Students attend QIMR lectures
May 4, 2010
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Year 11 and 12 Biology students attended a series of lectures on a variety of topics recently during a visit to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR).
Year 11 student Feleti Kaituu reports on the visit to QIMR and the lectures.
Renowned worldwide for the superior quality of its research, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) is one of the largest, not to mention leading, establishments in the southern hemisphere.
Over its 63-year history QIMR has broadened its scope from a narrow study of tropical diseases in North Queensland to incorporate the immunological, biological and molecular basis of a wide range of infectious diseases, cancers and other disorders. QIMR has also set a strong foundation with a research stream in epidemiology.
In addition to its breakthrough research, the Institute seeks to serve as a practical resource for nurturing the future medical researchers of our nation with comprehensive lectures on a variety of topics.
On the 20th April a group of Year 11 and 12 Biology students attended a series of these lectures. Topics included pregnancy and alco-pops right through to whether redheads will be extinct in 100 years (they won’t be extinct). Other lectures included the potential link between the thyroid and IQ and mosquitoes and disease.
Those who attended the seminars not only had a very enjoyable experience but also gained insightful knowledge of the central concepts regarding the core issues that are ever more prevalent in society. Thank you to Mr Bird for organising the excursion.
