What's On at UWA

The Seminar: Small airways in the distal lung were long considered a "silent zone", accounting for less than 10% of total airway resistance and contributing little to standard lung function measures. However, increasing evidence suggests that they are an important but relatively neglected (...)

Are you an entrepreneur and about to turn your idea into a business? Interested in start-ups and networking? Then join this free workshop!

Start-Up Xchange is a series of 4 events run by the WA Innovation Centre in collaboration with UWA and the other major WA universities to promote (...)

Dr. Vallence received her BSc (Hons Psychology) and PhD from the University of Western Australia under the supervision of Professor Geoff Hammond and Dr. Karen Reilly. Following completion of her PhD, she worked as a University Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Neuromotor Plasticity and (...)

Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts a postgraduate showcase where some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas. Professor Paul Johnson, UWA Vice Chancellor will give the opening address.

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The film raises worrying questions about where Australian higher education may be headed under the Abbott government, and reinforces why there is such strong public and political opposition to the Americanisation of our world class public higher education system.

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 12 June in Blakers LT.

Speaker: Simon Smith (City University of New York)

Title: The suborbits of infinite primitive permutation groups

Abstract: In this talk I'll discuss the subdegrees (cardinalities of suborbits) of infinite (...)

A public lecture by Professor Marlene Zuk, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota.

Today it seems everyone is fond of paleofantasies, stories about how humans lived eons ago, and we use them to explain why many elements of our lives, from the food we eat (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 19 June in Blakers LT.

Speaker: Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia)

Title: Permutation groups with "LPS"

Abstract: My collaborations with Jan and Martin were centred on group actions, that is, on permutation (...)

Dr. Cornelius Gross has been a group leader at the Mouse Biology Unit of EMBL since 2003. In January 2009 he was promoted to a tenured position as Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of the Unit. His research has focused on the role of genetic and environmental factors in shaping the development of (...)

This public lecture by Toby Burrows, the European Union Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London, will look at serendipity in the context of humanities research processes generally.

Why are classification and categorization so important? What do (...)

Professor Ian Frazer is a clinician scientist, trained as a clinical immunologist in Scotland. As a Professor at the University of Queensland, he leads a research group working at TRI in Brisbane, Australia on the immunobiology of epithelial cancers. He is recognized as co-inventor of the (...)

You are invited to attend a training session supported by the School of Medicine and Pharmacology, SCGH Unit outlining the use of the latest technology Hologic 2D scanning densitometer the Horizon W. This is the most sophisticated machine for measuring body composition in the world. Body (...)

Despite decades of research and applied efforts, interpersonal prejudice continues to occur at epidemic rates around the globe. Classic work focused on social categorization as the locus of prejudice formation, with volumes of research demonstrating that merely categorizing others as members of (...)

Professor David Mackey is the managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute and Head of the Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of Western Australia. He has studied the genetics of many eye diseases for over 25 years, examining thousands of patients with glaucoma as part of (...)

Demand for protein is likely to increase as global incomes rise. What does Australia need to do to maintain its competitive export market? This year's Industry Forum will discuss the outlook for global demand for red meat and Australia's role in supplying it.

Cost is free but (...)

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre is pleased to invite you to the FREE NeCTAR Research Cloud training - introductory workshop.

This training workshop will provide attendees with the available Cloud resources at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. At the end of the workshop, attendees should (...)

Peter Singer's challenging new book 'The Most Good You Can Do' has the power to change the way people think about how they live. Professor Singer presents a challenging new movement called 'Effective Altruism' in the search for an ethical life.

In this special Perth event, Professor (...)

Astrid Brull Canagueral studied Biochemistry at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Astrid then studied a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Masters degree at the same university. After finishing her Masters degree, Astrid started her PhD studies entitled 'Phenotypic characterization of a murine (...)

Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI) will be holding a series of intensive short courses ranging from a basic grounding in qualitative and quantitative research methods to state of the art techniques for experienced researchers. The courses offer practical and (...)

Nigel Laing was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated with his PhD from Edinburgh University in 1979, did one post-doc year in Oslo in 1980 and emigrated to Western Australia in 1981. From 1976 to 1987 he was a neuroembryologist working on motor neuron and muscle development. In 1987-1988 he (...)