What's On at UWA

The Telethon Kids Institute Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases invite consumers and community members to have a say on a wide range of research into childhood infectious diseases including: - Ear Health - Vaccines - Antibiotic use - Infections in pregnancy. If you have an (...)

The Symposium of WA Neuroscience (SWAN) will begin with a plenary presentation from Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld, at 17:30 on Wednesday 8 April, at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. The meeting will continue on 9 April at the same venue, featuring four themed sessions on: (i) (...)

Heiko Lickert is a Full Professor and Chair of Beta-cell Biology in the Medical Faculty of the Technical University Munich (TUM). Professor Lickert is also Director of the Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Stem Cell Research at the (...)

Mid-water environments represent the largest habitable space on our planet, yet early vertebrate life evolved near the seabed of shallow seas. In order for early fishes to efficiently swim off the seabed and exploit pelagic environments, mechanisms to reduce submerged weight had to evolve. In (...)

Dear Researcher,

The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre (formerly known as iVEC) is calling for applications from researchers to access time on the Petascale supercomputer - Magnus. If you are interested in using supercomputing resources for your research in 2015 - 2016, please consider (...)

Representatives from UWA's Exchange Partner institutions, returned students and faculty representatives will be there to tell you all about the fantastic opportunities they have available. Make sure your students come along to the Oak Lawn to check it out!

The Seminar: For 28 years, Mann has been studying the dolphins of Shark Bay, including tool use with marine sponges. This is one of the best-studied cases of tool-use in cetaceans. About 4% of the population regularly uses tools. This talk explains why some dolphins use tools while others do not (...)

The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected. The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up (...)

We have three postgraduate update talks The presenters and the topics:

Elizabeth Wiley: Group size benefits and population demographics in a cooperatively breeding passerine

Rowan Lymbery: Sexual selection on gametes: sperm-egg interactions in the marine broadcast spawner (...)

In June, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre is offering a range of FREE short courses on supercomputing topics. On 8 - 9 June, the sessions are aimed at those new to supercomputing (8th), and those wanting to understand more about using our systems (9th). Later that week, we offer two days targeting (...)

The Seminar: Small airways in the distal lung were long considered a "silent zone", accounting for less than 10% of total airway resistance and contributing little to standard lung function measures. However, increasing evidence suggests that they are an important but relatively neglected (...)

Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be provided.

Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts a postgraduate showcase where some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas. Professor Paul Johnson, UWA Vice Chancellor will give the opening address.

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Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. You will review and learn key elements of how to:

Structure and format your resume and (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Student unable to present.

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Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be provided.

Do you have an interview scheduled or are your wisely preparing ahead for the opportunity? If so, join our interview skills workshop and learn the key factors to giving your best interview ever. During this practical 40 minute workshop you will learn a framework to better structure your interview (...)

This 6-point unit offers an introduction to the principles of essential human food and nutrition, with public health applications. Applied topics include nutrition for different life stages; popular diets; nutrition and chronic disease; Indigenous nutrition; global nutrition issues; food supply (...)

Learn how to build your online professional presence so organisations seek you out. Many organisations use LinkedIn to find potential employees, some have talent searchers specifically employed to scan professional networks and poach potential employees. Learn how to stand out from the crowd and (...)

Lanternfishes of the family Myctophidae inhabit depths of 200-1000m, are some of the most abundant fishes in the global oceans and are central to pelagic food webs. However, the deep pelagic remains the least explored of all marine environments and as a result comparatively little is known about (...)

Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. You will review and learn key elements of how to:

Structure and format your resume and (...)