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August 2013
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Sunday 11 |
10:00 - OPEN DAY - 2013 Open Day : Join us for our Centenary Open Day and experience all that UWA has to offer
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Come and find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate courses, career options, scholarship opportunities, our valuable research, community programs and facilities.
There's also residential college tours, hands-on activities, live music, entertainment, and plenty of fun activities (...)
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Monday 12 |
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Lifting Africans out of poverty : an overview of the strategy and activities of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
sets clear targets: by 2020 its research efforts will have contributed to lifting 11 million Africans out of poverty and to restoring 7.5 million hectares of land into sustainable use.
IITA's Deputy Director General for Research, Prof Ylva (...)
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September 2013
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Monday 02 |
iVEC@UWA in conjunction with the iVEC Visualisation and Education program invite expressions of interest for hands on training using the Avizo or Amira 3D visualisation and analysis software, to be held during September/October.
The Visualisation Sciences Group (VSG) provided some (...)
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Friday 06 |
12:00 - OPEN DAY - Future Farm 2050 Field Day 2013 : The UWA Institute of Agriculture, Future Farm 2050 invites you to attend the 2013 Field Day on 6 September 2013
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The UWA Institute of Agriculture, Future Farm 2050 invites you to attend the 2013 Field Day on 6 September 2013.
PROGRAM
12.00pm: Registration with tea and coffee provided at Avery’s shed
12.30 - 12.40pm: Welcome and program overview, W/Prof Graeme Martin, The (...)
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October 2013
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Tuesday 01 |
This course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their survey questionnaires. This course is useful for both people new to questionnaire design and those who have experience and would like to extend their knowledge. It will be a benefit not only for people who anticipate designing a questionnaire (...)
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November 2013
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Tuesday 12 |
R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. The course will include:
Introduction to R: How to install R on (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - genomic prediction in plant breeding programs: : estimating heritability and predictive accuracy of genomic prediction in plant breeding programs
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Heritability is often used by plant breeders and geneticists as a measure of a trial’s precision, or the
precision of a series of trials. For computing its main use is the response to selection.
Most formulas proposed for calculating heritability implicitly assume balanced data and (...)
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January 2014
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Tuesday 28 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Glutathione: From the chloroplast to the nucleus and back : Seminar on the functions of glutathione in cellular redox homeostasis
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The low molecular weight thiol antioxidant, reduced glutathione (GSH) is a multifunctional metabolite in plants. GSH is an important redox gatekeeper that maintains redox homeostasis. It also participates in oxidative signalling pathways that regulate gene expression and determine the outcome of (...)
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February 2014
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Tuesday 04 |
In February, iVEC will offer the following short courses on supercomputing topics:
Introduction to iVEC: 11:00am - 12:00 Tues 4th February
Introduction to Linux: 1:00 - 2:00pm Tues 4th February
Introduction to NeCTAR Cloud Computing: 3:00 - 4:00pm Tues 4th (...)
13:30 - WORKSHOP - Workshop: Setting Academic Standards for Agriculture : What should a graduate in agriculture know, understand and be able to do?
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The AgLTAS project aims to develop a National Academic Standards Statement for agriculture – representing what a student in Agriculture and related disciplines should know, understand and be able to do on graduation.
You are invited to attend an upcoming workshop, led by Dr Tina Acuna (...)
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Monday 17 |
The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to (...)
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March 2014
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Monday 03 |
6:00 - COURSE - UWA Running Club : 12 week Fitness & Running Club - All levels
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UWA Health & Rehab Clinic - Running Club
13 week program working towards a 5 or 12km fun run (i.e. HBF Run for Reason - May 25th)
All levels welcome. Perfect for those returning from injury or running for the first time and needing a little extra feedback and coaching.
WHE (...)
8:00 - COURSE - UWA Gym & Swim Program : Combo Gym & Swim Exercise Sessions on Campus
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Adult & Over 50's Exercise Sessions combining 40min gym based strength and functional training, plus 40min swimming training (incl fitness and stroke technique).
12 WEEK SEMESTER 1 PROGRAM:
Mon 3rd March - Saturday 31st May
(Break 18th - 25th April)
SESSION BLOCKS:
Adult (...)
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Thursday 13 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Re-Visioning Field Stations, Marine Laboratories, and Research Centers to Address Global Environmental Change
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A public lecture by Dr Peggy Fiedler, Director of the Natural Reserve System at the University of California.
In this lecture Professor Fiedler will provide context for understanding the role of field stations, marine laboratories and other protected areas by discussing specific examples (...)
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Thursday 20 |
15:30 - SEMINAR - CMCA Seminar Series: ZEISS Xradia 3D X-ray Microscopes
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The ZEISS Xradia Versa family and ZEISS Xradia Ultra lab platforms offer a multi-lengthscale solution. State of the art X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning technology combined with highly specialized, proprietary X-ray optics deliver the highest performance lab-based 3D X-ray microscopes (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
9:45 - PRESENTATION - Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum : 6 presentations and announcement of winners
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Six recent honours graduates (-5 from UWA-) in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management will present their research (15 min each) at the 'Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum', hosted by the Ag Institute Australia (WA Division)and DAFWA. Following the presentations, the Forum winners will be (...)
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April 2014
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Tuesday 01 |
Celebrate sustainability at UWA's premier environmental event. Pat a koala and dingo and, if you're game, hold a wedge-tailed eagle and python. View up-close UWA's bees (in a safe, sealed hive panel) and sample their honey. Create beautiful flower sculptures from upcycled materials. Learn about (...)
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Tuesday 08 |
11:00 - EXPO - Study Abroad & Exchange Fair : A festival of international study opportunities for UWA students
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There will be presentations by international visitors, games, prizes, a photo booth, treats on offer and lots and lots of information about exchange and study abroad opportunities for UWA students.
13:00 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Profectus UWA Annual AGM : An opportunity to find out more on UWA's first club on entrepreneurship
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Come along to Profectus UWA's Inaugral 2014 AGM on Tuesday April 8.
If you are passionate about business and entrepreneurship be sure to drop by at 1pm to learn more about our agenda.
We will answer any questions you have about Profectus and events being held this semester!!!
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Wednesday 09 |
15:30 - SEMINAR - CMCA Seminar Series: 3D Raman imaging meets AFM, SNOM and profilometry
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Knowledge about the morphology and chemical composition of heterogeneous materials on a sub-micrometer scale is crucial for the development of new material properties for highly specified applications. However, each analytical measuring technique has limitations, which may be overcome by their (...)
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