Science In Public
Science writers, communicators, media, training, and public relations
We are gathering stories for our next magazine collection and online showcase of Australian science — Stories of Australian Science 2012.
We’ll publish online by 30 June, in print by 31 July, and distribute them to our contacts in Australia and overseas. We’ll also present them to guests at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science dinner in October.
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A who’s who of Sydney society comes together tonight to support the hunt for life-saving new treatments in the vast databases collected by the Centenary Institute’s medical researchers.
Fresh Science is a communication boot camp for researchers no more than five years out from their PhD. We teach them essential communication skills and get their stories out to local, national and international media.
If you’d like to apply for Fresh Science 2012, go to our nominations page.
For more information about Fresh Science and its history click here.
Nominations are open now and will close on Monday 11 June.
Australian and Vietnamese medical researchers are meeting in Sydney this week to plan their next move against tuberculosis (TB), a disease that once was Australia’s top killer and still kills 54,000 people each year in Vietnam.
The researchers are coming together in Australia to share their progress and build stronger ties in fighting a disease which threatens Australia through its presence in neighbouring countries.
The three L’Oréal Fellows for 2011 have been busy since they were announced on 23 August 2011.
Eve McDonald-Madden is in France, working with researchers at the National Institute for Agricultural Research to develop new strategies for the management of the impacts of climate change.
Centenary Institute’s Prof Chris Semsarian available for comment on sudden cardiac death in young athletes.Two fit, young professional footballers – apparently completely healthy – have suffered sudden heart attacks mid-match in recent weeks.
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You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses if you want to help someone in desperate need, and it is far better for building capacity in these communities.
Sydney doctor and philanthropist Tom Wenkart will donate $4 million on Monday 26 March, in the presence of the NSW Governor Dr Marie Bashir, to endow the University of Sydney Wenkart Chair in Endothelium Medicine at the Centenary Institute.
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Vaccines to change the world – Australia’s role in a critical global health mission – immunising against deadly diseases
This forum marks the launch of Australia’s Role in the World, a partnership initiative between The Australian Institute of International Affairs, The University of Melbourne and UN Youth Australia to engage young people, academia and the wider public in debate about major global issues.
6:30-8:00pm, Thursday 22 March 2012 in the Spot Basement Lecture Theatre, 198 Berkeley St.
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