Dr Stuart Brierley
Dr Stuart Brierley – Neuroscience and Gastroenterology Research Fellow, Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Royal Adelaide Hospital Stuart researches the chronic pain disorder Irritable Bowel Syndrome which affects up to 20% of all Australians and costs millions of dollars a year in lost productivity and health care. He is investigating why for most people pain is activated…
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Dr Tara Pukala – Protein Chemistry Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide Tara’s work investigates the molecular machinery that keeps our bodys’ factories running. The proteins that make up this machinery are like any other piece of equipment made of multiple parts that need to work together smoothly. Tara’s work is generating…
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Dr Claire Jessup – Diabetes and Transplant Research Research Fellow, Renal Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Claire investigates how transplanting clusters of special cells into the pancreas of people whose bodies cannot control their blood sugar levels could provide a long term treatment for diabetes. These clusters of special cells are called islets, are found only…
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Dr Craig Priest – Microfluidics and Interfacial Chemistry Research Fellow, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia. Craig researches the way liquids spread over or stick to surfaces, much like what happens when writing with a pen, painting a wall or using non-stick cookware. He controls whether liquids stay on or run off a…
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Dr Erin Symonds – Gastroenterology and Nutrition Senior Research Officer, Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Royal Adelaide Hospital Erin’s work examines the way the human stomach senses food causing feelings of fullness and loss of appetite. She has discovered that “taste buds” for different nutrients exist not only in the tongue but also throughout the gut and…
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Dr Laura Brooks – Acoustics Research Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Laura investigates how different sounds are made, for example the noise made when the blades of a windmill cuts through the air; the noise of a submarine’s fins cutting through water or the noise of air flowing over an airplane wing…
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Dr Mark Tingay – Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering Senior lecturer at the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide Mark’s research examines stresses in the Earth’s crust caused by movements of its tectonic plates. In particular he investigates how rocks buckle and break under natural processes (e.g. formation of mountains, generation of earthquakes) and man-made…
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Dr Philip Gregory – Breast Cancer Research Research Fellow, National Breast Cancer Foundation, SA Pathology. Philip’s research addresses the leading cause of death for sufferers of breast cancer – the spread of cancer cells from the initial tumour to other organs. He studies the transformation of cancerous cells into the even more aggressive cells which…
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