Breast Cancer Gene Discovery:
A discovery of new genes has given insight into how breast cancer develops in women with and without a family history of the disease. The finding could have application in the prevention and treatment of other cancers. The discovery was published in the prestigious international journal Nature in May 2007.

For more information, go to http://www.epi.unimelb.edu.au/research/cancer or http://www.cancervic.org.au/about-our-research/our-research-centres/cancer_epidemiology_centre/centre_areas/nutritional_epidemiology/.

Australia's Future Science STARS:
A new science outreach program, STARS (Students & Teachers Accessing Research Scientists) Science School, was launched on Monday July 9 at the University of Melbourne.

The week-long program will give Year 11 students, who are passionate about science, a chance to conduct exciting experiments in diverse scientific fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, molecular & cell biology, zoology, earth sciences and history & philosophy of science.

In addition, students will attend field trips to the botanic gardens, Scienceworks museum, a special astronomical observing session and – in one of the highlights of the program - a trip to the Lucas Heights Reactor in Sydney. The students will be mentored by Australia’s top research scientists and postgraduate volunteers, while they reside on-campus at St Mary’s Residential College.

For more information, go to http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/stars.