SATS 2007 | Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture and New Fellows Seminar

Australian Academy of Science
Science at the Shine Dome
Canberra, 2–4 May 2007

Schedule of events

New Fellows seminar

Awards presentation

Symposium program

Early-career researchers program

Teacher awards

Teachers program

Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture and New Fellows Seminar
Wednesday, 2 May 2007

9.30am	Welcome Professor Kurt Lambeck President, Australian Academy of Science
9.35am	Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture Professor Peter Hall Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne What excites statisticians today?
Chairs: Dr Bob Frater, Professor John Shine
Session 1
10.10am	Professor David Celermajer Scandrett Professor of Cardiology, Heart Research Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Childhood origins of heart disease: The window of opportunity for cardiac prevention
10.25am	Professor Ian Dawes Professor of Genetics, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales Oxidative stress and cell ageing
10.40am	Dr John Finnigan Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science Connecting the biosphere to the atmosphere
10.55am	Morning tea
11.20am	Professor Min Gu Professor of Optoelectronics, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Probe life through modern optical microscopy
11.35am	Professor Richard Harvey Deputy Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Cell to organ: Exploring the genetic basis of the origins and patterning of the mammalian heart
11.50am	Professor David Hill ARC Federation Fellow and Professor, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University Network science: The importance of getting connected
12.05pm	Professor John Hopwood Head, Lysosomal Diseases Research Institute, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide The body as an effective recycler
12.20pm	Lunch
Session 2
1.35pm	Professor David James Director, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research Type 2 diabetes: A disease of the future
1.50pm	Professor Peter Lay Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney Micron-sized x-ray and infrared beams for probing diseases and pharmaceuticals in cells and tissues
2.05pm	Professor Douglas MacFarlane Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Monash University Ionic liquids: New solvents from old salts
2.20pm	Dr Rana Munns Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry Adaptations of plants to drought and salinity stress
2.35pm	Afternoon tea
3.00pm	Dr Stephen Rintoul CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Tasmania The global influence of the Southern Ocean circulation
3.15pm	Professor Stephen Simpson ARC Federation Fellow and Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney A tale of paintbrushes, cannibal crickets and human obesity
3.30pm	Professor Gordon Wallace Director, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong Nanobionics: What role can organic conductors play?
3.45pm	Professor Alan Welsh Professor, Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University Modelling and analysis of clustered data
4.00pm	Close Professor Kurt Lambeck President, Australian Academy of Science

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