2010 Annual Report - Institute for Molecular Bioscience - University ...

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Darren Brown and Dr Michael Landsberg, winner and runner-up of the Ångström Art Centenary competition.
The remaining ambassadors were: Dr
Nilesh Bokil (Sweet group), Dr Andrew
Brooks (Waters group), Natasha
Chaudhary (Parton group), Dr Nicole
Cloonan (Grimmond group), Baptiste
Coxam (Hogan group), Dr Marcel
Dinger (Mattick group), Marga Gual
Soler (Stow group), Dr Michael Hanzal-
Bayer (Teasdale group), Dr Elaine Julian
(Wainwright group), Dr Praveen Madala
(Fairlie group), Anne Sawyer (Hankamer
group), Evan Stephens (Hankamer
group), Dr Michael Tallack (Perkins
group), and Dr Brit Winnen (King group).
These ambassadors promoted science
at events such as Brisbane’s Royal
Show (the “Ekka”), UQ’s Experience
Science, Open Day, Celebration of
Centenary and Biofutures. They also
assisted with visits from groups ranging
from international scientific and political
delegates to the Double Helix Club for
primary school children, and hosted
work experience students from schools
around Brisbane. Dr Michael Tallack
even appeared on Channel 10 science
show Scope, in a segment on bacteria
and exponential growth. IMB welcomes
enquiries from media and tour groups
– please contact imb@imb.uq.edu to
arrange a tour.
IMB SCIENTISTS WERE PART OF
CSIRO’s Scientists in Schools program,
which pairs a teacher and a scientist.
The partnership is flexible, allowing
scientists to engage with the class in the
way in which they and the teacher feel is
best for both the time available and the
needs of the students.
Dr Brad Marsh and Dr Melissa Davis
continued their partnerships with
Graceville State School and Ironside
State School respectively. Dr Bernd
Becker donated his time to both
Centenary State High School and the
Mater Hospital Special School, while
Peter van der Heide spent time with
Brisbane State High School students.