Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Meet the chemistry superheroes fast-tracking innovation, showcasing Australian technology to the world. If you could create a perfect company during a global pandemic, it would look a lot like EpiChem, a wholly owned subsidiary of PharmAust (ASX:PAA). “We’re all about accelerating the commercialisation of cutting edge, disruptive, novel technologies,” CEO Colin La Galia says. Put […]
Advice for early- and mid-career researchers from a diverse thinker (and doer)
If you’re an EMCR who’s considering changing direction and wondering how to reach your desired destination, then the following four tips gained from my successes and failures may help you
How to turn your research career into a launch pad to alternative worlds of employment
Recently, someone said to me ‘You were preparing yourself for 10 years to leave research weren’t you?’ I was surprised by this comment and realised they were partly correct: it was 15 years.
Why I left research—and what would have made me and other women stay
I read a brilliant article this month by my very talented friend Dr Darren Saunders on “What can men do to stem the exodus of women from science?”. Many points in his article I found quite sobering, particularly that women comprise more than half of science PhD graduates and early career researchers but just 17% […]
Swinburne turning PhD’s on their Head
But whatever their background, the students all have one thing in common—a burning desire to make a difference in the medical world and improve people’s lives.
Feeling like a Backstage Groupie with Real World Changers
When I received an invitation to have breakfast with the winners of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science at the Shine Dome in Canberra I thought to myself “Would it be worth it?” – 6 hours of driving for a 1.5 hour breakfast. In hindsight this was a stupid question, but let me explain […]