How can topology and how fundamental maths can contribute to discoveries in health, disease and beyond? Donuts. Donuts will help explain. Dr Agnese Barbensi is an applied and computational topologist whose research explores how the shape of biological molecules influences their behaviour. From proteins that tie themselves into knots to DNA that becomes tangled and untangled, Agnese uses mathematics to uncover patterns that help explain some of biology’s most complex questions. In this e...
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Lessons from the veterinary operating room
Associate Professor Wendy Goodwin is a veterinary anaesthesia and critical care specialist whose work is helping improve animal welfare, patient safety, and outcomes for animals big and small. Wendy grew up on a remote sheep station in outback Queensland ("our phone number was the morse code for K - long-short-long"). She attended school via radio through distance education, helped her dad at his vet practice through her childhood and teenage years, and went on to become a leading researcher ...
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Where does your food come from? A farm-to-plate adventure
Did you know the average Australian eats 52kg of chicken a year? Meet Dr Ellie Assadi Soumeh, an expert in animal science and production who studies how to keep farm animals happy and healthy while helping grow the food we eat every day! Ellie talks about her early education in the midst of war, how a broken freezer changed the direction of her career, and the science of perfecting animal nutrition. Now Ellie works at the University of Queensland, where she researchers how to feed chick...
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