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    • Dr Sean Coakley receiving his QLD Young Tall Poppy Award from Professor Jenny Martin AC.

      Top award for research into nerve damage

      Published on: 21 September 2018
      A QBI neuroscientist has been awarded for his research using a microscopic worm to help understand how our nervous system is protected from damage.

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