Trophy Winner 2024: Caleb Tang's Oliphant Journey
on 13/05/2025
What inspired your winning Oliphant Science Awards project? During year 11 I was fortunate enough to complete a work experience placement at a pathology lab, Clinpath, and this included their microbiology department. Bacteria and microbiology were areas that we had received very little exposure to throughout school and in the...
OSA Ambassador - Aurora
on 06/05/2025
Get to know Aurora! How did you first get involved in OSA? I began competing in the Oliphant Science Awards last year when I was in year 9 (2024). I have always been fascinated by science, so after hearing about another student's experiences with OSA, my parents encouraged me to...
OSA Ambassador - Patrik
on 24/04/2025
Get to know Patrik! How did you first get involved in OSA? I first heard about the Oliphant Science Awards from my science teacher at school in Year 1, and I thought, why not? After all, the world around us is all science! I wanted to research a topic that...
OSA Ambassador - Caleb
on 22/04/2025
Get to know Caleb! How did you first get involved in OSA? The Oliphant Science Awards were promoted quite extensively at my primary school every year, but it wasn’t until seeing my friend in the year above me at school winning an award that I finally decided to get involved...
Reflections of a Trophy Winner: Isaiah Ajaero’s Oliphant Journey
on 15/04/2025
My entry was a SHE task for my Year 12 Biology course. In writing the paper, I was inspired by the potential of a novel and innovative therapy such as CAR T-cell therapy, that seemed to have the potential to produce such a large impact on patients, with a reduction...