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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Science and Technology
Researcher with his head in the clouds
There are multiple tangible reasons and benefits to using cloud storage services, but with its ambiguous nature, is it something we can completely trust with our information? Senior Professor Willy Susilo and his team are working in just this space. With a recently awarded ARC grant, Susilo and Co are keen to find solutions for securing cloud storage with protection against malicious senders.
2D materials to benefit renewable energy market
With close to half-a-million dollars from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project scheme, a team of researchers at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM) is planning to tackle one of the main challenges holding back Australiaâs renewable energy market â inefficiencies in generating and storing renewable energy.
Science and Technology
The two of us: Susanna Guatelli and David Bolst
The 51²è¹Ý (UOW) has so many high achieving PhD students, working towards solving real world problems. Behind every great PhD candidate is a great supervisor (or two). We hear from both to understand their perspective of the post graduate journey.
Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Can machines see things your doctor can’t?
Diagnosis and screening is integral to a cliniciansâ workflow and professional identity. Authority and responsibility to diagnose conditions and interpret test results has traditionally belonged uniquely to clinicians. But some say this is about to change.
Health and Medicine
New anti-viral drugs to combat herpes
Dr Gökhan Tolun and Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen, both from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons and IHMRI, have been granted $636,368 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) over three years for their project, âRevealing the molecular mechanistic details of viral DNA recombination towards developing novel anti-viral drugsâ.
Health and Medicine
Refine, Reduce and Replace the use of animals in research
An in vitro testing model to better understand and treat skin infections in humans will not only reduce animal testing but also be more accurate. The 3Rs Research Grant recipient Dr Diane Ly will be aiming to reduce and eventually replace the use of rodents normally used in this type of research.