Dr Drew Neavin has developed a stem cell-based method that fast-tracks research identifying how bipolar disorder medications work in different people. This could offer a path to personalised treatment for the 568,000 Australians who have this serious lifelong mental health condition marked by pronounced mood swings. Drew grows stem cells from scores of different people…
Dr James McNamara has successfully repaired tiny, beating ‘mini hearts’ grown from the stem cells of patients with genetic heart disease. The work has suggested pathways to identify how faulty genes damage heart muscle, and how to fix them. Using these mini hearts, he and his colleagues developed a gene therapy that restored heart function…
Media Release from Tasmania’s National Science Week Coordinating Committee National Science Week begins on Saturday, with a month-long program of events giving Tasmanians the chance to explore everything from Antarctic research and astronomy to wildlife conservation, health, technology and renewable energy. While National Science Week officially runs from 15 to 23 August, Tasmania’s extended program…
Media release from the ABC Radio National Vote now To celebrate National Science Week 2026, ABC Radio National is calling on audiences to vote for Australia’s Most Amazing Wildflower. Voting is open now and the winner will be announced live on air on ABC Radio National on Friday 21 August, starting from 12pm AEST. With…
Great radio talent behind National Science Week stories up for grabs around Australia More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Scientists, experts, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Individual event details and media contacts Psychedelics reshaping mental health care – Hobart, TAS…
Highlights for youth media: More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Scientists, experts, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Individual event details Dungeons, Dragons and neuroscience, improvised live – Fortitude Valley, QLD Cutting-edge research meets role-play in Monsters and Molecules, a Dungeons…
Highlights for LGBTQIA+ media: More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Scientists, experts, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Individual event details and media contacts Queer eye for AI: modern mathematician explores Alan Turing’s legacy – Sydney, NSW Alan Turing (1912-1954) was…
Highlights for film, TV, video & photography media: More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Scientists, experts, performers and event organisers are available for interview throughout National Science Week. Individual event details and media contacts TikToker on how social media is changing science communication – Sandy Bay, TAS…
Business highlights: More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Individual event details From lab-grown meat to life-saving medicine – Sydney, NSW Could the technology built to grow cultivated meat also make the medicines of the future? Biotechnology entrepreneur George Peppou – founder of cultivated-meat company Vow – will trace the…
Highlights for health and medical media: More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area. Individual event details and media contacts Psychedelics reshaping mental health care – Hobart, TAS Medical mushrooms, LSD, MDMA and other once-taboo substances are reshaping mental health care.Psychedelic plants and fungi have long been used in…