Friday, 24 May 2013
Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate at the End of the Mining Boom: Two Different Views
Two speakers, Professor Ross Garnaut AO and Dr Peter Jonson will each present their views followed by panel discussion and...
26 Apr – 25 May 6:00PM–5:00PM
Backflip: Feminism and humour in Contemporary Art
Featuring work by Australian and international artists, BACKFLIP: Feminism and Humour in Contemporary Art seeks to challen...
Monday, 27 May 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Epigenetic regulation of virulence genes and antigenic variation in protozoan parasites
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Florence at the dawn of the Renaissance: painting and illumination 1300-1350
Dr Ursula Betka, Research Fellow at La Trobe University, will talk on the exhibition and symposium held at the J. Paul Get...
5:30–7:00PM
Cultural and Global Mental Health Film Initiative-Film Screening: Hidden Pictures
Please come join the Cultural and Global Mental Health Film Initiative in our second monthly film screening! This month we...
Obama's Foreign Policy: Second Term Success or Failure?
Public Debate Obama’s Foreign Policy: 2nd Term Success or Failure? An American presidential electionstyle debate over th...
Festival of Ideas 2013 Preview Event - Is medicine broken? Featuring Ben Goldacre (UK)
Exclusively for the Festival of Ideas 2013, Ben Goldacre will deliver a compelling talk touching on his two favourite issu...
Presenter(s)
U.S. Policy Priorities and the 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific
Asialink, The U.S. Consulate General, Melbourne, The U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney along with ACBC and C...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
11:00AM–12:00PM
The art and science of Biomedical Animation
Two of the worlds leading biomedical animators, Graham Johnson from the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and ...
Launch of the Australian Centre
Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Australian Centre. The Centre will be launched by Dr Chris McAuliffe. The ...
From Technology to Sight - looking into the future of the bionic eye
The story of the bionic eye has captured the imagination of people all over the world. Following the announcement of Austr...
Boosting your Brain Power - The Hype and the Hope
The Melbourne Neuroscience Institute and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health are pleased to present 'Bo...
6:30–8:00PM
Focus on IT
The world is awash with information. In the last five years, we’ve produced and recorded more information than in the prev...
6:30–8:00PM
Focus on Engineering
Do you love creating solutions to problems and want to make a difference to the world? Come along to find out how to study...
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
11:00AM–12:00PM
Author copyright and licensing - what is it, why does it matter and what might you need to know?
Dr Dugald McGlashan is Publisher at Nature Publishing Group and responsible for the Australasian Society for Immunology's ...
1:00–2:00PM
Plasma cells from beginning to end
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Making non stick coatings out of thin air. Guiding science through to technology with the Australian Synchrotron
Non stick coatings are everywhere in nature and these have inspired numerous practical applications. For example leaf surf...
Strawberries and port wine: disorders of vascular development
Vascular anomalies are localised disorders of the blood vessels that predominantly affect children. They range from simple...
Meet Melbourne Hamilton
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Hamilton as part of our Meet Melbourne program. Ple...
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Do Indians really face racism in Australia? A journalist's perspective with Sushi Das
Since stories of dodgy colleges and violence against Indian students came to light a few years ago, accusations of racism ...
Beneath the surface: bravery and beauty in Afghanistan
There is an Afghanistan beyond the headlines of war and atrocities, a place of anonymous heroes and wild beauty. In 1991,...
Meet Melbourne Warrnambool
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Warrnambool as part of our Meet Melbourne program. ...
Mineral Resources Rent Tax - will it work?
Designing a mining tax that leaves enough incentive for future investment, treats past and future investments fairly, deal...
Sunday, 2 Jun 2013
2:30–4:00PM
A Wayward Girl - the early life of Ella Grainger
In 1928 Percy Grainger married his ‘Nordic Princess’ Ella Viola Ström in front of 25,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. The...
Monday, 3 Jun 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Nuclear structure, paraspeckles and long non-coding RNA
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
3:00–4:00PM
On Wind Energy: It is About Turbulence. A Melbourne Engineering Research Institute (MERIT) Seminar
In order to improve the understanding of the vertical transport of momentum and kinetic energy across a boundary layer flo...
Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Student Research Symposium 2013
The Student Symposium has proven to be a friendly environment for students to gain confidence in presenting and answering ...
Tertiary Education Policy Seminar - Students and Money
The University of Melbourne’s series of Tertiary Education Policy Seminars is an important platform for discussion and deb...
3 – 10 Jun 9:00AM–5:00PM
Redmond Barry Bicentenary Display
A display exploring the role and influence of Sir Redmond Barry in the foundation of the Supreme Court Library. There are...
Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013
11:00AM–12:00PM
Assembly of Therapeutic Carriers for Sustained Delivery of Neurotrophins to the Cochlear
Gradual degeneration of auditory neurons following sensorineural hearing loss is normally caused by depleted supply of neu...
12:00–1:00PM
What is CAP and What Can It Do?
Nanoscale polymeric films and interfaces are central to a broad range of advanced materials and emerging nanotechnologies,...
Governing Financial Crisis in East Asia
East Asia’s burgeoning importance within the global political economy requires greater understanding of the peculiarities ...
Demystifying the Chinese Economy - The David Finch Lecture 2013
China’s rise is the most intriguing economic phenomenon of our time. One of the world’s poorest economies at the end of th...
Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013
12:30–1:30PM
Why hasn’t the mental health of the population improved?
Over the past two decades, there have been large increases in the provision of mental health services to the Australian po...
1:00–2:00PM
Refining murine models of osteosarcoma
Dr Walkley completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of South Australia in 1999 and completed a PhD at the Peter ...
Thomas Demand's 'Pacific Sun'
Dean's Lecture Professor Michael Fried Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore In 2011 the German artist Thomas Demand made ...
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Obligation to Need
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Thursday, 6 Jun 2013
College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education
The fouryear college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that education offers a ticket to a better l...
Symposia on Contemporary Issues in Urban Landscape - Event 1 Edible Landscapes
In 2013 the University of Melbourne’s Burnley Campus is celebrating the 150th year of its historic gardens. Today, Burnley...
The Disappearance of Emotion? Violence, Affect, and the Post-Traumatic Subject
An assessment of the latest twists in affect theory today. Among the questions to be posed are: If the 20thcentury was the...
On the Liberal Arts in Asia
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in conjunction with the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne,...
21 May – 7 Jun 7:30PM–9:00PM
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Ensemble Series
Featuring works for all manner of ensembles, these concerts are always popular. The Ensemble Series will run from 21 May t...
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013
Meet An Academic Evening
Our Meet An Academic evenings are your opportunity to visit the Graduate School, enjoy a glass of wine and have a chat wit...
Cannabinoids - The good, the bad and the ugly
Depending on who you listen to, cannabis is either a relaxing, benign herb that not only will not hurt its users, but has ...
Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
1:00–2:00PM
On the road to death: novel insights into Bax and Bak activation and oligomerisation
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Youth Mental Health: The Urgent Need for New Cultures, Care, Knowledge and Skills
Free public lecture by UK youth mental health expert Professor Max Birchwood from the University of Birmingham. Introduct...
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Belonging to Country: Aboriginal Dispossession
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Thursday, 13 Jun 2013
Tiffin Talk: The caste system and women entrepreneurs in India
Over the last few decades, India has gained popularity across the world. A hallmark of Indian society is the caste system....
Generation Next: The Future of Youth Mental Health
A one day conference presented by Orygen Youth Health to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Early Psychosis Prevention ...
Malaria parasites: sex, drugs and blood
Every year, falciparum malaria causes an estimated 1.2 million deaths. With current vaccine trials showing only limited pr...
17 May – 14 Jun 9:00AM–5:00PM
Architecture, Building and Planning Alumni Survey Exhibition
This winter The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) plays host to an exciting exhibition which gives rare...
Friday, 14 Jun 2013
The Inaugural Victorian Psycho-oncology Research Conference
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Psychooncology Cooperative Research Group and The University of Melbourne invite yo...
Monday, 17 Jun 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Genome and epigenome studies of populations: progress towards personalised medicine
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Inhibitors of Amyloid Fibril Formation
Amyloid fibrils are misfolded fibrillar protein aggregates that are responsible for many incurable diseases such as Alzhei...
6:00–7:00PM
Robots, gals, and engineering the future
Is there a place for females in engineering? How many people does it take to break the world record for the largest group...
Arthritis – a joint approach
Arthritis is a common human disease which targets synovial joints, causing chronic joint pain, stiffness, progressive join...
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013
1:00–2:00PM
Thrombopoietin and the control of hematopoietic stem cells and platelets
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - What kind of human will live in the Anthropocene?
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will almost cer...
Thursday, 20 Jun 2013
12:30–2:00PM
Wilin Community Engagement Projects - Mildura
For 10 years the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts has connected Indigenous visual, design and performing artists with a pa...
Immigration in Diversified Australia: Today and Tomorrow's Challenges
The Population, Migration and Multicultural Studies Network was established in 2012 and functions primarily as an interdis...
Monday, 24 Jun 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Cancer epigenetics
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013
1:00–2:00PM
Insights into “functional cures” for chronic and overwhelming human infections
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
The Truth about Cannabis Use
Despite its illegality, most of the Australian population is exposed to cannabis use at some stage of our lives. There is ...
Tuesday, 25 Jun 2013
ATNS Symposium: Indigenous Peoples, Economic Empowerment and Agreements with Extractive Industries, 25th – 26th June 2013
Symposium on Indigenous Peoples, Economic Empowerment and Agreements with Extractive Industries, 25th – 26th June 2013 hos...
Monday, 1 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
shRNA technology
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Wednesday, 3 Jul 2013
1:00–2:00PM
Screening for epigenetic regulators of X chromosome inactivation
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Asylum: ‘A Community of Nations?’
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Monday, 8 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
MicroRNAs and other small regulatory RNAs
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013: The Conference
Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) Australia 2013 conference is the central event for the Mathematics of Planet Earth Austr...
Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013
The hidden Earth – How mathematics helps us see into our planet
Except for a thin layer at the surface, all of our knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth at depth is based on ...
Thursday, 11 Jul 2013
Archaeological Lessons from the Battlefield
Protecting cultural heritage in conflict zones from a military perspective. In this fascinating lecture Dora Constantinid...
Friday, 12 Jul 2013
Access All Areas
Access All Areas is a biannual event for Year 10 to 12 students and their families that provides an opportunity to explore...
Monday, 15 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Human genetics of mitochondrial DNA and nuclear causes of mitochondrial disease
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Thursday, 18 Jul 2013
The 2013 RNAi Australian and High Content screening meeting
SAVE THE DATE RNAi AUSTRALIA The 2013 RNAi Australia and High Content screening meeting 2 Day Meeting July 18 & 19, Pa...
Friday, 19 Jul 2013
Winter Writing Workshops: Telling stories – in Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction & Fiction
Get started on that memoir, creative nonfiction work, short story or novel you always wanted to write. Immerse yourself i...
Monday, 22 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Bioinformatic analysis of the epigenome
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Wednesday, 24 Jul 2013
1:00–2:00PM
Cell-cell communication between malaria-infected red blood cells via exosome-like vesicles
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Monday, 29 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Epigenetics
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Facile Production of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Difficult to Deliver Therapeutics: Hydrophobic Drugs, Peptides and siRNA
Several classes of therapeutics are nanoparticle formulations of hydrophobic drugs and present unique opportunities for tr...
Wednesday, 31 Jul 2013
1:00–2:00PM
Epigenetic pathways and autoimmune disease susceptibility
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Monday, 5 Aug 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Epigenetic modifications and the immune system
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
Wednesday, 7 Aug 2013
1:00–2:00PM
The making and breaking of blood stem cells
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Meet Melbourne Frankston
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Frankston as part of our Meet Melbourne program. Pl...
Thursday, 8 Aug 2013
The Nature of PTSD and its Treatment via Prolonged Exposure Therapy
The Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH) and the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (A...
Meet Melbourne Dandenong
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Dandenong as part of our Meet Melbourne program. Pl...
Thursday, 3 Oct 2013
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey Research Conference
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of research based on the Household, Income and Labour D...
Friday, 15 Nov 2013
Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 13: Narratives of Equity Conference
2013 Conference Themes include Spaces and places for children’s own narratives in early childhood; Sharing research storie...
Thursday, 5 Dec 2013
5:00–6:00PM
What happened to Richard Wagner’s first offspring Isolde? An insider look into the Swiss branch of the Wagner dynasty
This lecture (with powerpoint) will focus on the family Beidler, starting with Wagner's first daughter Isolde, her marriag...