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April 2012
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Friday 27 |
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - How Crude Was Life at Gdansk? : Public Talk at SymbioticA with Catts & Zurr
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Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr will discuss the Tissue Culture and Art Project(TC&A) retrospective in Lazina Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gdansk; they will use the opportunity to reflect on some of TC&A’s earlier works, and attempt to create a kind of a narrative to culminate with TC&A’s (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 2012 John Toohey Oration, The Need for Reasons : A free lecture given by His Excellency Mr Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC
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It is an inherent characteristic of humans that we want to know the reason for everything.
That “need to know”, to understand the reasons, is not confined to the physical world. It extends to decisions made by another, especially if they affect us.
Who has not, at some (...)
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Saturday 28 |
8:00 - EVENT - Chronic Lung Disease and Smoking Cessation : Educational seminar day with presentations from respiratory specialists including W.Prof. Phil Thompson, Dr Peter Bremner and international smoking cesstion expert Dr Hayden McRobbie.
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For all members of the health care team including physicians, GPs, pharmacists, nurses, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.
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Monday 30 |
UWA staff are invited to Preview the Co-op Bookshop May Sale on Monday April 30th. Refreshments will be available during the day and each docket can be placed in a draw to win a Mother’s Day Pamper Pack.
Wide selection of titles from $5.95. Select from fiction and non-fiction, academic remainders (...)
11:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Research Opportunities in Canada : Information Session on Research Opportunities in Canada
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This presentation will provide information on Canadian research grants in all disciplines available to academic staff and postgraduate students.
12:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : Prof Jose Porcel presents "Pleural Fluid Biomarkers"
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "Pleural Fluid Biomarkers" by Professor Jose Porcel from Department of Internal Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Spain. Time: 12 noon for light lunch with 12.30pm – 1.30pm presentation.
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Shale Gas and Fracking: Environmental Saviour or Devil Incarnate?
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A public lecture by Derek Elsworth, Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University & 2012 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.
Shale gas is just one of a variety of approaches that may be taken to reduce the carbon footprint (...)
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May 2012
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Tuesday 01 |
The Co-op Bookshop May Sale ends Thursday May 31st All Sale stock half marked price this week only. Wide selection of fiction and non-fiction, academic remainders and children's books. The University Co-operative Bookshop Limited
Guild Village, UWA, Nedlands Campus
11:45 - EXPO - UWA Student Exchange Fair : A showcase of the Student Exchange Program's partner universities
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Did you know that UWA students can go on exchange to USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Chile, Norway, China, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Hong Kong and Spain?
The annual Student Exchange Fair has (...)
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Ms Victoria Schofied a Renowned Journalist Lecture on Resolving the deadlock over Kashmir : highlights the need to resolve the debate on the future of Kashmir. What is the nature of the Kashmir issue? How can it be resolved? What role do external actors play in the resolution? Victoria Schofield will address these and other related issues.
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Victoria Schofield is an internationally recognized scholar of the Kashmir issue. Her publications include Kashmir in the Crossfire (1996) Kashmir in Conflict (2000 and 2002) and Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia.
The Kashmir issue has bedevilled relations between India and (...)
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Wednesday 02 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: The Merino-Welsh Conjecture
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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar
Steven Noble (Brunel University, UK)
will speak on
The Merino-Welsh Conjecture
at 11am Wednesday 2nd of May in MLR2
Abstract: The Merino-Welsh conjecture states that for any loopless, bridgeless graph G, the (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Soil&Water Seminar, May2: : "Application of next-generation DNA sequencing to the analysis of long and short PCR products "
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The Soil&Water seminar at 12pm on Weds, May 2nd, will be given by Richard Allcock, with an introduction by Tony O'Donnell, Dean of Science. All welcome!
TITLE: "Application of next-generation DNA sequencing to the analysis of long and short PCR products"
Richard (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Muscle Mechanics and Energetics in Locomotion: From Basic Research to Human Health : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Dr Rubenson will discuss his work aimed at understanding the relationships between in vivo muscle function, locomotor mechanics and it associated metabolic energy cost. Dr Rubenson will discuss projects adopting experimental and modeling approaches in both humans and animal systems (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - �Analysis of human endoderm development using lineage specific reporter hESCs�
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Ed Stanley completed his PhD under the supervision of Ashley Dunn at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne, where he worked on hematopoietic growth factors and gene targeting in embryonic stem cells. Following his PhD, Ed undertook post-doctoral studies in developmental biology at (...)
18:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Progressive Thinkers in Pakistan : This year, the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA is celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz's centennial year by organizing a symposium on his poetry. This symposium is unique because anyone can participate in a poetry recital/singing competition based on Faiz poetry. Faiz's daughter Moneeza Hashmi will be the judge.
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The Symposium organised by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, commemorates the contribution and services made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal(1939-2003) to Urdu literature.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was one of the leading poets of Pakistan. Listed four times for the Nobel Prize, he is also (...)
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Thursday 03 |
15:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar: Dr Nick Taylor : “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”: Middle Stone Age technology in Africa
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Dr Nick Taylor
Eureka Arcaheological Research and Consulting, UWA
“A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” Middle Stone Age technology, use-wear and the evolution of Homo sapiens in Equatorial Africa
The archaeological record of central Africa bears witness to a (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Coastal Ocean Observations in Western Australia: From Peddies to Dense Shelf Water Cascades : SESE and Oceans Institute Seminar
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West Australian Integrated Marine Observation System (WAIMOS) is a node of the Integrated Marine Observation System (IMOS) where the main areas of interest are (1) the continental shelf and slope regions offshore Fremantle extending northwards to Jurien Bay; and, (2) the north-west shelf. In this (...)
17:30 - EVENT - The Global Poverty Project Presents 1.4 Billion Reasons : Inspirational event featuring 2012 Rhodes Scholar
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1.4 Billion Reasons is a ground breaking and inspiring live multimedia presentation that sets out a roadmap for the end of extreme poverty. Developed in collaboration with experts including Hans Rosling (Gapminder Foundation), Jeffrey Sachs (Senior Advisor on Development to the UN) and Sakiko (...)
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Friday 04 |
9:25 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Characterisation of a successful triple immunotherapy for the treatment of Mesothelioma. : PhD proposal
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Ms Shruti Krishnan will give a talk on "Characterisation of a successful triple immunotherapy for the treatment of Mesothelioma" in the Microbiology & Immunology Seminar room, Friday, 4th May 2012 at 09:25am.
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a cancer of the pleura and less commonly of (...)
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Monday 07 |
Title: Experiencing New Courses
Dates: Monday 7th May – Friday 18th May 2012
Teaching and Learning Month is all about discovering, discussing, pursuing, celebrating and valuing excellence in teaching and learning. From showcasing innovative approaches and methods to focusing on the (...)
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