Prof Sarah Russell is an immunologist and cell biologist, interested in understanding how immune cell development occurs, and how polarity and tissue organisation influences cell fate. To achieve this, she has a joint position at Swinburne University and the Peter Mac, where her group combines immunological expertise with expertise in physics and mathematics for single cell microscopic imaging analysis. Alongside her immunology research, Sarah has been very active in promoting equity in research over the past 10 years.