SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 3 - 5 may 2006
Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture and New Fellows Seminar
| New Fellows seminar Wednesday 3 May |
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| Welcome Dr Jim Peacock, President |
| MacFarlane Burnet Lecture Professor Jenny Marshall Graves Research School of Biological Studies, Australian National University, Canberra Exploring the genomes of weird Australian mammals |
| Special Election Dr Jim Peacock, President |
| Professor Robin Warren FRCPA Nobel Laureate Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia Helicobacter, active gastritis and duodenal ulcers |
| SESSION 1 Chair: Dr Bob Frater |
| Dr Brian Boyle Director, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, Sydney Cosmic censuses |
| Professor Lorenzo Faraone Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Western Australia Infrared micro-spectrometer technologies for sensing applications in the chemical/biological, agriculture/food, biomedical and defence arenas |
| Professor David Hinde Professor, Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra Nuclear fusion forming the heaviest elements |
| Professor Andrew Holmes AM FRS ARC Federation Fellow and VESKI Inaugural Fellow, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne Seeing the light with polymers |
| Professor Roger Powell Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne A thermodynamic framework for modelling Earth processes |
| Professor Igor Shparlinski Professor, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney Numbers at work and play |
| Professor Michelle Simmons ARC Federation Fellow, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, University of New South Wales How to Observe Quantum Behaviour in Semiconductor Devices |
| SESSION 2 Chair: Professor John Shine |
| Professor David Allen Professor of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney Muscle damage caused by stretch: role in muscular dystrophy |
| Professor Mark Burgman Professor, School of Botany, University of Melbourne The role of science in conservation debates |
| Professor Barry Egan Professor, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide Inside a bistable genetic switch |
| Professor Brian Kay Deputy Director, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, Queensland Institute of Medical Research New approaches to control mosquito-borne disease |
| Professor Evan Simpson Director, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne Oestrogens – the good, the bad, and the unexpected |
| Professor Jonathan Sprent FRS Professor, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney Boosting cytokine function with antibodies |
| Professor Susanne von Caemmerer Professor, Molecular Plant Physiology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra Relating chloroplast biochemistry to gas exchange of leaves: insights from transgenic plants |
| Close Dr Jim Peacock, President |
