Tackling the threat of antibiotic resistance

Dr Deborah Williamson - Doherty Institute

Understanding the most critical contributing factors to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Dr Jaclyn Pearson - Hudson Institute

Understanding the world in quantum

Dr Jacq Romero - University of Queensland

Improving the health for indigenous communities

Dr Matire Harwood – University of Auckland

Discovering the link between cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and obesity

Dr Stephanie Simonds - Monash University

Boosting an infertile world

Dr Angela Crean, The University of Sydney

The evolution of pregnancy

Dr Camilla Whittington, The University of Sydney

Going inorganic!

Dr Erin Leitao, The University of Auckland

Understanding the air around us

Dr Jenny Fisher, University of Wollongong

When the oceans were 20 metres higher: revealing past and future climates

Dr Christina Riesselman, geologist, University of Otago, Dunedin

A hot future for sharks

Dr Jodie Rummer, marine biologist, James Cook University, Townsville

How we imagine the future

Dr Muireann Irish, cognitive neuroscientist, Neuroscience Research Australia/UNSW, Sydney

The short lives of hard-living, fast burning, high mass stars

Dr Shari Breen, astronomer, CSIRO, Sydney

Clean water with crystals

Dr Cara Doherty, materials scientist, CSIRO, Melbourne

Solving genetic disease mysteries

Dr Elena Tucker, geneticist, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne

How flies can help us predict the future

Dr Vanessa Kellermann, evolutionary biologist, Monash University, Melbourne

How Australia and India broke up—100 million years ago

Dr Joanne Whittaker, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

Tracking the spread of deadly diseases

Dr Kathryn Holt, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne

When killing saves lives: our immune system at work

Dr Misty Jenkins, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne

More efficient solar cells with quantum dots

Dr Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology

New treatments for blood cancers

Dr Kylie Mason, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research/Royal Melbourne Hospital

Giving patients more control of their lives

Dr Suetonia Palmer, University of Otago

Can we save the tiger with mathematics?

Dr Eve McDonald-Madden, The University of Queensland/CSIRO

A smarter way to deliver drugs

Dr Georgina Such, The University of Melbourne

The complex life of coral

Dr Tracy Ainsworth, James Cook University

Mopping up gases

Dr Deanna D’Alessandro, University of Sydney

How does breast cancer start?

Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Fighting back against malaria

Dr Rowena Martin, The Australian National University, Canberra/The University of Melbourne

Reading the Genome

Dr Marnie Blewitt, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

On the hunt for dark energy

Dr Tamara Davis, University of Queensland/University of Copenhagen

How did we get here?

Dr Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

Are nanoparticles safe?

Dr Amanda Barnard, The University of Melbourne

Big ecology: from tundra to rainforest, desert to savanna

Dr Angela Moles, The University of New South Wales

Unravelling the complexity of the immune system

Dr Erika Cretney, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Crystallising a career in immunology

Dr Natalie Borg, Monash University

New ways of looking at old diseases

Dr Catriona Bradshaw, Monash University/University of Melbourne

School girls join study to understand black holes and the birth of stars

Dr Ilana Feain, Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO

Could Vitamin D have a role in diabetes?

Dr Jenny Gunton, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Life and love amongst the finches

Dr Sarah Pryke, Macquarie University

Celebrating 10 years of the Australian L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships

Bridging the gap between humans and robots

Discovering the link between influenza and obesity

Ending skin disease for Australia’s Indigenous children

Unlocking the secrets to the universe!

Enhancing our perception of the world with augmented reality