Science at the Shine Dome 2011
New Fellows seminar
| New Fellows seminar Wednesday 4 May 2011 |
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| 9.30am | Welcome Professor Suzanne Cory AC PresAA FRS President, Australian Academy of Science |
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| 9.35am | Matthew Flinders Lecture Professor Brian Kennett FAA FRS Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Probing subduction zones: Seismic wave propagation and tomography |
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| Session 1 | |||
| Chairs: Professor Peter Hall FAA, Professor Graham Farquhar FAA | |||
| 10.10am | Professor John Aitken FAA School of Environment and Life Sciences, the University of Newcastle Our reproductive future |
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| 10.25am | Professor Marilyn Anderson FAA FTSE Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University Melbourne Safe sex in plants |
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| 10.40am | Professor David Black FAA School of Chemistry, the University of New South Wales Molecular design and synthesis |
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| 10.55am | Professor Mark Blows FAA School of Biological Sciences, the University of Queensland Why does evolution fail? |
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| 11.10am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11.40am | Professor Mahananda Dasgupta FAA Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University Quantum dynamics in nuclear collisions: helping and hindering fusion |
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| 11.55am | Professor Trevor Hambley FAA School of Chemistry, the University of Sydney Targeting tumour microenvironments |
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| 12.10pm | Professor Staffan Kjelleberg FAA School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine BioInnovation, the University of New South Wales The biofilm mode of life |
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| 12.25pm | Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA School of Chemistry, the University of Sydney Catalysis – A major key to sustainability |
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| 12.40pm | Lunch | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| 2.00pm | Professor Ross McPhedran FAA Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems, School of Physics, the University of Sydney Some useful physics |
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| 2.15pm | Professor Joseph Monaghan FAA School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University The myriad uses of particles in simulation |
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| 2.30pm | Professor Ian Petersen FAA School of Engineering and Information Technology, the University of New South Wales, at the Australian Defence Force Academy Robustness in feedback control systems: from nano-positioning to quantum control |
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| 2.45pm | Professor Bob Pressey FAA ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Towards effective marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle: linking regional-scale conservation design and local-scale conservation action |
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| 3.00pm | Professor Mathai Varghese FAA Institute for Geometry and its Applications, School of Mathematical Sciences, the University of Adelaide On the versatility of index theory |
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| 3.15pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3.45pm | Dr Colin Ward FAA FTSE Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research Unfinished business: the structures of the insulin and EGF receptors |
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| 4.00pm | Professor Emma Whitelaw FAA Department of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research Epigenetics - above or beyond genetics |
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| 4.15pm | Dr George Williams FAA School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Adelaide The rise of complex animals 570 million years ago: a flourishing after ice and impact? |
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| 4.30pm | Professor Aibing Yu FAA FTSE Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the University of New South Wales Computational Particle Technology |
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| 4.45pm | Professor Jonathan Borwein FAA School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle CARMA and Me: an Introduction? |
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| 5.00pm | Close Professor Suzanne Cory AC PresAA FRS |
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