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Chemistry is vital

1 February 2018 -
Synthetic organic chemists can synthesise many of these natural products in the laboratory and importantly, the same skills and knowledge required to make copies of nature’s molecules can also be ... Without chemists, the structure of natural products
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/07/05/chemistry-is-vital.html
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Looking back on my science degree

5 August 2020 -
Dr Ron Baker extracting natural products as potential drugs!
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news-and-events/2018/12/14/looking-back-on-my-science-degree.html
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Agriculture careers

1 May 2024 -
Its 126,000 full-time farmers annually produce $137 billion worth of product, which is 12 percent of Australia’s gross domestic product. ... Natural resource management. Farmers are our frontline environmentalists, they dedicate a huge amount of
www.sydney.edu.au/science/news-and-events/2020/07/28/careers-agriculture.html
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A breakthrough business that's changing how we shop

6 August 2021 -
The Afterpay logo is suddenly everywhere, not unlike the company's founder, natural-born entrepreneur, Nick Molnar. ... him there was more money to be made in mass-produced lower priced jewellery than high-value products.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/26/a-breakthrough-business-thats-changing-how-we-shop.html
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Ginger muscles in on diabetes

12 November 2019 -
The study, published this month in the prestigious natural product journal Planta Medica, reveals the potential power of ginger to control blood glucose by using muscle cells.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2012/08/06/ginger-muscles-in-on-diabetes.html
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What does a chemical engineer do?

27 May 2021 -
Equipped with a distinctive biomedical product, Dr Fathi co-founded Trimph Gel alongside fellow chemical and biomolecular engineering graduate, Terence Abrams. ... We have saved over one million litres of water. It's about saving the environment by
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/news-and-events/news/2017/08/03/what-does-a-chemical-engineer-do.html
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Estuarine waters hold promise in global pain relief hunt

16 October 2019 -
Analysis revealed a set of uniquely shaped tetrapeptides mimicking endomophins (natural opioid neurotransmitters central to pain relief); drug companies have invested several hundred million dollars in the hope of such a ... Finding the fungus in the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/10/15/estuarine-waters-hold-promise-in-global-pain-relief-hunt.html
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Sydney appoint leader in clinical informatics research

2 May 2023 -
AI and modern health. Dr Hachey is a leading Australian expert in product-driven AI development in health, including natural language processing and computer vision.
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2023/05/02/sydney-appoint-leader-in-clinical-informatics-research.html
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Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat: University of Sydney study

10 September 2020 -
35 percent rejected cultured meat and edible insects but accepted plant-based alternatives because they “sounded more natural” and are “normal”. ... 9 percent accepted edible insects but rejected cultured meat as it was too artificial and not
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/09/08/gen-z-not-ready-to-eat-lab-grown-meat--university-of-sydney-stud.html
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Sydney launches new musculoskeletal health research partnership

13 July 2023 -
The novel material, whose structure and strength resemble those of human bone, acts as a scaffold for the body’s natural process of bone regeneration, and gradually degrades as it is ... Associate Professor Elizabeth Clarke from the Faculty of
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2021/10/09/sydney-launches-new-musculoskeletal-health-research-partnership.html