The Edge: Conversations
A deep dive into the often lifelong journeys and struggles of people with infection, pain and other chronic illnesses. Personal and inspiring stories fueling IMB’s pursuit of cutting-edge research.By harnessing expertise in chemistry, structural biology, genomics, cell biology, and bioinformatics, IMB has become Australia’s leading life sciences research institute.
Episodes
16 episodes
Growing medicines in plants with Professor David Craik
Professor David Craik travels to far-flung places including Mt Kilimanjaro, the Himalayas, and Peru looking for tiny proteins. His work has found him in some pretty interesting places and predicaments, including a case of mistaken identi...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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13:16
Professor Kate Schroder on what piqued her interest in microbiology
At school, Professor Kate Schroder had little interest in biology. It took a couple of subjects at uni to ignite her passion for microbiology and how understanding it can change the world. A self-professed sleuth – and accidental graphic...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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9:10
Catherine Clark
At the age of 18, an injury put an end to Catherine Clark’s dream of playing for Australia’s Hockeyroos. Not one to let anything stop her, Catherine soon figured out there were other ways to make a career out of her love for sport. Now a...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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9:31
Tony Vollmerhause on how blood clots can happen to anyone
On New Year’s Day in 2019, whilst on holiday in Malaysia, Tony Vollmerhause decided to take a photo which would change his life forever. After developing life-threatening blood clots, a torn patella tendon ended up being the least of his...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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9:11
Robert Quinn shares how a bout of Sepsis inspired him to start Patchd Medical
A kidney transplant left Robert Quinn with an acute bout of sepsis. Since then he has suffered 18 episodes of this disease, which causes 1 in 5 deaths globally. Rather than take things lying down he started a company that is creating tec...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:20
Professor Ian Henderson leads IMB into the future
Professor Ian Henderson’s esteemed, globe-trotting career is one fuelled by curiosity. Sparked in a Dublin classroom, his love of science, research and the people who work in it spills over into everything he does. Ian has his sights fir...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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15:12
Dr Nathan Palpant is at the heart of daring discovery
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Yet, despite decades of research, there are no new therapeutics that have made their way into clinics. Dr Nathan Palpant believes we need a new approach to treating heart dise...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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12:01
Pauline North bravely shares her mother’s stroke battle and research’s impact
After her mother suffered a stroke, Pauline’s thirst for knowledge led her to IMB and its ground-breaking research.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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11:40
Breanna Tory shares her personal fight to move past chronic pain
Wracked with pain and burdened with chronic fatigue for most of her young life, Breanna decided she’s not going to be defined by her fibromyalgia diagnosis.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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13:06
Professor Rob Capon shares his daring crusades to fight global diseases
Rob is a self-proclaimed microbial crusader and chemist, who has scaled the globe to unearth potential life-saving drug solutions. His next source of medicine? Your backyard.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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14:20
Dr Larisa Labzin shares her experience at the coalface of COVID-19
Larisa, a virologist and dedicated researcher, discusses the almost insurmountable challenges she has faced to continue her vital COVID-19 and infectious disease research in face of a global pandemic.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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10:20
Prof John Mattick AO & Emeritus Prof Peter Andrews AO reflect on IMB’s 21 years
IMB’s co-founding directors Peter and John reflect on the legacy they ignited and the realisation of their shared passion to establish Queensland as leader in the knowledge economy to drive drug discovery for better health.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:38
Karen Raymond describes her journey with auto-inflammatory disease
Listen to Karen’s moving lifelong journey with an often debilitating auto-inflammatory disease that drover her hunger for better insights to combat it. This path lead to her into the lab with IMB’s Centre for Inflammation & Disease Research...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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11:36
Tara Rimmer discusses the pain of endometriosis
Tara Rimmer, a successful and driven entrepreneur, shares her remarkable story of powering on through a debilitating and devastating journey with endometriosis.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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