What's On at UWA

Dr Michael Azariadis will outline a systematic approach for editing and refining your academic writing.

Don't miss your LAST chance this semester to learn more about AIESEC UWA's Global Mobility Programme!

What are you going to do these July holidays? Have you had enough of the Perth weather and night life (or lack thereof...)?

Get ready for the experience of a lifetime! (...)

The Seminar: The L-type Ca2+ channel plays a critical role in cardiac excitation and contraction and it is the main route for calcium influx into cardiac myocytes. The function of the channel can be modified during alterations in cellular redox state. A reduced cellular state such as during acute (...)

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an evening for university students and graduates interested in studying medicine. Booking is not required.

Theatre students in English and Cultural Studies present Webster's provocative play of love, lust, and revenge involving a vengeful malcontent, a wilful Duchess and her two scheming brothers. Directed and designed by Steve Chinna. Five nights only in the Dolphin Theatre, Tuesday May 24 to Saturday (...)

Professor Simon Brown has comprehensive specialist clinical training in Emergency Medicine (FACEM) with additional experience in the fields of anaesthesia, critical care, prehospital care, retrieval medicine, disaster medicine and health management, combined with a PhD in immunology/allergy and (...)

Don't miss your LAST chance this semester to learn more about AIESEC UWA's Global Mobility Programme!

What are you going to do these July holidays? Have you had enough of the Perth weather and night life (or lack thereof...)?

Get ready for the experience of a lifetime! (...)

Lyric Soprano Zoe Kikiros performs regularly as a Principal Artist with West Australian Opera. In this recital she will present a song cycle.

Excessive growth of cyanobacterial biomass, commonly known as cyanobacterial blooms, appear to be increasing in magnitude and frequency worldwide, thus posing an additional threat to the safety and security of water resources With the increasing global water stress, there is a need for effective (...)

From the vibrant sounds of the Andes, to the sublime sounds of Eric Whitacre and Billy Joel: the Perth Undergraduate Choral Society and Los Chasquis invite you to an unforgettable musical event in the superb acoustics of St Joseph's Church in Subiaco.

"Misa Criolla and Songs from (...)

The Seminar: Jim Chisholm describes his fieldwork among the Navajo (1968, 1972, 1974-76). He provides an overview of Navajo society and culture then focuses on neonatal behaviour (temperament), the development of fear of strangers, and mother-infant interaction, especially as affected by use of the (...)

Assessment is what makes a university’s world go round! Despite this being a universal truth, there may be some that disagree. Two dedicated teams of combatants will hotly debate that “assessment is a waste of time”.

The UWA Toastmasters Club Team will argue the positive while the (...)

BGI (formerly Beijing Genomics Institute, http://www.genomics.cn/en/index.php) is one of the largest genome centres in the world. As you may know, the complete genome of one species will define the related biological research through the coming decades. Since 1999, BGI has been a core (...)

Professor David Mackey has spent 20 years studying the genetics of the optic nerve. In 1993 Professor Mackey initiated the Glaucoma Inheritance Study in Tasmania, thereby creating one of the largest glaucoma biobanks in the world, with over 5,000 DNA samples and clinical material from familial and (...)

The vasculature of solid tumours displays an aberrant morphology characterized by dilated and fragile vessels, intensive vessel sprouting, and loss of hierarchical architecture. Due to ongoing angiogenesis, immune effector cells generated in vivo, or supplied ex vivo, are often unable to migrate (...)

Cao Nguyen will present machine learning approaches in functional genomics including methods (i.e. hidden Markov models, Bayesian networks) to predict protein interfaces and to annotate functions for proteins from protein interaction networks. Cao’s talk includes methods to predict the key (...)

The Austrian-based classical Mandelbrot Duo team up with Western Australian Indigenous performer Richard Walley for the premiere of a new work for violin, cello and didgeridoo especially commissioned for the UWA WINTERArts Festival 2011 and to coincide with NAIDOC week. This collaboration brings (...)

A/Prof Kevin Pfleger is Head of Molecular Endocrinology–GPCRs at WAIMR and Chief Scientific Officer of Dimerix Bioscience, a spin-out company from WAIMR and UWA. A/Prof Pfleger was awarded his MA and PhD from Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities respectively. He relocated to WA in October 2002 (...)

We are seeking volunteers for a study investigating ways to improve the health and well being of dog owners and their dogs. If you own a dog, but do not walk it very often we would like you to hear from you.

Participation in this study will involve attending a 1-2 hour discussion with (...)

Celebrate Bastille Day early with the 62nd Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival Choir!

This will be a concert not to be missed, featuring the Australian premiere of the Desenclos Requiem coupled with beautiful music composed by Fauré, Alain and Poulenc. The choir will be (...)