News: Women in STEM
The journey from James Herriot wannabe to research superstar
![Alexandra Whittaker](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/researcher-photo-alexandra-whittaker.jpg?h=3890aa37&itok=huBnstOn)
From the wise old age of four Alex Whittaker dreamt of becoming the female version of British TV veterinarian James Herriot.
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Working with plants can help you both to grow
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Professor Rachel Burton has always loved plants, but it took her a while to be immersed in them properly.
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Even accidents provide opportunity
![Sam Franklin on a horse](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-03/sam-franklin-horse-43.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=oQaUfVPn)
Sam Franklin wanted to be a vet from a very young age, not an academic. She ended up being both.
Letting faeces provide the facts
![Tahlia Perry SA Science Awards](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-02/tahlia-perry-award-43.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=n9EmbMm-)
Known in the scientific world as scat or faeces, poo can give a lot of very important information about an animal. This explains why Dr Tahlia Perry called on people nationwide to send her some.
Esteemed lecturers inspire a career in STEM
![Michelle Guzik](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-02/michelle-guzik-43.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=YUoOIWs5)
Michelle Guzik sat up and listened at university. And the impact of those lectures has never left her.
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