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Why does my dog chase squirrels? Is my cat scared of the vacuum cleaner? You’ve likely looked at your pet and wondered what it was thinking. Scientists study animal behaviour and cognition in efforts to understand how animals process information and make decisions.

Have you ever been to a lake where you were warned not to swim? Was the water green and slimy, and did it have an unpleasant smell? If so, the water was likely contaminated by Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

Honours BSc in Biomedical Science, Biostatistics Option (Summa Cum Laude) 2019

New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) – Exploration grants support interdisciplinary, high-risk and high-return research. In 2021, Professors Eva Hemmer, François-Xavier Campbell-Valois and Augusto Gerolin received NFRF funding for their pioneering projects.

The pursuit of increased efficiency drives research and development. In technological fields, this is particularly relevant.

We often imagine scientists as individuals in white coats examining test tubes in a research laboratory, yet this is not accurate for all science fields.

Visualise this: a busy street, a wooden crate, and a scientist standing on the crate giving an impromptu speech. That’s the basis of a soapbox, and the idea behind the public outreach platform Soapbox Science.

Bacteria are all around us: in the soil, air, and water, in radioactive waste and even in our bodies. Their ability to prosper in extreme environments make them powerful allies, but also dangerous enemies.

Comprising over 100 billion neurons and an enigmatic number of connections between them, the human nervous system is the most complex system in the body.

STEM fields have historically been dominated by white men, and as a result, there is often an assumption that STEM scientists are white and male.