Lab Notes Podcast

If growth is a science, Dr. Anastasia Volkova has cracked the formula.  For the last five years her company Flurosat has been developing sensing tools and analytics that help farmers…

Researchers spend years immersing themselves in study, yet pushing back the frontiers of knowledge requires not only technical expertise but also an ability to communicate to a broad audience. For many…

As lead researcher for the Surf Flex Lab – Prof. Marc in het Panhuis can regularly be found testing the limits of surfboard and fin design both in the lab and on…

Few people know the Australian technology sector quite like Alan Jones From a vantage point in marketing in the early 90’s Alan had a front row seat to the boom. Yet…

SHARPENING AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE EDGEMichael Sharpe is the National Director of Australia’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre – an organisation at the heart of the manufacturing industry’s transition into the new age…

THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGEOn this week’s show we sit down with science-communicator and ecologist Toni Stevens to hear about the Australian Science Communicators Conference in Melbourne and how science communication is…

Born in 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland – Gordon Wallace’s childhood was shaped by The Troubles, a religious and cultural schism that rocked the region for almost 50 years. A…

The drive towards to a low-carbon future has driven tremendous progress in clean-energy solutions like solar power and wind turbines. In many cases these technologies are now economically-competitive with coal,…

Chris Gilbey’s career spans both industries and continents. Born in the UK in the aftermath of WWII and educated in South Africa in the midst of Apartheid, Chris Gilbey’s early…

Welcome to Lab Notes! This episode is a quick primer about what to expect from the series – so dive on in! In future episodes we’ll be joined by Australia’s…