What's On at UWA

The Cullity Gallery is hosting an art exhibition to accompany the recent launch of the book, "Breast Cancer: The Facts".

The exhibition includes works featured in the book by photographer Jacquie Moran, accompanied by drawings by artists Hans Arkeveld and Jon Tarry, and (...)

In today's competitive grant market, how do you make your proposal stand out from all the others? What sources of funding exist for young scientists? How do you sell yourself and write a winning proposal? What happens to your application at the Grant Review Panel Meeting?

'Grantsmanship' can make a difference! Come along and further develop your grant writing skills to improve your chances of winning research funding! This workshop, prepared in consultation with UWA researchers who have been successful in obtaining peer-reviewed funding and who have served on (...)

The Speaker: Prof Lydia Sorokin studied at UWA majoring in Physiology, Biochemistry and Zoology, and completed her PhD with Prof Evan Morgan and Dr George Yeoh on iron and transferrin in muscle in 1988. In March 1988, she started her first post doctoral appointment at the Max-Planck Institute for (...)

The Margaret River Region Forum has become a platform of research collaboration in translational medicine, in particular regenerative medicine. It has also provided the opportunity for interaction between industry, regulatory agencies, researchers and academics. The Forum is co-convened by the (...)

The symposium is an opportunity for undergraduate/postgraduate students, research assistants and postdoctoral fellows to present their work in a conference style seminar format and be in the running to win cash prizes.

Abstract deadline is Monday 10th May. Registration closes Monday (...)

The WA Committee of The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) are pleased to invite you to share and enjoy the fellowship of the health and medical research community at our annual ASMR Medical Research Week (R) Gala dinner. The Keynote Speaker and ASMR medallist for 2010 is Baroness (...)

The School of Population Health would like to invite you to their Information Evening for the Master of Nursing Science.

You will have an opportunity at this event to meet the staff and other prospective students interested in the course, to ask any questions you may have and to share (...)

Students gain an understanding of the cultural definition of the concept of health and 'wellbeing' as described in the holistic health model; understand the origins of ill health in Aboriginal people; and can apply approaches to redress some of the health inequalities Aboriginal people face.

It has become a familiar refrain that completing the sequence of the human genome promises increased capacity to diagnose and treat disease and in so doing substantially improve the quality of life for millions (if not billions) of people. The vision includes the development of high quality tests (...)

We employ single molecule imaging techniques to understand how activation of the T cell receptor on the cell surface leads to an intracellular signalling response. To function in an immune response, T cells become activated when a highly specific pathogen-derived peptide binds to the T cell (...)

A symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy.

The body is increasingly being transformed into commodity and media, put on display, fragmented, manipulated, preserved and (...)

The Speaker: Ian obtained a BSc (hons) in anatomy in 1976 from the University of Birmingham and a PhD in neuroanatomy in 1983 from the Institute of Neurology, University of London. His postdoctoral work at the Institute of Neurology, London was concerned with the target-dependence of motoneurones (...)

Every 2 months, the WA branch of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia hosts drinks, nibbles and a seminar to show case local research being conducted in the field of human genetics. In August we are delighted to present: 'Beta-thalassaemia in South Asia: the impact of population stratification (...)

*** THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED ***

CBSM aims to promote biological science in Western Australia by encouraging the interaction of scientists, students, teachers and industry representatives from all aspects of life science.

The meeting is designed to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and expertise to keep the (...)

Our Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases course is designed to allow students to understand the principles of infectious disease emergence and transmission using current cases and examples.

The course reviews the traditional tools of outbreak and epidemic investigation (...)

The Leukaemia Foundation of WA is ‘Bringing Sunshine’ to patients and their families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. Having lunch with friends or family is something we usually take for granted, however for people being treated for blood (...)