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AINSE Ltd.

Locality: Lucas Heights

Phone: +61 2 9717 3376

Address: New Illawarra Road 2234 Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.ainse.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 Today NASA successfully landed the Perseverance Rover on Mars. Nuclear-powered technology will enable the Rover to carry out its mission on the red planet. Read... about our recent research on thermoelectric technologies. https://www.ansto.gov.au//nuclear-tech-helps-power-perseve NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

24.01.2022 The FutureNow Plus Scholarships are OPEN for applications. A stipend of up to $35,000 plus allowances is available to eligible applicants. FutureNow Plus Schola...rships are for graduate students or early career researchers working on industry-focused research projects aligned with ANSTO’s strategic objectives. Find out if you're eligible and apply: https://www.ansto.gov.au//innovation/futurenow-scholarships The FutureNow Plus Scholarships are generously supported by the NSW government.

23.01.2022 Former AINSE #PGRA Scholar Dr. Mitch Klenner and an international team of collaborators, including researchers from Curtin University, Monash University and ANSTO, unlocked a new way to produce nuclear medicines for the diagnosis of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-mitche/ #postgraduate #research

23.01.2022 In 2020, over 300 students and researchers attended AINSE's brand-new online symposium series. A record 170 students also participated in AINSE's online education events throughout the year. Read more about our most recent event - the 2020 AINSE Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) School - by visiting https://www.ainse.edu.au/4th-ainse-women-in-stem-and-entre/. Stay tuned next week for the full AINSE Year in Review...

23.01.2022 Are you an Australian or New Zealand Honours student planning to utilise ANSTO's landmark research facilities for your project? If so, you can apply for a 2021 AINSE Honours Scholarship - applications close 15 March, so don't delay!

23.01.2022 The staff at AINSE would like to wish you all a safe and cheerful festive season. Despite the difficulties, 2020 has been a year of successes for our students and scholars (see our Year in Review below for more details), and we look forward to working with you in 2021! https://www.ainse.edu.au/2020-year-in-review/

22.01.2022 We've been proud to feature just a few stories recently that highlight some of our AINSE scholars and their excellent research outcomes. Now we'd like YOUR help in recognising further research excellence. 2020 nominations for the AINSE Gold Medal are open, and will close on 16 October. To nominate a researcher or graduate student for the AINSE Gold Medal this year, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/gold-medal/

22.01.2022 Happy #wearitpurpleday! AINSE are committed to supporting safe and inclusive work environments for our LGBTQI+ young researchers, on this day and every day.

21.01.2022 To celebrate National Science Week, and the opening of AINSE’s 2021-22 Student Photo Competition, we will be sharing some amazing entries that we received from our scholars in 2020-21! Third place in the 2020-21 competition was awarded to #PGRA scholar Izabela Milogrodzka from Monash University for this submission in the ‘Scholars at Work’ category. Pictured is the Hybrid Self Assembly group from Monash University, featuring Izabela's supervisor Dr Leonie van ’t Hag, during a...n experiment at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to investigate the nanostructure of peptide-lipid nanomaterials. Visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/2021-photo-competition/ to view the other fantastic entries we received, and head over to our Instagram stories (@ainse_ltd) for today’s science quiz questions! If you have a favourite photo, please feel free to share your thoughts below!

21.01.2022 With the help of a $10K Early Career Researcher grant from AINSE Ltd., CHIRI and Curtin University researcher Dr Gae Ellison is hoping to bring new information ...about diabetes to light by using synchrotron technology at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron Facility to map biometals in the pancreas. Read more about Gae and the research on our blog: https://buff.ly/34aGRTd See more

20.01.2022 We are delighted to announce that Kylie Walker, CEO of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), will be a #keynotespeaker at our online AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School, which will run from 1-3 December. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/wise/ Stay tuned for more exciting speaker announcements in the lead-up to the event!

19.01.2022 Do you know a postgraduate or early career researcher who is doing outstanding, high-impact research supported by AINSE? If so, please nominate them for an AINSE Scholar Gold Medal today! 2021 nominations for the Scholar Gold Medal are currently open until 4 October. For more information, and the nomination form, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/gold-medal/

19.01.2022 Our #scienceweek student spotlight for today is on Karthik Gopi, who has been working alongside researchers from ANSTO, UNSW and Macquarie University. Karthik's research is focused on using the Itrax X-ray fluorescence scanner at ANSTO to help develop a new way of detecting seafood fraud using 'iso-elemental fingerprints'. Read more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-karthi/

18.01.2022 Our 2020 Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) students and mentors have met online over the past 2 days, as part of the ongoing AINSE WISE Mentorship Program, in order to discuss industry/research careers and explore the best ways to find and create new opportunities. AINSE would like to thank the wonderful ANSTO mentors who gave generously of their time and expertise in order to support the next generation of Australian and New Zealand women in STEM. The WISE Mentorsh...ip Program is an excellent opportunity for students to gain unique insights from established STEM leaders whilst also networking with like-minded peers from across our 41 member universities. We are currently receiving expressions of interest for our 2021 WISE School, which includes access to a mentorship program in 2022. For more information, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/wise/.

18.01.2022 Dr. Damien Finch, former AINSE #PGRA scholar, and researchers from The University of Melbourne and ANSTO have pioneered a radiocarbon dating technique on mud wasp nests to date Australia's oldest-known intact Aboriginal rock painting to 17,500-17,100 years old. Read more about this story below:

18.01.2022 Our final #scienceweek student spotlight is on Leonie Peti from The University of Auckland, who used the ITRAX X-ray fluorescence core scanning facilities at ANSTO to study clues about the #climate of the past, buried in volcanic deposits. Read more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-leonie/

17.01.2022 We are delighted to have Prof. Tim Boyle, Director of Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO and Founder and Executive of the nandin Innovation Centre, joining the 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School alongside #nandin members. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #innovation #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

17.01.2022 Next up in our #scienceweek student spotlight is AINSE #PGRA scholar Katherine Davies from The University of Melbourne and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Katherine used the facilities at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to investigate the useful 'killer protein' MLKL, which is responsible for programmed cell death. Read more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-kather/

17.01.2022 Today, 24 August 2020, AINSE released an updated statement on our response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. AINSE continues to offer all our scholarships and events (in an online format) throughout 2020 while working to assist all of our members. For further details, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to AINSE #PGRA scholar Katherine Davies from Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and The University of Melbourne on the completion of her PhD thesis! Read more about Katherine's research into understanding the activation of the killer protein MLKL, with the help of ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron, at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-kather/

15.01.2022 Our annual Postgraduate Orientation Week is NOW OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED HONOURS/POSTGRAD STUDENTS enrolled at AINSE-member universities who intend to apply for an AINSE postgraduate scholarship in 2022! The 2021 O'Week will run online during Nuclear Science Week from Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th October. Interested students will attend a series of talks and panel discussions from ANSTO research leaders and AINSE alumni alongside the new cohort of 2021 AINSE PGRA, AINSE RSS and... ANSTO FutureNow Scholars, and will have the opportunity to embark on a virtual tour of ANSTO hosted by the ANSTO Discovery Centre. On the morning of Wednesday 20th, interested students will attend a specialised workshop focused on the application process for 2022 AINSE scholarships. Expressions of Interest close Monday 11th October. Interested students should submit a short Expression of Interest to [email protected] from their university email, outlining their intent to apply for a 2022 AINSE scholarship in 200 words or less.

14.01.2022 AINSE are delighted to announce the awarding of 17 new Early Career Researcher Grants (#ECRG) and 6 new Residential Student Scholarships (#RSS) in 2020! Congratulations, and welcome, to all our new scholars. We look forward to seeing the fruits of your innovative research using ANSTO's world-class facilities. For more details, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/news-and-events/... #postgraduate #phd #ECR #earlycareer #research #scholarship

14.01.2022 We are delighted to announce that Prof. Tanya Monro, Australia's Chief Defence Scientist and head of Defence Science and Technology (DST), is the final #keynotespeaker for our 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM and #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. The WISE School begins tomorrow, 1st December - for more information, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #innovation #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

14.01.2022 Happy National Science Week from AINSE! Throughout this week we'll be showcasing some of the amazing talent of our AINSE scholars by highlighting the winners of our 2020-2021 Student Photo Competition! Applications for the next round of the photo competition are now open to all AINSE scholars.... We will also be hosting a science quiz each day on our Instagram stories, so feel free to challenge yourself and follow along at https://www.instagram.com/ainse_ltd/

14.01.2022 Interested in learning more about AINSE scholarship opportunities using ANSTO's unique research facilities? Join us on 17th September for a free AINSE Online Symposium, where you can connect with ANSTO researchers and AINSE scholarship holders to discover the right AINSE program for you! Please see below for the free registration link.

13.01.2022 Are you a graduate with a research focus? ANSTO’s new FutureNow Plus Scholarship could be perfect for you. On offer is a stipend up to $35,000, as well as allowances up to $10,000. Find out if you're eligible and apply: www.ansto.gov.au/futurenow Applications close 12 February.

13.01.2022 Our new AINSE #Alumni Forum groups have just launched! All past and present AINSE scholars and students are invited to connect and #network by joining us on the following platforms: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/groups/13906388/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/ainsealumniforum/

13.01.2022 Our #scienceweek student spotlight today is on Zhibin Wu from UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia, who used ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to investigate a promising new material that could lead to better, high-performance batteries. Read more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-zhibin/

12.01.2022 Today we have a #space #scienceweek student spotlight! Rebecca Auchettl (ANSTO accelerator physicist and former La Trobe University PhD student with an AINSE PGRA scholarship) used ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to pinpoint the source of a seasonal infrared signal discovered on #Saturn's moon #Titan by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. Read more about this research by visiting https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-rebecc/

12.01.2022 We are excited to announce that Prof. Brian P. Schmidt, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Australian National University and winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in #Physics, will be a #keynotespeaker at our 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

11.01.2022 Calling all first-year #WomeninSTEM students across Australia and New Zealand: applications for our entirely-online 2020 Women in #STEM and #Entrepreneurship (W...ISE) School are now open! The 4th WISE School will run from 1-3 December 2020, and will include the start of an ongoing #mentorship program that will continue online throughout 2021. Visit our website to learn more, and contact your local AINSE Councillor to apply: https://www.ainse.edu.au/wise/

10.01.2022 We are delighted to welcome guest speaker Dr. Anna Lintern, Lecturer in Water Engineering at Monash University and Science and Technology Australia STEM Ambassador, to our 2020 online AINSE #WomeninSTEM and #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #innovation #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

10.01.2022 Go behind the scenes of ANSTO’s Big Science factory with our amazing instrument scientists to hear about cutting-edge research using neutrons and how it all works. #NationalScienceWeek

10.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that Lt Col Jasmin Diab, co-founder of Defence Entrepreneurs Forum Australia and President of Women in Nuclear Australian Chapter, will be a guest speaker at our 2020 online AINSE #WomeninSTEM and #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #innovation #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

08.01.2022 Today's #scienceweek student spotlight is on Ben Humphreys. Working with collaborators from The University of Newcastle, Australia, UNSW and University of Pennsylvania, Ben used ANSTO's small angle neutron scattering instrument, QUOKKA, to study the nanostructure of intelligent polymer materials that can respond to their environment. Read more at https://ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-ben-humphr/

07.01.2022 We are delighted to have Dr. Liz Allen, Demographer and Social Researcher at The Australian National University, joining us as a guest speaker at our 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School, which will run online from 1-3 December. For more information on the WISE School, please visit: https://ainse.edu.au/wise/

07.01.2022 Our first #scienceweek student spotlight is on Sarah McDonald, who is demonstrating how improvements in #water quality guidelines can help preserve our urban #aquatic #environment. Sarah and her collaborators from The University of Melbourne, RMIT University and ANSTO are particularly interested in how stormwater runoff - containing metal pollutants - is affecting our urban ecosystems. Read more at https://ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-sarah-mcdo/

06.01.2022 Last chance for teachers to register. Meet the researchers developing nuclear medicines and collaborate with other teachers to develop a lesson for your class. ...This is one of three new free online teacher PD courses, registered with both the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) and the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI). Registrations: https://www.ansto.gov.au//real-world-applications-of-nucle See more

06.01.2022 To celebrate National Science Week, and the opening of AINSE’s 2021-22 Student Photo Competition, we are continuing to share some amazing entries that we received from our scholars in 2020-21! Second place in the 2020-21 competition was awarded to #PGRA scholar Rhiannon Boseley from Curtin University for this striking image of a fingerprint, submitted in the ‘Aesthetic Raw Data’ category. The different colours in this picture correspond to different metallic elements present in a natural fingermark, based on data collected by the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy beamline at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron. Visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/2021-photo-competition/ to view the other fantastic entries we received, and head over to our Instagram stories (@ainse_ltd) for today’s science quiz questions!

06.01.2022 Making the invisible, visible. ANSTO has launched the world's most advanced radiation imaging solution, CORIS360 This new platform imaging technology identifie...s and images the exact location of radiation, quickly and accurately, to help keep workers safe. Read more: https://www.ansto.gov.au//australian-scientists-support-in See more

05.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that Dr. Katie Sizeland, Strategic Projects Leader at ANSTO and one of Science and Technology Australia's #SuperstarsofSTEM, will be a guest speaker at our 2020 AINSE Women in STEM and #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/ #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

05.01.2022 Today's #scienceweek student spotlight is on Calina Betlazar, from The University of Sydney Brain And Mind Centre and ANSTO. Calina used ANSTO Human Health and Biosciences facilities to better understand the effects of low doses of radiation on the brain. To learn more, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-calina/

04.01.2022 We are thrilled to have Laureate Prof. Veena Sahajwalla, founding Director of the SMART Centre UNSW, joining the 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information on the WISE School, which will run online from 1-3 December 2020, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/. #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship

04.01.2022 As part of National #ScienceWeek, Women in Nuclear Australian Chapter will be running four webinars over the next four days. Please see below for details about the first webinar running today, about debunking radiation myths.

03.01.2022 Calling all ECRs in Australia and New Zealand: there's just over one week remaining to submit your application for a 2021 AINSE Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG)! Applications close July 31. Visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/ecrg/ for more info and to apply.

02.01.2022 And finally, the winner of the 2020-21 AINSE Photo Competition was #PGRA scholar Rebecca Duncan from UTS: University of Technology Sydney! Rebecca’s photo shows two researchers from The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) preparing to take ice algae samples in Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard, in support of her research into the biological ramifications of climate change and Arctic sea ice decline. AINSE would like to congratulate Rebecca, Rhiannon and Izabela again, and to thank ...all of our scholars who submitted an image for the competition. If you’d like to read more about the images shared across our social media this week, or see more of the fantastic competition entries, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/2021-photo-competition/

02.01.2022 We hope you enjoyed the AINSE student images we shared for National Science Week, and that our current scholars drew some inspiration for this years' competition! You can view all the photo competition entries from 2020-21, and read further details, by visiting https://www.ainse.edu.au/2021-photo-competition/. For more info about the many opportunities available to students and ECRs at our member universities, please visit our website at https://www.ainse.edu.au/ and contact us if you have any questions

02.01.2022 Congratulations to Sarah McDonald (University of Melbourne) for winning the Royal Society of Victoria Young Scientist Research Prize for Biological Sciences (Non-human)! Sarah's research into urban contaminants in storm water runoff, supported by an AINSE Ltd. Postgraduate Research Award (#PGRA), was featured in our student research highlights during last year's National Science Week. Listen to Sarah explain her research starting from 1:52:24 below. You can also read a summary at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-sarah-/

02.01.2022 Today, our #scienceweek student spotlight is on James Hooper, who used the ITRAX X-ray fluorescence core scanning facilities at ANSTO to look back in time at the past climate in the Puna-Altiplano region of South America. This project was an international collaboration that involved researchers from UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia and The University of Melbourne. Read more at https://www.ainse.edu.au/student-research-spotlight-james-/

01.01.2022 Round 3 of our Technical Skills Training scholarship for AINSE postgrads is now open for applications! Current #PGRA and #RSS scholars can apply for up to A$1,000 in top-up funding to access technical skills training in support of their research. For more information, and a link to the application form, please visit https://www.ainse.edu.au/scholarships/technical-skills/. Round 3 applications close 15th August.

01.01.2022 We are delighted to have A/Prof. Sophie Primig, Scientia Fellow & ARC DECRA Fellow at UNSW, and NSW President of Materials Australia, joining us as a guest speaker for our 2020 AINSE #WomeninSTEM & #Entrepreneurship (#WISE) School. For more information on the WISE School, please visit https://ainse.edu.au/wise/... #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #womeninscience #womeninengineering #womeninresearch #womeninleadership #mentorship