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Here are the Fresh Scientists of 2011.

You can meet this year’s Fresh Scientists on Monday 6 June over a beer at the Duke of Kent, more information here. Feel free to share this event with friends and colleagues, a flyer can be downloaded here.

The details of the discoveries are embargoed until we release each of their stories over the coming weeks. You can keep up to date via this website, twitter or facebook.

For more information or to arrange an interview email AJ Epstein,  or phone +61 (3) 9078 5398

Fresh Scientists of 2011:

• Daniel Bayliss, an astronomer working at ANU/Mt Stromlo Observatory looking for extra-solar planets
• Regina Belski, a lecturer at Victoria University exploring lupins and heart health
• Lachlan Gray, a NHMRC fellow working at Monash University/Burnet Institute who is looking into HIV dementia
• Lina Happo, a PhD student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute who is tracking down suicide genes
• Stephen Redmond, a biomedical engineer at UNSW who is finding out how to keep our elderly upright
• Anna Richards, a postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences who is looking at the relationship between fire management and climate change
• Vijaya Singh, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Queensland who is looking at root systems and droughts
• Charis Teh, a PhD student at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU who is looking at a human system restore point
• Barbara Wueringer, a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland who is asking what sawfish do with their saw
• Morgan James, a PhD student at the University of Newcastle who is looking into cocaine addiction
• Emily Wong, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sydney who is looking into how baby marsupials survive in dirty pouches
• Frank Will, PhD student and senior lecturer at Deakin University who is improving fuel consumption
• Prasanth Divakaran, a PhD student at the University of Melbourne who is looking into ocean circulation
• Brandon MacDonald, a PhD student at the University of Melbourne/CSIRO who is developing solar inks
• Andrew Rodda, a postgraduate research student at Monash University who is looking into medical applications of plant based gels
• Louise van der Werff, a PhD student at Monash University/CSIRO is researching how smart fabrics can be used in medical treatment.

Join us to hear the latest science from 11 of Australia’s most innovative young scientists as they talk about their discoveries over a drink at a pub in Melbourne on Monday night, 6 June.
[Read more…] about Fresh Science at the Duke of Kent

Nominations closed 5pm Wednesday 30 March 2011.

We’re trying to identify the best research produced in the past year or so by early-career scientists, for Fresh Science and AMP’s ‘Tech on Tap’.

Fresh Science serves as a communication boot camp for early-career researchers – getting their stories out to local, national and international media, and teaching them essential communication skills.

This year we will be holding state finals so we can expose more young scientists across the country to the Fresh Science experience. Short-listed entrants will be invited to the State finals which will include a day of media training in their home state. The top candidates will then be flown to Melbourne for the Fresh Science National Final.

We won’t hold finals in every state – our final choice will be dictated by nomination numbers, quality of nominations and sponsorship. But entries from every state and territory will be eligible for the National Final.

In essence we’re looking for:

• early-career researchers (from honours students to no more than five years post-PhD)
• a peer-reviewed research with a significant result which has had no media coverage
• some ability to present ideas in everyday English.

This year we are also offering an additional opportunity for research students (doing honours, masters, PhD as of June 2010).

Those nominating for Fresh Science who are students also have the option to also nominate for AMP’s Tech on Tap, a Sydney-based partner event to Fresh Science.

Technology on Tap is an event which is held as part of AMP’s Amplify Festival of Innovation and Thought Leadership. The Festival is a week-long celebration of learning designed to get people thinking, talking, acting and innovating around emerging technologies and trends.

Technology on Tap provides an opportunity for early-career scientists and researchers to win $5,000 by sharing their research and how it benefits society with the Amplify Festival audience.

Nominations for Fresh Science and AMP’s Tech on Tap closed at 5pm, Wednesday 30 March 2011.

Fresh Science State finals will be held between 18 April – 6 May with the national Fresh Science event in Melbourne 6-9 June 2011.

AMP’s Tech on Tap will be held on Monday 6 June 2011 in Sydney.

Nominations for Fresh Science or Tech on Tap are now closed. If you’re interested in the selection criteria or nomination process for 2011, check out the how to nominate page to read the selection criteria.

Fresh Science is supported by the Federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Museum Victoria, and New Scientist magazine.
For further information about Fresh Science visit www.freshscience.org.au or contact Tim Thwaites on (03) 9078 5398 or email tim@freshscience.org.

Tech on Tap is an AMP project, and part of their AMPlify Festival.
For more information about the AMPlify festival or Tech on tap, visit http://www.amplifyfestival.com.au/tech-on-tap1 or contact Danielle Miller on (02) 9257 7756 or Danielle_Miller@amp.com.au.