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Wednesday 1 July - 4.10pm     ***PLEASE NOTE CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS!***
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR

Dr Hakan Muyderman, Glial and Cell Biology Laboratory, Medical Biochemistry, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

“TDP-43 - a new player in neurodegeneration”

Horseshoe Seminar Room 5E-132, Flinders Medical Centre

Please welcome Maryke Flint from Faculty who will work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to cover for Pamela Lovison.

Pam has taken up a Secondment within EES as of Tuesday 30 June 2009 as a Finance Officer. Best Wishes, Pam!

Queries re Finance/HR please direct to Sharon Kolze ext. 34869 or email
sharon.kolze@adelaide.edu.au

Many thanks
Sharon Kolze

Join acclaimed science writer Simon Singh to explore a series of scenarios that demonstrate how our intuition can mislead us when it comes to assessing risk.  At the same time - using examples taken from the casino, the doctor’s surgery, the law courts and the para-normal - he will explain how mathematics can help us live, thrive and survive in these situations.

When:  Tuesday 14 July, 4.00-5.00pm

Where:  The Memorial Hall, St. Peter’s College, Hackney Rd., St. Peters

How:  FREE, but booking required on:

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PLEASE NOTE: that this seminar has been cancelled owing to illness of the speaker.

Thursday 2 July - 12.00noon

Dr Anne Thompson, Executive officer, Victorian Cancer Biobank, Melbourne

“Sound planning, governance and management can unite a consortium”

Robson Lecture Theatre, Level 1, Eleanor Harrald Building

You are cordially invited to the School of Molecular & Biomedical Science Postgraduate Symposium to be held on Friday 24th July in the Flentje Lecture Theatre from 9:00am to 5:00pm.  The symposium is an opportunity to see what other research groups are up to and a social event to bring the school together.  All school members are welcome, including honours and undergraduate students. The program will include:

* Research reports by all second and third year PhD students.
* Guest speakers:
- Professor Gavin Brown - Inaugural Director, The Royal Institution of Australia.
- Dr Camilla Myers - Journals Publisher, CSIRO Publishing.
- Lyndal Byford - Media Manager, Australian Science Media Centre.
* A panel debate on the topic “It is better to be a lucky scientist than a good scientist” featuring Grant Booker, Lindsay Dent, Jack Da Silva and David Saint.

Lunch will be provided along with morning and afternoon tea. The symposium will wind down with a few drinks and the opportunity to catch up with your fellow school members.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Postgraduate Symposium Organising Committee

A part of the School’s Waste Management System is to ensure the efficient removal and disposal of all Infected and Pathological Waste. This waste is disposed of in the ‘Yellow Bins’.  These yellow bins are to be taken down to the MLS Waste Annex when they are full and an empty ‘Yellow Bin’ returned to the laboratory.

It is very important that these bins are LOCKED at all times. The only time the yellow bins can be left unlocked is when they are in the laboratory. Full bins are being returned to the Waste Annex and left UNLOCKED. We must make sure that that infected waste cannot be accessed by any one not authorised to do so. If the bin does not have a lock, a large black cable tie should be used in place of a padlock. These cable ties are available from the store.

Kate Dixon
HSW Officer
Ph:  8303 5432
e-mail: kate.dixon@adelaide.edu.au

Congratulations to the following students:

MARTIN SALE, Physiology, who qualified for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for his thesis entitled “Factors Influencing the Induction of Neuroplastic Changes in Human Motor Cortex” on 14 May 2009.

STEVE WIEDERMAN, Physiology, who qualified for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for his thesis entitled “A Neurobiological and Computational Analysis of Target Discrimination in Visual Clutter by the Insect Visual System”, also mid-May 2009.

John Carver, Acting Head

Just to let everyone know Pamela Lovison has taken up a Secondment within EES as of Tuesday 30 June 2009 as a Finance Officer. Best Wishes, Pam!
Hence any queries re Finance/HR please direct to Sharon Kolze ext. 34869 or email sharon.kolze@adelaide.edu.au

We will have someone to help relieve for Pam, but details are still being worked through.
Many thanks
Sharon Kolze

Congratulations to Marcin Grabowicz who has just been awarded a Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship by the American Australian Association.
Six fellowships are awarded annually for postgraduate or postdoctoral studies in the United States, in the fields of business, science, technology, medicine and engineering.

Marcin is a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr Renato Morona.

John Carver, Acting Head

BacPath 10: Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens

When: September 20th - 23rd, 2009

Conference Venue: Novotel Barossa Valley Resort, Barossa Valley, South Australia

For details please see:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/research/conferences/bacpath/

Co-chief organisers:

Renato Morona, Melissa Brown, Connor Thomas

Congratulations to Amanda Choo (Rob Richards’ lab) who has been awarded a University Medal for the Bachelor of Science (Honours).  Amanda is now working on a project that is a collaboration with Prof. John Hopwood, Head of SA Pathology’s Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit, Women’s & Children’s Hospital.

John Carver, Acting Head

Applications are now being sought for the 2009 B-HERT Awards for -

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION & TRAINING, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Number and categories of Awards -
• Best Research & Development Collaboration
• Best Higher Education & Training Collaboration
• Best Vocational Education & Training Collaboration
• Best Collaboration with a Regional Focus - R&D or E&T
• Best Community Engagement Collaboration
You will note a new VET Award has been introduced for the first time this year - Best Vocational Education & Training Collaboration.

These Awards recognise outstanding achievements in collaboration between business and tertiary education. The objective is to highlight at a national level the benefits of such collaboration, and by so doing to enhance the links between business and tertiary education. Awards will be made for projects or programs which have produced new products or services. Criteria for assessment will include innovation, strength of relationship between the partners, national benefits, whether the project or program has attracted new participants, and cultural impact.

In addition -
• Award for Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year
• Award for Outstanding Philanthropic Support of Higher Education.
The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has kindly once again accepted our invitation to present this year’s Awards at a Dinner on Thursday 5 November in Melbourne. She will also deliver the after-dinner address.
Closing date for entries is 2 September 2009.

These Awards are a highly respected annual recognition of outstanding achievement in an area of activity vital to the future of this nation.

The application forms for all Award categories can be accessed from www.bhert.com
Business/Higher Education Round Table
24 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy Vic 3065 Australia
P: 61 3 9419 8068 I F: 61 3 9419 8276 I E: bhert@bhert.com I W: www.bhert.com

Congratulations to Physiology PhD student Nga Lam, Endocrine Bone Research Laboratory, on being awarded the Best Poster in Healthy Ageing which was presented at the Australian Society for Medical Research, SA Annual Scientific meeting. The title of her poster was “Osteoblast-Specific VDR Over-Expression Protects Against Bone Loss Due to Vitamin D-deficiency”. Authors: Nga N. Lam, RK Sawyer, SD Anderson, HA Morris, PD O’Loughlin, PH Anderson.

Andrea Yool, Head of Discipline

A Gas Cylinder Handling course will be held next week in the Rennie lecture theatre, Tues 30th June at 11 am. Previously Linde/BOC have run this but we’ve decided to run a more tailored course suited to the university.Since this sort of training has occurred before, we’d expect any new staff and honours/postgrad students who will handle gas cylinders to be attending this course.

At the moment there is only one small area in the uni that has registered for this course.

RSVPs can be sent to sean.alexander@adelaide.edu.au