What's On at UWA

Grantsmanship can make a difference! Come along and further develop your grant writing skills. This workshop, prepared in consultation with UWA researchers who have been successful in obtaining peer-reviewed funding and who have served on national reviewing bodies, will be structured to assist (...)

All welcome!

“The effect of tree belowground C allocation on the seasonal course of microbial N cycling in an European beech forest soil”

ABSTRACT: Soil microbes in temperate forest ecosystems are able to cycle several hundreds of kg of nitrogen (N) ha-1 yr-1 and are (...)

Dr Mylne (PhD, Botany) worked at the John Innes Centre (2001-2005), using molecular genetics in Arabidopsis to study proteins that accelerate flowering in response to prolonged cold (vernalization). In 2006 he moved to the IMB in Brisbane where he holds an ARC QEII Fellowship (2008-2012) and is the (...)

The seminar next week is from:

Dennis Stanley, Mun Woo, Ben Hollings and Christine Hanson

from Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG) and The UWA Oceans Institute

Title: “Sustained oceanographic observations around Australia using autonomous ocean (...)

Credit Suisse offers intellectual challenges, exceptional rewards and global development potential for people who want to make a difference in the world. It's not about filling jobs. We are looking for people with the energy, ambition and passion to help Credit Suisse become the world's premier (...)

This year the CMCA will be leading a WA-based consortium applying for funding through ARC LIEF to provide advanced X-ray micro-CT capabilities for local researchers mainly in the physical and geo-sciences.

To provide more information on the capabilities of the latest generation micro-CT (...)

Zoology club is welcoming back the new semester with a BBQ! Come down to Matilda Bay, opposite the Zoology building (look for the Zoology Banner) and have some fun with a sausage sizzle, waterslide, paddling pool and games with AWESOME PRIZES! 11am til 2pm Tuesday the 15th. Gold Coin Entry. All (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled. Our apologies.

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Despite Japan's devastation, Dr Fujii wishes to proceed with his seminar as planned! We appreciate such a gesture at this difficult time.Sota will fly home morning after seminar. We wish him strength & love in what may be a very trying time for a while to come. We will be making a DONATION to (...)

The Soil&Water Seminar at 11am on Tues, March 22nd, will be given by Dr Bill Bowden. All welcome!

TITLE: “Bring back the mouldboard plough for renovation cropping?”

ABSTRACT: The effects of deep cultivation following years of no-till farming is being investigated in a (...)

The University of Western Australia provides a range of geographic resources from analog paper maps to state-of-the-art digital Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Recently the Science library has provided a new home for the University's map collection and has been instrumental in negotiating (...)

A special seminar to be held on Friday 1st April, 1 – 2pm in the Jennifer Arnold Lecture Theatre, Ground floor, Zoology Building (South).

Dr Robert James will speak on “Community-Based Development and its Application to Marine Turtle Conservation in Drake Bay, Peninsula de Osa, Costa (...)

The Soil&Water Seminar at 11am on Tues, April 5th, will be given by Willis Gwenzi, from the Soil Physics group at SEE and Plant Biology.All welcome!

------ TITLE: “Vegetation and soil controls on water redistribution on vegetated engineered cover systems associated with mine waste (...)

ABSTRACT AVAILABLE ON REQUEST TO [email protected]

Agriculture is highly significant to the WA economy and landscape. UWA's Future Farm is an 'ideal' farm for 2050 - when the world population is expected to exceed 9 billion, providing the double challenge of feeding 50% more people without destroying the planet. There is no greater issue facing (...)

Plant genetic engineering will likely contribute to the required continued increase in agricultural productivity during the coming decades. FULL ABSTRACT AVAILABLE [email protected]

To Cre or not to Cre? > A SymbioticA Friday Seminar Date: 15th April; Speaker: Dr Rob James; Time & Location: 3:30 - 5:00pm @ SymbioticA

Molecular solutions to ethical obstacles precluding human enhancement through genetic engineering.

Emerging biotechnologies promise (...)

There will be a special Plant Biology seminar this Monday 18th April at 4pm in the BAYLISS Building Lecture Theatre (G33). Emeritus Professor Winslow Briggs, from Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, will present his extensive research into "Phototropin LOV domains - serving many (...)

‘A day in the life of an environmental science student’ gives WA secondary school students the opportunity to find out what studies in this field would be like at UWA.

Students will take part in a variety of workshops and demonstrations throughout the day that are designed to give them (...)

ABSTRACT AVAILABLE FROM [email protected]