Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rachael Anne Dunlop (born 19 November 1970), popularly known as Dr. Rachie, is an Australian medical researcher and sceptic. She is a postdoctoral fellow in cell biology at the University of Technology, Sydney. In 2013 she and her colleagues discovered that an amino acid produced by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) can trigger the onset of motor neurone disease (also known as ALS), and this research may help lead to a treatment for this fatal disease.A prominent member of the Australian sceptic movement, she frequently blogs about and speaks out against the anti-vaccine movement in Australia and has a regular segment on The Skeptic Zone podcast. Dunlop won a Shorty Award in 2010 for her Twitter posts about health-related topics.Dunlop has been interviewed about scepticism, vaccines, and her research on several national radio and television programs, including Big Ideas, The Project, and Lateline.. }
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- Rachael_Dunlop abstract "Rachael Anne Dunlop (born 19 November 1970), popularly known as Dr. Rachie, is an Australian medical researcher and sceptic. She is a postdoctoral fellow in cell biology at the University of Technology, Sydney. In 2013 she and her colleagues discovered that an amino acid produced by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) can trigger the onset of motor neurone disease (also known as ALS), and this research may help lead to a treatment for this fatal disease.A prominent member of the Australian sceptic movement, she frequently blogs about and speaks out against the anti-vaccine movement in Australia and has a regular segment on The Skeptic Zone podcast. Dunlop won a Shorty Award in 2010 for her Twitter posts about health-related topics.Dunlop has been interviewed about scepticism, vaccines, and her research on several national radio and television programs, including Big Ideas, The Project, and Lateline.".