Coming Events

Research Tuesdays: sharing great research with the community

Generating Hope: With research showing stem cells can generate brain repair, could stroke damage soon be reversed?

As the greatest cause of disability in Australia, stroke takes an enormous toll on thousands of patients and their families every year.

Consequently, discovering how to repair the debilitating neural damage they cause is considered one of our greatest health challenges.

It's a daunting task, but one the University of Adelaide's Stroke Research Programme (a collaboration with The Queen Elizabeth Hospital) is tackling head-on. And progress is being made.

The team's recent data shows stem cells obtained from adult teeth can be used to generate new brain cells and change the wiring of the brain. Could this be a path to recovery?

In this important presentation, programme leader Associate Professor Simon Koblar discusses the exciting possibilities.

WHEN: 55.30-6.30pm Tuesday 8 December
WHERE: Law Lecture Theatre 2 (Room 333), Level 3 Ligertwood Building, North Terrace Campus
ADMISSION FREE, RSVP ESSENTIAL
email: research.tuesdays@adelaide.edu.au
phone: +61 8 8303 3692
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdays

Connect, collaborate, create... and celebrate!

Featuring guest speaker Adam Spencer (702 ABC Sydney radio announcer, Triple J, ABC TV's The Sleek Geeks).

Join the team at Adelaide Research & Innovation (ARI) for Christmas drinks, to celebrate the University of Adelaide's 2009 applied research achievements.

Research at the Uni has certainly made an impact this year, delivering real results that contribute to Australia's social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing.

ARI, the University's commercial development company, is proud to be a part of this. We would like to take the opportunity to reflect on the year together with our partners - the University's researchers and their industry and government collaborators.

When: 4.00pm-6.00pm Wednesday 2 December
Where: Exhibition Hall, National Wine Centre of Australia, corner of Hackney and Botanic Roads, Adelaide
Cost: Free
RSVP: Online: www.adelaideresearch.com.au, email: aripl@adelaide.edu.au,
fax: +61 8 8303 4355

Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) Alumni

End of Year Drinks

When: 5.00pm for 5.30pm Wednesday 2 December
Where: University Staff Club, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free
RSVP: www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au/
news/events/rsvp/alumni

Keys to the Universe Free Public Lecture Series

Modern Subatomic Physics: From the Big Bang to the Dark Side of the Universe by Professor Tony Thomas, Australian Laureate Fellow and Elder Professor of Physics, University of Adelaide.

Are there completely new groups of particles as suggested by supersymmetry? What is the nature of astrophysical dark matter? What are the fundamental particles of Nature and how do they compose the world in which we live?

Professor Thomas will describe some of the outstanding progress made in answering these questions, with an emphasis on phenomena where precise experiments, supercomputing and cross-disciplinary research have recently yielded new insights.

Presented by the School of Chemistry & Physics.

When: 6.30pm Thursday 10 December
Where: Union Hall, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free - all welcome

Fridays Uncorked '09

Offering a vibrant Friday night venue for the Adelaide business community to wind down at the end of the week, taste fine wines from selected regions, enjoy a selection from the cocktail menu, and relax at this unique Adelaide icon.

www.wineaustralia.com.au

When: 4.30pm Friday 11 December
Where: National Wine Centre of Australia, corner of Hackney and Botanic Roads, Adelaide
Cost: Free entry including cocktail food. Wine from $4.50 per glass.

Music Theatre Symposium

A national Music Theatre Symposium will be held to celebrate the gifting of the Burden Collection of 18th century English music and drama to the Barr Smith Library. The event will include papers by some of Australia's foremost music theatre scholars.

UK opera authority Dr Michael Burden (University of Oxford) will present the first part of his collection as the culminating highlight of the symposium.

Dr Burden will also deliver a paper, A Diva at the Opera, on his research on the London theatre in the 18th century.

Hosted by the South Australian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia, in collaboration with the Special Collections Division of the Barr Smith Library.

When: 9.45am-6.00pm Saturday 12 December
Where: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free - but registration essential
RSVP: Dr Jula Szuster, phone 0405 103 854 or email: julja.szuster@adelaide.edu.au

NRF Ride Like Crazy

The Neurosurgical Research Foundation (NRF) is fortunate to be one of the recipient charities from the SA Police Ride Like Crazy fundraising event.

This event will help to raise money for brain tumour research equipment for Professor Bob Vink, NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide.

For more information about how to register for the event or make a donation, simply visit: www.nrf.com.au
When: Sunday 17 January 2010