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Past Fresh Scientists
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Here are the 2000 ScienceNOW! presenters in order of presentations. Click on their names to view their press releases.The 2000 Fresh Scientists were:Rachel Melland has developed new, environmentally friendly ways of killing boneseed. Boneseed, a garden shrub with yellow daisy flowers is one of Australia’s worst environmental pests.Ph D
Student, CRC for Weed Management Systems Our evidence of brain changes prior to and during the
initial stages of illness. This conflicts with the dominant view that
schizophrenia is caused by brain changes developing before or around the time of
birth. Research
Psychiatrist, Mental Health Research Institute, Murdoch Institute, Melbourne
Chris
has found enough water to fill our planet’s oceans a million times over. Chris
and his colleagues are using the Infrared Space Observatory, a space based
observatory launched by a consortium of European nations. Australian
Research Council Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Physics, University
College UNSW A PhD student at the Prince of Wales Hospital
Orthopaedic Research Lab and the University of New South Wales, Richard Harris,
has completed the first detailed study into reconstruction of elite athletes'
injuries to the coracoclavicular complex in the shoulder girdle. PhD
student, UNSW/Prince of Wales Hospital Stuart found that krill can avoid the dangerous ultraviolet rays from the ozone hole through a combination of diet and exercise. Krill will eat algae rich in natural sunscreens and also swim away from the harmful ultra-violet light. Krill are pivotal to life in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica as many species depend on them for food. Any threat to them from increased UV due to the Ozone Hole is a major concern. PhD student, School of Zoology, University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Colorectal cancer is the second most common malignancy in the Western world. We found new genes development of colorectal cancer. Identification of relevant genes may provide new targets for diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. NH &
MRC Research Officer, Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane Melita has produced the first ever descriptions of the chemical size distributions of atmospheric particles in Australian cities. Her research is likely to lead to revisions to air quality standards, with concentration limits for very fine particles. Research
Scientist, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne Every day Australia loses the area the size of a football oval to dryland salinity. David and his colleagues from University of South Australia and CSIRO have developed a way to use NASA’s aircraft and Space Shuttle to measure soil moisture. Lecturer,
Earth Observation Science and GIS
School
of Geoinformatics, Planning and Building, University of South Australia We’ve found a gene that is critical for formation of many structures in the mouse brain. This information is helping us understand the complex process of brain formation. Post-Doctoral
Fellow, Murdoch
Childrens Research Mathew Devenish is making the toolkits for the robots
of the future Robots that look and behave like humans are proving too
complicated and expensive to use in industry, and are being replaced by devices
called 'modular manipulators'. Ph D
Student,
Curtin University of
Technology, Perth Camilla believes she has a new method of preventing
hamstring strains. It is based on
regular training, biased towards eccentric exercise, where the contracting
muscle is stretched. Graduate
Student, Monash University, Dept of Physiology Fossil molecules, which were originally produced by
plants growing hundreds of millions of years ago on the Australian mainland,
tell a dramatic story of immense fluctuations in climate and sea level. Research
Fellow Curtin
University of Technology, Where does the metal in giant ore deposits come from? Right now people think that huge fluid systems scavenge metal from sedimentary basins or crystalline rocks in the Earth¹s crust, near the Earth¹s surface. Our work says differently. Research
Fellow, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University, melbourne A new geological study in the Antarctic has shown that the coldest continent split in two about 30 million years ago, and solved a long-standing mystery among geoscientists. Published in Nature, the study helps explain the formation of New Zealand. Lecturer in
Geophysics, University of Sydney As we breathe, lung movements could be killing the very cells we need for gas exchange according to Adelaide University researcher Dr Yasmin Edwards and her colleagues. Lecturer,
Flinders University/Adelaide University Performance of the Jindalee over the horizon radar depends on careful positioning and tuning. Jindalee is essentially a giant radio transmitter and receiver. To work properly it needs to be tuned. Daniel and his team have developed a remarkable tuning technique. Research
Scientist, Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Adelaide
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