What's On at UWA

"Informatics and DNA Storage - how two Western Australian based NHMRC Enabling Facilities (The Wa Genetic Epidemiology Resource and the WA DNA Bank) can help medical researchers in Australia"

Kathy High will show selections of video clips from her works that cover topics such as new reproductive technologies, telepathic animal communication, and transgenic animal research. Her feminist bias frames her construction of our engagement with medicine, interspecies relations and our desires (...)

This Friday's seminar is presented by Peter McAllister, the Science Communication Writer-in-residence.

Highlights include: a biomechanical analysis proving a Neanderthal woman would have beaten Arnold Schwarzenegger in an armwrestle; a philological investigation of why Fifty Cent would (...)

Abstract: Humans are often described as remarkable in our concern for the well-being of others. The fact that some people sacrifice material gain to help or punish strangers in one-shot interactions is not readily explained by widely accepted mechanisms of natural selection. What (...)

Biographical details: Mike Kemeny studied immunology at University College London under Professor A. Mitchison. His PhD was a joint project between the Departments of Medicine at Guy’s Hospital and Chemistry at University College London under the supervision of Professors M. Lessof and C. Vernon (...)

Abstract: When it comes to everyday discourse about political agency, there is a disturbing asymmetry between the kinds of explanation that tend to be offered of one’s own group and those offered of foreign or enemy groups. In countries where Islam dominates, religion is seen as all the things (...)

The Seminar: The olfactory pathway, which allows us to smell, is incredibly plastic and a site of sustained adult neurogenesis (i.e. birth of new neurons). Neurogenesis in the nasal neuroepithelium occurs to replace other neurons that have died. Adult-born epithelial neurons can successfully regrow (...)

Charles is an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Forensic Science. He specialises in bones, old bones and very old bones. One particular skeleton comes from 18,000 years ago. Such a long-ago time would seem to place it in an evolutionary context. Being a physician as well as an anthropologist (...)

This Friday we have two student practicum presentations from:

Jaqueline McNally, a science communication postgraduate who is producing a short film on the origins of the universe with the SPICE program, and

Theodora Soh, a Science Communication and Psychology (...)

Abstract: Many birds and fish display colourful, sexually selected, health signaling ornaments based on dietary carotenoids - pigments that also benefit immune and reproductive systems. We demonstrate, for the first time in mammals, that natural dietary carotenoid intake enhances human skin (...)

"Out there!" will introduce you to a project which is going to revolutionise our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe.

The $1.8 bn Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will be up to 50 times more sensitive than present-day instruments and will be (...)

The Seminar: Skeletal muscle, which constitutes about 40% of the mass of the human body, is specialized contractile tissue that moves all parts of the skeleton and is essential for breathing; skeletal muscle is also important as a source of heat generation and as a regulator of metabolism. In (...)

The use of DNA in forensic applications has revolutionised crime investigations world-wide. This talk will cover a range of topics including DNA as the biological blueprint of life, tracking HIV transmissions and the use of DNA in high-profile criminal cases.   Course Code: 092440 Tue 7-8.30pm (...)

Talks will range from demonstrating application capabilities of GPUs. Dr Mark Harris (NVIDIA) and Professor Karen Haines (WASP at UWA) will present and provide the latest information on their work. Topics to be covered will include an introduction to the CUDA architecture, programming model and (...)

Mark Harris, PhD, NVIDIA, will present a hands-on tutorial session providing attendees the opportunity to experience GPU programming with CUDA.

Attendance is FREE and is limited to researchers, academics and students associated with iVEC partners.

Please use the header "G (...)

Miss Lucy Barrett will be talking on "Fine Mapping of Induced Dystrophin Isoforms in mdx mice" and Mr Jonathan Teoh will be talking on "Characterization of mitichondrial proteins to determine their neuroprotective/neurodamaging role in cerebral ischaemia". A light lunch will be (...)

As part of Out There!, a hands-on public exhibition focused on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, Professor Peter Quinn will present a fascinating talk at 12 noon on its incredible potential.

You’ll find out just how the SKA radio telescope, which is up to 50 times more (...)

Visit UWA's "Out There!" exhibition and learn about the biggest ground-based astronomy project in the world: the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Out There! features hands-on activities providing a fascinating insight into the physics behind radio astronomy and the (...)

Abstract: The outcome of the engagement between Kormoran and Sydney posed a challenge for defence personnel and their families in Australia. Sydney was a more powerful vessel and, handled competently, there was only one possible outcome. Either Sydney made a tactical error, and placed herself at a (...)

The world of physical and chemical micro-evidence in areas such as art fraud, the content of foods and provenancing murder weapons.   Course Code: 092441 Tue 7-8.30pm May 12 $39 (10% discount for UWA staff and students). Bookings Essential - 6488 2433 or www.extension.uwa.edu.au