The holy grail of healthy old age may lie in the riddle of cells that stop cancer and hasten age at the same time. Professor Judith Campisi, the head of research labs at San Francisco’s Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will present this research at the Inflammation in…
Images and videos for use in reporting on Ruth Bishop, winner of the 2013 CSL Florey Medal, with attribution.
Australian liver disease specialists available for World Hepatitis Day interviews Exciting early indications of a cure for Hepatitis C do not mean we should become complacent about the risks of contracting the debilitating disease, a leading Australian researcher warns. Professor Geoff McCaughan, head of the Liver Immunobiology Program at Sydney’s Centenary Research Institute, says preliminary…
An introduction for doctors to the documentary JABBED JABBED – love, fear and vaccines is a documentary on vaccination, screening on SBS One at 8.30pm, Sunday 26 May 2013. Vaccine-preventable diseases are still a problem in our community. While more than 90% of Australians support vaccination, some people are delaying or refusing vaccines. Whooping cough and measles…
Today at ANSTO’s Discovery Centre at Lucas Heights, 14 of NSW’s future science leaders are participating in the NSW Fresh Science state final. In total, 60 state finalists have been chosen competitively for their discovery and for the quality of their research. Today, they will be trained in how to talk science to journalists, business […]
Science in Public worked with journalism students at RMIT University to produce a series of radio pieces about the projects supported by the government’s Inspiring Australia strategy. Their work are being published online at http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/category/rmit/. The students were asked to choose a story which explores how scientists and communicators across Australia have engaged with the public…
Photo opportunity 1pm Friday 22 March: 2000 students from 80 countries will wear their flags in a march along the Yarra from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to Queensbridge Square. They’ve got a message for the United Nations – they’re demanding a seat at the table for young people as world leaders debate future…
Feel free to use these photos in any coverage of the Harvard World Model United Nations in Melbourne, 2013.
The students will each represent a different country in model versions of the United Nations General Assembly and all its committees, including the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, the International Criminal Court and the UN Environment Program. Read more about the committees and the topics they’ll be discussing: Committees List Conference Schedule Committee Session…
In Melbourne this week, 2000 young change-makers from 80 countries will meet for the world’s largest international student-led youth conference, the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN), from 18-22 March. Now in its 22nd year, with past meetings in Brussels, Geneva, London and Beijing, the world’s future leaders will be hosted here by students from…