Improving Drug Discovery: A Molecular Understanding of Cell Surface Receptors
Many hurdles remain to improving GPCR drug discovery, requiring an expanded, interdisciplinary approach to open the door to new therapies.
Young Scientist Research Prizes
Every year, final year PhD candidates present their doctoral studies to compete for the Young Scientist Research Prizes that recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists. Eight students present under the four categories: Biological Sciences, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Earth…
Let’s Torque STEM Grand Final
Consistent with the theme of “Possible Impossibles”, six undergraduate students presented STEM solutions to global challenges in the Let’s Torque Grand Finals. The finalists aimed to bridge the gap between researchers and society by communicating innovative STEM developments to the…
Spinning Yarns
We've asked four scholars, scientists and seekers of a better world: What's keeping you off the streets, and up at night? The unsurprising answer is that a life of enquiry is never short of things to do! Throughout Victoria's 2020 pandemic lockdowns, our speakers have dauntlessly continued their labours, producing scientific work for the public good, campaigning for a brighter future informed by scientific knowledge, or dutifully preserving the beautiful legacy of scientific instrumentation from earlier times, holding something of the story of long-gone people rising to the challenges of their own times.