Emily Remnant | Service & leadership | The University of Sydney

Academic Fellow

Faculty of Science

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3808-8365 (opens in a new tab)⁠

Academic Fellow
Faculty of Science

emily.remnant@sydney.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

Emily is the Genetics and Genomics Major Lead, and is a member of the Advanced Studies and Curriculum committees in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. She also served as the Education Theme Lead for the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation theme in 2025. Emily is the Secretary for the Genetics Society of Australasia, where she has been a committee member since 2020. She is also a committee member of the Wheen Bee Foundation Research Apiary Technical Advisory Committee (RATAC).

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MEDIA
Bringing Cutting-Edge Research Technology into the Undergraduate Classroom (opens in a new tab)⁠
21 Aug 2026
Education Innovation post describing how we introduced a portable, real-time sequencing device into two of our undergraduate science classes, to give students direct experience with the tools and workflows used in research and industry.
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AWARDS AND PRIZES
Genetics Society of AustralAsia Dawn Gleeson Award for Innovation in Education (opens in a new tab)⁠
8 Jul 2026
The Genetics Society of AustralAsia Award for Innovation in Education was established by the Genetics Society of AustralAsia to promote a community of practice of genetics education in AustralAsia. The award is named after Associate Professor Dawn Gleeson, the first ever recipient of the GSA Excellence in Education Award. The award is normally made to one GSA member presenting at the Genetics Society of AustralAsia’s annual meeting for an innovation that they have used in teaching genetics that was effective.
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GRANTS (OTHER)
Faculty of Science Visiting Scholar scheme
1 Jan 2026
GRANTS (OTHER)
BioPlatforms Animal Disease Initiative
1 Sep 2025
Tracking the change in honey bee viral landscape during early stages of Varroa invasion, and Virus discovery in native stingless bees
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Research Apiary Technical Advisory Committee (opens in a new tab)⁠
1 Jun 2025
Member
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GRANTS (OTHER)
Australian Academy of Sciences France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grant
1 Sep 2023
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Genetics Society of AustralAsia Committee (opens in a new tab)⁠
6 Jul 2022
Secretary
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GRANTS (OTHER)
Faculty of Science Re-entry Fellowship
1 Jan 2021
MEDIA
Sydney bee researcher gets her stripes (opens in a new tab)⁠
15 Mar 2017
University of Sydney News
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MEDIA
Australian researcher working to immunise honey bees, protect them from varroa mite (opens in a new tab)⁠
10 Mar 2017
ABC Rural
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MEDIA
18 of our most exciting scientists on Twitter (opens in a new tab)⁠
14 Aug 2015
University of Sydney News
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MEMBERSHIP
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
1 Jan 2015
MEDIA
4CA Breakfast show, Cairns
30 Jul 2014
MEDIA
Bee sex proves no sweet thing and a sting in the honey pot for Far North Queensland agriculture (opens in a new tab)⁠
17 Jul 2014
Cairns Post
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MEMBERSHIP
Marie Bashir Institute (MBI)
1 Jan 2014
MEDIA
Channel 10 'The Project
8 May 2013
MEMBERSHIP
International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) Australian Section
1 Jan 2012
MEMBERSHIP
Genetics Society of Australasia
1 Jan 2006
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Australian Awards Endeavour Fellowship: Generating honeybees that are resistant to viruses. Department of Education and Training - 6 month fellowship conducted at the University of Otago, Dunedin NZ
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Science and Innovation Awards: Can we immunise honeybees against virulent viruses? Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Rural Industries Research and Development corporation category and overall Minister's Prize

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