 My father was actually the inspiration for me getting into science. He worked for the Department of Agriculture as an extension agent, taking results of scientific research to farmers. And I'd see bags of super phosphate molybdenum in the boot of the car and hear his stories over the dinner table. And I could see the value of the work that he was doing and how much was improving the agriculture of Tasmania. When I was about 14, my father bought back a textbook from America called Biophysics. I of course didn't know what it meant, nor did he actually. But I got advice from, or he got advice from Ralph Slatcher, who was regarded as Australia's most eminent biophysicist. And Ralph advised that I should do physics and maths as an undergraduate and then bring those skills into biology. And that's how it started. Very early on I worked on the problem of how much water plants need to grow and that it compromises the plants making it better. It's strange that that's led to all sorts of opportunities to work with people internationally and non-academics government and so on. That model that we produced has been widely applied both in plant physiology and outside plant physiology. So it's used in climate models and indeed in some places in Europe it's used to help predict the weather. So just that simple mathematical model has been given an entree into a number of different applications and areas of research. Science is a long game so for me it's involved excellent mentors and teachers. I've been really fortunate to put in students and postdocs that I've had. I've been lucky to have smart colleagues that have been collaborative and cooperative. It's part of a real team effort and that's what Mr Inamori and Inamori Foundation are really recognising with this reward. I'm grateful to all the team and I hope that the reward itself will give impetus to others to take on a career like this in science.