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Pint of Science returns to Sydney, bringing scientists ready to share their latest discoveries and ideas in pubs across the city. Come along for a casual evening where you can grab a drink and some food, hear from researchers, ask questions and be part of the conversation. The only thing you need to bring is your curiosity - no scientific knowledge required!
Brewing Fashion Textiles from Micro-organisms and Textile Waste
Margaret Jacobsen
(Doctoral Researcher, Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles, University of Technology)
Learn how bacterial cellulose produced by food-grade micro-organisms is combined with textile waste to create an alternative to synthetic leather for fashion applications.
Margaret is a PhD candidate at UTS researching microbial systems & fermentation processes to engineer new textile materials that avoid petro-chemical inputs & offer an alternative to polyurethane and PVC based synthetic leathers in fashion apparel.
Margaret is a PhD candidate at UTS researching microbial systems & fermentation processes to engineer new textile materials that avoid petro-chemical inputs & offer an alternative to polyurethane and PVC based synthetic leathers in fashion apparel.
No gravity, no rules: towards understanding cells in space
Giulia Silvani
(Giulia Silvani is a mechanobiologist at UNSW exploring how cells respond to physical forces. Using engineered microenvironments, she studies cancer behaviour, tissue adaptation, and how biology changes in extreme environments.)
In microgravity, cells reorganise and behave differently. My research uses engineered systems to 'switch off' gravity and uncover how this impacts human health in space and on Earth, from astronauts to disease.
How to suffocate a coral reef: Low oxygen and coral life stages
Alexandra Skeer
(Alexandra is a Marine Biology PhD candidate with a background in coral and animal husbandry, coral reef restoration, remote boating and diving, education, government and university research, and—now—almost 3 years of experience suffocating corals.)
Coral reefs are changing, and some of the biggest impacts happen at the smallest scales. In between algal blooms that consume oxygen and ocean warming lowering oxygen availability, coral larvae are being born into an increasingly suffocating world. Ocean deoxygenation is accelerating globally, but we still don’t know how this will affect corals at stages that underpin reef resilience—as larvae or during reproduction. What happens when the next generation of corals grow up short of breath?
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