What's On at UWA

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]

Mr Jamie Wood is a respiratory physiotherapist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, working with people with cystic fi brosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis. Mr Wood was recently awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study physiotherapy for people with CF and bronchiectasis in the (...)

Intended Audience: This session is for all academic and sessional teaching staff at UWA, particularly those constructing teaching portfolios or teaching award submissions.

Workshop Description: The strength of a teaching portfolio or award submission often rests on the quality of (...)

Dr Rita Horváth completed her medical degree at Semmelweis Medical University in 1988 and her PhD in 1999 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hugary. Dr Horváth has been active in mitochondrial disease research as a neurogenetics consultant and a researcher in Munich, Germany (...)

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 (...)

Amnesty UWA presents an evening for anyone who wants to pursue social justice. Hear Malcolm McCusker speak about his career, and meet representatives from NGOs and government departments who can give practical advice.

Enjoy food, champagne, a social justice art exhibition and great (...)

Forensic Chemistry is a varied and interesting field with applications not only in law enforcement, but also in other investigative areas including the failure of products or processes, archaeology, and most recently, food provenancing. Fraudulent activities such as the intentional counterfeiting (...)

This workshop will look at how applications are assessed and who assesses them. There will be an opportunity to receive feedback on your draft applications (submitted prior to the session), by UWA ARC assessors.

The session will include some handy hints from Dan Murphy and a reminder (...)

The Seminar: The skeletal muscle weakness associated with chronic inflammatory diseases such as cancer, heart failure and arthritis have been attributed to the catabolic effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines that are elevated in these conditions. Skeletal muscle weakness and inflammation are also (...)

In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long term experiences of flood recovery. The study used an action research model to document and understand the (...)

Intended Audience: This session is for all teaching staff who have an interest in designing better or alternate assessment items.

Workshop Description: Assessment is, indeed has always been, a practice that is central to all teaching institutions. It often happens so instinctively that (...)

Rock art research has been prolific in Australia for a number of decades, and many years have been spent investigating how Indigenous responses to contact and colonialism are expressed through rock art in the landscape. What is often referred to as graffiti reflects some of the European expression (...)

The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about regression, ANOVA and logistic regression. It will be spread over three days covering material ranging from simple linear regression and ANOVA to intermediate topics in regression and ANOVA, finishing (...)

Ever wanted to stand out as a graduate in the global workforce? Do you want to gain access to some of Australia’s best coaches in leadership, and hear bright minds speak on global issues?

INITIATE aims to connect 150 students from across all universities in WA. Presentations, workshops (...)

Set on a lovely bush block in Mundaring, the Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics with the intention of marking out some good quality thinking/reflection time.

There is no formal 'content' to the day (no butcher's paper). Rather we seek to (...)

Prof Rod Minchin received his PhD in pharmacology at UWA before undertaking post-doctoral studies at NCI on pulmonary toxicology of anti-cancer drugs and chemical carcinogenesis, followed by fellowship and academic appointments in Australia. HIs current research interests lie in the role of (...)

Over a breakfast of coffee and muffins, the emotional power of the human voice will be explored in a celebrity interview with world-renowned dramatic soprano Lisa Gasteen.

Price: Standard $20, Friend of Music/Concessions $15 For tickets email [email protected] phone 6488 2054

The Office of Industry & Innovation will be holding its next "IP Commercialisation Seminar" for all UWA researchers (staff and postgraduate students). Registration is essential as light lunch will be provided. Some key elements of the workshop will include: Intellectual property and (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Pablo Spiga (UWA)

will speak

On the vanishing graph of finite groups

at 12 noon Tuesday 3rd of May in MLR2

Abstract: In this talk, we investigate a graph Gamma encoding some information on the zeros of the (...)