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How mass vaccination will shape travel
Q and A with Dr Barbara Nattabi, an expert on the epidemiology of communicable diseases and senior lecturer at The University of Western Australia’s School of Population and Global Health
While the COVID vaccine protects an individual from severe disease, it is not until the community bands together and reaches a mass vaccination coverage of at least 75 per cent that it becomes a powerful weapon with the potential to prevent resurgence of COVID cases, says Dr Barbara Nattabi,senior lecturer at The University of Western Australia’s School of Population and Global Health.
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WA scientists shed light on continent formation
Research from Western Australian scientists has shed new light on how the Earth’s first continental crust was formed.
The team of scientists, which included Dr Laure Martin and Mr Matvei Aleshin from The University of Western Australia and was led by the Geological Survey of Western Australia and Curtin University, measured compositions of oxygen in ancient granites in the Pilbara using the ion microprobe Cameca IMS1280 at UWA.
The scientists found that the water required to produce the granites did not come from above but was supplied from the mantle, which is the thick layer below the Earth’s crust.
(ASX:PSX) has announced a partnership to launch a world-first clinical trial that aims to stop scars from forming after trauma, particularly following burn injuries.
The company is partnering with distinguished surgeon and burns expert Professor Fiona Wood AM who is leading a group of researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Fiona Stanley Hospital to test a treatment in the first human trials.
Pharmaxis said its discovery, known as PXS‐6302, has shown promising pre‐clinical results in inhibiting the enzymes that play a critical role in the development of scar tissue.
PXS‐6302 was discovered by the company’s researchers at its laboratories in Sydney.
Article by Amanda Jasi
Amanda Jasi surveys students and teachers to understand how Covid-19 has impacted university life and how successful the forced changes have been
AS it has for many aspects of society, the Covid-19 pandemic has served a blow to the education system. Universities have been forced to change how they operate to enable students to continue learning in the face of imposed restrictions and safety measures.
How have teaching methods changed? And how well have they been received? To get a better understanding of this, in early 2021, The Chemical Engineer surveyed educators and students of biochemical, bioprocess, chemical, and process engineering courses.