She Talks Science conference – Saturday 27 April 2019
The Murray Edwards College annual ‘She Talks Science’ conference is for young women in Year 12 who are interested in studying STEM subjects at degree level. The conference offers a chance to hear from successful women scientists about their career paths and provides the opportunity to take part in an academic session in a STEM subject. Please view the programme for further details.
This event is free of charge and lunch will be provided. You can secure your place by completing our short online booking form. Bookings will close on Monday 15 April. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Hazel Collinson.
Webinars
We are hosting a series of webinars led by academics and senior graduate students in science at Murray Edwards. The webinars will be held fortnightly on Wednesdays at 6pm:
Date | Topic | Presenter |
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13 March 2019 | The exoplanet search | Haoyang Ye |
27 March 2019 | Exploring the genetics of obesity with fat fruit flies | Dr Neha Agrawal |
10 April 2019 | No webinar – school holidays | |
24 April 2019 | Using gene editing as a research tool | Elizabeth Hampson |
08 May 2019 | What makes a memory? | Dr Emma Cahill |
22 May 2019 | The Mathematics of Fluids | Neeraja Bhamidipati |
We invite each school to nominate up to five female science students in Year 12 to take part. Interested St Clare’s students should contact Melanie.