Here is a snapshot of QUT in the media for the week from October 8, 2018.
Distinguished Professor James Dale
Trialling Panama disease-resistant Cavendish bananas: Wired UK
The banana is facing extinction. And with the UK importing five billion of the things every year, something must be done soon https://t.co/sxhCeMiRLk #longreads
— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) October 11, 2018
Professor Janet Davies, Professor Kirsten Spann
Asthma, thunderstorm asthma and the Real Health public lecture: ABC Radio Brisbane Evenings (1:31:20)
Dr Grant Hamilton
Using drones fitted with heat sensors to count Brisbane’s koala population: Quest News, 10 News
Rapid development throughout the south east is pushing our most vulnerable species to the brink of extinction. #TenNews @MatthewamHoward pic.twitter.com/z8RLLDKUOa
— TEN News Queensland (@tennewsqld) October 10, 2018
Dr Evan Hamman
Application of laws in the sugar cane industry: ABC News Online
Professor David Kavanagh
Research on visualisation to help people lose weight: ABC Radio Brisbane Breakfast (2:37:20), ABC Radio North Queensland Mornings
Dr Sue Keay
Named by Robohub as one of top 25 women of influence in robotics: Robohub, Campus Morning Mail
Adjunct Associate Professor Rosemary Kennedy
Design of ‘vertical’ childcare centres in tower blocks: Fairfax Media
Associate Professor Mark Lauchs
Need for States to introduce uniform laws to help authorities deal with bikie gangs: The West Australian
Professor Michael Milford
Chinese targets for AI-related industry: 2SER
Associate Professor Gary Mortimer
Coles loyalty program capturing data to customise local stores: New Daily
Business and sales in the wake of the strawberry sabotage: ABC Radio National
Professor Lionel Page, Dr Dipanwita Sarkar, Dr Juliana Silva Goncalves
How your birthday and the age you start school affects your life: ABC News, The Conversation, 2SER, ABC Radio Newcastle Mornings (50:00), Fairfax Media, ABC TV News Afternoons, ABC Radio Brisbane Drive (11:11), ABC Radio Brisbane Afternoons (11:20), ABC Radio Adelaide Drive, (33:00), ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast, ABC Radio Ballarat Breakfast
Deciding when to send a child to school is one of the trickiest decisions parents face - but waiting may be worthwhile | @henriettacook https://t.co/PktjqIyn9J
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) October 9, 2018
Professor Andry Rakotonirainy (CARRS-Q)
Connected and autonomous cars to be evaluated in SEQ: News Corp
Professor Derek Richard
Research into ageing and cancer: News Corp
William Robinson (alumnus)
Biography by Nick Earls commissioned by QUT William Robinson Gallery: Fairfax Media, The Australian
Professor Martin Sillence
Drug shows promise in preventing laminitis in ponies: Vet Practice Magazine
Natalie Weir (alumnus)
Her work as a choreographer and dance study experience at QUT: ABC Radio Brisbane Evenings (1:01:30)
