Sarah is a Senior Research Fellow, leading a medical research team at Monash University. Sarah completed her PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and has held research positions at esteemed institutes including Harvard Medical School and Trinity College. Sarah has experience in teaching classes and running lab practicals for senior secondary students and teachers and was a medal-winning member and the Acting Director of the Australian International Biology Olympiad Teams.
Tony has several years of postdoctoral research experience in Australia and overseas with biochemical studies of bacteria and microalgae, including collaboration in the first phytoplankton genomes to be sequenced. After obtaining a Diploma of Education in 2004 Tony joined the education team at the Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC) and is now the Deputy Director. Tony has developed and delivered educational programs for students and professional learning programs for teachers on the themes of cell and molecular biology, health and disease, ecology and evolution.