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Scientists discover how mutations in DNA can cause neurodegenerative disease

Nervous Tissue: Spinal Cord Motor Neuron | Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library (CC0 1.0)

Scientists discover how mutations in DNA can cause neurodegenerative disease.

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Undergraduate Seminar by Prof Josh Ross: Importance Sampling

Wednesday 15 May: Professor Josh Ross will explain and illustrate Importance Sampling using some simple examples, and discuss how this is underpinning our current research in methods of inference for analysing outbreaks of infectious diseases to provide decision support in the event of the next influenza pandemic.

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Mid-Year Round Research Scholarship now open

The Mid-Year Round Research Scholarship for domestic students is now open. This round makes available a limited number of research scholarships opportunities, including admission and stipend. Open: 1 May - 16 June.

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First Aid Updates

Where to find new defibrillators and after-hours first aid kits, 3 important apps to have on your phone and reporting first aid treatments or near misses.

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EEE School Seminar: All-dielectric resonant meta-optics and nanophotonics

Talk by Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Center, Australian National University, Canberra, Friday 17 May, 11.10am - 12pm

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New director of world-leading plant research facility

Susie Robinson Australian Plant Phenomics Facility

The University of Adelaide-led world-leading facility that underpins innovative plant research in Australia has appointed its first Executive Director to drive future success.

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Why don’t horses sit or lie down even while sleeping?

Horses can rest standing up or lying down. Flickr/Cowboy Dave, CC BY-ND 2.0

Horses have a amazing ability to be able to sleep standing up. But they do also sleep lying down. If you’re a horse, you need to be able to do both.

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Academic Teaching Support - Casual Work Opportunities in ECMS

We are seeking dedicated and passionate casual staff to assist with the delivery of our Semester 2 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, commencing Monday 29 July.

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Canva on Campus

Interested in hearing about how Canva has scaled their backend system to support over 15 million monthly active users? Or how they’ve rebuilt their tech stack to support a range of features to empower the world to design? Come along on the 20th of May to hear from Christian and Mark, two graduate engineers who have played a key role in the world of integrations and video at Canva!

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New leadership for food sciences research

SARDI - Waite campus

South Australia’s multi-billion-dollar food industries will benefit from new scientific leadership in the state.

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