Photograph - Research. Celebrating the initiatives are (from left) Dr Robert Cowan and Professor Graeme Clark (Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing); Professor John Rankin (Extractive Metallurgy); Professor Michael Pittard; Dr Tony Bacic (Industrial Plant Biopolymers); Professor Rao Kotagiri (Intelligent Decision Systems); Dr David Jackson (Vaccine Technology); Professor Tom McMahon (Catchment Hydrology); Professor Rod Tucker (Photonics); and Dr Nicos Nicola (Cellular Growth Factors)