🧬 An international team of researchers has discovered the genetic variation that has allowed marsupials to evolve to fly and glide.
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nature

Join us for this panel event.

Beyond green facades: unpacking Nature Positive and tackling greenwashing in the race to scale up Nature Finance.

15 May, 6.30pm
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#uwaresearchimpactseries UWA Oceans Institute

Day of Immunology, WA

4 May, 9am-3pm
Telethon Kids Discovery Centre

Celebrate the Day of Immunology & learn about your amazing immune system & our favourite germ-fighting immune cells. Participate in activities for families and possibly win a prize!

#uwaresearchimpactseries

6th Australian Primary Liver Cancer Forum

23-25 Oct Harry Perkins Institute
👉livercancercollaborative.au/2024-liver-can…

This Forum attracts clinicians & liver cancer researchers & encompasses the breadth of contemporary primary liver cancer issues, including basic science, epidemiology, screening & mgt.

ROBO-Health: AI and the Future of Healthcare

1 May 7pm, Backlot
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Our panel will explore implications of using AI to assist with research into new treatments, legal issues & future implications for healthcare consumers
#uwaresearchimpactseries UWA Public Policy Institute

Food for Thought: How animal welfare shapes Australian animal production

24 Apr, 4.30pm
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Expert panellists will talk about the live export trade, livestock welfare, thermal physiology & novel methods of animal monitoring.

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UWA Saxophone Showcase with Emma McPhilemy

28 Apr, 7pm, Callaway
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Selmer Paris Artist Emma McPhilemy joins UWA Saxophone Studio to perform an exciting program of diverse works exploring colour & sounds of saxophone

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Pint of Science Festival

See program
👉pintofscience.com.au/events/perth

Includes events featuring UWA researchers:
🐢Finding Tiny Turtles in Sea, Anna Ortega
💁‍♂️World of Porous Materials, Neil Robinson
🐦Testing intelligence of birds, Grace Blackburn
🕵️‍♂️Who Owns the Past? Sven Ouzman

Dido & Aeneas

9-11 May 7.30pm, 12 May 5pm, Govt House
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Purcell’s beautiful 1689 masterpiece fills the Ballroom at evening of dinner & performance by West Australian Opera, UWA Chamber Orchestra & UWA Voice Ensemble

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The UWA Research Impact Series showcases some of our key research & discoveries

Come & learn about the problems we are working on, & how research has contributed to change in our community

Visit the program throughout 2024 research.uwa.edu.au/events

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Nate Anderson, PhD candidate at The University of Western Australia and colleagues from WA and Australia take a look at the big dry - why forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia.

READ: tinyurl.com/yw6uv6ym

via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Research School of Biological Sciences, UWA examined how fine root lifespan is linked to root strategies of resource acquisition & protection

Results help to identify key variables & environ drivers of root lifespan & understand how ecosystem responds to climate change

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A study by The University of Western Australia School of Biological Sciences, UWA has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with well-known Harry Potter villain, Lord Voldemort. '

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A new study from The University of Western Australia has found vividly imagining self-harm is related to increased urge to self-harm and the future likelihood of an individual acting on the urge.

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As we approach peak season for respiratory viruses, Prof Christopher Blyth, UWA Medical School Telethon Kids Institute & colleagues from Australia/NZ look at how best to protect infants from severe RSV, including through existing programs.

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Via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Professor Thomas Wernberg School of Biological Sciences, UWA and colleagues from around Australia take a look at what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records.

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UWA Forrest Fellow Samuel Starko and colleagues take a look at why some of British Columbia's kelp forests are in more danger than others.

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via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

WELCOME to new Executive Director of ICRAR Prof Simon Ellingsen.

Staff and the students at ICRAR have the opportunity to be involved in things like SKA & utilising the world’s leading infrastructure to push the boundaries of knowledge.

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The UWA Oceans Institute contributed to the global conversation on Sustainable Ocean Planning at a recent workshop at UNESCO headquarters, and offer solutions to help address Ocean Decade’s Challenge 4: to develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy.

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Funding to support a collaboration of plant scientists at UWA' Plants for Science team & international space tech providers aims to create new commercial options for automating plant growth at scale in space & on Earth

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