Also at the Museum…
Queensland’s new Sciencentre
Sarah Perrott
Queensland
Museum South Bank’s new Sciencentre features local Science heroes (and five
of the twelve are women, Ed.). Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh said that
the aim of the project was to showcase the depth of scientific talent in
Queensland and to inspire young Queenslanders to take up science as a lifelong
profession. Ms Bligh said. “We hope that the panels will present science as an
exciting vocation - one that is pursued by everyday people who have excelled in
something they are passionate about.”
Dr Peter Doherty - winner of the 1996
Nobel Prize for Medicine who in partnership with Swiss scientist Dr Rolf
Zinkernagel, discovered how the immune system recognises virus-infected cells.
Dr Brad Carter - scientist based at
the University of Southern Queensland who was part of an international research
team that discovered a Jupiter-like planet about 100 light years away, which
reveals the best example of another solar system like our own.
Dr Georgia Chenevix-Trench - Head of
Cancer and Cell Biology at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research whose
team discovered that changes in a gene involved in repairing DNA damage can
increase the risk of breast cancer for women with this form of gene. She was
also part of an international team that found a gene related to the most common
cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
Melissa Foster - Queensland Young
Professional Engineer of the Year (2002) who has worked on a number of projects
including the environmentally sensitive Tweed River Sand Bypassing Project.
Dorothy Hill (1907-1997) - an
outstanding geologist, the fi rst woman professor at an Australian University
and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science. Many of
Queensland’s mineral and petroleum exploration programs were based in her
geological mapping.
Inigo Jones (1872 - 1954) - one of
Australia’s best known long-range weather forecasters who believed that changes
in sunspot activity influence Earth’s weather cycles. Scientists are still
exploring this idea.
Ron Jones (died 1984) - a
self-trained mechanical engineer who repaired cinema projectors. In 1964, Ron
designed the Rolling Loop projection system which would become the basis for
IMAX cinemas.
Dr Danielle Stanisic - A specialist
in tropical health, Dr Stanisic works at Queensland Institute of Medical
Research investigating malaria. In 2002 she won Queensland Premier’s Award for
Medical Research.
Tristan Steele - Tristan has always
had an interest in science and is a Year 12 student at Gympie State High School.
He was Queensland’s only Year 11 winner in the 2003 Australasian Schools Science
Competition and is currently one of Queensland’s Science All-Stars.
Samarra Toby - Samarra Toby is a
Gangulu woman who has a degree in biomedical science and now works with the
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Forum on ways of improving her
people’s health
Arda Yilmaz - a primary school
student and immigrant from Turkey who won an Australia-wide competition with a
mix-master he invented at the back of his parents take-away shop in 2003 while
in Year 4 at Macgregor State School. The Hyshot Team - Queensland is a world
leader in scramjet research. The Hyshot Team works at the University of
Queensland’s Centre for Hypersonics which investigates flight at speeds of over
five times the speed of sound.
For more information, please visit:
www.Qmuseum.qld.gov.au