Science at the Shine Dome 2011
Admission of new Fellows and awards presentations
| Thursday 5 May 2011 Formal admission of new Fellows and award presentations |
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| 9.00am | President's address Professor Suzanne Cory AC PresAA FRS President, Australian Academy of Science |
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| 9.20am | Admission of new Fellows ceremony | ||
| Career Honorific Awards presentations | |||
| 2011 David Craig Medal Professor Ian Dance FAA The University of New South Wales Adventures at some frontiers of chemistry |
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| 2011 Hannan Medal Professor Colin Rogers FAA The University of New South Wales Only Connect: A Nonlinear Journey |
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| 2011 Jaeger Medal Professor Ian Jackson Australian National University Laboratory Calibration of the Seismological Probe of the Earth’s Internal Structure |
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| 10.25am | Morning Tea | ||
| Early Career Honorific Awards presentations | |||
| 10.45am | 2011 Fenner Medal Associate Professor Bryan Fry The University of Queensland Venom breathing Dragons |
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| 2011 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal Dr Alicia Oshlack Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research New genetic technologies and the evolution of gene expression in humans |
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| 2011 Gottschalk Medal Dr Stuart Tangye Garvan Institute of Medical Research The impact of gene mutations on the function of human lymphocytes |
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| 2010 Gottschalk Medal Professor James Whisstock Monash University A molecular arms race – membrane attack complex / perforin-like proteins in infection and immunity |
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| 2011 Anton Hales Medal Professor Craig Simmons Flinders University Variable-density groundwater flow: Approaches, Challenges and Resolutions |
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| Inaugural Christopher Heyde Medal Dr Anthony Henderson The University of Sydney Excedances and descents |
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| 2011 Dorothy Hill Award Dr Kirsten Benkendorff Southern Cross University Molluscan Bioresources: Applications in monitoring environmental health, disease resistance and human medicine |
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| 2011 Moran Medal Dr Scott Sisson Dr Mark Tanaka The University of New South Wales Advancing model-based statistical inference for contemporary scientific research |
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| 2011 Pawsey Medal Professor Bryan Gaensler The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky |
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| 2010 Pawsey Medal Professor Andrew White The University of Queensland Quantum biology, chemistry, maths and physics |
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| 12.55pm | Lunch | ||
| 2.30pm-5.00pm | Annual General Meeting (closed session for Fellows of the Academy) Social program: Not Just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia (NMA Exhibition) Early-career researcher workshops (2.00–5.00pm) Interactive workshop for teachers (2.00–5.00pm) |
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| 7.00pm | Annual Dinner (Pre dinner drinks at 7.00pm, dinner at 7.30pm) National Museum of Australia Presentation of Career Award Medals Dress code: Black tie/cocktail Guest Speaker: Robert, Professor Lord Bob May of Oxford, OM AC FAA FRS |
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| Social program | 2011 awardees | |||
