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Experts available for holiday season 2024-2025

Students at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ's North Terrace campus

Over the summer holiday season, the following ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers are happy to be approached for comment on their areas of expertise. The list has been organised into broad subject areas. Please see individual names to check their availability.

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How sweet is it really? Non-nutritive sweeteners and the control of blood sugar levels

Sugar/non-nutritive sweeteners

Non-nutritive sweeteners are often perceived as healthier than sugar, but new findings have confirmed new ways they may interact with sugar handling in the body.

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University researchers named as nation leading

University building

In the 2025 Research magazine published by The Australian newspaper today, seven ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have been named as leaders in fields such as chemical kinetics and catalysis, combustion and propulsion, and geometry.

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Understanding nature disconnection and eco-anxiety in young people

Students walk around the North Terrace campus.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has taken a deeper look at the nature disconnection and eco-anxiety experienced by young people.

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Foundation grant boosts breast cancer research

Wayne Tilley

A $300,000 grant from the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation (JDRF) will rapidly move forward a breast cancer research project at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ.

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Funding to boost early career research discoveries

³ÉÈË´óƬ North Terrace Campus

Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ will share in more than $4.5 million of funding through the latest round of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

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Diabetes SA grants improve future health outcomes

Rebecca Thomson and Stephen Kidd

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers focusing on improving the health outcomes of people with diabetes have been granted funding by Diabetes SA.

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New research future on Kangaroo Island

³ÉÈË´óƬ staff at the official opening of the new KI Research Facility

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has partnered with the state government to build a state-of-the-art research facility on Kangaroo Island.

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Remarkable rehab gains for stroke survivors

RehabSwift in action

An innovative therapy may help stroke survivors regain more movement in their hands, with a ³ÉÈË´óƬ study finding patients experienced a reduction in arm and hand impairments following treatment.

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Ancient DNA uncovers dingo’s hidden heritage

Dingo jaw. Credit: Sally Wasef

A landmark collaborative study co-led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and QUT has revealed the distribution of modern dingoes across Australia pre-dates European colonisation and interventions like the dingo-proof fence.

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