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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 6 DECEMBER 2004

World first forundergraduates

UWA science students have become the firstin the world to use a nanoSIMS microprobefacility for undergraduate research.

Blaire Coleman, a student in the School of Earth andGeographical Sciences(SEGS), is the first honours studentworldwide to submit a thesis based on nanoSIMS 50 ion probedata.

And two groups of first year students, enrolled in the newnanotechnology 109 unit, have had a unique opportunity to takepart in laboratory sessions with the facility at the Centre forMicroscopy and Microanalysis (CMM).

Associate Professor Brendan Griffin, Director of CMM isAssociate Director of the NANO-MNRF (Major NationalResearch Facility), the only NanoSIMS 50 ion microprobes inthe southern hemisphere and only the tenth in the world.

“At Oxford University, only post-graduates have access tothe facility, and the same would be true of the other facilities,”A/Professor Griffin said.

“But why keep the excitement of these technologies fromthe young students? Allowing, in fact, encouraging, their accessshows the world that UWA is willing and able to put this typeof technology into its entry-level programs. It is part of ourdesire to produce the highest quality graduates, with cuttingedge experience.

”It also supports the State Government’s contribution to thefacility(more than a million dollars through the Centres ofExcellence in Science and Innovation).”

A/Professor Griffin said 18 first year students had a ‘playwith the new toys’ in four laboratory sessions during the finalfortnight of the academic year. Next year, as second years, theywill participate in some short experiments which will be part ofreal work being carried out with the microprobe.

“They will help to collect data and write practical reports. It

will be challenging for them to be involved in real scienceexperiments at the nanometre scale: a great opportunity for agreat bunch of students,” he said.

A/Professor Griffin was also delighted that earth sciencesHonours student Blaire Coleman was able to conduct herresearch project using the nanoSIMS facility – a world first.

“Blaire was the top chemistry and geology student in herthird year and she wanted to do a chemistry-heavy geologyproject for her Honours project, so the nanoSIMS provided agreat opportunity for her.”

Jointly supervised by A/Professor Griffin, Dr NealMcNaughton (SEGS) and SIMS analysis specialist Dr RichardStern (CMM), Blaire chose a project to compare oceanicconditions of 1.7 billion years ago, and today’s conditions.

She used the nanoSIMS facility to compare them, throughthe chemistry of exotic minerals that form during consolidationof sediments into rocks.

With her experiments, she was able to compare the oceanchemistry of the two periods.

“An important aspect of her research was to understandhow this process of consolidation occurs, as dating of theseexotic minerals is critical to the exploration for old petroleumreservoirs,” A/Professor Griffin said.

“The growth is very complex and nanoSIMS is the onlytechnology that has the sensitivity to look at the nanometrevariations. The results were excellent. Blaire’s data is fantasticand we are confident she will get first class Honours.”

The nanoSIMS facility has been in use at CMM for just over12 months, broadening the opportunities for nanoscaleresearch across disciplines including earth sciences, biomedicalareas and agriculture. It allows scientists to look at sub-cellularlevels with the high resolution scanning ion microprobe,whether they are studying biomedical materials or mineralsamples.

World first for nanotechstudents

Honours student Blaire Coleman, Dr Ian Fletcher and Dr Richard Stern ended up with some great results from the facility

World first forundergraduates

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The nanoSIMS facility was thecentrepiece of a recentworkshop showcasingscientific success in WesternAustralia.

The workshop was to provide bothWA biomedical researchers and MNRFstaff opportunities to establish nationallinks. The seven Major NationalResearch Facilities showcasedrepresented Commonwealth funding of$76 million.

The workshop, the MNRFRoadshow, was hosted by UWA, held atthe Clinical Training and EducationCentre (CTEC) and chaired by A/Professor Brendan Griffin.

He gave a presentation on thenanoSIMS and the national infrastructurefor biotechnology and Nanotechnologyinnovation.

Also presenting their UWA groups’research were:

Nanotechnology

MHR Julie Bishop enthuses about the nanoSIMS microprobe with A/Professor Brendan Griffinand Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Seares

• Professor John Considine (PlantBiology) and his group’s wine MNRF;

• Professor Peter Klinken (WAInstitute for Medical Research), ontheir use of new technology in thecharacterisation of novel cancercausing genes;

• Professor Assen Jablensky(Psychiatry and Centre for ClinicalResearch in Neuropsychiatry) onresearch into the genetics ofneuropsychiatric disorders in WA;

• Professor Nigel Laing (Centre forNeuromuscular and NeurologicalDisorders) on genetic musclediseases of the newborn; and

• Dr Fiona Wood (RPH Burns Unit).Dr Wood was arriving in London at

the time of the workshop, but she hadprepared a 20-minute videopresentation on the quest for scarlesshealing, and joined the delegates bytelephone for questions after the videowas shown.

“It reflected her status as a nationalliving treasure, getting off the plane andonto the phone, to take part in thisimportant showcase of biotechnologyresearch,” A/Professor Griffin said.

“It was an important merging ofresearch and industry. And theHonourable Julie Bishop MP, in openingthe day, commented on the astonishingdepth of scientific talent in WA.”

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A/Professor Brendan Griffin delivers the nano technology message

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The increasing number ofattempts to establish therelative rankings ofuniversities (internationallyand in Australia) may beboth a blessing and a cursefor many higher educationinstitutions.

The reality is that rankings – andmore and more of them – will be apart of our future. And we need toconsider that regardless of howaccurate (or otherwise) they may be,they create expectations andperceptions which can influencestudents, staff, collaborators,supporters and the widercommunity.

For me, the most important aspectof any ranking is our ability tointerpret the results so as to betterunderstand why we are rankedwhere we are. Rankings must betransparent; they must have definedcriteria and they must haveidentifiable data sources.

The most recent rankings – oneinternational and one national –highlight some of the best and worstelements of such exercises.

The rise of rankings …For example, the recent world

rankings by The Times Higher EducationSupplement used ill-matched criteria,and an irrational methodology skewedtowards universities with largenumbers of international students onthe assumption that a university’sability to attract international studentsis an indicator of quality. In fact, this ismore likely to be a result of revenuestrategies, entry standards ormarketing.

But at the same time, The Timesranking did confirm our concern thatoutside our nation and our region, ouracademic and research performance faroutweighs our international reputation.Our research score was equal to orhigher than 12 of the top 50universities in the world, but ourreputation (recognition internationally)was significantly lower.

Further than this, it was difficult tointerpret the results. As well asobscure methodology, there wereareas where incorrect data appeared tohave been used.

On the national scene, the latestAustralian rankings done by MelbourneInstitute of Applied Economic andSocial Research (The University ofMelbourne) provided a much clearerpicture of Australian universities basedon a ranking with clear data andprocess.

This ranking again confirmed ourconcerns about reputation where wewere ranked second on researchperformance and third overall (adjustedfor the size of the institution), butseventh in terms of the subjectiveassessment of our international

standing by leaders of overseasuniversities.

Most notable in the Melbourneranking was the fact that in terms ofthe quality of undergraduateprograms, we were ranked first inAustralia (based on staff-studentratios, progression rates, continuationinto higher studies and studentevaluations).

This is a very important measurefor our university – given our highintake of undergraduate schoolleavers.

We should never be driven byrankings, but we should welcomethose which withstand robust analysisand interrogation which we can useto inform our progress towardsachieving international excellence inall we do.

Throughout 2004, it is clear that onthe basis of both external and internalmeasures, the University continued todeliver very positive outcomes acrossteaching and research areas.

This is an outstanding reflection onour staff — at all levels and in allareas. With your support, theUniversity continues to accept thechallenges presented by a constantlychanging operating environment,delivering benefits for our studentsand the wider community.

I thank all staff for their effortsthrough the year and wish you all thebest for the festive season ahead.

Alan RobsonVice-Chancellor

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Native trees are dying out allover the world. Plantbiologists around the globeare trying to find out why.But so far, there has been noobvious pattern identified inthe widespread decline.

Graduate plant pathologist RyanHooper is trying to diagnose what iscausing the decline of the Wandoopopulation of Western Australia, butsays his work is made more difficultbecause the historical records of thesetrees are so thin.

As part of his PhD research, Ryanattended and presented his work to aworld gathering of phytopathologists inthe United States and visited Alaskawhere the native yellow cedar is on thedecline.

“They have good tree histories thereso it is easier for them to study thisphenomenon,” Ryan said. “Notknowing about previous declines orpatterns of development makes it hard.

“We don’t even know just how muchof our native tree population is on thedecline. All we have is anecdotalevidence, and what we can see, thatlarge proportions of the trees areaffected.

“It’s important for the community tohear some figures, so they canunderstand the seriousness of thesituation. I believe CALM is working ongetting some figures out when they can.”

The big white-barked Wandoo hadbeen a childhood favourite of Ryan’s, sowhen he heard of the concern of thepeople of York for the dying wandoo intheir region, he was eager to help.

“Wandoo is spread very widely

across WA, in a huge belt fromToodyay to Mount Barker, all the wayacross to Corrigin. But sadly, it took menearly six months to find a completelyhealthy stand of trees to use as mycontrol.”

Ryan said the trees start to die backwith a crown contraction, that beginswith the tips of the branches dying. Itthen spreads slowly through the treeand can take up to 20 years for the treeto decline to the point of dyingcompletely.

“During my honours year, I identifiedorganisms in the wandoo canopy, whichhave taken me down the insect road.

“But it appears the diagnosis is morecomplex than just attack by insects andthere is likely to be a fungal componentadding to cause of branch decay.

“The big question is the roleenvironmental conditions are playingand how these differ from year to year,resulting in sick trees standing rightnext to healthy trees. There are alsosome stands that appear to be

What iskillingournative trees?

recovering from sickness.“Eucalypts are so hardy it doesn’t

make sense that they are declining. Theyare the dominant species throughoutAustralia, so you would think theywould be well adapted,” Ryan said.

He said the decline in Wandoo wasmost widespread and severe amongeucalypts, with tuart and marri notsuffering so badly, but still affected.

He is concentrating currently onwood boring insects after finding whathe believes is evidence of their attack inbranches from affected trees. He spoketo experts on wood borers at theconference in the US.

Ryan is focussing his work onwandoo in the Mundaring catchmentareas, west of York. “The people ofYork are very concerned and are happyto provide accommodation for me whileI’m doing field work.”

His work is being supervised byProfessor Krishnapillai Sivasithamparamand Dr Bryan Shearer from CALM,WA’s premier native plant pathologist.

Ryan Hooper examinesevidence of wood boring

insects in damagedWandoo branches

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The University has had oneof its most successful roundsof ARC grant applications.

A total of $18.6 million has beenawarded by the Australian ResearchCouncil for research at UWA in 2005.

Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor DougMcEachern (pictured) said the ARCDiscovery grants were the mostlucrative UWA had been awarded.

The 38 Discovery grants totalling$13.68 million include: $690,000 overfive years to Professor Leigh Simmons,recently appointed Federation Fellow;$1.225 million over five years to ‘greenchemist’ Professor Colin Raston; and,$913,000 over five years to physicistProfessor Mike Tobar.

Professor Simmons is studying spermcompetition and the evolution ofejaculates; Professor Raston is workingon integrated self assembly processesand spinning disc technology; and,Professor Tobar on new high precisiontests on the standard model of physicsand relativity.

A $2.8 million package of five ARCLinkage Infrastructure Grants to UWAincludes the establishment of a new supercomputer that will benefit the State.

The construction of the supercomputer facility forms part of theInteractive Virtual Environments Centre

Private donors whose contributions fund medical research hadthe opportunity recently to meet the researchers who wereusing their funds.

Benefactor DorothyRansom asks ProfessorPeter Klinken about hisresearch

Goahead

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Tea and philanthropy

(IVEC) collaboration supported by theState Government.

IVEC supports an access grid nodethat that links up with hundreds ofnodes internationally. Business, industry,government and higher educationinstitutions that don’t have their ownaccess can hire the IVEC facilities andtake advantage of the latest supercomputer. This Access grid room hasalready been used by researchers andgovernment officials for meetings tosupport a whole range of researchprojects, many of which are relevant toindustry.

Professor McEachern said thecommunity of Western Australia couldtake pride in the substantial increase inresearch funding attracted to the Stateby UWA. “The University has attractedtwo thirds of Discovery Grant dollarsawarded to WA, ninety per cent ofLinkage Infrastructure dollars, includingour bid to establish a new supercomputer, and fifty per cent LinkageProject Grant dollars where we workwith industry.

“This substantial level of researchfunding attracted to the State is areflection of the high quality researchbeing carried out by high quality staff atthe State’s premier research institution.More importantly, the level is on therise,” he said.

Medical researchers at UWA, includingthe WA Institute of Medical Research(WAIMR), enjoyed a morning tea at theFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry towhich donors and representatives ofbequests were also invited.

More than 30 separate medicalresearch projects are funded at UWAby private donations and bequests.

Two researchers, Professor Lyle

Tea and philanthropy

Palmer, and Associate Professor SergioStarkstein, talked briefly about theirwork. Among Professor Palmer’sprojects is an investigation of the geneticepidemiology of asthma and Type 1diabetes and he was delighted to be ableto tell the benefactors that his team hadachieved a significant breakthroughrecently in the genetic indicators forasthma.

A/Professor Starkstein is workingwith Professor Osvaldo Almeida in theSchool of Psychiatry and ClinicalNeurosciences on a program toimprove the neuroimaging laboratoryfor imaging research of the brain, andinto diabetes, hypoglycaemia, cognitivedisorder, Parkinson’s disease andAlzheimer’s disease.

Retiring Dean of Medicine andDentistry, Professor Lou Landau,thanked the benefactors for thegenerosity.

Professor Peter Klinken, Director ofWAIMR and the Centre for MedicalResearch, talked to benefactor DorothyRansom about the cancer research inwhich his group is involved. MrsRansom represented the S.E. OhmanMedical Research Fund, which alsocontributed this year to research beingconducted by Professor PeterHartmann, Professor David Day andProfessor Roy Goldie.

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The best way to approachsafety and health in theworkplace is by beingproactive.

But sometimes, employers are facedwith an existing safety or healthproblem, and the way they deal with itis just as important to the well-being oftheir staff.

A new category in the UWA SafetyAwards this year was the RehabilitationAward. It is to acknowledge staff whohave demonstrated remarkable supportand assistance in helping employeeswith their return to work following aninjury or onset of a medical condition.The returning employee’s injury ormedical condition need not be work-related or involve workers’compensation.

The inaugural winner was UniPrint,for dedicated support of an employeewho returned to work after a caraccident in 2003. Uniprint managementapproved three months off work, thenanother two months part-time workbefore the employee could work againfull-time.

They provided alternative duties andshowed flexibility in adapting workpractices to accommodate the injuredstaff member. Management reviewed allmanual handling tasks and invested inequipment such as trolleys and anautomatic guillotine, which made all thestaff’s work easier, not just the injuredperson.

The citation for the award,presented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor,Professor Margaret Seares, saidUniprint management and the staffmember’s colleagues were supportiveand offered reassurance over manymonths. They demonstrated a caringattitude at all times, collectively andindividually.

While recovery was protracted, theunit maintained a positive outlook,which boosted the staff member’smotivation and enthusiasm to return towork.

The Individual Safety Award waswon by May Bond, from the GraduateSchool of Management. May has been asafety and health representative formore than a year and a member of theUniversity Safety Committee since Junethis year.

Her citation said that May hadprepared a GSM safely manual andensured new staff and students receiveda safety induction.

She carries out workplaceassessments regularly and proactively

Safetyfirst

UniPrint management Ray Horn,Craig Mackenzie and David Priorwere very happy with their award

Library staff Karen Mau, Simon Lewis,Annie Macnab, Peta Reddington and John

Arfield celebrate their success

Professor Margaret Seares presentsMay Bond with her award certificate

attends to or provides advice on safety-related issues such as ergonomicequipment.

May was instrumental indiplomatically solving a problem in theGSM this year that involved studentswanting to smoke on the balconies,which offended staff in nearby offices.

The University Library won theGroup Safety Award. They have fivesafety and health representatives among155 full-time and part time staff and 60casual workers.

The Library has its own active safetyand health committee and budgetcommitment for safety and security. Itregularly reviews safety and healthpolicies and procedures; runs a safetyinduction program for new staff;conducts workplace inspections; has aprogram of regular replacement ofergonomic chairs; and implements manysafety related programs, including amanual handling risk management plan,and testing and tagging of portableelectrical equipment.

UWA’s Safety and Health Office runsthe Safety Awards every year and thewinners receive book vouchers fromthe Co-op Bookshop.

Professor Seares said the Health andSafety Committee and the awardprogram was one of the responses tolegislative requirements that has been areal success.

“For once, a reporting requirementhas become a real positive for theUniversity,” she said.

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Stillpottering…Stillpottering…

Bright students, academic vigour, large staff numbers and thrivingdepartments burn bright in the memories of three retiring chemists.

Between them, Associate Professor Graham Chandler, Associate Professor

Dieter Wege and Dr Frank Lincoln have been at UWA for nearly 120 years.

Dr Lincoln came straight from school as an undergraduate, stayed to

complete his PhD and joined the staff in 1960. A/Professor Wege came in

1968 and A/Professor Chandler in 1970. Both of them had come from

Adelaide via London, where they had post-doctoral positions.

The three long-serving staff members were guests of honour at a

gala dinner recently to celebrate their retirements. Also honoured

were other long-serving colleagues from Chemistry, Brian Figgis, who

retired three years ago, but still comes in once a week (and was at the

dinner), and Jack Harrowfield, who also retired a short time ago, but who

is now working overseas and was toasted as an absent friend.

Manyelementsin a life ofchemistry

Dieter Wege retired earlier this year, just afterhis 64th birthday.

“But I’m still here most days – I can’t resist pottering in thelab,” he said.

“Of course, in the modern era, one should be moreentrepreneurial. I should be out there raising money, notpottering around with experiments!”

He said that in the heyday of science, the 1960s and early70s, universities operated on the principle of supportingacademic endeavours. “But now the system seems to focusmore on the economic aspects,” he said.

When A/Professor Wege came to UWA in 1968, there wasa separate department for his specialty, organic chemistry.“Then in 1991 we amalgamated with the other areas ofchemistry, and now our discipline is just part of a school. Wehave gone from 20 to 10 academic chemistry teaching staff injust eight years, but our student numbers are essentially thesame.”

The best part of his 36 years at UWA has been interactingwith bright students. “There are always several that stand outfrom the sea of faces in first year, and you get to know thembetter as they go through. “It’s what I will miss most of all, thatsharing of intellectual stimulation with young people.”

A/Professor Wege, who is now an honorary research fellow,is still supervising a PhD student, who will finish her doctoratein about 18 months. “I still have some things I want to write up,so I’ll be around for a while, but the best thing is that now Idon’t have to go to staff meetings!”

Although virtually his entire career has been at UWA, A/Professor Wege has spent some time in the United States,where, he says, education is more valued than it is in Australia.

“They are willing to pay high fees for university education inthe States because they know they will earn enough to pay itback easily. Here, it is more difficult to get financial rewards forhigher education. In Australia, it’s probably better to become areal estate speculator than choose an academic career.”

He said that, in the mid-1970s, things became tight forAustralian scientists, and quite a few PhD graduates ended up asbureaucrats in Canberra instead of becoming academics orresearchers.

“I sometimes wonder if that’s why the universities are beingtreated so badly these days!” he said.

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Frank Lincoln has always loved “settingpeople alight”.

But only in the metaphorical sense. “I love exciting peopleabout science, and chemistry in particular. It gives me a lot ofpleasure,” said one of the University’s longest-serving staffmembers.

Dr Lincoln still shares his joy of learning with his graduatestudents. “My area of teaching and research used to be calledsolid state chemistry. Now it’s materials science. It’s a multi-disciplinary area that covers chemistry, physics, maths andengineering which. I try to cover it from the chemicalperspective.”

After his undergraduate degree and his PhD in chemistry atUWA, Dr Lincoln was asked to join the staff as a graduateassistant (or tutor). “It was the equivalent of a tutor’sposition,” he said. At that stage, 1960, Chemistry was stillhoused in its original limestone building, which is now the homeof the discipline of geography in the School of Earth Sciences.

“We moved into the ‘new’ chemistry building in 1963, whenI was promoted to senior tutor,” Dr Lincoln said. Now that‘new’ building is the old chemistry building and Dr Lincoln is notlooking forward to sorting out nearly half a century’s books andpapers before the move to the new building.

“I have an honorary research position, and I won’t have thesame amount of space in the new building, so I’ll have to throwa lot of it out ” he said.

The excitement of science

Dr Lincoln actually retired two years ago, but wasimmediately given a two-year contract on a fractionalappointment, which ended in August.

He also has two PhD students who still have another twoyears to go in their studies. “And I’m learning still’– somethingnew every day. That’s the joy of being an experimentalscientist. And there are still a few experiments I’d like to do.”

Dr Lincoln has worked a lot with minerals, collaborating withgeologists, and is fascinated by crystals.

His sabbaticals have taken him to Oxford, and to universitiesin Japan, USA and Sweden. “Study leave is an important part ofacademic life.”

Graham Chandler knows precisely what’sinvolved in being an honorary research fellow.

“It’s what I’ve been doing for the past several years!” he said.The Associate Professor of Chemistry intends to become an

honorary research fellow after his retirement on his 65thbirthday last month. But since 1996, he has been working onlyone-sixth of a full-time appointment.

“I’ve been here, working every day, just as I have beensince 1970, but only being paid a sixth of my former salary.”

It was after a stint as Head of the Department of Chemistrythat A/Professor Chandler decided he wanted more time to doresearch and just “think”.

A/Professor Chandler did his PhD in organic chemistry inAdelaide, then went to London for his post-doctoral research,

where he changed thedirection of his career,from organic totheoretical chemistry.

“It was an enormousjump. I’d always beeninterested in theoreticalchemistry, but there wasnobody in Adelaide whowas doing it at the time Iwas doing my PhD. So Icompleted my work inorganic chemistry before I

made the change.“I was a tutor at Currie Hall for 13 years, up until last year,

and I encountered a lot of students who, when they changedtheir minds about a course, couldn’t see the point in finishingwhat they started, before taking off in another direction.

“I have always been glad I finished my PhD in organicchemistry, before opting for the theoretical side.”

After London, A/Professor Chandler worked in the newresearch school of chemistry at the Australian National University.“But the contracts at ANU were only short term and, as the 1970sapproached, jobs for scientists were becoming scarce, so I jumpedat the job of lecturer when UWA offered it to me.”

He has spent a lot of time working with experimenters ondetermining the distribution of electrons in molecules, using,among other methods, X-rays.

“There are more theoretical chemists now at UWA than I’veever worked with in my entire life (there are three instead ofjust one!) so I’ll be hanging around for some time, to takeadvantage of that,” he said.

A/Professor Chandler is also thinking about doing somework with moths. “Soon after I arrived in WA, I came across anunusual moth – it had pale pink wings and a gold body – and Itook it to the museum. I had always collected butterflies andmoths, and when they heard of my interest, they asked me if Iwould like to come and work on their moth collection becausethey didn’t have anybody to do it.

“I’m thinking of taking them up on the offer now … 33 yearslater!”

He wouldn’t be head for quids

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ConsideringcleanercommutingProfessor Margaret Searestook the first step, lastmonth, towards moreenv ironmenta l ly - fr iendlydriving at UWA.

started at the press of a button. The car has both a betterturning circle and more comfortable seats than my currentvehicle, and the small bonnet (courtesy of the small engine)means parking in confined spaces is very easy (please, no jokesabout women drivers not being able to parallel park).

“All in all I would give it serious consideration next time Ichange over my car,” she said.

Toyota representative Nic Marston (pictured) with ProfessorSeares when he delivered the car said the Prius used just 4.5litres of petrol to drive 100 kilometres around town. “Thiscompares with 9.5 litres for a Camry (equivalent size) andabout 13 litres for a Ford Falcon,” he said.

Transport and Environment officer Naomi White arrangedfor the Deputy Vice-Chancellor to test drive a Toyota Priushybrid vehicle. For two days, Professor Seares drove the newcar, which combines an electric motor with a petrol motor,uses half the amount of fossil fuel and creates half the emissionsof a purely petrol-driven vehicle.

“It was an interesting experience, trying out Toyota’s newhybrid car,” Professor Seares said.

“It ran very smoothly, and there is a sense of holiness aboutdriving a car that is creating less damage to the environment!

“It was certainly different driving a car with no gear shift (thegear ratio changes continuously and smoothly) and which

Five projects across campushave shared in the 2005University’s DiversityInitiative Fund.

It was established to encouragetargeted diversity projects whichenhance equity for students and staff. Inthe ten years that this initiative hasbeen running, more than 50 projectshave been funded, some of which havebecome ongoing programs. The 2005recipients are:

Tricia Wylde, Health Promotion Officer— Medical Centre, Student Services.Mental Health First Aid Instructor Training($4,700)

The objective of this project is tobuild the capacity within the Universityto promote positive mental health andwell being in a coordinated andcollaborative way.

It will enable three members of staff toattend a training program developed bythe Centre for Mental Health Research,which will accredit them to conduct theMental Health First Aid Course.

Diverse projectswin funding

Grant Revell, Senior Lecturer, Facultyof Architecture, Landscape Architectureand Visual Arts — in association with theSchool of Indigenous Studies (FitzroyCrossing + UWA Community EducationProgramme, “The Nyanangarri Project”($3,000)

The objective of this project is todevelop an on-going community basedoutreach educational program betweenUWA and the University of NSWdesign students and staff and the FitzroyCrossing Indigenous communities. It willfocus on genuine collaborative crosscultural environmental design learninginitiatives

Dr Renu Sharma, School Manager,School of Plant Biology. Variety is thespice of life: Let’s add some to enrich ourlearning experiences ($2,000)

The project will be run during theannual Postgraduate Summer School. It isto encourage international and localstudents, particularly postgraduates, in theFaculty of Natural and AgriculturalSciences to share their experiences andassess how international students haveadded to the learning experiences of localand interstate students enrolled at UWA.

Dr Tanya Dalziell, Lecturer, School ofSocial and Cultural Studies, Faculty ofArts, Humanities and Social Sciences.SmARTS access – bridging the gap ($3,000)

The objective of this project is toprovide the opportunity for high schoolstudents from low socio economicbackgrounds to participate in SmARTS,an innovative community outreachprogram which has been nominated bythe University for an AustralianUniversity Teaching Award.

The fund will provide scholarships to50 students from schools underrepresented at UWA, to cover 50 percent of the costs incurred byparticipating in the SmARTS program.

Siri Barrett-Lennard , EnglishLanguage and Study Skills Adviser,Student Services. Language and CulturalExchange Program: Postgraduate Students($2,300)

This project is to assist up to 80commencing postgraduate students fromculturally and linguistically diversebackgrounds to participate more activelyin campus life by developing a programthat facilitates their interaction andcontinued contact with locally bornstudents.

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A rich background and abroad education result in awell-rounded person.

In the case of accounting student TimMartino, they have also resulted in theaward of Global Achiever from theInstitute of Chartered Accountants inAustralia (ICAA).

Before choosing to study a Bachelorof Commerce, majoring in accountingand finance, Tim began a combined Arts/Law degree.

“But I found law a bit stuffy, so Iconcentrated on my arts degree andcompleted it with first class honours inboth German and Italian,” he said.

He’s just completed his first year ofcommerce and said this area ofendeavour appealed to him assomething that would complement hisarts background.

“I think my arts degree has made mea well-rounded person. I’m not just inaccounting for the money!” he said. “Ithink you can really set yourself apartfrom other commerce students withsomething that is a bit out of theordinary, like my two languages.”

As Global Achiever, Tim gets twoweeks international placement with oneof accounting firm Pitcher Partners’

Alreadya wellchartedcareer

Chartered Accounting Global Achiever Tim Martino finds both his passions in one spot: a map ofItaly printed in German

affiliate offices, in either London, NewYork, Philadelphia or Atlanta.

With his background in Europeanlanguages, Tim has chosen London. Itwill be his third trip to Europe as aresult of academic achievements.

He studied German and Italian atschool and, in year 11, was selected togo to Italy, supported by the EducationDepartment. Later, at university, hewon a scholarship from the Italiangovernment to study at the University

Rowing would have to be oneof the most appropriatesports for a Rhodes Scholar,bound for Oxford University.

Computer scientist and engineerDavid Knezevic (pictured), WA’s 2005Rhodes Scholar, will take with him toOxford next year not only a stellaracademic record but several yearsexperience in the sport that symbolisesthe university town.

As a member of the UWA BoatClub, David competed in the AustralianUniversity Games in 2002 and 2004, aswell as at the National RowingChampionships in 2003. He also rowedcompetitively during a semester at theUniversity of Texas in Austin that year.This US stint clearly whet his appetitefor overseas study.

“The University of Texas campus, thebiggest in the US with 53,000 students, hasthe entire student body living on or nearcampus, so it’s a tight knit community with

a very vibrant student culture,” he recalls.“The rowing was college-based and thecompetition intense!”

“Unlike rowing in Australia, the USuniversities focus only on racing eights,and whereas we tend to focus ontechnique, they emphasise fitness andstrength, using the rowing machineextensively. It was interesting seeing thedifferences and I really enjoyed theexperience of another campus andanother culture.”

David completed a computerscience/engineering double degree atUWA, and believes that pursuing aDPhil in the Oxford UniversityComputer Laboratory will enhance hiscareer flexibility.

“I don’t want to confine myself to asingle area,” he says. “The RhodesScholarship is a fantastic opportunity tofocus on computer modelling which isrelevant to so many areas of science andengineering because computersimulation is ubiquitous in most fields.”

Davidrowedthe roadto Rhodes

of Bologna for six months. Then hespent two months in Germany onexchange at the University of Freiburg.

“And now the ICAA is paying for meto go to London. I’m doing pretty well,aren’t I?”

Every year, the ICAA recognises thetop 20 first year accounting students ineach state and rewards the top studentwith an international placement. This isthe second consecutive year in which aUWA student has won the GlobalAchiever award.

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The University’s ruralmedicine centre has achieveda significant milestone in pro-viding doctors for the bush.

Eight overseas trained doctors havebecome the first to complete theirterms in country towns, under theOverseas Trained Doctors (OTD) FiveYear Scheme.

Doctors Wynand Breytenbach (fromSouth Africa to Narrogin), EbenCoetzee (from South Africa toKalgoorlie/Boulder), Josephus de Jong(from the Netherlands to Broome),Parbodh Gogna (from UK to Beverley),Werner Fleitmann (from South Africato Quairading), Noreen Parshad (fromIndia to Geraldton AMS), John Pollard(from UK to Geraldton), andAmirthalingam Prathalingam (from SriLanka to Denmark) started the schemein October 1999.

Supported by the University’sWestern Australian Centre for Remoteand Rural Medicine (WACRRM) and theAustralian Medical Association theprovisions of the scheme in WesternAustralia require doctors to agree towork for five years in a designatedunmet area of need. Before going outinto the bush, they must have very goodGP experience; WA Medical Boardregistration; and they must sit and passthe Royal Australian College of GeneralPractitioners exams in the first twoyears on the scheme.

At the end of five years, doctors canwork anywhere in Australia as generalpractitioners.

Director of WACRRM, Dr FelicityJefferies, says this first group of doctorshas been a real asset to the rural

medical community of WesternAustralia.

“I would like to say thank you tothese doctors for their significantcontribution to the rural community ofWA. Many of them work solo inisolated towns in conditions that wecan’t get Australian doctors to work in,so we’re really grateful to them.”

Many indigenous communities benefitfrom OTDs working in rural WA. Onedoctor who has spent much of his timeworking in Aboriginal health is DrJosephus (Sjef) de Jong.

“Since 1997 I have been working invarious Aboriginal community-controlledhealth organisations, in places like Wilunaand Halls Creek which I felt, and still dofeel privileged about,” said Dr de Jong.

“My partner Trudy and I have twobeautiful daughters, Sophie and Aletta,both born in WA. We now live inBroome and we like it a lot.”

Dr Wynand Breytenbach(Narrogin) and his wife came to work inWestern Australia, applying to the AMAfor a rural posting.

“I got Dalwallinu and could not find iton the atlas! We thought we wouldsurvive our six months contract andthen move on, but we enjoyed it somuch we stayed five years. At that stageI really missed being a proceduraldoctor and then the opportunity cameto move to Narrogin. It’s verystimulating to deliver babies, giveanaesthetics and do surgery again.”

A deportation threat for DrParbodh Gogna (Beverley) led to hisinvolvement with the development of theFive Year Scheme. At risk of having toleave the country to renew his visa, DrGogna pushed for the five-year scheme.

Country practicefor migrantdoctors

“At the time my options to stay inAustralia were rapidly running out and Iwas facing deportation. It was a verysobering thing, and with support fromfriends we were able to establish theFive Year Scheme,” said Dr Gogna.

He has now been in regional WA foreight years and says the benefits ofworking rurally are important for boththe community and the doctors.

Dr Amirthalingam Prathalingam(Denmark) says he has been fortunate towork in the southwest town of Denmark,where he has been shown acceptance andsupport.

“I have been privileged in workingwith my medical colleagues in Denmarkand the other towns in WesternAustralia. Their acceptance has been asource of strength in adjusting to theAustralian way of life, and the diversedemography made the transition frommy previous practice to Australia quiteinteresting and challenging. “

“If, like me you are a British trained,Sri Lankan doctor who has worked inAfrica, expect to be treated as acuriosity by some people. Accept thatsome people will never accept you andafter many years you will still bereferred to as the locum fromwherever. Ignore these comments andaccept the Australian people as they arefriendly and relaxed, and the phrase “noworries mate” truly displays the averageAustralian character.“

Another five OTDs will completetheir terms under the Five Year Schemethis month. To date 89 have entered theScheme. “Clearly these numbers areimportant in providing high qualitymedical personnel in all parts of thebush,” Dr Jefferies said.

Linda Thorgersen from WACRRMcongratulates Doctors Parshad,Prathalingham, Breytenbach, Jefferiesand Pollard on their country service

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“Gone to Rottnest” could well be a note found onmany doors across the campus over the summervacation.

It is also the title of a user-friendly book about our favourite holidayisland, written by Public Affairs journalist Trea Wiltshire and publishedby UWAPress.

“This is the book I hoped to find when I first visited Rottnest Islandafter settling in WA,” Trea said. “A book on the history and naturalhistory of the island is long overdue.”

Gone to Rottnest addresses the challenges facing an island with afragile environment that can be overwhelmed by visitors at peak

periods, and highlights the need for adequate funding for therestoration of the built and natural environments.

“Fortunately for me, many specialists have conducted researchon the island, and have written books and field guides that provedto be invaluable,” Trea said. “The Rottnest Island Authority has alsoproduced some beautifully illustrated and highly informative visitorbrochures, which were also a great help.”

Trea’s book is a combination of historical and environmentalinformation, complemented by a celebration of the simplepleasures of the island. Much more than a brochure, it is the littlebrother of a coffee table tome: small enough to tote around theisland in your backpack, and substantial enough to give as theultimate Western Australian Christmas gift.

Gone to Rottnest is the first book in a series from UWAPressthat will highlight the natural history of special places in WA. Itcan be ordered on-line from UWA Press or from the Co-Opbookshop for $24.95.

When historians Patricia andIan Crawford came to WAfrom the eastern states in the1970s, they wanted to buy abush block close to Perth fora regular weekend retreat.

They ended up with a block inNorthcliffe. “We really didn’t plan tobuy somewhere so far away, but as wedrove south, the further we went, themore beautiful the trees became, and bythe time we reached Northcliffe, wewere hooked!” Patricia, a UWAProfessor of History, said.

Patricia and Ian (anow retiredhistorian whospecialised inarchaeology andanthropologyfor the WAMuseum) havewritten abook abouttheir belovedcorner of the

Holidayreading

Going south to Northcliffeworld, which has won the NSWPremier’s Prize for regional andcommunity history.

The $15,000 award is for a bookwhich makes a significant contributionto the understanding of Australiancommunity, institutional or regionalhistory. It is judged on quality ofresearch, scholarship and analysis.

Contested Country: A History of theNorthcliffe Area was published by UWAPress, under the Charles and Joy StaplesSouth West Region Publications Fund.“UWA Press did a lovely job with thebook,” Professor Crawford said.

Her husband Ian contributed thechapters on the Aboriginal people of thearea and helped out with other sections.“He also looked after me when I wasunwell during the writing of the book,so he truly deserves to share in thisaward,” she said.

Northcliffe has an emotional history,with passions running high about clearfelling by early settlers, the timberindustry, the preservation of the nativeforests, and Aboriginal ownership of theland.

All the issues are covered in ContestedCountry, from the perspective not simplyof two historians, but from that of twopeople who love the area, are closelyinvolved with it, and concerned for thepreservation of one of the mostbotanically diverse areas in Australia.

It is available at the Co-Op Bookshopfor $38.95.

Patricia and Ian Crawfordreceive their award from thePremier of NSW, Bob Carr

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Irishcricket,anybody?

St Patrick’s Day2005 promises to be a special oneat UWA, with the fifth annual John Inverarity Cupmatch being contested on James Oval between perennial protagoniststhe Vice Chancellor’s XI and the Premier’s XI.

David Phua, UWA Sports Marketing Manager, said the climax of the week long Festival of Cricket, next year’s John InverarityMatch will feature former international players including Pakistan great Zaheer Abbas, while some high profile test stars from thesub-continent are also being lined up to be a part of what will surely be the best match to date. While the quality of on-field playwill be high, the Festival also offers off-field opportunities for the University community to use the event to develop businessconnections.

“We have a range of marquees available for corporate entertaining. These can hold up to 20 people each and a variety ofcatering options are available. It’s a great way to do business or entertain clients — and an even better way to spend an afternoongetting to know people from different departments or schools,” he said.

AFL football is a year-round sport for itsplayers and many of them have had to makethe difficult decision to give up cricket toconcentrate on footy.

West Coast Eagle player Brett Jones, a UWA commercegraduate, was a second XI cricketer for WA before he madethat hard decision.

But now, he’s back both on campus and into cricket, in theposition of general manager of the University Cricket Club.

The UWA club is the first member of the WA Cricket

Irishcricket,anybody?

The best ofboth sportingworlds

Association to appoint a general manager. Brett will beresponsible for managing the day to day affairs of the club,including sponsorship arrangements, recruitment, coordinatingfixtures, liaising with coaches and players and organising specialevents.

“This is a great opportunity for me to apply my commercedegree and stay involved in a sport I love,” Brett said.”“It alsooffers me a taste of a potential career after football.”

University Cricket Club President Kevan Penter said Brettwas the ideal candidate to fill a role the club had beencontemplating for several years.

“Sporting clubs are becoming more professional and need tobe able to address the challenges of an increasingly commercialenvironment,” he said.

“While we were sad to lose Brett as a player oncer he madehis commitment to the West Coast Eagles, he has stayedheavily involved at the University Cricket Club in a voluntarycapacity.”

Brett will combine his new role with his preseason footballcommitments.

John Inverarity Cup – Festival of CricketThursday 17 March 2005James OvalCorporate Marquees are available from UWA Sports.Call 6488 1955 for more information

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PROMOTION BRIEFSOctober,November 2004

Dr Jenny GregorySchool of Humanities/University of Western Australia PressUnder her directorship UWA Press has become a significantacademic publisher and she has brought substantial researchfunds to the University; her own publications and herdirectorship of the Centre for West Australian History havesignificantly raised the profile of Western Australia history; shehas rendered outstanding service to the University and thecommunity, including as President of the National Trust andinaugural President of the History Council of WA.

Dr Neil MorganCrime Research Centre, Faculty of LawA sentencing scholar of truly international standing with anextensive publication record; a true educator who draws outfrom students the knowledge and insights within them; asDirector of Studies of the Crime Research Centre he hasoverseen the development of an impressive range of specialistpostgraduate subjects.

Dr William TaylorSchool of Architecture, Landscape and Visual ArtsAn extensive record of research publications including hisinternationally acclaimed book, The vital landscape, an originalwork which seeks to reunite architecture with ethics; therecipient of a major ARC Discovery Grant into thePhilosophical Foundations of Architectural Discourse.

Dr Sandy ToussaintSchool of Social and Cultural StudiesShe has engaged in substantial and wide ranging research inapplied, critical and theoretical anthropology which has receivedinternational recognition; a gifted and committed teacher withhigh ratings in SPOT reports and a nomination for a UWAExcellence in Teaching Award.

Research Associate to Research Fellow

Dr. Ping SiCentre for Legumes in Mediterranean AgricultureHas made a significant contribution to the understanding of theadaptation of crop and pasture species, particularly canola, tothe Western Australianenvironment through herresearch and publications; hascontributed to the Universitythrough the establishment ofimportant links to China, inparticular with the AustralianCentre of InternationalAgricultural Research, andthrough attracting significantfunding from externalsources.

Associate Professor to Professor

Dr George YeohSchool Of Biomedical and Chemical SciencesA superb performer in all aspects of academic life; an eminentinternational authority in cell biology, and the leader in the areaof liver progenitor oval cell proliferation during chronic liverdisease and cancer, with an impressive grants and publicationsrecord; has provided tireless service to the University, as Headof Department of Biochemistry and now Associate Dean(Research), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; a committed andvery highly rated teacher of both undergraduate and graduatestudents with an outstanding record of supervision, who evenas a NHMRC fellow introduced and developed courses in cellbiology.

Dr Peter HandfordLaw SchoolA teacher of the highest calibre with a thorough masteryof the subject matter and superb communication skills; has beennominated for Excellence in Teaching Awards; as ExecutiveOfficer and Director of Research for the Law ReformCommission of WA he had a significant role in every major lawreform proposal from 1983 until 1998; an outstanding tortsscholar with an international reputation in liability forpsychiatric injury and limitation of actions.

Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor

Dr Antonio CelenzaSchool of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health CareHas made an outstanding contribution to the emergingdiscipline of emergency medicine through his teaching anddevelopment of curricula for both undergraduate andpostgraduate students. He is a leader in the field; has receivedseveral awards for excellence in and his contribution to clinicalteaching; has published important articles in emergencymedicine, all while spending half of his time providing specialistclinical input into the Department of Emergency Medicine at SirCharles Gairdner Hospital.

Dr Daniel GreenSchool of Human Movement and Exercise ScienceA highly respected and inspiring teacher and supervisor withhigh SPOT ratings. His innovations include the development ofan impressive web-based package of instructional material; hasan impressive research record with publication in the leadinginternational cardiology and physiology journals and has madean outstanding contribution to understanding of the effects ofexercise on cardiovascular function. Established successfulcollaboration with clinical colleagues at RPH and in the UnitedStates and has secured substantial funds from competitiveresearch grants.

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Honey possums, dragonlizards, swamp tortoises …and Paris. Strange bedfellows?

Not for retiring Chair in Zoology,Professor Don Bradshaw (picturedbelow), who has devoted his life toAustralian native animals but managedto spend a lot of it in his favouriteEuropean city, studying, collaboratingand simply enjoying the culture.

The most recent addition to his listof achievements and accolades isnomination for foreign membership ofthe Academies des Sciences in Paris.

But his entire working life has beenbased at UWA, where he became onlythe second Chair in Zoology (nowknown as Animal Biology), whenProfessor Harry Waring retired in 1975.The Chair was created for ProfessorWaring in 1948 and, after 27 years, itwas passed on to Professor Bradshaw,who has held the position for 28 years.

Professor Bradshaw started work atUWA in 1965 as a graduate assistant,while completing his PhD. “But I justwanted to get out of Australia, whichwas still in the grip of the Menzies era,”he said. “I was interested in art galleriesand museums, so I headed for the UKon a Rutherford Scholarship from theRoyal Society.” A couple of years atSheffield University was followed by aCSIRO post-doctoral fellowship inParis, then a couple of years inCalifornia.

He returned to UWA only when hereceived a cable telling him that theUniversity had been holding a positionfor him for two years and he wasmorally bound to come back!

Professor Bradshaw is a comparativeendocrinologist and ecophysiologistwho has worked with all majorvertebrate groups. Early in his career,he was instrumental in developingsensitive micro-methods for the precisemeasurement of circulating levels ofpituitary and adrenal hormones in theblood of lower vertebrates.

Over the past 20 years, he hasbeen col laborating with Frenchcolleagues in research which hasresulted in the development of anovel nuclear method for themeasurement of levels of the stableisotope, oxygen-18, in microsamplesof biological fluids. Oxygen-18 is nowwidely used in ecological studies toestimate the rate of metabolism offree-ranging animals.

His research has involved severalyears of study and supervision ofgraduate students’ work on BarrowIsland.

“Barrow has nine native marsupials,four of which are virtually extinct onthe mainland and I am campaigningagainst the planned development therethat could spell the end for thesespecies.

“The animals are extremely welladapted to their environment there.The island has an estimated 110,000

Giving up afavouritechairDon BradshawProfessor, Animal Biology

golden bandicoots. When you go out atnight, you have to be careful you don’tstep on small animals!

“Barrow gave me a glimpse of whatAustralia once was,” he said.

One of the marsupials ProfessorBradshaw and his wife Felicity, anhonorary research associate in AnimalBiology, have concentrated on for thepast 10 years is the honey possum. Theyhave focussed on relating levels ofprotein intake to breeding in the tinypossum.

“But our honey possum study siteshave been burnt more than once byCALM. After a fire, it takes between 15and 20 years for the honey possum toreturn to the site, but CALM’s burningcycle is six years.

“Evidence is mounting that CALM’sprescribed burning, which they put intoplace after the Dwellingup fires of the1960s, doesn’t really help, and thereneeds to be some more seriousresearch into the program.”

Professor Bradshaw will spend moretime on such conservation issues, afterretirement. “Australia’s stewardship ofthe environment is not good, eventhough we are spending more money onit than ever before.”

The dragon lizard and the swamptortoise have both been reprieved frompossible extinction by the work ofProfessor Bradshaw’s group, to restoretheir native habitats.

He has seen salinity become a threatto native animals too.

“Agriculture should not be a businessin Australia. We should grow enough tofeed our own people and no more.When we export wheat and wool, weare just quarrying the soil and creatingsalinity.

“What upsets me is how long it’staken for some people to recognise it asa problem. In 1924, a paper waspublished saying that wholesale landclearing was increasing the salt in ourwater. Questions were asked inParliament and the response was that itwas hysterical scientific nonsense.”

Professor Bradshaw will keep hisoffice and laboratory going for a couplemore years, while his PhD studentsfinish their research. After that, he willprobably plunge deeper intoconservation issues, with the occasionaltrip to Paris with Felicity, who retiredlast year.

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RAINE VISITING PROFESSOR LECTURE,Institute of Advanced Studies 2004 Programme

Professor Sergio Della Sala, Professor of HumanCognitive Neuroscience and, HonoraryConsultant in Neurology, Department ofPsychology, University of Edinburgh will present aRaine Lecture entitled

Tall tales about the mind and the brain

on Wednesday 15 December 2004 at 6pm inThe Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, TheUniversity of Western Australia (Parking availablefrom Hackett Drive entrance 1 in Car Park 3. Mapat http://maps.uwa.edu.au/crawley/display/11) ALLWELCOME Lyn Ellis, telephone 9386 9880.email [email protected]

Convocation, the UWA Graduates AssociationAnnual Elections

• ELECTION OF WARDEN AND DEPUTY WARDEN

• ELECTION OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF CONVOCATION, THE

UWA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION

Application forms are now available for the above positions.

Mr Matthew Zilko will complete his one-year term as Warden of Convocation, theUWA Graduates Association in March 2005.

Mr James Fogarty will complete his one-year term as Deputy Warden of Convoca-tion, the UWA Graduates Association in March 2005.

Two members of the Council of Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association willcomplete terms in March 2005, and there are seven additional vacancies.

Nomination forms for all of these positions are now available fromConvocation, the UWA Graduates Association. Please telephone JuanitaPerez Scott, the Convocation Officer on 6488 3006, or email [email protected] including your postal address.

Please consider nominating for one of these positions.

The closing date for nominations for all posi-tions is 5 p.m., Friday 28 January 2005.

Applications received after this date will be declaredinvalid.

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As our minds turn to festivecelebrations with family andfriends, Deputy ViceChancellor Professor

Margaret Seares would like us to consider onespecial group of people.

They are our former colleagues at the University. Manycurrent staff will no doubt catch up with these friends at

‘departmental’ gatherings and private get togethers.Professor Seares wants to add former staff to the Alumnidatabase so that they can be informed of importantdevelopments and events at the University.

“Please assure people that this is not a fund raising venturebut rather recognition of the valued contribution made bymany wonderful people over the years. With our Centenaryfast approaching we want to make sure we can contact as manygraduates and alumni.” Professor Seares said.

Of course all UWA graduates are already on the databasebut we may not have all their current details. To ensure weinclude as many people as possible please mention this initiativeto your friends and ask them to contact Diane Valli in PublicAffairs on +61 8 6488 7955 or [email protected]

Happy HolidaysThis is the final issue of UWANews for 2004.

Thanks to all the staff who have contributed this year. Werely on your tips to be able to bring the campus news to allthe readers. So keep up the good work in 2005.

The first of 19 fortnightly issues next year will bepublished on Monday March 7. The deadline for editorial andadvertising copy for this issue is Wednesday February 23.

From next year, we will no longer be publishing CampusDiary. All these events are on the UWA website. Pleasesend all classified or display advertisementsand redundant equipment information toour new email address: [email protected]

If you would like to submit a column for The Last Word, ifyou know somebody who has an intriguing off-campusinterest, or would like us to publicise an event orachievement, please contact the editor, Lindy Brophy on6488 2436 or at [email protected]

The UWANews office will be closed over the summer,reopening on Monday February 7, 2005.

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2005 UWA RESEARCHGRANTS SCHEME

A/Prof Lawrence Abraham, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: ‘Expression Profiling in theProgression of Lymphomatoid Papulosis'—$17,748

Dr Sergey Alexandrov, Electrical, Electronicand Computer Engineering: ‘Fourier Holo-graphic Optical Scatter Imaging for Diagnosis ofEarly-stage Cancers'—$20,000

Prof Marcus Atlas, Adj A/Prof RobertEikelboom, Ms K Lewkowski, Surgery andPathology: ‘A New Method for Assessment ofDizzy Patients: Remote Video Nystagmography— Development of a Prototype Device and aPilot Study'—$19,513

A/Prof Paul Attwood, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: 'Investigation of the Role ofInosine Monophosphate Dehydrogenase as aHistone H4 Histidine Kinase and PossibleOncodevelopmental Marker'—$5,000

Dr Olga Babourina, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘Role of the Vacuole in PlantAdaptation to Salt and Osmotic Stresses'—$6,000

Ms Lois Balmer, Dr Jennifer Rodger,Animal Biology: ‘Cell-cell Communication viaEph/Ephrin Complexes: Restoration of Topo-graphic Maps in the Brain'—$12,560

Dr Luigi Barone, Dr Lyndon While,Computer Science and Software Engineering:‘Development of an Efficient Algorithm forCalculating Hypervolume in Multi-objectiveOptimisation'—$14,600

Mr Patrick Beale, Architecture and Fine Arts:'A Development Strategy for the Revitalizationof Cultural Heritage in Disaster Zones: TheCase of Arg-e-Bam in Iran'—$32,363

Dr Christopher Beer, Medicine and Phar-macology: ‘Improving Outcome after AcuteIschaemic Stroke. A Placebo-controlled StudyTesting the Effectiveness of Atorvastatin andIrbesartan in Acute Ischaemic Stroke'—$18,900

Dr Steven Bellman, Graduate School ofManagement: ‘Interface Loyalty WithoutEfficiency Gains in Electronic Environments'—$12,000

Dr David Brown, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Supported Homogeneous Catalystsfor Use with Reactor Miniaturisation'—$11,000

Dr Stephen Burgess, Plant Biology: ‘Har-nessing Cutting-edge Wireless Data AcquisitionTechnologies to Improve Research Capability inForest Ecology and Hydrology'—$19,681

Dr David Burgner, Prof Karen Simmer,Paediatrics and Child Health, Women’s andInfants’ Health: ‘Determinants and Con-sequences of Immunological Function in PretermInfants'—$8,000

Dr Chi Fai Chan, Medicine and Pharmacology:‘Regulation of Cholesterol and LipoproteinMetabolism in Obesity: Mechanistic Insights intoa Novel Therapy'—$19,500

Dr Zhong Chen, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘Late Devonian Extinction andRecovery of Brachiopoda: Canning Basin,Western Australia and Junggar Basin, NorthwestChina'—$16,500

Dr Alan Collins, Prof M Santosh, Earth andGeographical Sciences: ‘The Indian Keystone ofGondwana: Protolith Affiliation and Age ofMetamorphism of the Southern GranuliteTerrane of India'—$15,500

Dr Angus Cook, Population Health: ‘Salinityand Arboviral Disease Risk in South-west WA:An Ecosystem Health Perspective'—$13,800

Dr Ben Corry, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Spectroscopic Measurement of theMscL Membrane Channel Structure'—$17,400

Dr Danica Cvejanovic, Physics: ‘ExperimentalInvestigation of Spin Effects and ConfigurationMixing in Excitation and Ionization of MetalAtoms'—$16,660

Dr Zoey Durmic, Animal Biology: ‘UsingAustralian Native Plants as Safer Alternatives toFeeding Antibiotics as Growth Promoters inRuminants'—$10,000

Dr Shari Forbes, Centre for Forensic Science:‘A Novel Approach to Estimating Time SinceDeath in Skeletal Remains'—$14,750

Dr Martin Forsey, Social and Cultural Studies:‘The Perceptions and Realities of Public andPrivate Education in Australia: A Pilot Study'—$21,055

Dr Christophe Gaudin, Centre for OffshoreFoundation Systems: ‘Performance of LongSuction Caisson in Clay under Cyclic and LongTerm Loadings'—$13,700

Dr Klaus Gessner, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘3D Digital Imaging of GeologicalStructures: A Novel Technique of DataAcquisition, Visualisation and Interpretation forResearch and Teaching'—$18,000

Mr Philip Goldswain, Architecture and FineArts: ‘The Aesthetic of Codes: An Architectureof Compromise'—$7,250

Mr Romesh Goonewardene, Architectureand Fine Arts: ‘Public Housing to LuxuryCondominiums: Tracing the Evolution of theBourgeois Private Sphere through theArchitectural Design of High Density PrivateDwellings in Post-independence Singapore'—$9,568

Dr Ross Graham, Medicine and Phar-macology: ‘Analysis of a Novel Mutation in theIntracellular Tail of Transferrin Receptor 2'—$19,355

Dr Danny Green, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘Cardiac and VascularStructure and Function in Elite Athletes'—$18,800

Prof Robert Grove, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘Self-perception Changes inOverweight and Obese Individuals as a Functionof Exercise and Cognitive-behavioural Therapyfor Weight Loss'—$19,856

A/Prof Geoffrey Hammond, Psychology:‘Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Left andRight Motor Cortices of Humans'—$11,000

Dr Henrietta Headlam, Medicine andPharmacology: ‘The Effects of Vitamin C onProtein Oxidation: Are Specific Markers ofProtein Oxidation Elevated in Hypertension?'—$19,757

Dr Sean Hood, Dr Joey Kaye, Psychiatry andClinical Neurosciences: ‘Serotonin Regulation ofthe Human Stress Response'—$18,037

Dr Han Huang, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering: ‘Characterization ofMechanical Properties of and Stress Gradient inLow-temperature Deposited Ultra-thin Films forNano/Micro Electromechanical Systems'—$13,000

Dr Cheryl Johansen, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: ‘Development of anAlternative Method for Surveillance of MedicallyImportant Mosquito-Borne Viruses in RemoteAreas of Western Australia'—$17,382

Dr Charlene Kahler, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: ‘Investigation of the Oxi-dative and Isomerization Protein Folding Path-ways of Neisseria Meningitidis'—$10,000

Dr Adrian Keating, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering: ‘Laser AssistedMicromachining of Polyimide Thin Films forMicro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)'—$13,500

Prof David Kennedy, Humanities: ‘JarashTown Survey, Jordan'—$13,750

Dr Jason Kennington, Prof MichaelJohnson, Animal Biology: ‘Genetic Effects ofTranslocation: Measuring Genetic Mixing in anArtificial Hybrid Population'—$12,000

Prof Hans Lambers, Prof John Kuo, PlantBiology, Centre for Microscopy andMicroanalysis: ‘Specialised Dauciform Roots ofthe Cyperaceae: Structure and PhysiologyAssociated with Low-Phosphorus Stress'—$17,000

Dr Rommel Lan, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Effect of Protease-activated Receptor(PAR) Stimulation in Lung Fibroblasts on AirwayWall Remodelling and PulmonaryInflammation'—$13,900

Dr Grant Landers, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘The Effect of Swim Intensityon Subsequent Cycling and Overall TriathlonPerformance'—$14,000

Dr David Lloyd, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘The Effect of Using SubjectSpecific Anatomical Data on the PredictiveAccuracy of EMG-driven NeuromusculoskeletalModels'—$16,000

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Dr Craig Macfarlane, Plant Biology: ‘Impact ofAlternative Respiratory Pathways on PlantGrowth Efficiency'—$17,000

Dr Mohamed Makha, Biomedical and Che-mical Sciences: ‘Recovery of Metal Ions, WaterDecontamination and Hetegenous Catalysis byChitosan Biopolymers'—$16,000

Dr Thomas Martin, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Expression Profiling of 14-3-3 Signall-ing Genes in Arabidopsis and of Genes Affectedby 14-3-3 Loss of Function Mutations'—$12,000

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Prof Michael McAleer, Economics andCommerce: ‘Optimal Risk Analysis in DynamicPortfolio Selection'—$19,970

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Dr Beverley McNamara, Ms Judy Allen,Social and Cultural Studies, Law: ‘A Matter ofTrust: The Social, Legal and Ethical Context ofParticipating in Genetic Research'—$25,047

Dr Lynn Meuleners, Population Health: ‘TheRole of Fragility and Crash Overestimation asDeterminants of High Death Rate per VehicleMile of Travel Among Older Drivers'—$18,717

Mrs Harriet Mills, Animal Biology: ‘Conser-vation Status of Urban Populations of SouthernBrown Bandicoots in Perth'—$20,000

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Mr Peter Mills, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘An Investigation into theDifferential Effects of Medial and LateralMeniscectomy on Knee Joint Loading Patternsand Tibial Cartilage Loss'—$16,400

Dr Michael Morris-Thomas, Oil and GasEngineering: ‘An Investigation into NonlinearWave-structure Interaction Effects inProgressive Waves'—$15,500

Dr Lisa Nimmo, Psychology: ‘The Incor-poration of Linguistic Mechanisms thatConstrain Recall Performance into ExistingShort-term Memory Models'—$19,937

A/Prof Andrew Page, Psychology: ‘Isolatingthe Cognitive Processes Underlying Harmful andBeneficial Mental Control Strategies'—$13,160

Dr Elena Pasternak, Civil and ResourceEngineering: ‘Engineered Materials with NegativePoisson’s Ratios'—$18,100

Dr Roshun Paurobally, MechanicalEngineering: ‘Optimisation of the Number andLocations of Sensors and Actuators for ActiveControl and Condition Monitoring'—$17,000

Dr Tony Phan, Dentistry: ‘Extraction andCultivation of Human Periodontal Ligaments,Gingival Fibroblasts and Alveolar Bone: Effectof Growth Factors on Dental TissueRegeneration'—$20,000

Prof Lorenzo Polizzotto, Humanities: ‘TheRicordanze (memoirs) of the Valori Family ofFlorence, 1380–1590s'—$14,500

Dr David Preen, Dr Janine Calver,Population Health: ‘Therapeutic Poisoning in theElderly Western Australian Population: Influenceof Drug Class and Primary Health Care ServiceUtilisation'—$16,390

Dr Srilata Ravi, Humanities: ‘The Poetics ofTransculturation in Francophone Indian OceanLiteratures: Mauritius'—$18,021

Dr Harry Sakellaris, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Molecular Analysis of Virulence inEnterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli'—$14,000

Dr Sergey Samarin, Physics: ‘Light-inducedInverse Photoemission Spectroscopy forStudying Unoccupied Quantum-well States ofLow Dimensional Systems'—$10,000

Dr Sam Saunders, Mr Ben Radford,Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, Earth andGeographical Sciences: ‘Develop SedimentStress Indicators for Reef Corals by MeasuringChanges in Fatty Acid and Sterol Content inLipids'—$10,570

Dr James Seager, Plant Biology: ‘Modellingthe Effects of Depth on Three-dimensionalUnderwater Stereo Image Measurements Usinga Laser Projection System'—$14,800

Dr Farzad Sharifian, Humanities: ‘Concep-tualisations of Internal Body Organs in Persianand in English'—$20,000

Dr Shambhu Sharma, Centre for OffshoreFoundation Systems: ‘Detection of SlightCementation in Offshore CarbonateDeposits'—$12,800

Dr Abu-Baker Siddique, Plant Biology:‘Examining Phosphorus (P) Distribution atCellular and Sub-cellular Levels in HakeaProstrata Using NanoSIMS and TEMTechnology'—$7,500

Dr Barbara Singer, Surgery and Pathology:‘An RCT of the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin(Dysport) as an Adjunct to the Non-surgicalManagement of Lateral Epicondylitis'—$15,265

A/Prof Keith Smettem, Water Research:‘Quantifying Surface-ground Water Interactionsand Residence Times in Semi-aridEnvironments'—$15,000

Dr Lee Smith, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Genomic Variation in AustralianIsolates of Murine Cytomegalovirus'—$5,700

Dr Penelope Smith, Prof Mark Adams,Plant Biology, Centre of Excellence for NaturalResource Management: ‘A TransformationSystem for Eucalyptus and Salt-Tolerance'—$16,000

Dr Helen Spafford-Jacob, Animal Biology: ‘ASurvey of Mosquito Predators and their PreyPreferences in the Saltmarshes of WesternAustralia'—$16,635

Mr David Thirkettle-Watts, Plant Biology:‘Mitochondrial Transcription Factors fromArabidopsis Thaliana and their Binding Sites'—$19,151

Dr Robert Tuckey, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Regulating Steroid HormoneSynthesis: Uncovering the Mechanism ofCholesterol Transport by the StAR Protein'—$9,000

Dr Jacqueline Van Gent, Social and CulturalStudies: ‘Missionaries Between Cultures:Encounter History and AnthropologicalResearch at Hermannsburg Mission, CentralAustralia, 1880s–1940s'—$16,245

Dr David Van Valkenburg, Psychology:‘Quantifying Auditory Stream Segregation'—$19,815

Mr George Vlahos, Centre for OffshoreFoundation Systems: ‘Installation of Jack-up UnitsNear Existing Footprints'—$15,000

Dr Jyothsna Voola, Economics andCommerce: ‘Optimal Patent Lengths: A CaseStudy of the Pharmaceutical Industry'—$16,429

Prof Brendan Waddell, Anatomy and HumanBiology: ‘Fetal Programming of OocyteNumber'—$6,000

Ms Natalie Ward, Medicine andPharmacology: ‘The Effect of Different Forms ofVitamin E on Cytochrome P450 ArachdionicAcid Metabolism'—$17,000

Dr Grant Waterer, Medicine andPharmacology: ‘Mechanisms and Differencesbetween Gram-positive and Gram-negativeinduced Immunoparalysis'—$19,200

Miss Cara Weisbrod, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘The Effects of Upper andLower-limb Exercise and Flow-mediatedDilatation on Shear Stress-mediated VascularFunction: Role of Nitric Oxide in HealthyHumans'—$19,040

Mr Nigel Westbrook, Dr Ken Dark,Architecture and Fine Arts: TopographicalAnalysis of the Great Palace of the ByzantineEmperors in Constantinople'—$28,421

Dr Raelene Wilding, Social and CulturalStudies: ‘Proper Parenting: An Investigation ofMedia Representations of Cultural Models ofParent-child Interactions in Relation to Food andChildhood Obesity'—$16,180

Dr Kevin Winchester, Electrical, Electronicand Computer Engineering: ‘Low DamageInductively Coupled Plasma Etching of HgCdTeat Cryogenic Temperatures with In-situ OpticalEmission Spectroscopic Monitoring'—$18,800

Dr Adam Wittek, Mechanical Engineering:‘Simulation of Needle Insertion Using ExplicitNon-linear Finite Element Computation'—$19,000

Dr Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll, Dr Bryan Krapez,Earth and Geographical Sciences: ‘DeterminingUplift Events, Sediment Response and Climateand Environmental History of the NortheasternTibetan Plateau'—$15,000

Dr Jiake Xu, Prof Ming-Hao Zheng, Surgeryand Pathology: ‘The Role of Protein Kinase C din RANKL-activated Osteoclastogenesis'—$18,000

ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Prof Peter Cawood, Dr Craig Buchan, DrStephen Johnston, Dr Augusto Rapalini,Dr Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Dr RicardoAstini, Prof Timothy Kusky, Earth andGeographical Sciences: ‘Driving Mechanisms ofMountain Building in Accretionary Orogens’—$300,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Liang Cheng, Prof B Sumer, ProfJorgen Fredsoe, Civil and ResourceEngineering: ‘Numerical Modelling of Three-dimensional Scour below Offshore Pipelines’—$274,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof John Dell, Prof Lorenzo Faraone,Dr Han Huang, Dr Adrian Keating, A/ProfBrendan Griffin, Dr Brian Lawn, ProfJoseph Talghader, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering, Centre for MolecularImmunology and Instrumentation: ‘Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nano-electromechanical Systems (NEMS) Tech-nologies for Temperature Sensitive Semi-conductors and Smart Materials’—$867,000(2005–08)

A/Prof John Dunn, A/Prof AndrewHeathcote, Psychiatry and Clinical Neuro-sciences: ‘Are Two Processes One too Many?An Investigation of the Viability of the Dual-process Model of Recognition Memory’—$167,000 (2005–07)

Prof Arcady Dyskin, Dr AlexanderGalybin, Civil and Resource Engineering:‘Fracture Propagation through FragmentedSolids’—$268,000 (2005–07)

Dr Itai Einav, Centre for Offshore FoundationSystems: ‘Continuum Damage Mechanics inGeotechnical Engineering’—$270,263 (2005–08)

Dr Jiti Gao, Prof Maxwell King, Prof DagTjostheim, Mathematics and Statistics:‘Nonlinear and Nonstationary Time SeriesEconometrics: Theory and Applications’—$355,000 (2005–07)

Dr Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez, AnimalBiology: ‘Causes and Consequences of MultipleMating: Benefits of Polyandry, SpermCompetition, and Reproductive costs’—$342,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Emilio Ghisalberti, Prof KingsleyDixon, A/Prof Robert Trengove, Biomedicaland Chemical Sciences: ‘Optimising Synthesis,Ddeveloping Delivery Ssystems and Resolvingthe Ecological Significance of the Chemical inSmoke that Promotes Seed Germination’—$355,000 (2005–07)

Dr Joshua Heazlewood, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: ‘Protein Modifications inPlant Mitochondria: Towards FunctionalProteomics’—$275,000 (2005–07)

Prof Stephen Houghton, Prof KevinDurkin, Dr John West, Graduate School ofEducation, Psychology: ‘Salience, Organisationand Management of Anxiety towards Time inChildren with ADHD: A New Model andIntervention’—$210,000 (2005–08)

Dr Han Huang, Prof Gwidon Stachowiak,A/Prof Brett Kirk, Prof TsunemotoKuriyagawa, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering:‘Nano/Micro Grinding Mechanisms andTechnologies for Brittle Materials’—$730,000(2005–09)

Dr Herbert Iu, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering: ‘Bifurcation Analysis withApplications to Design of Power ElectronicsSystems’—$150,000 (2005–07)

Dr Jason Kennington, Prof MichaelJohnson, Animal Biology: ‘Testing the Costsand Benefits of Gene Flow’—$190,000 (2005–07)

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A/Prof John Kinder, Humanities: ‘EnduringDiversity: A History of Multilingualism in Italy’—$175,943 (2005–07)

Prof Stephan Lewandowsky, Dr NicolasFay, Dr Simon Kirby, Psychology: ‘Evolutionof Knowledge: Transformations and Universals’—$182,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Andrew Lynch, Social and CulturalStudies: ‘Medieval War in Modern Imagination’—$60,000 (2005–07)

Prof Graeme Martin, Dr DominiqueBlache, Animal Biology: ‘Stimulation of theMammalian Reproductive System by OlfactoryPathways’—$300,000 (2005–07)

Prof Michael McAleer, Dr Suhejla Hoti,Economics and Commerce: ‘Quantifying CountryCredit Risk Ratings and Volatility, and Measuringthe Impact of Fundamentals’—$220,000 (2005–07)

Prof Michael McAleer, A/Prof DoraMarinova, Economics and Commerce: ‘Modell-ing Dynamic Correlations in the Volatility ofPatents and Technical Change’—$330,000(2005–07)

Prof Paul Miller, Economics and Commerce:‘Examining Overeducation and Undereducationin the Immigrant Labour Market: An Inter-national Case Study Approach’—$898,000(2005–09)

Dr Alice Niemeyer, Prof Cheryl Praeger,Mathematics and Statistics: ‘Computing withLarge Groups: Probability Distributions and FastRandomised Algorithms’—$260,000 (2005–07)

E/Prof Charles Oxnard, A/Prof IanDadour, A/Prof Robin Napper, Prof PaulO’Higgins, Anatomy and Human Biology,Centre for Forensic Science: ‘A New Approachto Studying Whole Bodies and Body PartsApplied to Problems of Forensic Science’—$293,000 (2005–07)

Dr Giacinta Parish, A/Prof Brett Nener,Prof Umesh Mishra, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering: ‘Ion Implantation Dopingof Gallium Nitride for High PerformanceElectronic Devices’—$685,000 (2005–07)

Dr Pawel Podsiadlo, Prof GwidonStachowiak, Mechanical Engineering:‘Automated Texture Selection and ClassificationMethods for Detection of Osteoarthritis inKnee Radiographs’—$205,000 (2005–07)

Prof Colin Raston, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Integrated Self Assembly Processesand Spinning Disc Reactor Technology’—$1,225,000 (2005–09)

A/Prof Richard Read, Architecture and FineArts: ‘Representations of the Backs of Paintings:Analysis and History’—$84,000 (2005–07)

Dr Julia Shand, Dr Catherine Arrese, ProfRussell Foster, Animal Biology: ‘TheEntrainment of Circadian Rhythms in MarsupialMammals: Behavioural and Sub-CellularInvestigation of Non-rod, Non-cone OcularPhotoreceptors’—$240,000 (2005–07)

Prof Geoffrey Shellam, A/Prof SarahRobertson, Biomedical and Chemical Sciences:‘Mechanisms of Infertility Induced in Mice byVaccination with Murine Zona Pellucida 3’—$220,000 (2005–07)

Prof Leigh Simmons, A/Prof DaleRoberts, Animal Biology: ‘Sperm Competitionand the Evolution of Ejaculates’—$690,000(2005–09)

A/Prof Timothy St Pierre, Dr RobertWoodward, Dr Elliot Gilbert, Prof J SmithRiffle, Physics: ‘Magnetic Nanoparticles forBiomedical Applications’—$268,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Michael Tobar, Dr John Hartnett,Prof Christophe Salomon, Prof AndreClairon, Dr Clayton Locke, Dr Peter Fisk,Prof Peter Guillon, Physics: ‘New HighPrecision Tests on the Standard Model ofPhysics and Relativity’—$913,000 (2005–09)

Dr Joseph Tomkins, Animal Biology:‘Quantifying Condition-dependence in SexualSelection’—$670,000 (2005–09)

Prof Diana Walker, Prof Carlos Duarte,Prof Alistar Robertson, Dr PaulineGrierson, Plant Biology, Natural andAgricultural Sciences: ‘Understanding CoastalBiodiversity: The Impact of Marine ProductionSubsidies upon Arid Coastal Environments’—$220,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Song Wang, Dr Xia Lou,Mathematics and Statistics, Centre forOphthalmology and Visual Science: ‘OptimumDesign of Controlled Drug Delivery Systems’—$231,000 (2005–07)

A/Prof Richard Weller, A/Prof DavidHedgcock, Architecture and Fine Arts:‘Redesigning the Suburb: A LandscapeArchitectural Inquiry’—$278,000 (2005–07)

Dr Thomas Wernberg, Dr Gary Kendrick,A/Prof Russell Babcock, Plant Biology:‘Effects of Physical Disturbance on Kelp-dominated Reef Communities across a BroadTemperate-tropical Transition Zone’—$210,000(2005–07)

Dr Benedict White, Prof RobertChambers, Agricultural and ResourceEconomics: ‘Design-ing Better LandownerContracts to Protect Australia’s Environment’—$69,757 (2005)

ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS (ROUND 1)

Dr Michael Burton, A/Prof D Pannell, Agri-cultural and Resource Economics: ‘Implemen-tation of a Strategic Framework for Investmentfor Natural Resource Management: Evaluationand Development’—$48,296 (2005–06)

Dr Annette George, A/Prof MichaelDentith, Dr Duncan Lockhart, MrMatthew Fittall, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘Latest Jurassic History of the ExmouthSub-basin, North West Shelf: LowstandDeposits of the Basal Barrow Group’—$84,387(2005–08)

Prof Robert Gilkes, Dr Ian Mackinnon,Earth and Geographical Sciences: ‘An Evaluationof Novel Aluminosilicate Materials Based onModified Kaolins for EnvironmentalApplications’—$210,450 (2005–07)

Dr Greg Hertzler, Agricultural and ResourceEconomics: ‘Designing Weather Derivatives andYield Index Contracts for Rural Australia’—$84,387 (2005–08)

Dr Myra Keep, Prof Brian Kennett, DrPhil Cummins, Earth and GeographicalSciences: ‘The Neo- and Seismo-tectonics ofNorthwestern Australia’—$386,943 (2005–08)

Dr Daniel Murphy, Dr Christoph Hinz,Earth and Geographical Sciences: ‘IntegratingMicrobiology and Climatic Drivers to DetermineTriggers for Nitrous Oxide Emissions fromArable Soils in Semi-arid Western Australia’—$399,884 (2005–08)

Prof Kadambot Siddique, Dr Roger Jones,Dr Arthur Diggle, Economics and Commerce,Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agricul-ture: ‘Predictive Models and Decision SupportSystems for Virus Diseases and Aphid Vectors ofLupin and Canola’—$120,000 (2005–06)

A/Prof Michael Tobar, Dr John Hartnett,Mr Jesse Searls, Physics: ‘Application ofFemto-second Light Sources to Generation of

Low Noise Microwave Signals’—$810,000(2005–09)

ARC LINKAGE INTERNATIONALAWARDS

Dr Mark Cassidy, Prof Guy Houlsby, DrItai Einav, Dr Byron Byrne, DrChristopher Martin, Centre for OffshoreFoundation Systems: ‘Development of CyclicLoading Models for Application in OffshoreGeotechnics’—$29,000 (2005–06)

Dr Karol Miller, Dr Kiyoyuki Chinzei,Mechanical Engineering: ‘Biomechanics ofNeedle Insertion’—$27,800 (2005–07)

A/Prof Robert Stamps, Prof Denis Greig,Dr Gianluca Gubbiotti, Prof Paolo Politi,Dr David Crew, Physics: ‘Fast and SlowDynamics at Coupled Magnetic Interfaces:Theory and Experiment’—$25,000 (2005–06)

ARC LINKAGE INFRASTRUCTUREEQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES (LIEF)

Prof Susan Berners-Price, Prof ColinRaston, A/Prof Murray Baker, Dr GeorgeKoutsantonis, Dr Andrew Rate, DrPauline Grierson, Prof Robert Kagi, ProfJulian Gale, Prof Gordon Parkinson, DrIan Godfrey, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences, Earth and Geographical Sciences, PlantBiology: ‘State-of-the-Art Solid State NuclearMagnetic Resonance Facility’—$434,000 (2005)

Dr Andrew Millar, A/Prof James Whelan,Prof David Day, Prof Richard Oliver, ProfGeoffrey Stewart, A/Prof Paul Attwood,Dr Peter Arthur, Prof Stephen Powles,Prof Craig Atkins, Dr Thomas Martin,Prof Graham Wilcox, Biomedical andChemical Sciences, Plant Biology: ‘Robust HighResolution Gene and Protein ExpressionAnalysis Facilities in WA’—$156,697 (2005)

Dr Andrew Millar, Prof Julian Gale, ProfIgor Bray, Prof David Blair, Prof MatthewBellgard, Prof Sydney Hall, A/Prof JamesWhelan, A/Prof Andrew Rohl, Prof MarkSpackman, Dr Dylan Jayatilaka, Dr AllanMcKinley, A/Prof Amitava Datta, DrKaren Haines, Prof Arcady Dyskin, ProfGregory Ivey, Dr David Reynolds, ProfPeter Klinken, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences, Physics, Computer Science andSoftware Engineering, Civil and ResourceEngineering, Water Research, Centre forMedical Research: ‘Western AustralianSupercomputer Program (WASP)’—$1,362,295(2005)

A/Prof Michael Tobar, Dr Peter Fisk, ProfChristophe Salomon, Dr John Hartnett,Dr Eugene Ivanov, A/Prof Andre Luiten,Prof William Featherstone, Physics: ‘AFacility for Ultra-Precise Time and FrequencyTransfer: Creating an Australian User Group forthe ESA Atomic Clock Ensemble in SpaceMission’ – $242,000 (2005)

Dr Jacqueline Wilce, A/Prof MatthewWilce, Prof Ralph Martins, Prof GeoffreyStewart, Prof Susan Berners-Price, DrPaul Watt, A/Prof Erik Helmerhorst, ProfLynda Beazley, A/Prof Sarah Dunlop, A/Prof Boris Martinac, Prof AndrewThompson, Biomedical and Chemical Sciences,Medicine and Pharmacology, Animal Biology,Institute for Child Health Research: ‘State-of-the-art Biophysical Tools for the Characteri-sation of Molecular Interactions’ – $630,837(2005)

NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Dr James Semmens, Prof David Fletcher,A/Prof Michael Lawrence-Brown, ProfD’Arcy Holman, A/Prof Michael Hobbs,Population Health, Surgery and Pathology: ‘TheWA Safety and Quality of Surgical Care Project:Improving the Safety, Quality and Provision ofSurgical Care’—$574,125 (2005-07)

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Dr Judith Finn, Prof D’Arcy Holman, A/Prof Ian Jacobs, A/Prof Michael Hobbs,Prof Simon Stewart, Population Health,Primary, Aboriginal & Rural Health Care: ‘APopulation Based Linked Data Analysis of thePrognostic Determinants of Out of HospitalCardiac Arrest’—$171,500 (2005-06)

Prof William Musk, A/Prof Alan James,A/Prof John Beilby, Prof Lyle Palmer,A/Prof Matthew Knuiman, Medicine andPhar-macology, Population Health, Biomedicaland Chemical Sciences: ‘The Changing Preva-lence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Air-way Disease in Australia’—$729,380 (2005-07)

Prof Donald Robertson, Dr WilhelminaMulders, Dr Anthony Paolini, Dr IanWinter, Biomedical and Chemical Sciences:‘Descending Control in Hearing and Deafness’—$327,931 (2005-07)

A/Prof Gary Hulse, Dr Diane Arnold-Reed, Dr Robert Tait, Psychiatry & ClinicalNeurosciences: ‘Assessing Naltrexone Implantor Methadone Maintenance Treatment onMental and Physical Health Outcomes in HeroinUsers’—$212,325 (2005-06)

A/Prof Barry Iacopetta, Prof JackGoldblatt, Prof David Ravine, Surgery andPathology, Paediatrics and Child Health,Medicine and Pharmacology: ‘Population-basedDetection of Hereditary Non-PolyposisColorectal Cancer: Development of New BestPractice’—$351,000 (2005-07)

Dr Steven Mutsaers, Dr Terry Robertson,Dr Sarah Herrick, Dr Yun Chor Lee,Surgery and Pathology: ‘Prevention of PleuralAdhesion Formation by Treatment with GrowthFactors’—$264,250 (2005-07)

A/Prof Susan Prescott, Prof AntonioFerrante, Dr Jan Dunstan, Dr Charles Hii,Paediatrics and Child Health: ‘Immuno-modulatory Effects of Omega-3 PolyunsaturatedFatty Acids: Role in Allergy Prevention inInfancy’—$529,950 (2005-07)

Dr Nicola Lautenschlager, Prof OsvaldoAlmeida, Prof Leon Flicker, Psychiatry andClinical Neurosciences, Medicine and Phar-macology: ‘Insight and Cognitive Decline inOlder Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment’—$393,700 (2005-07)

Dr Allison McKendrick, Prof DavidBadcock, Dr Chris Johnson, Psychology:‘Characterising the Changes in Regulation ofVisual Contrast Sensitivity in Glaucoma’—$332,650 (2005-07)

A/Prof Lin Fritschi, A/Prof BarryIacopetta, Mr Kieran McCaul, A/ProfDavid Crawford, Ms Jane Heyworth,Population Health, Sur-gery and Pathology:‘Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors forColorectal Cancer: Anatomic Site Specificity’—$552,250 (2005-07)

Prof Osvaldo Almeida, Mr Jon Pfaff, A/Prof Ngaire Kerse, A/Prof John Snowdon,Prof Robert Goldney, Dr Jane Pirkis,Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences: ‘ReducingDepression and Suicide Amongst Older Aus-tralians: A Clustered Randomised Clinical Trialin Primary Health Care’—$753,275 (2005-07)

Dr Grant Waterer, Medicine and Pharma-cology: ‘Genetic Determinants of Interleukin-10Response after Infectious Stimuli’—$272,250(2005-07)

Prof Peter Leedman, A/Prof MatthewWilce, Medicine and Pharmacology: ‘Regulationof Androgen Receptor and erbB-2 GeneExpression in Prostate Cancer: Role of the HuProteins’—$463,500 (2005-07)

Prof John Newnham, Prof JohnMcGeachie, Dr Dorota Doherty, Womensand Infants Health, Anatomy and HumanBiology: ‘Prevention of Pre-term Birth byTreatment of Periodontal Disease duringPregnancy’—$894,750 (2005-07)

A/Prof Sergio Starkstein, A/Prof DavidBruce, A/Prof Roger Clarnette, ProfJeffrey Cummings, Dr Robert Tait,Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Medicine &Pharmacology: ‘The Diagnosis of Depression inAlzheimer’s Disease’—$354,125 (2005-07)

Dr Marie Bogoyevitch, Biomedical andChemical Sciences: ‘Transcriptional andFunctional Consequences of STAT3 Activationin the Heart’—$347,750 (2005-07)

Dr Sunalene Devadason, Dr Graham Hall,A/Prof Frans de Jongh, Paediatrics and ChildHealth: ‘Distribution of Monodisperse AerosolsInhaled by Children for Determination ofOptimal Therapeutic Inhaler Formulations’—$320,600 (2005-07)

Prof Elizabeth Rakoczy, Dr MariapiaDegli-Esposti, Dr Chooi-May Lai, Centrefor Opthalmology & Visual Science: ‘Preclinical InVivo Evaluation of sFLT Secretion Gene Therapyfor Retinal and Choroidal Neo-vascularisation’—$481,500 (2005-07)

Dr Dina LoGiudice, Prof Leon Flicker,Prof Osvaldo Almeida, Dr Nicola Lauten-schlager, Medicine and Pharmacology,Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:‘Assessing the Health Needs of OlderIndigenous Australians Living in theKimberley’—$238,750 (2005-06)

A/Prof Boris Martinac, Prof Thomas Riley,A/Prof Matthew Wilce, Dr AllanMcKinley, Medicine and Pharmacology,Biomedical and Chemical Sciences: ‘BacterialMechanosensitive Channels as Novel Targets forAntibacterial Agents’—$417,750 (2005-07)

Prof David Wood, Prof Bo Nivbrant, Sur-gery and Pathology: ‘In Vivo Patellofemoral JointMeasurement using Kinematic Radiostereo-metric Analysis (RSA)’—$139,000 (2005-06)

Prof Bruce Robinson, Prof William Musk,A/Prof Richard Lake, Dr Jenette Creaney,Medicine and Pharmacology: ‘Serum Mesothelin-related Protein as an Early Marker ofMesothelioma’—$350,250 (2005-07)

Prof Bruce Robinson, A/Prof RichardLake, Dr Delia Nelson, Medicine and Phar-macology: ‘Tumour Antigen Cross-presenta-tion: Efficiency, Biology and Role of Inhibitory B7Homologue Molecules’—$462,750 (2005-07)

A/Prof Richard Prince, A/Prof DavidBruce, Dr Amanda Devine, Medicine andPharmacology: ‘Effects of Vitamin D and Calciumon Bone Strength, Balance and Falls in ElderlyWomen’—$228,025 (2005-06)

Dr Anthony Scalzo, Dr Mariapia Degli-Esposti, Centre for Opthalmology and VisualScience: ‘How Cytomegalovirus Reduces HostImmunity by Interfering with InflammatoryResponses’—$450,750 (2005-07)

Dr Peter Henry, Prof Geoffrey Stewart,Dr Andrew McWilliam, Medicine andPharmacology, Biomedical and ChemicalSciences: ‘Protease-activated Receptors asPotential Drug Targets in Allergic AirwaysDisease’—$462,750 (2005-07)

Prof Michael Stacey, Surgery and Pathology:‘Susceptibility to Venous Leg Ulceration:Investigation of the First Genetic Risk Factor’—$287,250 (2005-07)

Prof Luba Kalaydjieva, Prof AssenJablensky, Dr Radka Kaneva, Prof JoachimHallmayer, Centre for Medical Research,Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: ‘BipolarAffective Disorder in a Genetic Isolate’—$452,250 (2005-07)

For any queries about the research grantspublished in this issue contact

the Research Grants Office, ext. 3702

Dr Kate Brameld, Prof D’Arcy Holman,Ms Judith Katzenellenbogen, Dr AlfredBass, Dr Frank Sanfilippo, Population Health:‘Population Based Estimates of MBS, PBS andHospital Utilisation Rates using PrevalentChronic Disease Denominators’—$242,250(2005-07)

A/Prof Lin Fritschi, Dr Geza Benke, A/Prof Amitava Datta, Population Health:‘Improving Occupational Exposure Assess-ment’—$330,825 (2005-07)

Dr Rachel Skinner, Paediatrics and ChildHealth: ‘Why Do Australian Teenagers FallPregnant? Exploring the Antecedents ofTeenage Pregnancy’—$532,600 (2005-07)

Prof Timothy Davis, Dr HarinKarunajeewa, Prof John Reeder, A/ProfKenneth Ilett, Dr Kevin Batty, A/ProfHugh Barrett, Medicine and Pharmacology:‘Comprehensive Assessment of NovelArtemisinin-based Com-bination Regimens forTreatment of Malaria in Papua New Guinea’—$522,750 (2005-07)

A/Prof Michael Hobbs, A/Prof MatthewKnuiman, Dr Judith Finn, A/Prof JosephHung, Dr James Rankin, Dr PeterSprivulus, Population Health, Medicine andPharmacology: ‘Population Monitoring ofCoronary Heart Disease in the Modern Era’—$626,126 (2005-07)

Prof Ming Zheng, Dr Lin Huang, Dr JiakeXu, Surgery and Pathology: ‘The Role of P62/A170 in Pathological Bone Destruction’—$272,250 (2005-07)

Dr David Joske, A/Prof Alison Ward, ProfChristobel Saunders, Dr DouglasPritchard, Medicine and Pharmacology,Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care,Surgery and Pathology: ‘Randomized ControlTrial of a Cancer Shared Care Model’—$237,850 (2005-07)

Dr Mariapia Degli-Esposti, Dr AnthonyScalzo, Centre for Opthalmology and VisualScience: ‘Host-virus Interactions that Define theOutcome of Anti-Viral T Cell Responses:Relevance to Viral Persistence’—$480,750(2005-07)

Dr Mariapia Degli-Esposti, Centre forOpthalmology and Visual Science: ‘Role of DC-NK Cross-talk in Viral Infection: Defining theCritical Molecular Mechanisms’—$511,500(2005-07)

NHMRC SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

A/Prof Hugh Barrett, Medicine and Pharma-cology (2005-09)

NHMRC PRINCIPAL RESEARCHFELLOWSHIP

Clin/Prof Carol Bower, UWA Centre forChild Health Research (2005-09)

NHMRC PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIP

Clin/Prof Carol Bower, UWA Centre forChild Health Research (2005-09)

Clin/Prof Peter Thompson, Medicine andPharmacology (2005-09)

NHMRC CLINICAL CAREER DEVELOPMENTAWARD

Dr Grant Waterer, Medicine and Pharma-cology: ‘Improving Outcome from Community-acquired Pneumonia’ – (2005-09)

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Monday 6 DecemberINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES‘London in Medieval Texts: Constructing theMetropolis’, Associate Professor HelenFulton, Department of English, University ofSydney. 6pm, Geography Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 9 DecemberINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES‘Art and Wellbeing Forum’, Deborah Mills,co-author of Art and Wellbeing; Susan Ball,Senior Project Officer with VicHealth. Therole of art and culture in creating wellbeingin Western Australian communities. Forregistration please contact (08) 6488 1340or ias@admin. uwa.edu.au. This forum isfree. 3pm, Geography Lecture Theatre 1.

Friday 10 DecemberCLIMA SEMINAR‘New chickpea varieties – recent successstories from CLIMA collaborative research’,Ms Kerry Reagan, Dr Tanveer Khan, DrHeather Clarke. 4pm, CLIMA SeminarRoom.

Tuesday 14 DecemberPSYCHOLOGY COLLOQUIUM‘Just lying there remembering, cockroachesand amnesiacs alike’, Professor Sergio DellaSalla, University of Edinburgh, and RaineVisiting Professor. [email protected] for moreinformation. 11am, venue to be advised.

Wednesday 15 DecemberINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES RAINE LECTURE‘Tall tales about the mind and the brain’,Professor Sergio Della Sala, Professor of

Human Cognitive Neuroscience andHonorary Consultant in Neurology,University of Edinburgh and RaineFoundation Visiting Professor in 2004. Pleaseregister your interest in attending thislecture by contacting (08) 6488 1340 [email protected] ALL WELCOME.6pm, Social Sciences Lecture Theatre(parking available from Hackett Driveentrance 1 in Car Park 3).

Sunday 19 DecemberUWA CHORAL SOCIETYCHRISTMAS CONCERT‘Handel’s Messiah’, hear the splendour ofHandel’s Messiah performed by the onehundred-voice University of WesternAustralia Choral Society and chamberorchestra. Soloists are Anita Watson, IlleanaBodnaras, Donald Cullen and DavidThelander. The performance will beconducted by John Beaverstock. Tickets areavailable from the Octagon Theatre, 64882440 or at the door — $28 and $25 (cons).

6.30pm, Winthrop Hall.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 9 February2005UWA EXTENSION/LEADERSHIPDEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT‘Ivory Basement Leadership’, introduced byProfessor Alan Robson, Vice Chancellor, apanel of distinguished leaders and speakers,chaired by Professor Belinda Probert, ProVice-Chancellor Academic, will deliverinsights into the dynamics of power andgender that today’s leaders across allorganisational levels must manage. Panelistsinclude prominent businesswoman JanetHolmes a Court, the WA PoliceCommissioner Dr Karl O’Callaghan, and DrJane den Hollander, Pro Vice-Chancellor,Curtin University. To attend, register onlineat http://www.csd.osds.uwa.edu.au/page/58877 or phone 6488 3502. 7-8.30pm,Alexander Lecture Theatre, Arts Building.

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Schools are reminded that all University equipment available for sale must be advertised in the UWAnews. Receipts should be PeopleSoft account coded490 (computing with barcode), 491 (non-computing with barcode) or 493 (items with no barcode). If equipment has an existing barcode please contact

extension 3618/2546 for details.

CONDITION refers to the general condition of item ( 1 = as new; 2 = good; 3 = serviceable; 4 = unserviceable). AGE refers to the nearest year.

Bids should be accepted by Monday 20 December with schools to have first option

Redundant Equipment for SaleITEM PRICE AGE (YRS) COND. SECTION CONTACT

Alroh Mower 23” 5HP $200 21 4 Plant Biology Leon Hodgson, 6488 8549

Apple Monitor Colour Sync 17in x 2 – 2000 $100 each - 2 PIAF Caroline Wood, 6488 8622

Mac Power G3 x 2 – 2000 $100 each - 2 PIAF Caroline Wood, 6488 8622

Printer HP Laserjet 4050 $200 - 2 PIAF Caroline Wood, 6488 8622

Sony DDS Drive unit $30 - 2 PIAF Caroline Wood, 6488 8622

Iomega ZIP drive $20 - 2 PIAF Caroline Wood, 6488 8622

iMac Power PC G3 350MHz Memory: 192MBHard disk: 6.37 GB $300 2 2 Music Deb Yates, 6488 7835

2 x Imacs: MacOS 9.1 350MHz 128MBmemory 6.8 GB $300 each 4 1 Music Deb Yates, 6488 7835

FOR SALE

CAMRY Vienta Ultima 1994 white, leatherinterior, all extras, one lady owner since new,non-smoker, 124,200 kms. $9750. Phone 0428929 258.

DAIHATSU Applause 1993 auto sedan, a/con,power steering, velour seats, low kms, goodtyres, RAC report & log book, excellentcondition. $4990 ono. Phone 0407 422 616.

SUBARU Sportswagon 4WD 1993, low kms,manual, a/con, good condition, 6 months rego,$6500. Call 6488 1515 or 0412 806 377.

HONDA CRV, 1997, full Honda service historywith new timing belt, low kms, 5 speed manual,silver, a/c, p/s, prof tint, excellent cond $18,500.Call Gia at 6488 3390 or 0438 931 933.

CITROEN CX 2400 Pallas C-Matic.Manufactured Dec1980 delivered Sept 1982. Redduco in good condition, leather upholstery,fitted with 16in Alfa Romeo speedline alloywheels, well maintained. Travelled approx30,000km in last 12 years. $5300 ono with alloywheels, $4700 ono with standard wheels. CallChris on 0403 305 815.

DAIHATSU Terios DX 2002, dark green, 4wheel drive, under warranty until 2008, 46,000kms, rego til April 2005, air con, dual air bag, cd,excellent condition. $14,000 ono. Call 64888000 (w), 9383 7424 (h) or 0404 041 298.

HYUNDAI Excel GLX 1999 Auto, excellentcondition, rego til March 2005. $7,800 ono. Call6488 8000 (w), 9383 7424 (h) or 0404 041 298.

MICROWAVE Toshiba 500W, small to medium,colour cream, $50 ono. Contact Harvey on6488 2468.FOR RENT

MULLALOO beachfront holiday house, fully self-contained, sleeps 6–8. Only 25 minutes fromPerth CBD with great dune and ocean views.Available for short or medium-term rental.Phone Shelley on 0438 953 652.

NEDLANDS $130 per week, comfortable 1bedroom furnished unit, ground floor, privatecourtyard, open outlook to rear lawn, in smallblock on corner of Fairway and the Avenue,near river and UWA. Contact Sylvia Hallam on9386 1366 or 6488 2664 [email protected].

SOUTH PERTH. 2 bedroomed unit on theforeshore with views of the river and Perth.Fully furnished (down to linen) and delightfullyrenovated. This may be ideal for overseasvisitors. It will be available for $280/week fromthe 6th January. Please contact Thierry on 94897997 or email [email protected]

Classifieds SHENTON PARK $350 per week. Imagine ashort bike ride or stroll to UWA. Owners’ ownhome, immaculate 2 bed townhouse in leafystreet opposite park. Shops, hospital and schoolsare a stride away. Brand new kitchen, dryer, airconditioned, double automatic garage and lowmaintenance courtyards. Make this home now!Available for rental after 15 January. Phone 93883488 or email [email protected]

Experienced, responsible young couple availablefor housesitting January 2005 onwards. Pleasecontact [email protected]

NOTEBOOKS/POWERBOOKS for studentlaboratory classes. PC: 486 DX2-66, 16MB RAM,10 MB HD or better. MAC: Power Macintoshrunning OS 7.6.1, 16 MB RAM, 10MB HD orbetter. Will pay $100-$150 depending on specs/condition. Contact Craig Macfarlane on 64887924 or [email protected] VACANT

CARERS needed for intelligent young man withdisabilities. Part-time work, would suit dedicatedstudents, staff. Home care in Mosman Park andoutings. Please contact Lindy [email protected] or on 0407 845 458.

TEACHING INTERNSHIP SCHEME

2005 InternsThe Teaching and Learning Committee is pleased to announce the successful applicants under theTeaching Internship Scheme for 2005.38 applications were received and the following 14 doctoral research students (listed inalphabetical order) have been offered a Teaching Internship in 2005.

Name FacultyBIENEN, Britta Engineering, Computing and MathematicsDUNN, Adam Geoffrey Engineering, Computing and MathematicsFILIPOVIC, Amer Engineering, Computing and MathematicsHARVEY, Michelle Louise Life and Physical SciencesHOON, Chang Yau Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesHUTTON, Peter Graham Natural and Agricultural SciencesJARDINE, Andrew Medicine and DentistryLYNCH, Pamela Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesMA, Yamin Natural and Agricultural SciencesMINA, Kym Deanne Medicine and DentistryOOI, Esther Mei Mei Medicine and DentistryPEARCE, Geoffrey Robert Engineering, Computing and MathematicsRILEY, Kate Elizabeth Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesSCHNEIKER, Knut Thomas Life and Physical Sciences

As in the past competition for these internships has been extremely high and the Teaching andLearning Committee congratulates these successful students.

The Teaching Internship Scheme has been very successful since its introduction in 2000 and willcontinue to be funded on an annual basis by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Any querieswith regard to this scheme should be directed to the Executive Officer of the Teaching andLearning Committee, Sue Smurthwaite, on extension 2459 or email:[email protected]

Display Advertising Deadlines over ChristmasSince UWA will be closed for two weeks over Christmas, display advertisement deadlines for thisperiod have been brought forward a couple of weeks. In order to avoid a last-minute rush, please takenote of the following dates: If you wish your display advertisements to be published between 24December and 10 January, kindly submit your advertising request and material to the PublicationsUnit no later than Monday 13 December. The Advertsing Request Form can be accessed by clickingon the 'Book Display Advertisement' link on the Official Publications home page at: http://www.publishing.uwa.edu.au/. Direct queries to Janet Hubner (ext. 3029, [email protected]).

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