What's On at UWA

Understanding Kranz Anatomy in Maize with a View to Achieving C4 Rice

A public lecture by Dr Marie-Lise Schläppy, Research Associate at The University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Pearls have been used as jewels for centuries and pearl aquaculture has helped make pearls more readily available. How are these pearls (...)

Functional Particles & Microcapsules

Presenter: Martina Stenzel School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Title: Sugar coated plastic nanoparticles for nanomedicine

Date:Friday 27th April 2018: 12 noon

Venue: Bayliss Lecture Theatre G33

We’ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC.

We find ourselves at a crossroads.

'Business as usual' is no longer sufficient to address the interconnected crises of (...)

R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. This course is designed for those who have little to no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics.

Tim Ryan Synchotron SAXs (Special seminar)

Title:Biological Solution SAXS at the Australian Synchrotron

Everyone Googles…but do you really know how to get the best out of Google for your research? Learn how to harness the power of Google to find scholarly material in this hands-on workshop targeted at HDR students and academic staff. Registration required, please follow the link to register.

Despite Statistics being the traditional field for data analysis, people with formal statistical training form a relatively small segment of the Data Science community. Indeed, it is easy to conclude that the influence of Statistics on the field is waning: for instance, Python is slightly more (...)

What is Open Access, why should you make your research open and how can you do it at UWA? Find out why having an understanding of open access publishing is imperative for all researchers. This seminar is intended for UWA HDR students and academic staff. Registration required, please follow link to (...)

Don’t know where to start with your GAMSAT® Preparation? Struggling with a particular section?

We're running a FREE GAMSAT Biology Tutorial at UWA, with attendance capped at 35 students. We’re creating an interactive learning environment that mimics the way we deliver our actual (...)

Presenter: Zibeon Schildkraut Honours mid-year (Final Seminar) Title: Development of an efficient polymer nanoparticle functionalisation strategy for understanding interactions with microglia

Date: Thursday 10th of May 2018: 12 noon

Venue: Bayliss Lecture Theatre G33

Anandhi Anandan 'Structure of a lipid A phosphoethanolamine transferase, an endotoxin modifying enzyme from Gram-negative bacteria'

Friday 11th of May 2018: 12 noon

Bayliss Lecture Theatre G33

Abstract: There is a striking connection between the zeroes of the Riemann zeta-function and the distribution of the primes. In this talk I shall mention some analytic properties of the zeta-function that when known explicitly enable one to estimate, very accurately, the size of the n-th prime (...)

The APR.Intern program is supported by DET and provides a government rebate to industry partners to place PhD candidates under the support of their academic mentors into a short term industry internship. Some 1400 students are to be placed by 2020 (nationally)- come along to learn more about how to (...)

A systematic review requires a rigorous and systematic search of the literature and is a critical part of the systematic review process. In this introductory seminar, we will overview a comprehensive approach to systematic searching, key sources, and tools available to you. This workshop is (...)

The Perth USAsia Centre will be hosting Ms Christine Holgate, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Australia Post, Professor Taeho Bark, President of the Global Commerce Institute of Lee&Ko and Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul (...)