2016: the year in Sydney Science
2016 was another amazing year of discoveries, world-firsts and prize wins for the sciences at the University of Sydney. Here are some of the true highlights.
We launched Australia's first nanoscience facility
The , is located in the Sydney Nanoscience Hub 鈥� the most advanced facility for nanoscience in the region.
Professor Rick Shine won Scientist of the Year and the PM's Prize for Science
But wasn't the only one 鈥� many of our other researchers also !
Our vet school ranked #1 in Australia
And moved up to be 听
We announced a plan to introduce maths pre-requisites
Because Australia is at maths, and
Professor Nalini Joshi addressed gender equity issues
Professor Joshi听 the National Press Club of Australia on issues of women in STEM and helped launch the .
We discovered the amazing potential of tassie devil milk
Our PhD student Emma Peel discovered that听peptides contained in the can kill some of the most deadly bacterial and fungal infections.
We launched a unique online parenting program
- it's free, father-friendly and only online.听It aims to increase the participation of both parents to improve outcomes significantly for families and society.
We were visited by a Bengal tiger (twice!)
听us for听diagnostic imaging ahead of surgery to save her eyesight, at University Veterinary Teaching Hospital and then again in at our Camden Veterinary Hospital.
We turned bars and pubs into classrooms
For the second year in a row, we partnered with and had 20 of our academics enter 20 bars to deliver 20 free thought-provoking free talks across the city of Sydney.
If you missed out, you can still listen to all the !
We helped school kids take down the most hated man in the world
With university guidance, Sydney Grammar high schoolers managed to make .
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