Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

January

• National Youth Science Forum : A program in Canberra for students moving into Year 12
  Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:00am
  Student activity
• Primary Industry Science : An Industry Placement for students moving into Year 12
  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00am
  Student activity
• Siemens Science Experience 2009 : A three-day experience for students moving into year 10
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 8:30am
  Student activity

March

• Campus Challenge : Applications open for current Year 10, 11 and 12 students
  Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:00am
  Important date
• SPICE Regional Visits : Science teacher PD
  Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:00am
  Course
• National Youth Science Forum : UWA visit from NYSF09 participants
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 9:00am
  Student activity

April

• National Youth Science Forum : Applications open for current Year 11 students for NYSF January 2010
  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00am
  Important date
• Hot SPICE Astronomy : Science teacher workshops
  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00am
  Course
• STUDENT ACTIVITY - Prospective Students Office : A day in the life of a science student
  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00am
  Cancelled
• UWA Albany Skywest Series Lecture - Dr Claire Farrell : Integrating ecological restoration with urban design
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 5:30pm
  Public lecture

May

• Siemens Science Experience : Applications open for current Year 9 students
  Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00am
  Important date
• Campus Challenge : Closing date for applications for 2009
  Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00am
  Important date
• SPICE Regional Visits : Science teacher PD
  Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00am
  Course
• Primary Industry Science : School visits: May-October
  Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00am
  Presentation
• Out There! : Come along to The University of Western Australia for Out there! an astronomy exhibition focused on the Square Kilometre Array
  Mon, 04 May 2009 9:00am
  Exhibition
• Out There! : Free public open day and lecture on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project
  Sat, 09 May 2009 10:00am
  Free exhibition&lecture
• Triple S Fair : Free Science Fair - all welcome!
  Tue, 12 May 2009 5:30pm
  Student activity
• UWA Albany Skywest Series Lecture : Taking the bull out of the china shop.
  Thu, 21 May 2009 5:30pm
  Public lecture
• Women in Physics Lecture Series : To planets or just to the shops, Plasmas pave the path
  Thu, 28 May 2009 7:30pm
  Public lecture
• National Youth Science Forum : Closing date for 2010 applications
  Sat, 30 May 2009 12:00am
  Important date

June

• ASMR Medical Research Week(R) Science in the Cinema
  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 4:30pm
  Screening
• Science Course and Careers Information Evening : 2nd and 3rd June, 6-8.15pm
  Tue, 02 Jun 2009 6:00pm
  Prospective student event
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : World Environment Day 2009, Speaker: Jonathon Thwaites
  Fri, 05 Jun 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar>: Ericaamerica: The Cave of Wonders
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar

July

• Campus Challenge : Opportunity to spend a week as a university student
  Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00am
  Student activity
• SPICE Regional Visits : Kalgoorlie science teacher PD
  Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00am
  Course

July continued

• Australian Student Mineral Venture : Vacation program for students interested in careers in the mineral industry
  Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00am
  Student activity
• CANCELLATION: CNND Student Seminar : Seminar has been cancelled
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:30pm
  Seminar
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Posthumanism, Animal Alterity, Ethics and Biopolitics
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• A Day in the Life of an Astronomy Student : For students in Years 11 and 12
  Tue, 14 Jul 2009 9:00am
  Student event
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : RiP: A Remix Manifesto
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 3:30pm
  Screening
• Surroundings Around : Kaori Yamashita: SymbioticA Graduate Exhibition
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 6:00pm
  Exhibition

August

• SPICE Regional Visits : Midwest science teacher PD
  Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00am
  Course
• Powerful Plants Event : ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
  Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00am
  Event
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Conquering Life? Speaker: Boo Chapple
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 3:30pm
  Event
• Repairing the Hubble Space Telescope – an Astronaut’s Experience : National Science Week event at UWA
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 6:00pm
  Free lecture
• National Science Week : 15th - 23rd August
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:00am
  Event
• Bayliss Youth Lecture 2009 : Attack of the killer tomatoes and soylent green: what science has done with food!
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 7:00pm
  Public lecture
• The 2009 Australian Institute of Physics De Laeter Youth Lecture : Are We Alone?
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 1:00am
  Free lecture
• STARLIGHT - Celestial Visions On Second Life: Astro Gallery Launch : Simultaneous launch of UWA Art Gallery in both real&virtual worlds
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:00am
  Launch
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar: In Vetland : Speaker: Perdita Phillips
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 3:30am
  Seminar
• Geology of the Mount Weld Carbonatite and an Insight into the Rare Earth Element Market : Mount Weld, the richest Rare Earth Element deposit on the planet
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 3:30pm
  Free public lecture

September

• SymbioticA Thursday Seminar: Relations to the Immaterial : Speaker: Josh Schwebel
  Thu, 03 Sep 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• Globular Clusters
  Tue, 08 Sep 2009 6:00pm
  Public lecture
• Triple S Fair : Free Science Fair - all welcome!
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 5:30pm
  Student activity
• The Origin and Consequences of Dangerous Climate Change
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 6:00pm
  Public lecture
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar :"pFARM :: Organic Fetish Biotech"film screening
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 3:30pm
  Screening
• CIBER: Honeybee research at the University of Western Australia : CWR Seminar
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 4:00pm
  Seminar

October

• Hot SPICE Workshop : Earth Sciences teacher PD
  Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00am
  Course
• “Life in earth: restoring it with chemistry”
  Thu, 01 Oct 2009 6:15pm
  Public lecture
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Awash in Spatial Information: Promise, Limitations and Controversy
  Fri, 02 Oct 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• Earth Science Week : 11th - 17th October
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:00am
  Event

October continued

• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Synthetic Kingdom
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 3:30pm
  Event
• Questioning Hanrahan: Environmental optimism and realism in the 21st century : A lecture by by Richard Hobbs, Australian Laureate, Professor of Restoration Ecology, UWA
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 5:30pm
  Public lecture
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : WASh Program (Western Australia, Shanghai)
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Oil Spill Emergency off WA Coast
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 3:30pm
  Seminar
• Developing vaccines for the world's poorest : Oration by Professor Michael Good, Director, QIMR; Chair, NHMRC
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 6:00pm
  Oration

November

• SPICE Regional Visits : Bunbury science teacher PD
  Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00am
  Course
• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences : Best month for practical sessions
  Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00am
  Important date
• Astronomy and the SKA : An exhibition celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in the new Science Library
  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00am
  Exhibition
• Where plant and human biology meets: mapping methylomes as an epigenetic landscape : Single base resolution analysis of methylation patterns in plants and humans, recently published in Cell and Nature, provide a new foundation for discoveries in...
  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 4:00pm
  Seminar
• From Mars to Earth: a journey fostered by Science, Technology and Fascination : International Year of Astronomy Public Lecture
  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 6:00pm
  Public lecture
• Pharmacy Postgraduate Programme - Information Evening : The Information Evening will provide a brief background to the UWA programme and overview of the 2-year course and career opportunities.
  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 7:00pm
  Information evening
• SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Indigenous Australian Plant Use: A Guided Tour through Kings Park
  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 3:30pm
  Guided tour
• PICSE Science Investigation Awards : Year 10 Science Investigation Awards
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 3:00pm
  Award ceremony
• Public Lecture on Fusion : The Status of Fusion Research and Development by Dr. Barry Green
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 6:00pm
  Free lecture
• Polar Science for Planet Earth : Discoveries of the recently completed International Polar Year -FREE EVENT
  Wed, 18 Nov 2009 6:00pm
  Event
• Medical Research Seminar Series : LIWA is pleased to present Prof. Simon Brown from Royal Perth Hospital present this interesting topic"Insect Bites&Stings - Why are they so dangerous?"
  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00pm
  Seminar
• How advancements in Science are made : 2009 Marshall Warren Lecture
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 6:00pm
  Public lecture
• Postgrad courses in Integrated Human Studies and Science Communication : Investigate postgraduate educational possibilities with course coordinators
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 7:00pm
  Information session
• The Science Experience : Closing date for applications for 2010
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00am
  Important date

December

• Primary Industry Science : Two day teacher PD program
  Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00am
  Course
• Primary Industry Science : Student camp
  Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00am
  Student activity
• Panel discussion on bioenergy issues : Bring your questions and comments on bioenergy and participate in the discussions
  Tue, 01 Dec 2009 4:00pm
  Event
• Media Skills Workshop : Professional journalists teach researchers to work more effectively with the media. Hosted by the Science Communication Program. -Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:00
  Fri, 04 Dec 2009 9:00am
  Workshop
• Science Education in the 21st Century : using the methods of science to teach science
  Mon, 07 Dec 2009 6:00pm
  Public lecture