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Over the last year our Forrest researchers and alumni have achieved remarkable milestones in research, publications, awards and funding. Here is a summary of some of their accomplishments: Anna Faber...

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according to a...

Creative Fellows alumnae Dr Andrea Rassell and Dr Cassandra Tytler successfully launched “Transversal,” a curated exhibition and residency by Moving Image Lab Perth (MILP), a social creative community they co-founded....

From uncovering the Universe’s first light to investigating emerging contaminants in the environment, four remarkable early-career scientists have been awarded prestigious 2026 Forrest Fellowships. Created to draw the brightest minds...

Dr Andrea Rassell, Dawid Makosa, Dr Houda Ennaceri, Liyuwork Dana, Dr Mark Wong, Dr Matthew Dodd and Dr Samuel Starko were formally welcomed into the Forrest Research Foundations alumni community...

Congratulations to Dr Jessica Kretzmann, Forrest Alumna for winning the 2025 Early Career Scientist of the Year award at the WA Premier’s Science Awards. Dr Kretzmann uses nanotechnology and ‘DNA...

The Forrest Research Foundation was honoured to welcome Professor Fiona Wood, a renowned surgeon, entrepreneur, innovator and 2005 Australian of the Year, as a Distinguished Forrest Researcher this week. Known...

A new Australian native bee discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields by Forrest Research Foundation alumna, Dr Kit Prendergast, has been announced this week. While surveying a critically endangered Marianthus aquilonarius,...

Studying the vision and visual navigation of nocturnal and deep-sea animals, Professor Eric Warrant from the University of Lund, Sweden visited the Forrest Research Foundation this month. Delivering a keynote...

Teaching bacteria to eat plastics and advancements in carbon and Kevlar fiber composites were just some of the topics discussed during an informal roundtable with Member for Nedlands, Jonathan Huston...

The Forrest Research Foundation welcomed Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute for a week of engagements with the WA academic community, space specialists and Forrest researchers. During...

Trailblazing astronaut, aquanaut, and emergency medicine physician Dr. Shawna Pandya recently visited the Foundation as a Distinguished Visiting Researcher, where she shared her incredible journey facing the world’s most extreme...