What's On at UWA

THE UNDISCOVERED symposium is the first of a proposed series of symposia that will emerge over the next three years, presented by Artsource and The University of Western Australia Cultural Precinct.

Speakers include: Victorie Laurie, Ian McLean, Trevor Vickers, Stuart Elliot, Olga (...)

Dr Sophie Jamal is a scientist at Women's College Research Institute, and a clinician with the Multidisciplinary Osteoporosis Care Team at Women's College Hospital. She chairs the Women's College Hospital department of medicine research committee, and she is an associate professor in the Department (...)

A public lecture by Achim Kempf, Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Waterloo and 2014 Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.

The two deepest laws of nature that are known to date are quantum theory and general relativity. Not all is well with these two theories (...)

The Seminar: Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation, a continuous “ringing in the ears” that is frequently associated with hearing loss. Tinnitus is remarkably common, being experienced by about 10% of the Australian adult population and reduces the quality of life for many. There is as yet (...)

A public lecture by Susana Agusti, Professorial Fellow at the UWA Oceans Institute, and Research Professor, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA).

In this lecture Professor Agusti will describe the current state of the (...)

The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA. Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!

This concert will feature 2 of our well established broadening ensembles, the Broadening Percussion (...)

Animals are often highly reflective - the skin of silvery fish and the eye shine of a cat are familiar examples. But animals make mirrors in a way very different from us: they cannot deposit metal films and, instead, rely on arranging stacks of transparent materials to make their reflectors.

Professor Rasko is an Australian pioneer in the application of adult stem cells and genetic therapy. He directs the Department of Cell and Molecular Therapies at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and heads the Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program at the Centenary Institute, University of Sydney.

The Olympic Games, as a mega event, can potentially have a significant economic impact on the host city and, for the smaller countries, on the host nation as a whole. While the event itself will only last for a few weeks, its preparations commence up to a decade beforehand and may entail (...)

Guang Rao (UWA)

will speak on

Self-complementary vertex-transitive graphs

at 3pm Friday 24 October in Weatherburn Lecture Theatre.

Abstract:

A graph is self-complementary if the graph and its complement are isomorphic. In this talk I will (...)

Oceans Community is a once a year event created for the broader community who want to better understand marine issues in WA and contribute in some way to the marine environment. This year's event has been organised by The Oceans Community and the UWA Oceans Institute with the objective to (...)

Piroska Nagy is a Professor of Medieval History at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). From 2014 to 2017 she is also an International Partner Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

A public lecture by Liz Pellicano, Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Institute of Education, University of London.

In this talk, Dr Pellicano will suggest that we not only need greater investment in currently under-researched areas in autism and under-ser (...)

The Seminar: The mature CNS has limited intrinsic capacity for repair after injury. I will summarize results from the lab over the past 10 years that have quantified the effects of various pharmacotherapy and gene therapy regimes on the survival and regenerative capacity of injured adult retinal (...)

A public lecture by Charitha Pattiaratchi, Winthrop Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia.

In this lecture, Professor Pattiaratchi will discuss advances in the tsunami science in terms of deep water propagation and inundation with respect to Western (...)

Following on from successful collaborations in 2013, the School of Music proudly presents a concert for the serious music lover in Saint Mary’s Cathedral featuring the UWA Symphonic Chorus and Wind Orchestra with Saint Mary’s Cathedral Choir.

Bruckner Mass in e minor for choir and (...)

Please join us for the panel discussion on rare earth elements which are used in magnets, hybrid cars, lasers, mobile phones, and computers. Growing demand for rare earths has strained their supply, and global supply chains are prone to instability with significant economic and security (...)

Over tens of thousands of years, soils gradually lose plant nutrients, especially phosphorus (P). This long-term process of soil formation, which strongly influences vegetation and ecosystem processes, can only be studied by using natural gradients of soil age – also called ‘soil (...)

Professor Stefan Rose-John is the Director of the Department of Biochemistry at the Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany. He has authored 320 Original Publications and has a current H-index of 72. Over the last 25 years, his laboratory has focused on understanding the molecular biology of (...)

Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.

Our last concert of the semester will feature students of the highest calibre - including some of our 2014 prize winners and graduating students!

FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during (...)