UTS academics had two Eureka moments at Australia’s premier science prizes, taking out major awards for scientific research and outstanding early career researcher.
Associate Professor Dianne McDougald and Dr Gustavo Espinoza Vergara were awarded the UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for their ground-breaking research into how cholera bacteria become virulent.
Their discovery that the bacteria responsible for cholera (Vibrio cholerae) becomes more virulent when passing through a previously unknown vector in water has provided new understanding of the disease transmission.
Dr Emma Camp took out the Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher for her exciting research in ways to make coral reefs more resilient.
Dr Camp is studying “super-corals” that thrive in the waters of mangrove lagoons that are warmer, more acidic and have lower oxygen levels than most other reefs.
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