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AUSTRALIAN FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE, 2003
The Shine Dome, Canberra, 31 July to 1 August

Program (PDF file)

Session 1: Advanced materials
Chair: Professor David McKenzie

Advanced materials synthesis
Professor Marcela Bilek
Applied and Plasma Physics, University of Sydney

Advanced materials characterisation
Associate Professor Dougal McCulloch
Faculty of Applied Science, RMIT University

Discussion

Session 2: Extinction events in the geological past – causes and effects
Chair: Dr Charley Lineweaver

Mass extinctions
Dr Annette George
School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia

Novel biomarker distributions and their stable isotopes in Permian/Triassic sediments
Dr Kliti Grice
School of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University

Discussion

Session 3: Gene silencing – from basic mechanisms to industrial and therapeutic applications
Chair: Dr Wayne Gerlach

DNA-based catalytic agents as potential inhibitors of vascular disorders
Associate Professor Levon Khachigian
Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research, University of New South Wales

Gene silencing in plants and other eukaryotes
Dr Peter M Waterhouse
CSIRO, Canberra

Discussion

Session 4: Protein structure as a gateway to drug design
Chair: Dr Jacqui Matthews

Zinc binding proteins as molecular scaffolds for drug design
Dr Joel Mackay
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney

The role of protein structure in functional annotation of proteins
Dr Bostjan Kobe
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Queensland

| Discussion

Session 5: New approaches to the evolution of complex biological systems
Chair: Associate Professor Christopher Daniels

Evolutionary developmental physiology – how does individual developmental plasticity lead to heterochrony?
Dr Sandra Orgeig
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide

New approaches to the 'evolution' of complex ecological systems – kangaroo population dynamics
Professor Hugh Possingham
Department of Mathematics and School of Life Sciences, University of Queensland

Discussion

Session 6: Utilising large astronomical datasets
Chair: Associate Professor Rachel Webster

Scanning the sky – learning about the universe through large datasets
Dr Brian Schmidt
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University

Data challenges in astronomy
Dr David Barnes
School of Physics, University of Melbourne

Discussion

Session 7: Quantum computing
Chair: Professor Bob Clark

Quantum computing – theoretical challenges
Dr Howard Wiseman
School of Science, Griffith University

Solid-state quantum computing and quantum electronic devices
Dr Alex Hamilton
School of Physics, University of New South Wales

Discussion

Session 8: Molecular ecology – integrating genetics with demography to understand population biology
Chair: Professor Richard Frankham

Monitoring, molecules and models – integrating genetics and demography in the analysis of plant population viability
Dr Andrew Young
CSIRO Plant Industry

Molecular ecology meets conservation biology – Australian mammal case studies
Dr Andrea Taylor
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

Discussion

Session 9: Panel discussion
Chair: Dr Paul Willis

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