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Science in Public team
BackgroundsNiall is a science writer and publicist based in Melbourne. His work involves helping scientists get their work into the public space. He does the writing, story-telling and publicity for the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, the Eureka Prizes and the Peter Gruber Foundation. He also helps early career scientists learn how to promote their work as part of the national Fresh Science program. His clients include: Nature Biotechnology, the Bionic Ear Institute, the Gruber prizes, the Australian Institute of Physics, NZ Trade and Enterprize, Bionic Technologies Australia and the Australian Genome Alliance Centre. After emigrating from England in 1982 with a biology degree, Niall established his career in science communication over a decade managing the communication for emergency disease issues at CSIRO Animal Health Laboratories in Geelong. He was media director for the 2003 International Congress of Genetics which received the biggest media coverage for any science conference in Australia and more recently was the Conference Director for the 5th World Conference of Science Journalists held in Melbourne in April 2007. Sarah is a science communicator and event manager. She develops and delivers communication strategies for science organisations, manages science projects and events and provides media and presentation training. She currently assists the Australian Institute of Physics with their communication and media, and coordinates the national Fresh Science program which publicises the work of early-career scientists. With a background in biochemistry and genetics, Sarah moved into science communication by joining the science circus and completing a graduate diploma in science communication through ANU. She went on to assist Biotechnology Australia establish the Gene Technology Information Service, a national enquiry centre on biotechnology and gene technology. Familiar with the science, issues and public attitudes to do with biotechnology, she has presented widely to audiences including farmers, teachers, students, government groups and at international conferences. Her freelance projects have taken her through Canberra to work on Science meets Parliament and 50th anniversary celebrations for the Australian Academy of Science; up to Queensland to develop and design a travelling biotechnology exhibition and across to China to extract DNA from bananas in a shopping centre. Sarah was the Executive Officer for the 5th World Conference of Science Journalists which was held in Melbourne in April 2007. Margie is a Melbourne-based science communicator. She assists Science in Public across their portfolio of work, focussing on the Australian Institute of Physics and Fresh Science. She has a background in Zoology and Environmental Science. Margie has lectured and worked in environmental management. She is undertaking a postgraduate diploma in Technical Communication.
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