Under the Microscope

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Arts & Culture

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What remains of a performance when the curtain goes down?

Archives are an incomplete but important record of dance and theatre, and the history and artistry of University of Melbourne students is being revisited through these ‘remains’

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Environment

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Under the Microscope

From diet to climate, our fertility is at risk

A childhood fascination with the family dairy farm led Associate Professor Mark Green to a career in reproductive biology

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

Taking Indigenous Australia to NASA

Tully Mahr is one of five Australians heading to an internship with NASA, where the 21-year-old will spend three months researching life’s origins and planet habitability

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

Healing wounds with differential equations

Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

From art restorer to DNA explorer

Torn between fine art and science, Associate Professor Elizabeth Hinde tried both, before finding her dream role in studying the nuclear architecture of living cells

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

The palaeontology field keeps you on your toes

Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

A sustainable future for women in science

After a career break, Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini is now researching forests that grew in Antarctica around 56 million years ago, providing important data for Earth’s future climate

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Politics & Society

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Under the Microscope

Adjudicating international disputes

International law expert and Laureate Professor Hilary Charlesworth has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice – the first Australian woman in the United Nations body

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Environment

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Under the Microscope

Cultivating inclusive research

Being outside of the mainstream helped guide Dr Andrea Rawluk onto a path of research that asks us to challenge the status quo to integrate the environment and society

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Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

Using maths to prove computer security

Eureka prize winner Associate Professor Toby Murray thought maths was boring, but he now relies on it to secure critical systems like those of Defence against hackers

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