Science at the Shine Dome 2010
New Fellows seminar
| New Fellows seminar Wednesday 5 May |
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| 9.30am | Welcome Professor Kurt Lambeck, President |
| 9.35am | Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture Professor David Vaux FAA A short walk through the valley of (cell) death |
| Session 1 | |
| Chairs: Professor Peter Hall FAA, Professor Graham Farquhar FAA | |
| 10.10am | Professor Steven Prawer FAA Melbourne Materials Institute, University of Melbourne Diamond: A physicist’s best friend |
| 10.25am | Professor Jeffrey Reimers FAA School of Chemistry, University of Sydney Prediction and modelling of the properties of large molecular systems |
| 10.40am | Professor Raymond Volkas FAA School of Physics, University of Melbourne Neutrinos and new laws of physics |
| 10.55am | Morning Tea |
| 11.30am | Professor Vladimir Bazhanov FAA Department of Theoretical Physics, Australian National University Exact solutions: Past, present and future |
| 11.45am | Professor Allan Chivas FAA School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong Evolution of ancient landscapes |
| 12.00pm | Dr Marianne Frommer FAA School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney DNA methylation and the molecular biology of fruit flies |
| 12.15pm | Professor Trevor Lithgow FAA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University Rise of the machines: The evolution of protein transportation machines in mitochondria |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| Session 2 | |
| 2.00pm | Dr John Oakeshott FAA CSIRO Entomology, Canberra Evolution of new (enzyme) functions |
| 2.15pm | Professor Scott O’Neill FAA School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland Wolbachia symbionts of insects and the control of dengue fever |
| 2.30pm | Professor Michael Parker FAA Biota Structural Biology Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research A tale of two toxins |
| 2.45pm | Professor Roger Reddel FAA Children’s Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney The immortality of cancer cells |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30pm | Dr John O’Sullivan FAA Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science From astronomy to wireless networks and back again |
| 3.45pm | Professor Elaine Sadler FAA School of Physics, University of Sydney Black holes and galaxy evolution |
| 4.00pm | Professor Peter Visscher FAA Queensland Statistical Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research The genetic basis of quantitative traits |
| 4.15pm | Professor Mark Westoby FAA School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Ecological strategies across plant species |
| 4.30pm | Close Professor Kurt Lambeck FAA |
