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MacquarieUniversity uploaded a new video
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A major factor in Australian education has
been the decline in enrolmen...
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A major factor in Australian education has
been the decline in enrolments in sciences
and maths by school students and the impact
of this on tertiary science education and the
numbers of science graduates within the
community. In conjunction with Macquarie
University, this project has been designed to
introduce a strong science-based curriculum
into the schools within the Peninsula
Community of Schools (PCS).
The PCS and Macquarie have developed and
implemented innovative teaching and learning
practices within the Science, Technology
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curricula.
The aim of the project is to improve the
delivery of STEM subjects at PCS across
all levels of education.
TEAM
Macquarie University: Professor Stephen Thurgate,
Ms Kathy Vozella; Professor Ian Gibson,
Mr Alan Rice and Mr Frank Abas
Partner Institutions: Peninsula School
Education Director — Mr Maurice Brunning and
Principal Cromer Public School — Mr Greg Jones.
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MacquarieUniversity uploaded a new video
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A major concern for schools, universities
and governments is poor stude...
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A major concern for schools, universities
and governments is poor student
engagement and retention in science.
This project innovatively combines
rural and city schools, astronomers
and technology-focussed educational
researchers in developing a novel learning
and teaching program that engages
students in science. It focused educational
research on an area of natural interest for
school students, astronomy, and offered
teachers and students opportunities to
control powerful $30M, robotically operated
research-grade telescopes via the internet.
Students conducted real research at a
level appropriate to their level of scientific
development with suitable support from
their teachers, teacher associates and
project staff.
TEAM:
Macquarie University: Professor Quentin Parker,
Ms Lesa Moore, Dr Milorad Stupar,
Ms Catherine Braiding and
Professor John Hedberg
Partner Institutions: Swinburne University —
Professor Duncan Forbes and Dr Lisa Germany
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MacquarieUniversity uploaded a new video
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The innovation involves the realisation
of highly simplified and robust...
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The innovation involves the realisation
of highly simplified and robust lasers with
maximum functionality, for various applications
ranging from airborne environments to medical
procedures. The type of laser being developed
is called a fibre laser and consists of a laser
operating within an optical fibre. The innovation
comes when these lasers are combined with
internal mirrors, known as fibre Bragg gratings.
More specifically by using fibre Bragg gratings
written via the point-by-point method which
have been shown to have properties favourable
for lasers, it is possible to realise enhanced
functionality from the lasers and therefore
new applications.
TEAM: Macquarie University: Mr Nemanja Jovanovic,
Dr Graham Marshall, Dr Alexander Fuerbach,
Dr Michael Steel and Dr Michael Withford
Partner Institutions: Friedrich-Schiller
Universitat — Jens Thomas, Stefan Nolte
and Andreas Tunnermann
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MacquarieUniversity uploaded a new video
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Environmental risk management in the
energy and resource industries is ...
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Environmental risk management in the
energy and resource industries is essential
in order to minimise impacts of emissions
and waste on sustainability, and human and
ecosystem health. This application is for
research leadership in a range of projects,
including the assessment of power station
contributions to photochemical smog and
fine particle formation in urban regions;
improved techniques for the reporting of
emissions to the national pollutant inventory;
human health assessments of gas and
particulate emissions from motor vehicles;
and a comprehensive study of mercury
sources, transport and fate.
Professor Peter Nelson
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MacquarieUniversity uploaded a new video
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Ourinnovation was to develop a 1-pot synthesis
of a marine natural produ...
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Ourinnovation was to develop a 1-pot synthesis
of a marine natural product called ageladine A
and to use this method to make a small library
of analogues with potential for treating cancer.
Ageladine A is the first example of a new class
of natural product and is significant because
it shows powerful anti-angiogenic activity.
By thinking about how nature might make such
a compound we aimed to develop a synthesis
that was concise and started from cheap
materials. Sudhir brought our ideas to fruition in
the lab by initially developing a 3-step synthesis,
which we have now shortened to just one step.
This is important if we are to make ageladine
analoguesonalargescale.Oneofouranalogues
is more active than the natural product and
we are now focussing on this compound in
collaboration with a New Zealand biotech
company. The anti-angiogenic activity of our
analogues is exciting as it holds the potential of
providing new drugs for solid cancers, treating
macular degeneration and inflammatory
diseases that have fewer side effects than
current therapies. As the compounds are also
all fluorescent, they may also find application
in diagnostics and as probes for disease states
in cells or whole organisms.
Associate Professor Peter Karuso and Mr Sudhir Shengule
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