astronomy

Katharine Michie

Katharine Michie is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Katharine Michie rather than just read about it. In short: Katharine Arwen Michie is an Australian structural biologist, biochemist and physicist. In 2005 she was named a Fellow of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science and was also awarded a Marie Curie International Research Fellowship in January, 2006.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Katharine Michie from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Katharine Arwen Michie is an Australian structural biologist, biochemist and physicist. In 2005 she was named a Fellow of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science and was also awarded a Marie Curie International Research Fellowship in January, 2006. Michie is currently in charge of the Structural Biology X-ray Facility, a part of the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Biography Michie completed both her BSc Hons and doctoral degree at the University of Sydney. In 2005 she received a L'Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship and spent the next five years working with Jan Löwe at the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) in Cambridge, England. She carried out research into the structure and function of Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) complexes and how they exert molecular control over the topological and spatial organization of chromosomes. The following year, Michie received a Marie Curie Incoming Postdoctoral Fellowship and continued working on SMC proteins and within the bacterial cell division field which continued her position at the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom). It was during this time Michie published a number of first author papers on bacterial cell division and cytoskeletons. From 2007 to 2010, Michie was a research associate at St John's College, Cambridge, UK. And in her final year in the UK, her position at the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) became that of an Investigator Scientist. She returned to Australia in 2012, initially to the University of Sydney and then from 2015, the University of New South Wales, Sydney. At UNSW she a Senior Research Associate of the Protein Structure Laboratory and runs the Structural Biology X-ray Facility.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Katharine Michie

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Katharine Michie claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Katharine Michie before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Katharine Michie ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Katharine Michie

In research: Katharine Michie appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Katharine Michie in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Katharine Michie is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of the University of New South Wales, Academic staff of the University of Sydney, Australian physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Katharine Michie outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Katharine Michie in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Katharine Michie matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Katharine Michie?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Katharine Michie.