January 2009 Archives

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I spoke with Professor Michael Cortie about his research using lasers to zap gold nano-particles to kill cancer cells and parasites, at the University of Technology, Sydney.

I'm the Project Officer for the Science Communication Education Project in the Faculty of Science at the University of Technology, Sydney. I've recorded 11 radio interviews with cutting edge researchers at UTS as audio podcasts, and Shannon Jones has recorded 4 video interviews.

The aim of the project is to stimulate first year science students to write a personal response writing assignment based on their favourite interview. By hearing good science communication in the interview, and by attending some lectures on science communication, the science students will learn valuable communication skills while learning about the fascinating research happening just down the corridor.

The podcasts will also showcase UTS scientific talent as the audio interviews have been broadcast on Diffusion Science Radio on 2SER 107.3FM, and are being released as public podcasts. I will be releasing the podcasts seperately here while working on a separate page for the SCEP project. I'll link it here once its ready.

Back in 2001, the Today show promoted the re-release of 2001: A Space Odyssey by filming science fiction fans giving movie reviews. The reviewers: Cat Sparks, Iain Triffit, Garfield Barnard, Stephanie Lennon, and me.