Year 9 and 10 scientists visit Westmead Fifteen Year 9 and 10 boys from our Enrichment program were excited to travel to the Westmead Institute for Medical Research for Science Week events on Tuesday 30 August. The Institute exists to enrich the health and wellbeing of people‘The Westmead medical excursion provided an exciting insight into globally by liberating them from current major disease challenges.the current innovation in Australian biotechnology. Each of the boys was presented with the unique challenges of biotechnology, The students were lucky to meet Dr Zoe Clayton, who is navigatingbalancing the fiscal responsibility of the company and the the frontier of stem cell research to innovate new ways to replaceimportance of those in need. damaged heart tissue, and Professor Jon Iredell, whose leading phage therapy research is offering hope in fighting the threat of‘The speakers presented their unique solutions to various threats antibiotic resistance. in modern medicine, seeking to solve bacteria resistance, heart disease and vaccine efficacy. Despite numerous setbacks in The boys listened to three presentations on superbugs, repairingboth the planning and application phases of their technology, the the heart and viruses and variants and engaged in a Q&A session.creative and logistical persistence of each researcher was inspiring. William Richardson (Year 10) said: This gave us an important insight into the resilience necessary to effect change and impact humanity.’ Imagesom eft: Oliver Manks and Michael Kousparis wth Dr Zoe Clayton; Te boys with ProfessoJon Iredell. Eamon called The University of Sydney’s Mathematical Problem Solving Correspondence Program offers talented up to Sydney Uni’s high school students support in developing their problem-solving skills. Mathematical According to its website, the Program consists of the following: ‘In Terms 1 to 3, four times a term, a set of notes on a topic and a problem set with five questions will be released. Every participant is Problem Solving expected to read through the notes and then submit a fair attempt to the problems. Every participant will be given a mentor who will give supportive feedback and a score for each question attempted.’ Correspondence Year 9 student Eamon Jia qualified for the program thanks to hispast results in the Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad and the Australian Mathematics Competition. His incredible Program performance in the 2021 Tournament of Towns, for which he wasranked first out of 115 competitors in the 0-level – Junior category, was also a factor in his selection. 24 | Service |News Spring 2022 |Stanmore 7–12