Metabolic MaladiesBy Chao Hoe Ma

Getting acquainted

YiQuan Chen is seeking to discover the cause of a disease which causes the brain to lose control over muscles. She is completing a PhD in Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and calls the Wallace Wurth Medical Sciences building 'home'.

Does she work in a high-tech, gadget-packed room with retina-scan security? Not really. A couple of computers and laptops were all I found.

The Reporter Chaohoe Ma and Yiquan Chen in Chen's office at UNSW.