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Displaying from Thursday, May 08, 2014
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May 2014
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Thursday 08 |
18:00 - PRESENTATION - What's Christianity Ever Done for Healthcare : Taking a leaf from "Life of Brian" this WXED talk uses multi-media to find the pioneers and principles that Christianity has contributed to healthcare.
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It's a torrid space, between healthcare budgets and complex ethical questions of end-beginning of life. Much of our talk takes place in a vacuum. So, taking a leaf from "Life of Brian" this WXED talk uses multi-media to find the pioneers and principles that Christianity has contributed to (...)
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Friday 09 |
AIESEC in WA is excited to present a panel discussion on the topic of: Building a Successful Career in the Asian Century.
With the number of graduate positions falling in recent years, many students face an uncertain career path post-graduation. But what is certain is the rise of Asia (...)
15:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar, Locally-transitive graphs and their vertex stabilisers
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Luke Morgan (UWA)
will speak on
Locally-transitive graphs and their vertex stabilisers
at 3pm Friday May the 9th in Weatherburn Lecture Theatre.
Abstract:
Let D be a graph with a group of automorphisms G and suppose that D is G-locally-arc-tra (...)
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Monday 12 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Coral reefs in a stressed world: synergies, resilience and refugia
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A public lecture by Emily Darling, the David H Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina.
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by local and global stressors and there is mounting evidence that reefs are shifting into new species and communities (...)
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Tuesday 13 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Ticking off developmental checkpoints: the importance of circadian rhythms during pregnancy : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Speaker: Peter Mark completed a PhD in the Department of Pharmacology at The University of Western Australia in breast cancer research. He investigated the component structure of the estrogen receptor complex in the absence of hormone and determined how this altered the receptor’s response to (...)
13:00 - Colloquium - Visual processing in Migraineurs: what happens between the headaches?
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Migraines are experienced by a substantial proportion of the population and, appropriately, the focus of discussion is usually on the headache phase. There are often visual sequelae associated with the headache but our research has been directed at visual performance in the period between headaches (...)
A lecture by Professor Norman Sartorius, President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes & former director of the World Health Organization’s Division of Mental Health.
Stigma attached to mental illness is the main obstacle to progress in the field of mental (...)
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Wednesday 14 |
12:00 - TALK - What Matters to Me and Why? : A lunch time conversation with Professor Mark Randolph
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Lunch time talk: What Matters to Me and Why (with Professor Mark Randolph, WA Scientist of the Year, 2013)
'What Matters to Me and Why' is a series of lunch time talks and conversations with UWA Academics. The talks explore personal stories of family, place, formative influences and how (...)
12:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - The Role of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Faculty of Engineering Experience
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Professor Lynch has a remarkable record in Canada for his entrepreneurship especially in his fundraising work for his Faculty.
I encourage you to attend and look forward to seeing you there - Prof John Dell, Dean of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics UWA
14:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Fulbright Scholarship Information Session : The Australian-American Fulbright Commisssion provides scholarships to Australian students and professionals to study in the United States of America
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Established in Australia in 1949, the Fulbright Commission has given scholars from every walk of life the opportunity to build knowledge, connect with the best international minds,and make a difference to the lives of millions.
With a diverse range of substantial stipend-based (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Impact of physical processes on the spatial distribution of phytoplankton in a subalpine lake : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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An understanding of how the physical habitat influences phytoplankton behaviour is critical to the ecological health of deep lakes in the face of global warming and increased nutrient loading.
In this talk I will present the phytoplankton concentrations observed in Lake Iseo, a deep (...)
If you can't escape from the reality of your life, and are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, The Robin Winkler Clinic is here to help! This clinic is linked to the School of Psychology at UWA. Post-graduate Clinical Psychology trainees at the clinic will soon be starting a stress management (...)
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Thursday 15 |
18:00 - PRESENTATION - What's Christianity Ever Done for Arts and Architecture? : This WXED talk presents stunning visuals of soaring and uplifting Christian art and some stories of iconclasm and censorship in order to draw a picture of Christianity's contribution to our current artistic culture.
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'Verily it is by beauty that we come at wisdom,'so it says at Winthrop Hall, so what are all the 'words' for? This WXED talk presents stunning visuals of soaring and uplifting Christian art and some stories of iconclasm and censorship in order to draw a picture of Christianity's contribution to (...)
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Friday 16 |
15:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar, Classic problems of packing in 2d, 3d and on a cylinder
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Denis Weaire
Gledden Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, UWA
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School of Physics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
will speak on
Classic problems of packing in 2d, 3d and on a cylinder
at 3pm Friday May the 16th in (...)
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Saturday 17 |
10:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Technology : UWA Archaeology Department celebrates National Archaeology Week on 17 May
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The UWA Archaeology Department invites you to join us to celebrate National Archaeology Week on Saturday, 17 May.
What do archaeologists actually do? How do archaeologists use cutting-edge technology in their research? What kind of archaeological research goes on at UWA? How can you even (...)
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Monday 19 |
Distance and time based road pricing schemes have been proposed by many transport economists as an efficient way to manage scarce road infrastructure. Introducing road pricing involves many stakeholders, and there are many issues that need to be resolved before implementing such a scheme in (...)
18:00 - EVENT - *Sold Out* UWA 2014 Research Tasting Night - An Intellectual Tapas *Sold Out*
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An Inquiring Minds event co-sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, Research Services and the Centre for Software Practice at UWA.
After the success of our first Intellectual Tapas in 2013, we are pleased to host another research tasting night. In this special event, guests will (...)
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Tuesday 20 |
iVEC and CSIRO invite you to attend training on MOOSE – Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. The MOOSE platform is a general problem solver that can accommodate many mathematical models. It has recently been released as open-source software, making it even easier for academic (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Pole position: Spindle mechanisms that regulate asymmetric cell division and brain size : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Asymmetric division is a specific form of mitosis that generates two unequal daughter cells with different fates. It is an intrinsic property of pluripotent, self-renewing progenitor cells and required for tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis. Defects in mechanisms regulating division (...)
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - India-Pakistan Relations: An Overview : CMSS Presents: A Public Lecture by Dr. Sanu Kainikara
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Ever since the birth of Pakistan and India as independent nations after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, Indo-Pak relations have been vexed to say the least. The nations have fought three accepted wars; two unacknowledged wars; and is still in the throes of insurgency and counter-i (...)
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