Where’s the Water in Our Solar System?

by Dr Tanya Hill, Senior Curator of Astronomy at Museums Victoria NASA has a saying – “follow the water” – because wherever there is water here on Earth, we find life. Water provides an ideal environment for life to flourish. But even more importantly, all life on Earth can’t exist without water. From tiny bacteria […]

Student Superheroes Fighting Superbugs at Whittlesea Tech School

By Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson MRSV Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective treatment of a growing range of infectious diseases. Without effective antimicrobials, the success of modern medicine in treating infections will be drastically reduced. Over one million people die each year due to drug-resistant infections because their diseases are untreatable,1 and this could rise to […]

The Lighter Side of Building Bionic Eyes

The Royal Society of Victoria annually awards four competitive prizes to final year PhD students in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences, and Physical Sciences. In September 2023, we heard from this year’s eight finalists about their brilliant work in these fields. Over the coming months, they will […]

Harnessing Immune Cells in the Bowel to Fight Cancer

The Royal Society of Victoria annually awards four competitive prizes to final year PhD students in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences, and Physical Sciences. In September 2023, we heard from this year’s eight finalists about their brilliant work in these fields. Over the coming months, they will […]

Getting Back on Track

The Royal Society of Victoria annually awards four competitive prizes to final year PhD students in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences, and Physical Sciences. In September 2023, we heard from this year’s eight finalists about their brilliant work in these fields. Over the coming months, they will […]