1. Swinburne awarded $1.26M research funding
A project to improve our understanding of ‘hearing voices’ is one of three new Swinburne University of Technology projects to be funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Researchers from Swinburne’s Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre have been granted $466,093 for a project to investigate the brain mechanisms involved in hearing voices.
Researchers from Swinburne’s Centre for Micro-Photonics have received $606,894 to investigate how a key molecular switch is regulated in immune cells and cancer cells.
Researchers from Swinburne’s Centre for Human Psychopharmacology have received $194,115 to investigate the relationship between car accidents and drugs in the blood samples of drivers.
2. The University of Wollongong’s Sydney Business School (UOW-SBS), a Global Top 200 business school, will launch on Monday 28 October its first campus in Southeast Asia in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, in a strategic partnership with INTI to meet the growing need for high quality postgraduate programs by working professionals and to leverage on Malaysia’s position as a hub for Islamic finance.
3. The first research centre specialising in international refugee law will be launched at the University of New South Wales on 30 October.
4. UniSA New book Launch
In her latest book – Viral Marketing: the Science of Sharing – Dr Karen Nelson-Field, from the University of South Australia’s Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, presents results from an extensive study of over 1000 videos and years of research into the exciting world of viral video.
The book challenges what we believe about the viral nature of sharing through social media.
5. New Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research
World-class research to improve outcomes for people with musculoskeletal conditions will be the focus of the University of Adelaide’s new Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research (COTR).
The multidisciplinary research centre, with campuses at Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre and Lyell McEwin Hospital, will conduct basic and clinical research into osteoporosis, fractures, arthritic joint disease and joint replacement, spine pathology and bone cancer.
6. Showcasing the future of engineering
The University of Adelaide’s final-year engineering students will be showcasing their innovations at two free exhibitions on the 30-31 October and 1 November.
The exhibitions are:
MechExpo ‒ the School of Mechanical Engineering’s 19th annual Honours project exhibition at the Adelaide Showgrounds, Goyder Pavilion, open to the public on Wednesday 30 October, 6-9pm and Thursday 31 October, 9:30am-4:30pm. Further information at http://mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/mechexpo/
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering’s 2013 Project Exhibition at the Atrium, Ground Floor, Ingkarni Wardli, North Terrace Campus on Friday 1 November at 10am-1pm. As well as undergraduate projects, this will include a display of postgraduate research.
Further information at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/events/event26441.html
