The Academy is calling for nominations for next year’s prestigious honorific awards for early, mid and career researchers. The closing date for nominations is 30 April 2015.
The 8th International Conference on Heme Oxygenases, BioIron and Oxidative Stress was held in Sydney in October 2014 at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. The conference brought together 152 delegates, including 93 international visitors from 17 countries across the Asia–Pacific, Europe and the Americas.
The 8th International Conference on Heme Oxygenases, BioIron and Oxidative Stress was held in Sydney in October 2014 at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. The conference brought together 152 delegates, including 93 international visitors from 17 countries across the Asia–Pacific, Europe and the Americas.
The Academy hosted the third Australian Earth System Outlook Conference, Cities in Future Earth, at the Shine Dome in December.
According to Dr John Finnigan FAA, who opened the first session, a city can be likened to an ecosystem, with a metabolism that must be understood as an organic whole as well as in its parts before we can make informed decisions about urban development into the future.
The Academy’s National Committees for Science seek input from across government, industry, academia and the education sector to identify the future needs of disciplines and outline priorities for investment over the next 10 years. The Academy received funding from the Australian Research Council under the Learned Academies Special Projects scheme to develop plans for chemistry; agriculture, fisheries and food; and Earth sciences.
The Academy released its latest update on the state of climate science in February, warning about the risk of inaction.
The science of climate change: Questions and answers aims to dispel some of the myths and misinformation around climate change. It was written and reviewed by 17 of Australia’s leading experts in a range of climate-related sciences, including Fellows of the Academy. Professor Michael Raupach FAA FTSE, who sadly passed away a week before it was released, contributed to the update.
Following extensive trialling in more than 20 schools, three Primary Connections curriculum units were published in February:
Science by Doing is producing online curriculum units for Years 7 to 10, based on the Australian science curriculum. Ten term-length units are currently available and have been adopted in classrooms all around Australia. These units combine exciting hands-on activities, rich graphics, text, photography, cartoons, videos, sound files and digital interactives to engage students and offer them rich learning experiences.
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