Dr Alicia Oshlack interviewed by Dr Cecily Oakley
TitleDr Alicia Oshlack interviewed by Dr Cecily Oakley
Reference240000096
Date2011
Scope and ContentVideo interview and transcript of interview.
Alicia Oshlack was born in Roleystone, Perth in 1975. Oshlack graduated dux from Warrnambool College in 1993. She then went on to complete a Bachelor of Science (Hons) (1994-98) from the University of Melbourne, majoring in physics. Oshlack remained at the University of Melbourne for her PhD studies, which she completed on the topic of the central structure of radio quasars (1999-2003). Dr Oshlack continued in the Astrophysics Group at the University of Melbourne until later that year when she moved from using mathematics to look at the heavens to using mathematics to look at genetics. She made this transition at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute where she worked as a research officer (2003-07) and then senior research officer (2007-11) in the Bioinformatics Division. Dr Oshlack has since moved to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne where she is the head of the bioinformatics research group.
Alicia Oshlack was born in Roleystone, Perth in 1975. Oshlack graduated dux from Warrnambool College in 1993. She then went on to complete a Bachelor of Science (Hons) (1994-98) from the University of Melbourne, majoring in physics. Oshlack remained at the University of Melbourne for her PhD studies, which she completed on the topic of the central structure of radio quasars (1999-2003). Dr Oshlack continued in the Astrophysics Group at the University of Melbourne until later that year when she moved from using mathematics to look at the heavens to using mathematics to look at genetics. She made this transition at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute where she worked as a research officer (2003-07) and then senior research officer (2007-11) in the Bioinformatics Division. Dr Oshlack has since moved to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne where she is the head of the bioinformatics research group.
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword Alicia Oshlack, Cecily Oakley
SubjectPhysics, Astrophysics, , Science--History, Science--Social aspects
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