they can get the body to repair itself.
Industry placements pave the way to success
CRCs are leading the way in introducing PhD students to a career in industry with targeted placement programs and projects.
Early career researchers take the stage
The winner of the Showcasing Early Career Researchers Competition was announced at the CRCA’s 2017 Collaborate Innovate conference.
Creating the life-saving Nanopatch
Smaller than a postage stamp and covered in vaccine-coated microscopic projections, the Nanopatch promises to save millions of lives.
Have your call to action ready
Science meets Parliament opened up a whole new world of science advocacy for Dr Krystal Evans, CEO of the Biomelbourne Network. So how did she make herself heard?
Make your expertise available
For medical researcher Dr Darren Saunders, seeing the workings of government up close was an eye-opening experience and a catalyst for getting involved in science policy.
Dare to talk about your ideas
Researchers often underestimate the impact that their knowledge and projects can have, says former SmP delegate, Dr Anne-Sophie Dielen.
Biosensors to shield against deadly epidemics
Near the height of the Zika virus outbreak, Associate Professor Joanne Macdonald started developing portable diagnostic technologies to save lives.
Women’s network supports health and medical researchers
Dr Melina Georgousakis tells the story behind founding Franklin Women, Australia’s only network for women working in health research.
Blueprints to a collaboration boom
Dr Robin Knight, Director of UK-based collaboration platform IN-PART, shares what Australia and the UK can learn from each other when it comes to commercialisation.
L’Oréal Women in Science 2016
Meet the winners of the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowships.
“Healthcare is not a system”
Paul Nicolarakis, CEO of the CRC spin-off Lorica Health, explains their business model in a five minute pitch made at the 2016 Tech23 event.
Remote Research Ranges: a startup story
An interview with Dr Catherine Ball, CEO and Founder of one of Australia’s most innovative environmental services startups.
What’s your story?
Inspiring Australia’s Jackie Randles explores the how and why behind sharing your journey as a researcher.
Biophotonics pioneer
Professor Dayong Jin from the University of Technology, Sydney is harnessing light to revolutionise the future of medicine.
NASA’s Women in STEM
They really do exist! NASA’s ‘ghostbusters’ bust myths about careers in STEM.
Australia’s most innovative women engineers
Meet the women from the group of outstanding professionals who were awarded ‘Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers 2016’ in Engineer Australia’s magazine, create.
Fighting poverty and championing equality
Laura Boykin is using science to help farmers in East Africa fight the devastating effects of whiteflies on cassava crops.