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Associate Professor Sarah Collins FAHA UWA has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Dent Medal by the @RMA!

The medal recognises Sarah’s outstanding contribution to musicology and has only ever been awarded to one other Australian in its history, to the late Professor Andrew

Good news! 🔬 The Yinnietharra rock dragon is one of the most poorly known of the threatened priority species, but a new project received funding to help protect it. 🦎 #UWA UWA Research School of Biological Sciences, UWA @dcceew @tscommissoner Curtin University Western Australian Museum

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Finally, I’ve made it into the august pages of nature : nature.com/articles/d4158… UWA Research The Complex Systems Group TMTDS @csiro UWA

PUBLIC TALK
🔬From Little Things, Big Things Grow. Nanotechnology research and industry collaboration in (U)WA.
Presented by Professor Jeffrey Gordon, Adjunct Professor, UWA Chemical Engineering.
27 May 2024, 6pm
👉 tinyurl.com/4empytyt
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UWA Science Global
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🌊🌿 New study led by UWA in Nature Geoscience reveals seaweed forests are major ocean carbon sinks 🌏🌱 underscoring their vital role in combating climate change and supporting marine biodiversity #UWA UWA Research Thomas Wernberg Albert Pessarrodona Read more 👉🏼 bit.ly/4dTmsVS

👀 🌳 Urgent call for public help! Researchers need you to help assess the damage to local vegetation caused by the State’s record-shattering summer of heat. 😎 #UWA UWA Research Centre for Water and Spatial Science

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Ben Wylie from Telethon Kids Institute at UWA will share his research on “Developing novel immunotherapies to prevent the recurrence of sarcoma after cancer removal surgery” soon. #2024CureCancerSymposium

🌱 For Earth and beyond! 🚀 Researchers have developed synthetic genetic circuits to control and customise where, when, and under what environmental conditions, genes are turned on or off in a plant. 🌾 🌿 #UWA UWA Research @Plants4Space Harry Perkins Institute

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Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition to the US will proceed, the High Court ruled. The groundbreaking case could redefine legal protections for freedom of expression. Insights from Holly Cullen in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand ⚖️📜 #UWA #wikileaks bit.ly/3VaaqyT

🔍 A 250-year-old mystery has been solved! Scientists have discovered the origins of so-called 'German cockroach'. #UWA UWA Research School of Biological Sciences, UWA

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Are you aged between and 18 to 24 years of age and experiencing symptoms of depression and insomnia? If so, you might be eligible to take part in a new study. 😴
#UWA UWA Research UWA Psychological Science

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☄️ Tony Hughes-d'Aeth dives into Ceridwen Dovey’s Only the Astronauts, unraveling a whimsical journey exploring humanity's space obsessions with a blend of fact and fantasy 🚀✨ #UWA bit.ly/3wM65cG

🎨 Meet the new Director of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. With +2 decades in the arts & culture sector, Dr Theo Constantino brings fresh perspectives to championing contemporary art, supporting emerging artists & fostering cultural exchange. Welcome! #UWA bit.ly/4bBwf0D

Professor Pat Dudgeon welcomes crucial Federal Budget measures to tackle suicide in Indigenous communities, emphasising the need for sustained support and culturally safe initiatives. 💬 bit.ly/4blHqL9 #UWA Centre of Best Practice 🖤 💛 ❤️ Prevention 💙 💚 UWA Indigenous Studies

During Covid lockdowns businesses experimented with work-from-home arrangements and now a free public lecture will examine the lasting impact. Join #UWA Business School on May 29!
More details here: bit.ly/3yihBNF

❤️ It's World Hypertension Day and today a new campaign to help with wide-scale screening against ‘the silent killer’ has been announced. 💉 #UWA UWA Research RPH Research Foundation

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Please help us understand the health of Perth's trees.
Remote sensing tools are being used, but community help is needed to ground truth the findings.

Ways get involved:
🌳Visit local parks
🌳Record tree health (% canopy healthy/bare/dead)
🌳Submit ➡️ tree-death-perth.uc.r.appspot.com

🦑 See the amazing footage of a deep-sea squid filmed at more than a kilometre underwater! 🛥️ 🌊 🐙 #UWA UWA Research Deep Sea Research Centre UWA Oceans Institute Heather Stewart Alan Jamieson
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🎙️ Dr Bhagya Dissanayake joins the Research on the Record podcast to discuss her research into improving crop resilience on Earth and beyond, including space farming challenges 🌱🚀 bit.ly/3QMT1uq #UWA UWA Research Molecular Sci-UWA Proteomics International