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L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science forum

23 August 2011

On Wednesday 24 August the three L’Oréal Fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron for the L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science school forums. The three fellows presented their research to over 160 high achieving female students in year’s 9-12. The students then had the opportunity to ask the fellows questions about their day to day life, how [...]

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Crystallising a career in immunology

26 August 2008

Natalie Borg interview. Download audio interview here (mp3, 1.9MB) As a child, Natalie Borg tried to grow crystals. Two decades on, she is still growing crystals. But now she is analysing them with synchrotron light, to figure out how our bodies mount a rapid defence when we are attacked by viruses. “The immune system is [...]

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