President, Silicon Genetics 935 Washington Street San Carlos CA 94070 USA

It is now possible to measure what every single gene is doing simultaneously in a cell under a variety of conditions. This enables scientists to say "Eureka! I've discovered a million numbers!" Unfortunately, their colleagues reply "And?" Andrew Conway is helping biochemists find meaning in their data.

• A "Gut" Feeling of How Your Intestine Works - Sherry Randhawa

Associate Lecturer in Engineering, Flinders University of South Australia

Ever wondered why you don't spew more often? Your intestine, controlled by its own "brain", the Enteric Nervous System, silently, without your conscious knowledge, performs this miraculous feat, controlling food movement and digestion, every day of your life.

• Black Holes are Pink - Paul Francis

Lecturer, Aust. National University, Mount Stromlo Observatory

When black holes rip stars and gas clouds to pieces, the debris gets so hot that it shrouds the black hole with a brilliant blue-white light. Or so everyone thought, until we discovered pink quasars; black holes glowing with a pink light so intense that they are amongst the pinkest objects in the Universe.

• 150 cleans a day keeps the parasites away - Lexa Grutter

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ARC), University of Queensland

New work to be published in Nature shows that small 'Cleaner fish' really do help keep reef fish healthy by picking parasites from them up to 150 times a day.

• Transplant rejection - sometimes more is less - Alexandra Sharland

Most transplants need immunosuppressive drugs but livers often don't . Why and how can we use this knowledge?

• Genes and Epilepsy: How do they "fit"? - Robyn Wallace

Research Officer, Women's and Children's Hospital

Recycling wastepaper is good for the environment but it could be better. Ed is using enzymes from fungi to make recycling greener.

Scott's new research shows that a long term fluctuation in the Pacific's temperature can have a profound influence on El Nino and La Nina.

Scientists all over the world have been battling with the problem of HIVvaccines for almost a decade. But now, a new "polytope" technology from the CRC for Vaccine Technology is being applied to HIV and many other diseases..

Janet's research is showing that the faster one thinks, the better one's memory.

Research into acid-producing soils along major rivers in northern NSW has illustrated the threat posed by Mother Nature, not only sugar cane farmers, on fish stocks in the region. Ben has found that droughts are also a major cause of naturally occurring sulfuric acid that kills commercially important fish stocks in the rivers.

New research by an Australian student reveals the code our bodies use to control our immune systems. Her work could have tremendous medical benefits.