Dr Kristen Tripet, one of the team hosting the Far East Zone of the conference. Hosting the conference required an understanding of the technical aspects.
Base of the skull from below by Charles Fenner (MS178 000004)

Digitisation at the Academy is opening new pathways into the historic archive and library collections donated by numerous Fellows of the Academy, other prominent scientists and scientific organisations.

External opportunities Resilient Australia Award

Recognises and promotes initiatives that strengthen community disaster resilience.

Applications close 3 June 2021

More information about the Resilient Australia Award

VinFuture Prize

Awarded annually for breakthrough research and technological innovations that positively improve the quality of human life and create a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations.

Honours and awards to Fellows

Professor Steven Chown FAA—awarded the Medal of the 30th anniversary of the Madrid Protocol on the Protection of the Antarctic Environment

 

A new report by Deloitte Access Economics has found every $1 invested in discovering all remaining Australian species will bring up to $35 of economic benefits to the nation.

The strategy outlines the steps needed to transform how we think about, govern and protect oceans and coasts across Australia.
*/ Top view of conotoxin LsIA binding to a receptor. Image from a paper by Wen, Adams and Hung in the journal Marine Drugs.
From left: Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck, Professor Evans Lagudah, Dr Steve Rintoul and Emeritus Professor Jim Williams.

Four Academy Fellows have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours, receiving the Order of Australia for their outstanding service or exceptional achievements.

 

UniBank’s commitment to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in the university sector and beyond has seen them continuously support major STEM related events and programs alongside the Academy, including the Women in STEM Decadal Plan, Catalysing Gender Equity 2020, and now Science at the Shine Dome.

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