The Academy Medal was awarded to Australia’s former Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb AC, at a special ceremony held at Ian Potter House on Thursday.
The event was attended by influential members of the science community to celebrate Professor Chubb’s outstanding contributions to science.
Australian and Indonesian scientists have come together in Canberra this week to encourage better scientific cooperation between the two countries.
Hosted at the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome, the Australia-Indonesia Science Symposium will be attended by Senator the Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Minister for International Development and the Pacific and Dr Bambang P. S Brodjonegoro, Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning.
A recent conference on the origins of the galaxy and its stellar content saw Australian and international scientists join together to share their latest research.
The 2016 Elizabeth and Frederick White Conference on Galactic Archaeology and Stellar Physics was held at the Academy's Shine Dome last week.
The first Australia–Indonesia Science Symposium brought together more than 100 leading researchers and emerging scientists to find out how science and innovation can meet shared challenges.
Held over four days, scientists from the two nations shared their research, looking for solutions to some of our most pressing challenges in health, marine science, climate change and agriculture.
The Academy's National Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is looking for comments and feedback on the final draft version of the Decadal Plan for Agricultural Sciences.
Email your suggestions by 19 December 2016 to have your say on the future of agricultural sciences in Australia.
Malaria researcher, Professor Kiaran Kirk spoke about the threat of antimicrobial resistance and the drugs currently in development at the final talk of the Academy’s 2016 Canberra Public Speaker Series.
Professor Kirk’s talk: ‘Waging chemical warfare on microorganisms’ looked into the rapid evolution of bacteria, fungi and parasites that cause infectious diseases.
The Academy has just announced the four Australian scientists travelling to India in 2017 to undertake ground-breaking research at some of that country's leading research institutions.
Academy Fellow Professor Terry Hughes has been named one of the Ten people who mattered in 2016 by science journal Nature.
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