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March 2013
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Wednesday 20 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Does phytoplankton biomass in a reservoir increase in the future?
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A water resource in the future is a great concern around the world. In 2009 the research area of "Innovative Technology and System for Sustainable Water Use" was launched by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). One of the projects is "Development of Well-Balanced Urban Water (...)
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Thursday 21 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CMCA Seminar Series: "X-ray phase contrast imaging using conventional sources" by Dr Peter Munro
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Image contrast arises in conventional X-ray radiography due the differential absorption of X-rays throughout the sample. Many objects of interest, for example, soft biological tissue, possess weak absorption contrast. Furthermore, by definition, absorption contrast is directly correlated with the (...)
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April 2013
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Thursday 11 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - OzROMS � a three dimensional continental shelf and slope model for Australia : SESE Seminar
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The regional ocean modelling system, ROMS—a three-dimensional numerical model with a high spatial resolution (~2–4 km), developed for the continental shelf and slope regions of Australia—is presented. This is the first time a model of this nature with all the relevant forcing (tides, winds (...)
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Thursday 18 |
A public lecture by Núria Marbà , Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (UIB-CSIC).
Marine vegetated habitats (seagrasses, salt-marshes, macroalge and mangroves) occupy 0.2 % of the ocean surface but contribute 50% of carbon burial in (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
12:30 - PRESENTATION - Underwater Stereo-Video and Tools for Big Marine Data - 24th April 2013
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Perth is one of the cities taking part in the global ‘Big Data Week’ (BDW) - www.bigdataweek.com/perth
To support BDW, iVEC@UWA has planned various events that include presentations, networking opportunities and activities which will look at some of the challenges and opportunities (...)
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May 2013
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Wednesday 01 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : "Application of Fibre-Optic Sensing for Measurement of Antarctic Ice Shelf and Sub-Ice Shelf Ocean Dynamics"
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Monitoring of the ice shelf and sub-ice shelf ocean temperatures represents an important component towards understanding ice sheet stability and the potential for rapid sea level rise.Continuous monitoring is challenging due to difficult surface access, the difficulties to penetrate through the ice (...)
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Thursday 09 |
16:00 - EVENT - CMCA Seminar Series: Techniques and Applications in Marine and Biological Science
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SIMS is one of the most powerful characterization techniques for materials, chemistry, physics, and biology because of its unique capabilities to provide trace sensitivity (ppm to sub-ppb range) and excellent depth (as good as 1 nm) and lateral resolution (< 1 µm for ion microscopes and 30 nm (...)
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Thursday 16 |
Title: Addressing the social-ecological values gap.
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Addressing the social-ecological values gap - Can we find fisheries management solutions that work for people and nature?
The call for expanding social-ecological science and metrics for sustainability
will require resolving (...)
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Wednesday 22 |
17:30 - EVENT - Postgraduate Information Evening : Register now for our upcoming information session, and discover more about studying Accounting, Business Information Management, Commerce, Economics, Human Resources and Employment Relations, and Marketing at the postgraduate level.
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Learn more about the UWA Business School’s postgraduate courses at our next information evening.
Register now for our upcoming information session, and discover more about studying Accounting, Business Information Management, Commerce, Economics, Human Resources and Employment (...)
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June 2013
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Thursday 06 |
13:10 - EVENT - IOA Postgraduate Showcase 2013: Frontiers in Agriculture : 6 of UWA's best PhD students present their research
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Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts an annual Postgraduate Showcase where selected postgraduate students in Agriculture and related areas present their research.
The Postgraduate Showcase brings together some of UWA’s best PhD students at an advanced stage of their (...)
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Wednesday 19 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Madagascar and Great Barrier Reef corals reveal a multidecadal signature of rainfall and river runoff .
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Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures (SST) influence rainfall variability on multidecadal and interdecadal timescales in concert with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). Rainfall variations in locations such Australia and North America are therefore (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
Sharks, Camera, Action! is a forum and a mini film festival, focused on sharks and their relatives, which aims to encourage, inspire, and educate the general public about the important role that these animals play in our oceans. Our goal is to facilitate communication about sharks and their (...)
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October 2013
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Thursday 10 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Do genetic effects threaten the sustainability of marine fisheries? : 2050 Food - Lecture Series
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A public lecture by Fred Allendorf, Regents Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences, University of Montana and 2013 US Fulbright Senior Specialist UWA.
Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. Register: http://2050food3-eorg.eventbrite.com.au/#
Wild marine fisheries comprise (...)
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November 2013
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Sunday 10 |
This lecture by Professor Michael Crawford, Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, is a part of the 2013 ‘Celebrating Oceans Initiatives’ co-sponsored by the UWA Oceans Institute and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies, the WA Museum and the Maritime Museum.
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July 2014
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Monday 28 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Making Marine Protected Areas More Effective: resilience through diversity
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A public lecture by Peter Jones, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, University College London.
There are growing societal concerns about the health of our seas and increasing interest in the potential of marine protected areas (MPAs) to help address these concerns. However (...)
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August 2014
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Monday 04 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Living and Working Underwater: The Aquarius Reef Base underwater laboratory and residence
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A public lecture by James W. Fourqurean, Director, Marine Education and Research Initiative at Florida International University and 2014 Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.
Humans are limited in their ability to study the health of the coastal ocean. While robots, cameras (...)
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September 2014
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Wednesday 17 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Polarisation vision and sensing : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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As humans, we are generally unaware of the polarization of light. In contrast, many animals including insects, crustaceans, octopus and fish respond to polarised light. For them, there is information and value in polarization signals, just as there is for us in colour.
I will present (...)
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Thursday 18 |
In this special 'On the Edge' forum, three marine experts from the UWA Oceans Institute will discuss the ‘science of sharks’.
Panellists
Winthrop Professor Shaun P. Collin, UWA Oceans Institute, the School of Animal Biology and IAS Distinguished Fellow;
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October 2014
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Monday 13 |
A public lecture by Professor Pere Masqué, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and 2014 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.
The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in March 2011 caused the largest accidental release of (...)
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Thursday 16 |
9:00 - CONFERENCE - Oceans Institute - 2nd Post Graduate Student Conference
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Speaker Call out!
Hello everyone
We’re organising the 2nd Ocean Institute Post graduate Student Conference on the 16 October 2014, taking place at the University club of UWA.
The idea is to give you a platform to discuss and present your latest research (Research (...)
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