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November 2011
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Wednesday 23 |
Glenn Cook will describe the activities of the Bureau of Meteorology in WA, in the WA Regional Office in Perth, and in particular in the WA Climate Services Centre (CSC).
His talk will focus on the Data Services, Climate Monitoring, and Climate
Forecasting roles of the WA CSC, whi (...)
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Friday 25 |
15:30 - PUBLIC TALK - The Thrombolites of Lake Clifton in Western Australia : Friday Seminar with Jennifer Alexander
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Lake Clifton is well known for the largest array of living Thrombolites (a type of Microbialites similar to Stromatolites) in the southern hemisphere. They were first described in 1980s when the lake ranged in salinity between 7 and 35 ppt. Within the last 25 years the salinity in the lake has (...)
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Monday 28 |
This course is designed for those who have no previous experience of R or similar programming style packages.
A basic course outline is given here:
Introduction to R: How to install R on your computer; basic R commands, how to use and understand the R help pages.
Data: Reading in data and data (...)
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Wednesday 30 |
The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about designing and analysing experiments. It will cover material ranging from a review of simple one-way ANOVA, to more complex designs and analyses including crossed and nested factors with fixed and (...)
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December 2011
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Thursday 01 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : Inaugural Community Forum - The health of the Swan River.
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In response to growing public interest in the health of our aquatic
ecosystems, the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western
Australia will now be holding a monthly discussion forum in relation to
issues and questions regarding our water resources in Western Australia.
The (...)
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Thursday 15 |
12:30 - SYMPOSIUM - A Celebration of the Career of Dr Ian Williams
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Colleagues and friends of Dr Ian Williams are invited to attend an afternoon symposium to celebrate his contribution to science and education in a career spanning more than 30 years at UWA. Dr Williams has worked in the Animal Science Group and the School of Animal Biology. The programme will (...)
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February 2012
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Thursday 09 |
13:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Scientific & Business Potentials in Exploring Marine Microbial Life : ABSTRACT AVAILABLE
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Professor Duarte is Director of the Oceans Institute at The University of Western Australia and Research Professor with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) in Mallorca, Spain. His research focuses on understanding the effects of (...)
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Monday 20 |
The course is designed for people with little or no knowledge of statistics. It will be spread over three days covering material ranging from means and standard deviations to simple linear regression, and basic ANOVA. Some basic categorical data analysis will be included with the emphasis (...)
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Wednesday 22 |
Nina V. Fedoroff received her PhD in Molecular Biology from the Rockefeller University, and has served on the faculties of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Johns Hopkins University and the Pennsylvania State University, where she was the Director of the Biotechnology Institute and the (...)
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Monday 27 |
16:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Molecular Basis of the Antifungal Activity of a Plant Defensin : JOINT PRESENTATION: ARC CoE PEB / UWA School of Plant Biology
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Professor Anderson's current work is focussed on defence molecules produced by plants for protection against insect pests and pathogens..
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16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Special Seminar : “Growing our future - the challenge and promise of the desert!
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The coastal strip of Israel is densely populated and suffers from all the common drawbacks of densely populated areas: air, soil and groundwater pollution; high land prices; chronic traffic congestions; urban violence, etc. The Negev covers sixty per cent of Israel’s surface but is home to less (...)
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March 2012
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Friday 02 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Science Communication Seminar Series : Sony ExploraScience – an interactive science museum
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Behind the scenes at Tokyo's Sony ExploraScience interactive science museum - a summer of science performances, blogging, media releases and workshop planning
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Thursday 15 |
16:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Phosphite - a potent 'fungicide' .. but why? : PLS NOTE CHANGE OF TIME! Prev 1pm, now 4pm.
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Phosphorus (P) is essential for plant growth, but often has a low availability due to a low solution P pool and sorption to soil minerals.
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Friday 16 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - PaLM Seminar Series (RPH) 2012 : Associate Professor Jennifer Rodger
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All welcome to attend the School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2012 Seminar Series (RPH). On a weekly basis we have local/guest speakers presenting to a wide audience typically in the fields of immunology, molecular biology and cancer related research. This week we are privileged to have (...)
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Friday 23 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Science Communication Seminar Series : Pushing it up hill: Social psychology, climate change, and communication.
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I present an overview of some results from Australian national surveys of public beliefs about climate change, and other studies of some of the social processes underlying the public's understanding of climate change. I argue for the general views that beliefs about climate change are socially and (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
13:00 - TALK - UWA Careers Centre - Teach For Australia "Ace Your Application" : Want to know how to get your graduate application to the top of the pile? Want to learn how to transform an average application response into one that will get you noticed?
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Want to know how to get your graduate application to the top of the pile? Want to learn how to transform an average application response into one that will get you noticed?
Two reps from Teach for Australia will talk you through the various components of the graduate selection process.
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Wednesday 28 |
9:45 - EVENT - Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum : Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum
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students/graduates in Agriculture competing for Young Professionals in Agriculture Award' ; winners will be announced at 1.45pm by Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Terry Redman
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Friday 30 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - PaLM Seminar Series (RPH) 2012 - Professor Ruth Ganss: Seminar presentation
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All welcome to attend the School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2012 Seminar Series (RPH). On a weekly basis we have local/guest speakers presenting to a wide audience typically in the fields of immunology, molecular biology and cancer related research. This week we are privileged to have (...)
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April 2012
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Friday 13 |
Semiparametric regression is concerned
with the
exible incorporation of nonlinear
functional relationships in regression
analyses. Assuming only a basic familiarity
with ordinary regression, this short-course
explains the techniques and benets of
semiparametric regression in a concise and
modular (...)
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Tuesday 17 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - A Bird's Eye View of Sleep : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: In mammals, including humans, there are two types of sleep. The function of the brain activity underlying these states, called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep, is an unresolved question in biology. Natural interspecific variation in sleep can constitute a powerful (...)
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