SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 4 - 6 may 2005
New Fellows Seminar
| New Fellows seminar Wednesday 4 May |
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| Professor John Boyer E I du Pont Professor of Marine Plant Biochemistry/Biophysics, College of Marine Studies, and Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, USA Intravenous feeding: Helping unravel how plants reproduce when water is limited |
| Professor Samuel Berkovic Director, Epilepsy Research Centre and Professor (Personal Chair), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne Epilepsy genetics: Learning from patients to solve mysteries |
| Dr Jeffrey Ellis Research Scientist and Program Leader, Genetic Engineering for Plant Improvement, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra The basis of plant resistance to fungal rust diseases |
| Professor Ruth Hall NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney Bacterial strategies for acquiring resistance to antibiotics |
| Professor Doug Hilton Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria Regulating communication between cells |
| Dr Robin Holliday Former Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney Research in four fields of biology: Ustilago, recombination, ageing and epigenetics |
| Professor Trevor Lamb ARC Federation Fellow, Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra The first stage of vision: Transduction and adaptation in retinal photoreceptors |
| Professor Geoffrey McFadden ARC Professorial Fellow, School of Botany, University of Melbourne Malaria: The plant connection |
| Professor Hugh Possingham Director, The Ecology Centre, and Professor of Ecology and Mathematics, University of Queensland Nature conservation decisions |
| Professor Michael Eastwood ARC Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Adelaide An introduction to integral geometry |
| Dr Jorgen Frederiksen Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria Theories of atmospheric disturbances, predictability and statistical dynamics |
| Professor Franz Grieser Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne Sound, collapsing bubbles, light and chemistry |
| Professor Mark Harrison Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra From hell to the Himalaya |
| Professor Richard Hartley Department of Information Engineering, Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra; Program Leader, Autonomous Systems and Sensing Technology Program, National ICT Australia, Canberra Computing structure of a scene from multiple images |
| Professor Stephen Hyde ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra Some patterns and shapes in the physical world approached via ‘modern’ geometry |
| Professor Chennupati Jagadish ARC Federation Fellow, Professor and Head, Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra Semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology – exploring the quantum phenomena |
| Professor Amnon Neeman Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra An application of algebraic geometry to statistics |
| Professor John Ralston Director, Ian Wark Research Institute and Professor of Physical Chemistry and Minerals Processing, University of South Australia Of bubbles, particles and why things get wet |
