Contents Pages of past AWIS newsletters

Articles from past AWIS newsletters

• Does the wearing of tight tights after exercise make you cycle faster?  Kieran de Glanville  describes the research she is undertaking which fulfills both her science and sporting interests.
  
• New technique reduces mistaken identification Rachel Zajac describes the nature of her study researching the accuracy of eyewitness statements.

Issue 1 March 2008

• A midlife crisis? Or just another step in the journey of life Sarah Wilcox thanks AWIS for helping her shift her science career, from process development chemistry to creative conservation science in Te Papa Museum.
  
• Making sense of data Katarine Domijan, Trinity College, Dublin, writes about her research career in investigating and interpreting data and how she changed her research direction from statistical application in New Zealand agriculture and biotechnology to a large collaborative EU Network of Excellence research project MUSCLE.
• 2007 Marsden Success:  The secret to success - finding the thing that makes me tick:  Debbie Young, of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, the University of Auckland, shares wiht us many turning points in her search for the job that she loves - biomedical research of the brain.
  

Issue 3 December 2007

• Going Bats:   Kerry Borkin describes research focusing on the ecology of New Zealand's long-tailed bat in Kinleith Forest
• Competitions - A Way to Keep in Touch with the Iindustry:    2007 Young Viticultualist and 2007 Young Horticulturist of the Year Competitions.  Emma Taylor becomes the first woman to take both top honours, acheiving this while on maternity leave.
• The Skull Lady's Life Story:  Alison Campbell, the winner of the KuDos Science Excellence Educator / Communication Award, recalls the earlier days of her science career and managing it with her mother's duties.

Issue 2 September 2007

• 2007 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards We profile this year's winners - Jessie Jacobsen, MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year; Sarah Cox, MacDiarmid Master's Student Award winner; Natalie Harfoot, MacDiarmid Science and Our Society Award winner and Gabrielle David, MacDiarmid Science and Our Society Award runner up. Congratulations to all!


Issue 1  June 2007

• Art in Oceania: A new history. Marsden recipient, Deidre Brown, describes her passion for art, architecture and history, her career path, grants, awards and the most recent award - arrival of her son Max.
• Serendipity and science communication. Dianne Dinnes describes how she got involved in science communication and became project manager for the Biotechnology Learning Hub.

Issue 3 Sept 2006

• 2006 ZONTA Science Award Recipient , Victoria Metcalf is recognised for her research on Antarctic fish.
• New to the Science Lab , Barbara Ryan has been awarded a New Zealand Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellowship.
• A whole lot of Rubbish , Rachael Goddard writes about her life as an Envronmental Manager, Consultant, Children's Author, Raglander and Chocolate Enthusiast.

Issue 2 June 2006

• Grow Your Own Pearls Bernie Aquilina describes her work as a pearling industry consultant, working with Pacific Island nations.

Issue 1 March 2006

• The Accidental Pathologist, Karen Bailey's journey to a career in veterinary pathology

Issue 2 June 2005

• Successful Marsden Researchers, Profiles of women PIs of successful Marsden Fund proposals
Issue 2 June 2005

• Pining for Europe: Caterpilar Processions and Bark Beetles, Lisa Berndt visits Europe to investigate pine tree pests

Issue 1 March 2005
• Charming Islands Snare Researcher , Kerry Borking visits the subantarctic islands

Issue 3 October 2004

• The desert is a beautiful and wonderful place , Diane Webster winner of a UNESCO-L’Oreal Fellowship for Women in the Life Sciences

Issue 1 March 2004

• Science Alive! pilots Guides NZ Discovery Programme ,  Lindsay  Baker takes science to the public
Issue 4 December 2003

• Marsden funds search for fertility clues ,  Jenny Juengel, polycystic ovarian syndrome, Agresearch,

Issue 3 September 2003

• Cambridge scholar wins FiRST prize , Wendy Brooks, Alzheimer's Disease research, Cambridge University
• Farming insects to fight weeds , Julia Wilson-Davey, insect husbandry, Landcare Research
• Life under the pine trees , Lisa Berndt, sustainable forest management, Forest Research

Issue 2 June 2003

• A job in science policy , Nicola Jenkin, Advisor in Investment and Performance Group, MoRST
• Chemistry careers , Carol Taylor (Massey University) and Kathryn McGrath (Otago University), chemistry lecturers
• Healthy Buildings , Robyn Phipps, building technology, Massey University
• Go Jump in the Lake , Mary de Winton (NIWA) studies plants that grow in the depths of NZ lakes

Issue 1 March 2003

• Orienteering on maps of the universe , Jenni Adams, physicist, Canterbury University
• Exploring the world of the seahorse , Stephanie Thompson, coastal scientist, Cawthron Institute
• High Flyer , Karen Wilcox researching aircraft design at MIT

Issue 4 December 2002

• To the Amazon rainforest and back , Fiona Carswell, terrestrial carbon cycle, Landcare Research
Issue 2 June 2002

• Mud glorious mud , Carolyn Lindquist, marine ecologist, NIWA
• Vicki Hyde, Science Crusader

Issue 1 March 2002

• From one chaos into another , Suvi Viljanen-Rollinson, plant pathologist, Crop and Food Research
• Manuka Honey , Nikki Harcourt, Honey Research Unit, Waikato University
• UNESCO-L'Oreal Award winner , Jenny Smith, Cawthron Institite



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