Dr Mark Temple is a molecular biologist from School of Science at Western Sydney University. Mark uses audio for DNA sequence analyses. As a former musician who played drums with Indie rock band The Hummingbirds, Mark used computer code to make audio sequences from DNA sequences. This was done by mapping genetic letters and overlapping…
Topic: Health and Medical
The New Sciences of Sex and Reproduction | Challis lecture in Philosophy
New developments in biomedical science have disrupted the formerly tight links between biology and our social practices of categorising people as male and female, parent and child. The School of Humanities at the University of Sydney will be joined by the ABC’s Big Ideas for this public lecture with: Paul E. Griffiths, Challis Professor of…
First Nations Culture and How It Connects to the Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS)
the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is 9 August 2023. To celebrate, Engineers Australia welcomes two speakers in a sharing of knowledge between the old ways of burning and the new, the synergies and opportunities, and in the event of increasing unexpected bushfires as our climate heats, how to be prepared. Mark Anderson,…
The new sciences of sex and reproduction | Challis lecture in Philosophy
The School of Humanities at the University of Sydney will be joined by the ABC’s Big Ideas for this public lecture. Paul E. Griffiths, Challis Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities Luara Ferracioli, Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities Hosted by Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas
ODVC-RF Staffroom Science Quiz
Injecting some zest for science into the departmental office’s days.
The Twisty Science Show
Do you like balloons? Do you like stories? Then you will love The Twisty Science Show, a book reading with fun science balloon creations. It is the story of how our DNA makes each one of us unique, told using fun and colourful balloon creations. It is based on the book, “What Makes You Unique”…
What Makes You Unique? Science storytelling show with a twist
Do you like balloons? Do you like stories? Then you will love the What Makes You Unique: Science Storytelling With A Twist, a book reading with fun science balloon creations. It is the story of how our DNA makes each one of us unique, told using fun and colourful balloon creations. It is based on…
VR Experience
The unique Mindflight7 virtual reality learning method activates and excites secondary students with relevant career direction and subject specific educational experiences delivered using immersive VR technology. Flight options are: space mission, frog dissection, heart surgery, ocean acidification, global warming, ecosphere tours, science career immersions.
Drone Pilot Experience at CDU Open Day
Are you the next drone racing champion? Or are you wonder what it is like to fly drones for a living? Come on down to CDU Casuarina Open Day and visit the CDU TAFE and NACAS stalls to learn all about gaining a career as a drone pilot or just test your drone flying skills….
Author Talk – Dr Jake M Robinson: Invisible friends, how microbes shape our lives and the world around us
Join ecologist and researcher Dr Jake M Robinson for a special National Science Week author talk about his debut popular science book, Invisible Friends. As we continue to live through a pandemic, all eyes are on microbes: an imperceptible and pervasive threat that hangs heavy on the air and clings to surfaces. But the reality of…