New research into understanding how human DNA works will be explored when award winning mathematical scientist, Professor Terry Speed, presents a public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 25 September. A principal research scientist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Professor Speed has more than 40 years of experience in statistics, specialising in the design and analysis of studies in genetics and genomics. "Scientists have now mapped the human genome. The next frontier is to understand human epigenomes; the instructions which tell the DNA whether to make skin cells or blood cells or other body parts," he said. Professor Speed has recently been awarded the 2014 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and in 2013 he won the Prime Minister's Prize for Science. The free public lecture is part of CSU's Exploration Seriesand is being held in conjunction with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. It will be held from 6 pm at the Wal Fife Lecture Theatre, building 14, near car park 4, off Tooma Way at CSU in Wagga Wagga.