Dr Rhiannon Werder is growing ‘mini-lungs in a dish’ that mimic the complexity and function of lungs in living people. The Team Leader at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has already used stem cell-derived lung cells to create models of human genetic diseases, like cystic fibrosis, and acquired lung diseases and infections, such as the…
And what happens when they stop talking? Dr William Roman is growing human muscles on a chip. He’s using them to understand how the skeletal muscle cell, the largest cell in a human body, connects with neurons and tendons to create working muscles. William is using his ‘mini-muscles’ as a model to understand the fundamental…
See highlights by day: Saturday 10: Sci-fi art-science; animal vagina surprises; boomerang flights; and please DO touch the dinosaurs Sunday 11: Meet an Aussie astronaut; robots on farms; and the science of chocolate Monday 12: Bugging bats and birds; NASA’s space dunny; and the man who invented Vegemite Tuesday 13: Counting koalas; quantum future; space…
Great National Science Week health stories up for grabs now around Australia More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area.
Great National Science Week First Nations science stories up for grabs now around Australia More on these below and visit ScienceWeek.net.au/events to find more stories in your area.
Monday 12 August Highlights from day 3 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. ACT: Meet the inventor making steel from old tyres SA: Giant wombat, 2.5 metre kangaroo, Tasmanian tigers, and cool caves – online, via Naracoorte VIC: Breakfast in a petri dish: inside the…
Sunday 11 August Highlights from day 2 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: A morning with astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg at Scienceworks NSW: Meet a dinosaur (and others) at Lizard Log at Western Sydney Parklands QLD: Are robots rolling onto farms? Find out at Ekka…
Dozens of Science Week stories around Tasmania More on each of the highlights below. National Science Week in Tasmania is coordinated by Inspiring Tasmania. Visit their website: inspiringtas.org.au.
Dozens of Science Week stories around ACT More on each of the highlights below.
Science Week stories abound across Queensland More on each of the highlights below. National Science Week in Queensland is coordinated by Inspiring Australia Queensland. Visit their website: www.inspiringqld.com.au