The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering recently hosted an exceptional evening to celebrate excellence in research and innovation – the 2019 Innovation Dinner. Innovations ranging from accelerating solar cells manufacturing to the development of synthetic skin, were amongst the achievements honoured at the gala event in Sydney last week. A number of industry leaders […]
STEM leaders share what it takes to engage with industr...
The Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) recently hosted a series of exciting events with IMNIS mentors, mentees and invited speakers on Engaging with Industry. To translate research to knowledge, practice, policy or product, researchers need to know how to pitch the benefits and impact of their research clearly to a wide range of audiences. […]
A Mentor/Mentee Perspective – Paul Wood & Pece Kocovski
The Mentee Perspective: Pece Kocovski I would like to share with you some of my experience with the IMNIS program. I recently entered the Kelly Services Future Scientist Award for 2018. It involved submitting an application along with a phone screening interview. I was then accepted as one of 8 student finalists. The students chosen […]
CSL Tour – Sam Keenan
I am a 3rd year PhD student at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, where my focus lies on the genetic mechanisms regulating muscle generation, using the zebrafish and various shark species as my models. Before PhD, my undergraduate experience was also genetics and developmental biology, providing a strong background in academic science. In my experience, […]
IMNIS mentees visit the new CSL labs
A morning at CSL Often when speaking to academia about industry, the conversation is inhibited by walls of scepticism and biased judgements. I was once guilty of that. Not long ago, someone told me, ‘The people from the industry are really nice.’ I was not convinced at all. Since joining the CCRM Australia-IMNIS International Mentoring […]