The Young Tassie Scientists are bringing their passion for science into classrooms through online virtual visits in 2020. The team will also be supporting various other events across Tasmania in celebration of National Science Week. These early-career researchers and PhD candidates volunteer their time to undertake training in science communication, developing interactive presentations suitable for…
Topic: Health and Medical
ESSENTIAL MEDICINES – panel discussion
Join us for a live-streamed talk and panel discussion followed by a mini hackathon, where you can find out more about the E$$ENTIAL MEDICINE$ project. In this event, our first of two for National Science Week, we will first present the history of the essential medicines and some of the stories of their discovery and…
Girls in Science with Dr Asha Bowen
Grab your lab coat* and join leading WA scientist Associate Professor Asha Bowen as she shares her journey with science in this FREE online event. Dr Asha Bowen is a clinician scientist working at Perth Children’s Hospital as a paediatric infectious disease specialist and Head of Skin Health at the Telethon Kids Institute. Following her…
Healing Nature: A panel exploring the role nature plays in human consciousness, and its importance to health, wellbeing, and spirituality.
An online panel discussion, in conjunction with the latest exhibition at Bayside Gallery, Greenworld. Artists, scientists and experts in the field explore the relationship between an individual and their surroundings and the role nature plays in human consciousness, and its importance to health, wellbeing, and spirituality. Facilitator: Associate Professor Mardie Townsend, Deakin University Associate Professor Townsend…
UWA Albany Info Day 2020 – on campus
Info Day is the perfect opportunity to learn more about what life as a UWA student in Albany has to offer. Staff and students will share course advice, general information and their experiences of studying and working in Albany. You can find out about entry requirements, study options and scholarships for UWA courses in Albany.
Telethon Kids Science Adventure
Kids visiting the Discovery Centre 17-21 August can dress up like as scientists and go a science adventure. Try our body quiz, solve the mystery code, build a cell, try the photo booth, be challenged by activity sheets and enter a colouring in competition. Plus, all the Discovery Centre games and activities will be open.
Sustainability pioneer & Mars explorer: Ask Me Anything (LIVE)
Between Monday 17 and Friday 21 August, sustainability expert, Mars One astronaut candidate and biohacker Dianne McGrath is hosting ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions on Instagram Stories LIVE. Submit questions on Dianne’s Instagram page. Topics already requested include: biohacking sleep and recovery, and Mars One: status, what it means for Dianne today, and what next? Visit…
The Data Lab: Exploring the future of AI
Join us in the data lab* as we shine a light on the future of data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning. SAHMRI’s Dr Jimmy Breen, bioinformatician extraordinaire, will be your virtual host as we look at what our data says about us and the power it has to change our health. We are what…
Jervis Bay Bites
Jervis Bay Maritime Museum will provide you with bite-sized insights into innovative future food production in the waters of Jervis Bay. There will be a short presentation by two speakers who discuss the production of future food in the bay. The speakers will include: a representative from South Coast Mariculture outlining mussel farming in Jervis…
Nine Ways To Keep Your Brain Healthy As You Age
Parramatta Libraries presents this fascinating webinar, available for free online during National Science Week. Researchers from the Western Sydney University MARCS AgeLab will discuss a series of practical, evidence-based strategies you can use to keep your brain healthy as you age. Covering physical, cognitive, and social aspects of brain health, the experts will tell you…