What's On at UWA

The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inc (WA Branch) established the Bayliss Youth Lecture series to pay tribute to the late Eminent Professor Sir Noel Bayliss, Kt, CBE, FAA, FRACI for his contribution to chemistry and education, his encouragement of young students to study chemistry.

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Applications open for 2012 program for current year 11 students. Go to the NYSF website to apply.

The National Youth Science Forum is a two weeks in January program of events for students about to enter Year 12 and who are considering going on to a tertiary education in the sciences (...)

The National Youth Science Forum is a two weeks in January program of events for students about to enter Year 12 and who are considering going on to a tertiary education in the sciences. The Forum is run in three sessions: two in Canberra and one in Perth.

The January Forum is followed (...)

The Travelling Scientist accompanies the SPICE team when they visit regional schools. The Travelling Scientist, a young PhD student, talks to students about their journey in science.

The SPICE team visits schools or district offices and offers professional development to secondary science teachers.

SymbioricA Friday Seminar > A Reflection on Visceral

Date: Friday 11th March 2011

Speakers: Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr, Guy Ben-Ary, Tanya Visosevic et al

Location: SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2 , School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA

SymbioticA and (...)

Brain Awareness Week is March 14-120 and activities include: National Brain Bee Competiiton, WA branch Round 1 (all week, in schools) and Kids activities at Scitech on March 20th.

The Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, The Neurological Council of WA and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as part of, BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK Present

NEURO EXPO 2011

E Block Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital March 14th � (...)

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 Travelling Scientist accompanies the SPICE team when they visit regional schools. The Travelling Scientist, a young PhD student, talks to students about their journey in science.

In this 40th anniversary of the first Bayliss Youth Lecture, Professor Allan McKinley, from the University of Western Australia, and Dr Jeff Davis, an Industrial chemist, will discuss some of the major ways chemistry has improved our lifestyle and standard of living. These chemical advances will be (...)

The School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health is hosting a visit by Professor Gareth Stratton the 2011 Healthway Visiting Fellow. Professor Stratton will be presenting a lecture entitled "From Fitness to Fatness and Back Again". This presentation maps out decreases in childhood (...)

Karen Campbell is a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN) at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. With a background in dietetics and health promotion, Dr Campbell undertook her Masters in Public Health and then a PhD which focused on home (...)

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 (...)

The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is offering WA secondary school students the chance to take part in a wide range of hands-on activities that will be interactive, fun and very rewarding.

Students will have the opportunity to*: • Observe a sun spot through a (...)

Media artist Anne Niemetz (Victoria University Wellington) and cell biophysicist Andrew Pelling (University of Ottawa) will speak about their past projects and present experiments in the art-science realm. They first met in 2003 in Los Angeles, where they created “The Dark Side of the Cell”, an (...)

Applications open for the Science Experience 2012. Current year 9 and 10 students apply on-line at the Science Experience website.

The Science Experience is a three day program of events for students about to enter Year 10 and Year 11. The program is designed to excite students about (...)

Closing date for applications for current year 11 students for the National Youth Science Forum 2012.

The National Youth Science Forum is a two weeks in January program of events for students about to enter Year 12 and who are considering going on to a tertiary education in the sciences (...)

The Travelling Scientist accompanies the SPICE team when they visit regional schools. The Travelling Scientist, a young PhD student, talks to students about their journey in science.