Communication of your science is core to your science having impact, and the well-established way to present scientific findings is in the form of an abstract.

Governments make policy and legislative decisions that have long-term effects on society.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.

Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

There will always be constraints when you are managing a scientific project – things that just cannot be compromised on.

In Australia, the conduct of research involving humans is governed by various state legislation, which links to the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and the Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research.