AUSTRALIAN FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE, 2005
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, 12-13 April
Full proceedings (PDF file)
Tuesday, 12 April
Introduction
Dr Jim Peacock
President, Australian Academy of Science
Welcome
Professor
Suzanne Cory, FAA
Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Session 1: Optical logic – information processing at the speed of light
Chair: Professor Barry Luther-Davies
Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, Australian National University
All-optical technologies: Towards optical logic!
Professor Ben Eggleton
Research Director, Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems
Nanophotonics – a key to next generation information technology and biotechnology
Professor Min Gu
Director of the Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology
Session 2: Cell death – live or let die
Chair: Dr David Vaux, FAA
Senior Principal Research Fellow, Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Molecular switches controlling cell death
Dr David Huang
Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Machinery for mitochondrial protein import on the roads to ruin
Associate Professor Trevor Lithgow
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne
Session 3: Close encounters of the personal kind
Chair: Dr James Whisstock
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Monash University
Infection and immunity: A bird's eye view
Dr Jamie Rossjohn
Welcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Biomolecular interactions in development and disease
Dr Jacqui Matthews
Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Session 4: New molecular therapeutics for cancer treatment
Chair: Professor Tony Burgess, FAA
Head of the Epithelial Biochemistry Laboratory, Ludwig Institute
Histone deacetylase inhibitors: Novel drugs for cancer treatment
Dr Ricky Johnstone
Senior Research Fellow, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
New imaging techniques in detection and treatment of cancer
Associate Professor Grant McArthur
Head, Molecular Oncology and Translational Research Laboratories, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Session 5: Sex and drugs – the bad habits of bacteria
Chair: Dr Mike Dyall-Smith
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
What the genetics of toxin production by blue-green algae tell us about drug design and discovery
Associate Professor Brett Neilan
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales
The secret of success for bacteria
Associate Professor Liz Harry
Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology, Sydney
Wednesday, 13 April
Session 6: Understanding evolution – lessons from statistical genetics
Chair: Professor Ary Hoffmann, FAA
ARC Special Research Centre CESAR, La Trobe University
The genetic limits to evolutionary change
Associate Professor Mark Blows
School of Life Sciences, University of Queensland
The evolution of attractiveness: Insights from fitness landscapes
Dr Rob Brooks
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales
Session 7: Can coral reefs survive climate change?
Chair: Dr Janice Lough
Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Molecular ecology of the coral-algal symbiosis
Dr Madeleine van Oppen
Senior Research Scientist, Risk and Recovery, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Photo-physiology of coral bleaching
Associate Professor Peter Ralph
Institute of Water and Environmental Resource Management, University of Technology, Sydney
Session 8: Status and applications of high energy physics
Chair: Professor Geoff Taylor
School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Exploring the origin of the universe
Dr Elisabetta Barberio
School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Computational challenges in particle physics
Dr Lyle Winton
School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Closing remarks
Dr Jim Peacock
President, Australian Academy of Science
