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Displaying from Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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July 2011
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Tuesday 26 |
11:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - RNA rules! : The central role of RNA regulation in human development and cognition
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It appears that the genetic programming of humans and other complex organisms has been fundamentally misunderstood for the past 50 years, because of the assumption that most genetic information is transacted by proteins. The human genome contains about 20,000 conventional protein-coding genes (...)
17:00 - FREE LECTURE - UWA Business School - CSI Public Lecture with Vanessa Meachen : Philanthropy in Australia
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Recent media attention has focused on the comparative lack of philanthropy from Australia's highest earners. Our wealthy non-givers have been described as "morally bankrupt" and displaying "utter greed and selfishness". Are Australia's high net worth really that bad? Why aren't (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - �Estrogen-Related Receptor γ (ERRγ) Mediates Oxygen-Dependent Induction of Aromatase (CYP19) Gene Expression during Human Trophoblast Differentiation."
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Premlata Kumar obtained her PhD in Molecular Pharmacology under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Ratajczak in the University of Western Australia in 2001. The same year she joined Dr. Philip Shaul in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA for a (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Law Juris Doctor Information Session : Information evening for year 12 students, parents and graduates
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An information evening to learn more about the new Juris Doctor (JD) and entry pathways into Law. Faculty of Law Dean and Deputy Dean will talk about the reasons for the change and the advantages of the JD. Law graduate and 2011 Rhodes Scholar Jackie McArthur will speak about her experience (...)
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Thursday 28 |
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The Introduction to University Teaching programme is part of a comprehensive set of professional development programmes offered by the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL). The programme is specifically designed for postgraduate students who are teaching at (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Towards a comprehensive framework for the management, risk assessment, and mitigation of toxic cyanobacteria in waterways : SESE Seminar Series
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Mismanagement of the earth’s water resources has resulted in a severe water crisis. One of the major deleterious effects of our anthropogenic inputs to waterways is an increase in eutrophication, which can lead to toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Such blooms are of global concern due to their ability (...)
A public lecture by by Joel Bernstein, Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi and Ben Gurion University of the Negev and 2011 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.
This talk will examine the developments leading to chemical microscopist Walter McCrone’s investigations (...)
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Friday 29 |
9:30 - WORKSHOP - Service Learning: Evidence, Quality, challenges Workshop and Panel Discussion with visiting Professor Barbara Holland : Visiting Academic Workshop - Service Learning
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Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for cross-postings.
Distinguished Visiting Teacher Workshop: Prof Barbara Holland
Session title: Service Learning: Evidence, Quality, Challenges Workshop and Panel Discussion with visiting Professor Barbara Holland
Date: Friday (...)
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August 2011
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Monday 01 |
12:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Early Detection of Central Airway Cancer : LIWA is proud to present a seminar for the medical and scientific community
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Dr Lee is an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She is also a Senior Consultant at the National University Hospital.
Dr Lee has an active interest in lung cancer, pleural disease, obstructive airway disease, bronchoscopy and pleuroscopy (...)
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Tuesday 02 |
Intended Audience:
Tutors, including postgraduate students, teaching in any subject area.
Note: Business students should contact Professor Phil Hancock for subject-specific workshops.
Workshop Description:
In this workshop, you will examine a range of strategies for (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Muscle satellite cell dynamics; How does your myofibre grow? : School of Anatomy & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Postnatal growth in mouse is rapid, with total skeletal muscle mass increasing several-fold between birth and weaning (just a few weeks). Where myofibre hypertrophy during growth requires the addition of new myonuclei, these are supplied by muscle satellite cells, the resident stem (...)
16:00 - LECTURE - Lecture : Divine providence and human freedom: an age old conundrum revisited
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This lecture is part of a series of lectures organised jointly by UWA (Religion and Globalisation Initiative), Murdoch University and the University of Notre Dame Australia
Throughout the ages the question of human freedom and divine providence has cause heated debate. If humans are free (...)
17:00 - EVENT - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Exploring the Politics of Collaboration: Bridging the Scholarly Divide in the Kyrgyz Manas Epic
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Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO ‘Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind’, signaling its global importance. It sits alongside Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, or the (...)
17:30 - INFORMATION EVENING - UWA Business School - BHP Billiton Scholarships Information Evening : Information Evening
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Up to twelve Scholarships for Honours, Masters and PhD students at the UWA Business School are available each year, valued from $20,000 up to $153,000.
For information about the scholarships, join us and senior BHP Billiton representatives for an Information Evening. Networking and (...)
A free public lecture by Professor Lyndel V. Prott, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland.
Appreciation, accumulation, devastation? The love of beauty has inspired many great collections of works of art.
Source countries are today increasingly articulate about the (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Perfect State Transfer
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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar
Murray Smith (UWA)
will speak on
Perfect State Transfer
at 11am Wednesday 3rd of August in MLR2
Abstract: In quantum information systems, it is desirable to transfer the quantum state of one qubit (...)
12:00 - Focus Groups - Dogs And Physical Activity Intervention Study (DAPA-IS) Focus Groups : Exploring barriers and Motivators to Walking your Dog
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Do you own a dog and would like to walk it more often? Volunteers Needed We are seeking volunteers for a study investigating ways to improve the health and well-being of dog owners and their dogs. If you own a dog, and would like to walk it more often we would like you to hear from you.
Prue Hart is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia. Prue is a University of Qld graduate (BScHons, PhD). After working at University of Melbourne and Flinders University, she relocated to Perth in (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Climate Change and Energy Security Policies: Are they really two sides of the same coin?
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The 2011 Reid Oration will be presented by Peter Hartley, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University.
Professor Hartley is a 2011 Professor-at-Large at the Institute of (...)
3 - 8 August 2011
A festival of old and new music for 1-12 cellos spanning 3 centuries
Old meets new in an exciting festival of music composed for the cello, ranging from baroque works written in the early 18th century through to world premier compositions by UWA resident (...)
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