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Working at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness News

by David Shaw, 4 June 2020 | 2 comments

By Andrea Wild Imagine you’re a scientist working on SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the disease COVID-19. Your lab is at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Geelong, Victoria.

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What’s my name? A quick quiz Quiz

by David Shaw, 8 April 2020 | 0 comments

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One of the perks of being a scientist is getting to name things. Can you decode these scientific names and get full marks?

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Ebola end in sight News

by David Shaw, 21 August 2015 | 0 comments

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It looks like the Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa for over a year may soon be under control. Last week, there were only a handful of new cases in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, scientists are getting closer to a vaccine to prevent these outbreaks from occurring again.

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