What's On at UWA

Documenting the contribution of nature to human wellbeing, e.g., as human values or ecosystem services, is critical to the effective management of natural resources. However, problems with classifying desirable end states, including the mixing of means and ends, undermine research, planning and (...)

Chemistry over the millennia has had many great successes, often despite fundamental knowledge of the actual processes involved. The advent of quantum mechanics a hundred years ago provides the modern basis for understanding these processes, but this theory depicts great complexity rather than the (...)

The Seminar: The relationship between the geographical characteristics of a place and the inhabitants’ health was first described in 400 B.C.E. by Hippocrates. Since then, many medical studies have utilized cartographic and geographic tools for epidemiologic and social research. With the (...)

Join Dr Ellen Jorgensen for a free talk during National Science Week. Hear about Ellen’s fascinating project to barcode native plant species in a remote area of Alaska for their future conservation. Dr Jorgensen is visiting from New York, where she is co-founder of Genspace – the world’s (...)

Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is giving you an opportunity to speak to and hear from some of the best eye doctors and researchers at an event organised during the National Science Week. This event will be divided into two sessions. In the first session you will be able to have a round-table discussion (...)

Everyone is warmly invited to our Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium.

Talk title: The Discovery of Janko's Sporadic Simple Groups. Talk abstract: In 1966, Zvonimir Janko published a paper which revolutionised finite group theory. The previous year, working as a Research Fellow at the (...)

This study aims provide a framework through which the trade-offs between prescribed burning, wildfire suppression and wildfire damages can be brought to light and evaluated. It uses an economic model in conjunction with a wildfire simulator to test different prescribed-burning strategies and (...)

The Gala will showcase an inspiring line-up of speakers covering a range of angles on the topic: STEM for society, humanitarian engineering for disabilities, and engineering in developing contexts.

Enjoy a 3-course dinner at the exquisite University Club, drinks package, dancing, raffles (...)

Join us for a jam-packed weekend of FREE biology-based talks, hands-on workshops and two ticketed science-themed theatre shows! Meet and talk to scientists about their studies and what it is like to be a researcher. Explore the expanse that is biology; learn about the complex lives of sharks, how (...)

UWA scientists are invited to meet with Dr Melanie Bagg from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC). Melanie will share tips and advice on the best use of social media to communicate your research with the media and the communities you want to reach.

Melanie has a PhD in Medicine (...)

This study aims provide a framework through which the trade-offs between prescribed burning, wildfire suppression and wildfire damages can be brought to light and evaluated. It uses an economic model in conjunction with a wildfire simulator to test different prescribed-burning strategies and (...)

On Saturday 27 August 2016, the Perkins will open its doors to the public.

Join us between 10am and 3.30pm to enjoy: - Talks on the very latest in medical research and treatments. - Guided tours of the building by medical researchers, including an inside-look at the spectacular (...)

Deciding where and how to publish is an important step in the research process. This workshop will cover a range of factors to consider, and introduce the tools and guides that can help. Open access publishing and the UWA Research Repository are covered.

Quasi-one-dimensional (1D) colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals manifest linearly polarized emission, reduced lasing threshold, and improved charge transport compared with spherical quantum dots, and find diverse applications ranging from optics, electronics, photocatalysis, sensors to biology. In (...)

Low concentrations of mineral- and organic-nitrogen compounds in many soils limit plant growth and productivity. Industrial production and use of N-fertilizers relieved this constraint in many agricultural systems and fuelled the Green Revolution of the 20th century. Without N-fertilizers there (...)

My research group is interested in developing new materials and coatings for understanding the interface between biology and surfaces. In this talk, I will discuss some of our core capabilities in applying surface coatings as well-defined interfacial modifiers. Nature provides many examples of key (...)

Psychology Colloquium Monday 5th September 5-6pm in Bayliss MCS G.33, followed by post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room, 2nd floor of main psychology building.)

Title: A generalized visual sense of number

Abstract: