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Photo: Rika

Me and my Work: I am trying to work out exactly how and why certain bacteria make poisonous cyanide (!) in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients in the hope that one day we can stop them.

Status: Wow! I hope I get to bring interesting experiments to a classroom near you :)

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Latest Question:
do you test animals to see if your discovery was safe???

Latest Comment:
what is your fav computer game? (1 comments)

Photo: Matt

Me and my Work: Piston ring power, making cars better and greener for the world to enjoy

Status: Is doing more tests on piston rings

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Latest Question:
what is the best bit about ur job

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I would love to be a paedatrician (doctor specialising in children). Is being a children doctor harder than being a (1 comments)

Photo: Lynz

Me and my Work: I’m a geologist! I research climate change during the Miocene (17 million years ago) using microfossils collected from the sea floor in the Pacific Ocean. Understanding past climate change helps us predict the future!

Status: some weird questions on chat today....

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Latest Question:
What did you want to be when you grew up? What did you want to be when you where ate school? What did you want to be

Latest Comment:
do you believe in evolution (1 comments)

Photo: Jools

Me and my Work: I make programs based on the human immune system’s behaviour to detect computer hackers, and use the same system to classify the emotions of people.

Status: coffee coffee coffee!!

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Latest Question:
What type of games do you play?

Latest Comment:
What colour is the mucuss?? (1 comments)

Photo: Alex

Me and my Work: My work to date has focussed on Cancer Biology, In articular the interplay between the immune system and cancer cells.

Status: I had a Job interview at the Peter Mac Cancer Centre in melbourne yesterday! Wish me luck guys!

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Latest Question:
how do animals fertilise?

Latest Comment:
what is your fav computer game? (1 comments)