Profile



Position: Professor, Science Communication and Anatomy

Gender: Female

Birthday: April

Status: Long-term partnership with Grant in Brisbane

Children: One son, who’s a doctor and one step-son, who is an Irish musician

Favourite Quote: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can - begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. ” Goethe


“The most beautiful thought we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” Albert Einstein


"We do not see things as they are, but as we are." Immanuel Kant


Reading: “Bright Star” A biography of Beatrice Tinsley, Christine Cole Catley, Catley Press


Favourite Quaffs: Pernod with water on ice - a legacy of warm Brisbane evenings on the deck. But also Otago Pinot Noir or Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc


Favourite Movies: Not a big movie buff, but perhaps “The Big Chill”, “The Prairie Home Companion”, or “A Room with a View” - bit of a wussy romantic really…


Favourite Music: Finn brothers, Bic Runga, A Women’s Heart 1 and 2, Mozart Flute & Harp, choral music


Science Communication interests: Hands-on Science summer camp, Dunedin International Festival of Science, Technology & Environment


Research interests: Effects of ovulation on the surface epithelium of the ovary, development of ovarian inclusion cysts and ovarian carcinogenesis, the activin growth factors and their roles in development, cell division, cell death and pathology