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Displaying from Tuesday, February 05, 2019
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February 2019
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Friday 08 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Bayliss Seminar : Junming Ho - School of Chemistry UNSW
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Adventures in Computational Chemistry
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Tuesday 12 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Mariagrazia Bianchi, 4pm Feb 12
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Speaker: Mariagrazia Bianchi (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Title: Conjugacy class sizes in finite groups: variations on the theme
Time and place: 4pm Tuesday 12 Feb 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: The study of conjugacy class sizes goes back to the beginning (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Bayliss Seminar : Yeast 2.0 - building the world’s first functional synthetic eukaryotic genome
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Yeast 2.0 - building the world’s first functional synthetic eukaryotic genome
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Thursday 14 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Seminar Series : Understanding multidrug resistance: can computational chemistry teach us new tricks for old drugs?
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16:00 - EVENT - School of Social Sciences Archaeology Seminar : Technology – Architectural Finishes. History, Materials and Techniques
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Abstract:
In an era when traditional structures are routinely
painted with polymer paint in deep tones of grey it
is important to understand authentic traditional
relationships between the forms and materials of
buildings and their applied surface treatments.
This presentation covers the (...)
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Friday 15 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Gabriel Verret, 4pm Feb 15
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Speaker: Gabriel Verret (University of Auckland)
Title: An update on the Polycirculant Conjecture
Time and place: 4pm Friday 15 Feb 2019, Robert Street LT
Abstract: One version of the Polycirculant Conjecture is that every finite vertex-transitive digraphs admits a (...)
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Tuesday 19 |
A public lecture by Professor Rashid Sumaila, Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
A crucial question still facing humanity is how to successfully manage the ocean to ensure long term (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Overcoming the challenges of making high quality cross-national comparisons. The example of the European Social Survey
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A public lecture by Professor Rory Fitzgerald, Director, European Social Survey, City, University of London and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
In this public lecture Professor Rory Fitzgerald will first outline the challenges of cross-national measurement using social (...)
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Thursday 21 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Mathematics and Statistics colloquium : Particle modelling applied to industrial and biophysical problems
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Particle methods have capabilities that particularly suit numerical simulation of complex phenomena involved in industrial and biophysical application domains. The two core methods used in this talk are DEM (Discrete Element Method) and SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics). Coupling of these (...)
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Monday 25 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia
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A public lecture by Dr Joëlle Gergis, Lecturer, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of Melbourne.
What was Australia’s climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores and tropical corals to retrace the past? What (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
Jennifer Young (Dual gradient hydrogel systems for mechanobiology applications): The spatial presentation of mechanical information is a key parameter for cell behavior. We have previously developed a method for creating tunable stiffness gradient polyacrylamide hydrogels with values spanning the (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Music presents: Callaway Centre Seminar Series - Pedro Alvarez : Notation as transcription, composition as translation
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A free weekly seminar series, with presenters from within UWA and from the wider community.
This week: Pedro Alvarez | Notation as transcription, composition as translation
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Music composition will be discussed in its dialectical situation between transcriptive and (...)
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Thursday 28 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Islands of History : Recent discoveries on Yaburara country (Dampier Archipelago) - historical inscriptions from pre-colonial visitors
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Research undertaken as part of the Murujuga:
Dynamics of the Dreaming project across the Dampier
Archipelago has discovered rock art that provides
significant new evidence about historical visits before
white settlement in 1861. These assist a better
understanding of Yaburara life in the islands (...)
17:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents Centre Stage: Royal Over-Seas League Travel Award Finals
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A jam-packed program of stimulating performances and events in 2019 showcases the immense talent of our young emerging artists and their mentors, our celebrated alumni, and nationally and internationally recognised guest artists.
From masterclasses and workshops to intimate chamber (...)
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March 2019
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Friday 01 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Negotiating difference through everyday encounter and its implications for life and relationship: Narratives of Thai-farang American interracial relationship.
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As the number of people involved in interracial relationships around the world has risen, scholars have increasingly paid attention to various aspects of interracial relationships, including identity development and challenges faced by these individuals. Despite this growing trend, little is known (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - 'You gotta have a purpose' : Complex motivations for reinstating the intergenerational transmission of Australian Aboriginal Languages
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If, as argued by Joshua Fishman (1991), intergenerational language transmission within the family is the ‘unexpendable bulwark’ of language revitalization efforts, then what are the perspectives of learners and semi-speakers of Australian Aboriginal languages regarding the reinstatement of (...)
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | Conservatorium of Music Staff
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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, this week featuring staff from the Conservatorium.
Free entry - no bookings required
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Tuesday 05 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - The effect of drone strikes in Pakistan on terrorism and anti-US sentiment
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This paper analyzes the consequences of the 425 drone strikes the US has conducted in Pakistan from 2006 – 2016. The existing literature provides arguments both in favor of and against the use of drones in combatting terrorism: On the one hand, drones are lauded for being a low-risk, affordable (...)
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Thursday 07 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Further explorations of the fossiliferous chert artefact record – building the links between the West Australian and South Australian archival records
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Eocene fossiliferous chert is a distinctive stone used in
the manufacture of stone artefacts commonly found in
archaeological sites in southwestern Western Australia
(WA). Since disputing the ‘offshore source’ theory for
this material, our research has focused on the
characterisation and (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - Researchers in Agriculture for International Development (RAID) Seminar and Networking Event
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There is a rapidly growing interest among agricultural research to work in international development. Certainly, it is an extraordinary field, filled with challenges, yet bringing enormous rewards. Some key questions that many enthusiasts face are:
How do I get involved?
What (...)
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