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Growing up, Philip Bowrey spent much of his time learning and playing in the virtual world.
- Author: Hannah Gray
- Date: 13 July 2020
- Study Area: Information Technology
It might seem like one of the latest food trends, but did you know people in Australia and around the world have been eating insects for millennia? ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø’s Professor Andreas Lopata shares his research into how we can create a safe and sustainable
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 13 October 2022
- Study Area: Biomedical Sciences; Science|Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Few could carve out a dream vocation that involves digging for dinosaurs across the world and uncovering African hominid fossils of staggering significance, but geologist Dr Eric Roberts hasn’t had just any old career.
- Date: 16 April 2020
- Study Area: Geoscience; Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
- College: College of Science and Engineering
From rhinos in Africa to horses in Mongolia, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Alumni Dr Campbell Costello has worked with animals all across the globe. Now, he’s back on Australian soil treating animals in the outback.
- Author: Mykala Wright
- Date: 21 February 2023
- Study Area: Veterinary Science
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Professor Bruce Gummow has spent a lifetime forging a unique path in the veterinary sciences. His journey has led to ground-breaking achievements in animal disease prevention, control and eradication across almost every continent.
- Author: Mykala Wright
- Date: 11 December 2023
- Study Area: Veterinary Science; Zoology|Science|Ecology
It is important to recognise the essential role that veterinarians play in promoting fairness and equity within the veterinary profession. ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Veterinary Science student Isabella Sorrentino shares her exchange program experience in Thailand and the
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 13 April 2023
- Study Area: Veterinary Science
Some of the largest structures ever documented in the Australian archaeological record are being studied in the remote Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia, revealing the sophisticated engineering capabilities of Indigenous Australians.
- Date: 10 May 2019
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences
- College: College of Arts, Society and Education
When ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø alumni, Dr Brooke Schampers, began working with the Animal Emergency Service in Brisbane, she quickly discovered that she had entered a wild world. From patients in need of urgent care to the long nights of shift work, Dr Brooke shares her
- Date: 17 May 2021
- Study Area: Veterinary Science
- College: College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Alumni Regan Lynch says that she’s always had her sights set on veterinary science. Now a vet working in North West Queensland, Regan shares what it’s like to work in a mixed practice clinic and her plans to branch out into biosecurity
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 8 February 2023
- Study Area: Veterinary Science
As an expert in bioinformatics, Associate Professor Matt Field generally focuses on questions involving tropical diseases and personalised medicine. However, he recently took a detour into dingo DNA research and found information that could
- Author: Bianca de Loryn
- Date: 26 February 2024
- Study Area: Biomedical Sciences
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Bachelor of Engineering — Bachelor of Science student Ethan Waters is one of the leaders of the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Robotics Team in the 2022 Maritime RobotX Challenges this November. However, the competition itself is only one of many challenges the team
- Author: Bianca de Loryn
- Date: 31 May 2022
- Study Area: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
While the European honeybee is most widely recognised in the global movement to save the bees, Australia has a number of native pollinators also in need of our help.
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 19 May 2021
- Study Area: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
Notorious for spreading through oceans and lakes in toxic blooms that can affect humans, livestock, and fish alike, algae can be very bad news. But they also have a good side.
- Date: 10 May 2019
- Study Area: Marine Science
- College: College of Science and Engineering
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø PhD student Tom Swan researches tiger mosquitos in the Torres Strait, in order to better protect Australia from the bite of one of the most aggressive mosquitos in the world.
- Author: Bianca de Loryn
- Date: 18 August 2020
- Study Area: Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Could the humble Blacklip Rock Oyster be the pollution pac-man of our oceans and waterways? ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Professor Jan Strugnell thinks so and she has the research to back it up. To mark World Ocean Day 2024, the theme of which is Catalysing Action for our
- Author: Rachelle McCabe
- Date: 8 June 2024
- Study Area: Marine Science