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Marguerite Evans-Galea

Marguerite Evans-Galea is a biology 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea rather than just read about it. In short: Marguerite Virginia Evans-Galea is the co-founder of Women in STEMM Australia. STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine).

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Reference excerpt

Marguerite Virginia Evans-Galea is the co-founder of Women in STEMM Australia. STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine). Her research is focused on gene therapy and neurodegenerative diseases.

Early life and education Evans-Galea grew up in Mackay, Queensland. She was raised by her mother after her parents separated. In High School she learned clarinet and discovered classical music. After school she planned to be a music therapist, but she was "bitten by the science bug" in her third year of university. In 1994 she graduated with a double degree from the University of Queensland BSc/BMus. This was followed by a PGDipSc (Postgraduate Diploma in Science) in 1995 also from the University of Queensland and a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1999. Her doctoral thesis in molecular biology was titled Characterisation of the response to lipid hydroperoxide stress of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Career From 1999 to 2007 Evans-Galea did postdoctoral research in the USA. In 2000 her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Utah was terminated when she became pregnant. In 2001 she obtained a post at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. On her return to Australia in 2008 Evans-Galea joined a clinical team at the Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) that allowed her to connect her research on yeasts with medical research. She develops cell and gene therapies for Friedreich's ataxia a neurodegenerative disease which affects children from around 10 years of age.

She was an Honorary research scientist at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in 2008 and Honorary Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne since 2009. She served on the Immune Responses Committee of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy and is a past member of the executive committee of the Australasian Gene and Cell Therapy Society. She was Chair from 2016 to 2017 of the executive of the Australian Science and Innovation Forum, a partner of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Evans-Galea helps early researchers and she is a leading advocate of gender equality. She developed graduate mentoring programs in the USA. and was the founding chair of the Early-Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) Forum with the Australian Academy of Science from 2011 to 2013. She is a committee member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Forum. She is Executive Director of the Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. IMNIS connects motivated PhD students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with high level industry mentors for a one-year industry mentoring program. In October 2018 about 300 PhD mentees were involved in the MTP (medical technologies, biotechnology and pharmaceutical) program in five states and 17 organisations. Evans-Galea is Program Coordinator for the IMNIS Energy-Minerals Programs and the CCRM Australia-IMNIS International Mentoring Pilot internationally. She is co-founder of Women in STEMM Australia. Evans-Galea was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her service to women in STEMM.

Awards and honours 2006 — Travel Award, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, USA 2009 — New Investigator Award, Friedreich Ataxia Research Alliance, USA 2009 — Panos Ioannou Young Investigator Award, Australasian Gene and Cell Therapy Society 2010 — Leadership Award, Murdoch Children's Research Institute 2012 — Travel Award, Ataxia Investigators Meeting, National Ataxia Foundation USA 2012 — Travel Award, Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank, Australian Academy of Science 2013 — Australian Leadership Award 2014 — First Prize, Health Hack for Medical Research 2015 — Travel Award, International Ataxia Research Conference, UK 2017 — an inductee and Ambassador with the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2019 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marguerite Evans-Galea

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marguerite Evans-Galea claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea

In research: Marguerite Evans-Galea appears in biology 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea 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: Marguerite Evans-Galea is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Australian biologists, Australian medical researchers, Australian women scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marguerite Evans-Galea 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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Frequently asked questions

What is Marguerite Evans-Galea in simple terms?

Marguerite Virginia Evans-Galea is the co-founder of Women in STEMM Australia. STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine).

Why does Marguerite Evans-Galea matter?

Because it connects several biology 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 Marguerite Evans-Galea?

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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