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Interview withSir Gustav Nossal

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Going bald for aworthy cause

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MokotaConservation Park

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Nossal opens $18m Molecular Life Sciences BuildingON 12 October, AdelaideUniversity’s new $18 millionMolecular Life SciencesBuilding was formally openedby distinguished Australianscientist and Australian of theyear Sir Gustav Nossal.Some 500 guests from South Australiaand interstate attended the opening, heldin the large entrance foyer of the newbuilding, which is now home to theDepartment of Molecular Biosciences.This new department has broughttogether staff and students from thedisciplines of biochemistry, genetics,microbiology and immunology.

“To my knowledge, this is the firstDepartment of Molecular Biosciences inthe nation,” said Professor Peter Rathjen,the Head of the new Department.

“It must be amongst the first of thesedepartments worldwide. For us, itrepresents the future. Greater strengthcan and will be achieved by sensibleinteraction than by standing alone;scientific progress is increasinglyachieved across the old disciplineboundaries.”Professor Rathjen outlined some of thework that will take place in the building,and which will involve more than 30research teams engaged in a range ofleading-edge work, including stem cellreplacement, novel vaccines and theactivities of the Special Research Centre

for the Molecular Genetics ofDevelopment under Professor RobertSaint.The building—part of a $41 milliondevelopment of the Lower Level site atAdelaide University’s North Terracecampus—represents one of the biggestconcentrations of molecular biologyresearch and education in Australia.It is also of revolutionary design,necessary for a research building thatwill have to cope with many changes inthe coming decades.“[Typically] laboratory buildings have aclassical plan built around a core ofservice, with laboratories on both sidesaround corridors that flank this core,”said the building’s chief architect, MrRamaldo Giurgola.“This building is different. Instead of twocorridors around a core, the core isdirectly connected with the laboratories,so it makes the thing work much moreefficiently,” he said.Vice-Chancellor Professor Mary O’Kanesaid the new six-storey building wouldfocus and enhance the University’sexisting scientific strengths, and ensurethat Adelaide University continued to bean international bioscience leader in the21st century.“This building is of major national andinternational significance in terms of thework that will be carried out here,”Professor O’Kane said. “It represents a

major investment in molecular biology.”

Professor O’Kane said the new buildingwas one aspect of a range of top-classscientific research taking place acrossthe University’s campuses at NorthTerrace, Waite, Roseworthy andThebarton. She said the research acrossa wide range of the biological sciencesincluded work in wine, food, nutrition,medicine and the environment, all ofwhich was contributing to Adelaide’sinternational reputation as a knowledgecentre.

“Adelaide University has also been anAustralian pioneer in the developmentand commercialisation of biotech-nological research, with two successfulspin-off companies, BresaGen andGroPep, floated on the Australian StockExchange,” she said.

University Chancellor Mr RobertChampion de Crespigny said the newDepartment of Molecular Biosciencescould make a significant contribution toAustralia’s future through commercialapplications of scientific advances.

Sir Gustav used the occasion tocomment on the emerging signifi-cance of biotechnology, and the need for the Federal Government to heed callsfor greater investment in scienceresearch and development. An editedreport of his address can be found onpage 2.

—Rob Morrison

Professor Peter Rathjen (left), Sir Gustav Nossal and Professor MaryO’Kane unveil the plaque at the opening of the new building.

The new Molecular Life Sciences Building. Photo: David Ellis.

LONG-NECKED dinosaurs such asDiplodocus and Ultrasaurus almostcertainly didn’t lift their heads high inorder to feed, according to newresearch at Adelaide University.The popular image, and one also believed bymost dinosaur palaeontologists, is that theselong-necked dinosaurs—known collectively assauropods—raised their necks vertically tobrowse from the tops of trees.Movies such as Jurassic Park and the acclaimedBBC television series Walking With Dinosaursportray sauropods as behaving in this manner.But such a portrayal is wrong, according toAssociate Professor Roger Seymour fromAdelaide’s Department of Environmental Biology.Dr Seymour, in conjunction with Dr HarveyLillywhite of the University of Florida, has justpublished a paper in the prestigious Proceedingsof the Royal Society in London, which argues itwas physically impossible for sauropods tobehave in this way.Dr Seymour said research he has conducted intothe possible heart size and metabolic rates ofsauropods suggests the only way they could havefunctioned on land was with a horizontal neck.For them to function with a vertical neck, theywould have had to have a ridiculously thickheart, he said.Dr Seymour based his findings on sauropods onhis research of the factors which determine heartsize in animals. He has spent the past 24 years

collecting data on heart morphology and arterialblood pressure in reptiles, birds and mammals todetermine how blood pressure influences thethickness of the heart wall. His research isdirected at understanding the evolution ofvertebrate cardiovascular systems and theembryological development of cardiac function.The findings from this study—which will shortlybe published in a separate paper in Physiologicaland Biochemical Zoology in the US—showedthat heart size depended on two factors: thevertical distance of the head above the heart, andwhether the animal was cold- or warm-blooded.For example, the giraffe has exceptionally highblood pressure and an enlarged heart due to thefact it has to pump blood up its long neck. Birdsand mammals also have relatively large heartsdue to the fact they are warm-blooded, whilecold-blooded reptiles have low metabolic rates,low blood pressures and smaller hearts.“We have determined that the left ventricle in a

warm-blooded Barosaurus, for instance, wouldhave needed to weigh about 2000kg to pumpthe blood its brain needed,” he said.“This is impossible for at least three reasons.First, it would be difficult to fit such a heart inthe available space; second, the heart woulduse more energy than the entire remainder ofthe body, and third; the thick walls would bemechanically so inefficient that they wouldexpend more energy deforming themselves thanin actually pumping the blood.”He said US cardiovascular physiologists have

proposed two solutions as to how sauropodsmight have counteracted the need for such alarge heart.

They may have had accessory hearts in theneck to help pump the blood up, or they had asyphon mechanism in which the descending

blood assisted the heart by ‘pulling’ theascending blood up the neck.

“However, we argue convincingly in our paperthat neither of these proposals were possible, ”Dr Seymour said.

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Dinosaurs: new study counters age-old theory

Above: illustrations of Diplodocus in the early1900s, which show the dinosaur with its neckfully upright.

Right: Associate Professor Roger Seymour.

In opening the Molecular Life Sciences Building,Sir Gustav Nossal recalled the pioneering rolethat Adelaide University had played in thedevelopment of biotechnology. He reflected onthe state of Australian science and the role ofcommercialisation in it. The following is anedited version of his speech and an interviewwith science journalist Rob Morrison.

Adelaide University has had a very special placein my affections since 1948, when my latebrother, Peter, was invited by Sir Mark Mitchellto become a senior lecturer and then later aReader in Biochemistry. I made many visitshere with my parents and then later as a youngscientist. My contacts down the years werechiefly in microbiology and immunology, whereDerek Rowley, a very young Professor, built upan amazingly strong department in these twinsciences; not only founding the AustralianSociety for Immunology, but also being, I think,the earliest biotechnology entrepreneur in thecountry with his work towards viral diseasevaccines.

What a redoubtable period when the gang offour were at the helm; Elliot, Symons, Rogersand Wells, and what an extraordinary effectthey have had on this devastatingly importantscience which gradually translated itself intomolecular biology, having trained virtually everyimportant molecular biologist in the nation...What a felicitous circumstance that it isprecisely these sciences, biochemistry,microbiology, immunology and genetics that willbe going on in this amazing new building.

The new century, the new millennium, the newera—what can we say about the University ofAdelaide’s role in that? There is only oneprediction that we can make with absolutecertainty and that is that the pace of change willbe even greater, and you will now tackle thetask with state-of-the-art and very beautifulfacilities that it is a real, real honour to be askedto open.

Yet Australian Universities are in difficult times.We’re existing in a harsh, competitive, largelyborderless and deregulated world, and you areunder-resourced. Student numbers areincreasing, the resources for students aredrastically down, salaries are uncompetitive,and a certain degree of threat to the basicscience which you have performed doillustriously, is present through the hugepressures for commercialisation.

Now I am not for one second bemoaning ordecrying the importance of commercialisationof Australian discoveries in Australia. It is aquestion of balance, and it is absolutelyimperative that you do not lose your primacy inthe public-good, more basic type of research thatreally is the responsibility of governments.

So how is the University of Adelaide, andAustralia indeed, to face these challenges?There is basically only one answer, and that isworking more smartly together in bigger, looserteams...

Intelligently managed, it is not a given thatcommercialisation need divert a basic sciencefrom their mission, because what tends tohappen in these large teams is that those moreinterested in the basic end keep doing the workat which they’re good, and they link up thenwith others who are more interested in theapplied end, and with still others who are adeptat the development work and commer-cialisation.

Yet despite these encouraging remarks,Australia is at the crossroads with respect toresearch and development. [I like] to refer to the‘three I’s’—Ireland, Israel and India.

Who would have thought 10 or 15 years agothat these countries would now be beating ushands down to big software consultingcontracts? Who would have thought thatIreland would be big in biotechnology, with an 8-9% per annum annual growth rate maintainedover the last eight years, so their only worry atthe moment now is inflation caused by boomconditions? And who would have thought thatIsraeli science, always strong, would socompetently link with the commercial sector,producing a very vibrant Information Technology& Telecommunications and biotechnologyindustry.

And we’re falling behind. Many would say, (Idon’t subscribe to this) that we have lost thebattle in IT&T. We must not lose the battle inbiotechnology, the other great defining scienceof the third millennium, and therefore theresponse to two impressive governmentenquiries is eagerly awaited. I refer to ChiefScientist Robin Batterham’s examination of thestate of science in the nation and to DavidMiles’s Innovation Task Force implementationgroup report.

In a very catchy phrase that was picked up bythe media, he said “Well you are worried abouta 55c dollar” (as it was at the time), “what

about starting to think about a 30c dollar,” andthat is what you will have if you do not pick upyour game in innovation, in commercialisation,in development, in technology, in knowledge.The government has not yet responded to thesereports.

I want to say a word also about the other half ofR&D, the industrial R&D where again we haveseen a falling performance in the lucky country,a falling percentage of the GDP put intoresearch and development. This has been veryworrying, and therefore I believe that has beenlargely due to the captains of industry of thiscountry thinking of research and developmentas a cost that reflects directly from the bottomline, not as an investment, which is what itreally is.Now from this point of view I was greatlyencouraged by an open letter that I saw 10 daysor so ago from 10 peak bodies in Australia,saying the lucky country has got to take R&Dand education more seriously. Of course thepeak bodies included the Australian Academyof Science, and the Australian Academy ofTechnological Sciences and Engineering, andthe Institution of Engineers. You would haveexpected them to plead in that way but,significantly and for the first time, it alsoincluded the Business Council of Australia, theAustralian Chamber of Commerce and Industry,and bodies of that ilk very much in thecommercial realm, pleading for strongergovernment support of the innovation process inthis country.There is no alternative to the knowledge nationin the 21st century. The alternative is a slideinto irrelevance. Have we not been foolish toallow our investment in education to fall from5.1% to 4.3% of GDP? Have we not been foolishto allow the expenditure per full-time equivalentstudent in Australian universities to fall by 20%just over the last four years? Have we not beenfoolish to allow industrial R&D to fallsubstantially? The next election will and shouldbe fought on these issues.Q: We have seen the ‘dotcoms’ come and goin the twinkling of an eye. What do you thinkthe future of biotechnology is likely to be inthe sharemarket?A: I think it will be a little bit like the dotcoms.You will have a few, a small number of stunningsuccesses, you will have certainly a significantnumber of failures, and you’ll have a fair numberin between, but I do want to say that in its veryshort history, biotechnology in Australia has had

some stunning successes.

Q: The history of science is marked byindividual discoveries at a particular timeand place. It is now harder to pin them downto one time, place or person. Science isbecoming increasingly international anddisparate; an example is stem cell research which must juggle the varying laws, ethics and practices of different statesand countries. Where can Australia capitaliseon something that is as disparate as that, andhow well placed are we to take the lead in it?

A: Look I agree with you profoundly. It isincreasingly difficult to absolutely trace withcertainty the origin of discoveries. Many of theintellectual property issues concerning stemcells will be extremely difficult andcontroversial.

When you ask me how Australia can capitalise,I can use only one word:- niche. We have got tobe an astute, fast flexible niche player. We willnever conquer the big battallions of the UnitedStates. Their investment is so much greaterthan ours that the glittering prizes will always goto them or to other very large countries.However, we can find niches.

ADELAIDEANPAGE 2 OCTOBER 23, 2000

Adela ideanVolume 9 Issue Number 19

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I N T E R V I E WSIR GUSTAV NOSSAL

“ In its very short history,biotechnology in Australia has had some stunningsuccesses.

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Sir Gustav Nossal. Photo: Ben Osborne.

December graduations praised by studentsGRADUATION time is always specialfor students, their families andUniversity staff. But now there’s anextra reason for students to beexcited about graduating atAdelaide University.This year, the University will hold all its maingraduation ceremonies in December—a majorchange from the traditional April/Maygraduation timetable.

December graduations will allow students toreceive their degrees, certificates and otherawards soon after the final exams, rather thanhaving to wait for months after they’ve “finisheduni”.

Although this places added pressure onacademic staff marking exam papers, and onthe general staff who organise the graduations,there are many benefits for students and theirfamilies.

One group of students which benefits the mostare those from overseas countries.

Mr Mark Lee, President of the OverseasStudents Association (OSA), praised theUniversity for making its change to Decembergraduations. He said the OSA had been lobbying the University for some years over theissue.“The April/May graduations raised seriousissues for international students,” Mr Lee said.

“For most international students, their visaswould end by the month of March, meaning thatthey would have to go back to their country,reapply for a tourist visa or visiting visa to comeback to Australia, and attend the graduationceremonies. This also placed extra financialburdens on students and their families,” he said.“But with graduations held in December, itmakes things so much more convenient.”Part of that convenience is being able to leaveAdelaide University knowing that their work atuniversity is done, according to 4th-year

Engineering student Mr Eng Chien Chew.

“December graduations will definitely be anadvantage for me, because once I graduate I willget my degree and I can go back home withouthaving to think about coming back to Adelaide,”he said.

For overseas students, it also means being ableto look for work, and not having to worry aboutasking the boss for a week’s leave so soon afterstarting.

For Malaysian students like Mr Eng Chien, thereis the added option of graduating at AdelaideUniversity’s official ceremony in Kuala Lumpurnext year. But he would rather receive hisdegree right here in Adelaide.

“Coming here was a big step for me. I’d preferto have it [the graduation ceremony] here,because this is where I did my degree. Then I’llgo to the ceremony in KL next year, which willbe a catch-up time with all my friends andcolleagues.”

Mr Lee said: “We’re glad to see that theUniversity is holding December graduations,because it shows that the University does takeinto consideration the concerns of internationalstudents.”

Full details of the December graduationceremonies will be published in a later issue ofthe Adelaidean.

—David Ellis

Mark Lee (left) and Eng Chien Chew.

ADELAIDEAN OCTOBER 23, 2000 PAGE 3

Building on strengthsThere’s increasing talk in this country that Australianeeds to build critical mass in areas of strength.

In our Strategic Plan, this University has set goalsfor building on and supporting its particularstrengths. One of those goals is “supporting andenhancing our areas of international researchexcellence, most notably the biological andagricultural sciences and our emerging areas ofinternational excellence”.

The opening of the new Molecular Life SciencesBuilding is a significant example of how we areachieving that goal. Adelaide University’soutstanding record in the biological sciences iswidely recognised and was noted by Sir GustavNossal in his speech at the formal opening of thebuilding.

The University’s strength in the biosciences hasbeen reflected in recent decades particularly by theaward, firstly, of the Commonwealth Centre ofExcellence in Gene Technology, and subsequentlyof ARC Special Research Centres in GeneTechnology, in Basic and Applied Plant MolecularBiology and in Molecular Genetics of Development.Additional biotechnology and research and trainingopportunities arise from our participation in severalCooperative Research Centres, the majority ofwhich are in the biological sciences.

The new building is a magnificent facility whichprovides a stimulating environment for staff andstudents. It will encourage closer interactionbetween disciplines (and with commercial entities)and promises to provide exciting opportunities forfurther advances at the frontiers of science.

We have other great strengths in themes,particularly in the excellence of our research acrossa wide area of food, drink and nutrition. A quicksample of this research would include chillies,olives, cereals, food economics, almonds, pigs,Chinese cabbage, wine, beef, citrus fruits, eatingdisorders, refrigeration, and dental health. And thenthere’s our Research Centre for the History of Foodand Drink).

It’s encouraging to see that our promotion of thesethemes is now achieving international recognition.Within the past fortnight, plans have been finalisedfor the University to host a week-long internationalsymposium during Tasting Australia in October nextyear. This follows a visit to the University by Mr K.Dun Gifford and Ms Sara Baer-Sinnott of theOldways Preservation and Exchange Trust, based inBoston, Massachusetts. Oldways is a non-profitorganisation dedicated to promoting healthy eating,sustainable food choices and traditional foodways.It is best known for introducing the healthy diet“pyramid” series in association with the HarvardSchool of Public Health and the World HealthOrganisation.

The Oldways visitors were here to learn more thewide range of research and education talking placein the areas of food wine and nutrition, and theywere enormously impressed. They met peopleinvolved in food and drink-related activities acrossthe University and were struck both by the quantityand quality of the research.

It is expected that the symposium to be held at theUniversity next year will focus on Asian diets,aquaculture and wine and health and will be thefirst Oldways event in the southern hemisphere.It’s another acknowledgment of this University’sexpertise in food, wine and nutrition and will help tolift our international profile further in these areas.The University will also play a big role in next year’sTasting Australia festival which will attractthousands of food professionals and media fromaround the world.

The University’s Strategic Plan states that, 22years from now, Adelaide University “will bemaking significant contributions to the internationaladvancement of knowledge, and to public debate,in traditional and emerging fields”. The events ofthe past fortnight are keeping us on course to dothat.

MARY O’KANE

Eye for IT fashion puts Chalisain the scholarship spotlightA SMART idea to develop asoftware package for the fashionindustry has earned 25-year-oldBelair student Chalisa Morrisonthe $45,000 Premier’s EnterpriseScholarship for 2000.The scholarship will enable Ms Morrison tofurther develop her idea at Adelaide Uni-versity and during six months of study and research at the University of Texas in Austinnext year.

Premier John Olsen said her association withthe world-renowned Austin TechnologyIncubator would provide Ms Morrison withinvaluable experience of IT-based fashion inthe United States.

“She will then apply this experience to aGraduate Entrepreneurial Program atAdelaide University,” he said.

“The Enterprise Scholarship is designed tomaximise the opportunities available totalented South Australian students andassist them to continue their highereducation studies in the State.”

Ms Morrison has just completed anAdvanced Diploma in Fashion ManagementProduction at the Douglas Mawson Instituteof TAFE, where she currently lectures incomputer-aided design.

“Winning the Premier’s Scholarship is afabulous opportunity for me,” she said.

“I’ve been very busy over the last three orfour years, between study and work, so I’mlooking forward to spending quality timefocusing on my software idea which has thepotential to greatly increase cost efficiencieswithin the fashion industry.

“I enjoy the fashion industry and also like the

intellectual challenge of informationtechnology.

“My ambition is to run my own companyselling a range of larger size clothing and, atthe same time, to run my own fashionsoftware company.”

The former Blackwood High School pupil studied art and drama at FlindersUniversity and costume design at the Centrefor Performing Arts. She has also worked as a fashion illustrator and computer-aided design operator with Adelaide-

based corporate clothing firm, Angus Clyne.As part of her final-year TAFE studies, sheand a fellow student have established afashion business specialising in larger-sizedclothing.

Before leaving for Texas in February, MsMorrison will begin introductory studies tosmall business management andentrepreneurship at Adelaide University’sGraduate Entrepreneurial Program based atthe Thebarton campus.

—John Drislane

Students show appreciation of staffFOR several years, the Postgrad-uate Students Association (PGSA)has provided an opportunity forpostgrads at Adelaide to publiclyacknowledge the efforts of theirsupervisors in steering themthrough the hazards of a PhD orMasters degree.In the past three years the PGSA has addedthe Lecturer of the Year, particularly forpostgraduate coursework students, and theGeneral Staff Member’s Award, to recognisethe tremendous endeavours of secretarialstaff, technicians, and others.

Since last year most nominations have beenonline, where students give supervisors and lecturers a score out of 10 in a range offields. These include enthusiasm for work,accessibility and approachability, use ofinnovative teaching methods, provision ofintellectual freedom, effective and clearcommunication, prompt returning of workwith constructive criticism, and many otheraspects of the complex and demanding job ofpostgraduate teaching and supervising.

This year the PGSA received 32 nominationsfrom more than 40 students, covering everyFaculty and including nominations from theThebarton Campus and the Graduate Schoolof Management.

The awards were presented on 29 Septemberby Professor Malcolm Gillies, Executive Deanfor the Faculty of Humanities & SocialSciences and the Faculty of PALACE, and byPGSA President Ms Helen Kavanagh. TheVice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane, andthe Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr Alfred Huang,also attended the award ceremony.This year’s list of winners includes:Lecturer of the YearRunner-up: Dr Amanda Lecouteur

(Psychology)Winner: Dr Amal Karunaratna (Commerce)General Staff Member’s AwardRunner-up: Mrs Helenmary McMeekan(Graduate School of Management)Winner: Mr John Davey (Soil & Water)Supervisor of the YearRunner-up: Professor Richard Hillis (NationalCentre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics)Winner: Dr Michelle Barnes (Economics)President’s AwardMr David Knight (Computer Science)Each year the PGSA gives a special award toan outstanding candidate, and this year wasno exception. The many students who

nominated Mr David Knight wrote:

“He is the most approachable andknowledgable person, there is a well-worn path to his door which is almost always open... No-one else, in any otherdepartment, manages to command suchdeep respect and admiration... He isendlessly patient and brilliantly adept atexplaining complex systems... He has helped me on many occasions and I cannotspeak highly enough of his dedication...Above all he demonstrates an immense loveof the subject matter and takes delight inteaching.”

—Helen KavanaghPostgraduate Students Association

PGSA award winners (from left): Professor Richard Hillis, Dr Amanda Lecouteur, Mr DavidKnight, Dr Amal Karunaratna, Mr John Davey and Mrs Helenmary McMeekan. Notpictured: Dr Michelle Barnes. Photo: David Ellis.

Chalisa Morrison browses some of the fashions at Cue. Photo: John Drislane.

ADELAIDEANPAGE 4 OCTOBER 23, 2000

Unsafe sex among gay men linked to depressionHOMOSEXUAL men who sufferlong-term, low-grade depression arealmost twice as likely to have unsafecasual sex, according to the find-ings of researchers at AdelaideUniversity.The study suggests that strategies to addresslow-grade depression among gay men couldlead to safer sex practices, thereby helping toprevent the spread of HIV among the gaycommunity.

A research team led by Dr Gary Rogers fromAdelaide University’s Department of GeneralPractice surveyed more than 400 gay and otherhomosexually active men who enrolled into ahealth care program in Adelaide over the lasttwo-and-a-half years.

At the Care & Prevention Programme, the menunderwent comprehensive health evaluations,including questionnaires about their recent sexual behaviour and a diagnosticinterview to identify depression and other

psychological problems.

Men who were severely depressed reportedless sexual activity overall, because seriousdepression is associated with a lower sex drive.But when these men were excluded, a clearrelationship emerged between unprotected sexand long-term lower grade depression, knownas dysthymia.

“Forty percent of the men with dysthymiareported having had unprotected sex in the sixmonths before they joined the Programme,compared with 22% of the men who weren’tdysthymic,” Dr Rogers said.

“This is a statistically significant difference.”

Dr Rogers said low self-esteem was part oflong-term depression, and: “It may be that thislack of self-esteem leads to men not caringenough about themselves to stay safe.”

Dr Rogers’s team announced their findings atthis month’s conference of the AustralasianSociety for HIV Medicine held in Melbourne.Their paper was named the best by a primary

care physician at the conference and awardedthe inaugural Peter Meese prize, named inhonour of the late Melbourne generalpractitioner.

At the conference, Dr Rogers also reported onoutcomes in the more than 270 men who haveso far participated in the Care & PreventionProgram since 1998.

“Gay men appear to suffer serious healthdisadvantage, and at the time they enrolled,27% of the men met the criteria for dysthymia.This had fallen to 16% of the same men atfollow-up, and we also saw significantimprovement in a range of other healthmeasures,” Dr Rogers said.

“It’s our hope that by promoting the mentalhealth of gay men we may be able to improvetheir ability to sustain safer sexual practices. Itis pleasing that we have seen a very dramaticfall in the prevalence of depressive problems inthe men who’ve taken part in the Programme,”he said.

The Care & Prevention Programme, based inAdelaide, is funded by the South AustralianDepartment of Human Services.

—David Ellis

Dr Gary Rogers. Photo: David Ellis.

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“A horizontal neck could be just as useful asa vertical one in permitting the animal tobrowse widely.

“Like a vacuum cleaner, the neck could reachamong vegetation up to about four or fivemetres in height without lifting the head,while the bulk of the body stayed in oneplace.

“The only viable solutions to the sauropodblood pressure problem were that they wererestricted to holding their necks horizontally,or that they were cold-blooded animals withlow blood flow rates.

“We admit that they could have had a

vertical neck, with blood supplied from asmaller heart, but only if they had a lowmetabolic rate typical of a cold-bloodedreptile.

“Even in this case, however, the heart wallstill would have been relatively thick andinefficient for pumping.

“The question whether dinosaurs were warmor cold-blooded has been debated over thelast 30 years, but the metabolic rates ofsauropods will probably never be known withcertainty.

“In either case, it appears unlikely that theseanimals lifted their heads high as commonlydepicted.”

—Ben Osborne

Dinosaurs: new studycounters age-old theory

Laboratory a boost for biomedical engineeringBIOMEDICAL Engineering is movingfrom strength to strength at Adel-aide University, with the opening ofa new laboratory wholly devoted tothis unique field of research.With projects ranging from insect vision andimproved diagnosis of heart conditions, to usinggaming theory as a modelling tool, the newlaboratory’s aim is to produce both biologicallyinspired engineering and biomedical engineeringwhich can be directly applied to industry.

Staff and postgraduate students will benefitfrom the facility, which is based in theUniversity’s Department of Electrical &Electronic Engineering and is the result of muchhard work by Dr Derek Abbott and others.

Dr Abbott, who is also the Director of the Centrefor Biomedical Engineering, said the newlaboratory will strengthen Adelaide’s focus forthis rapidly growing, multidisciplinary field.

“Of the great scientific achievements that areoccurring nowadays, we see an increase inmultidisciplinary teamwork. This newBiomedical Engineering Laboratory bringstogether biomedicine and engineering in aunique way, to assist South Australia in leadingthe way forward,” Dr Abbott said.

At the opening of the new laboratory on 17October, Dr Abbott referred to Adelaide’shistorical roots in biomedical engineering:“Physical sciences, such as physics andengineering, may seem odd bedfellows withbiology. But there are some time-honouredexamples. The structure of DNA was discoveredusing X-ray crystallography techniques, initiatedby our very own Bragg,” he said.

The opening was officiated by the Hon RobLucas MLC, South Australian Treasurer, Ministerfor Trade & Industry. Mr Lucas paid tribute tothe staff and students who had made thelaboratory possible, and encouragedresearchers to develop links with industry andgovernment.In fact, the Biomedical Engineering Laboratoryhas very strong ties with industry, governmentand other bodies, and not just in Australia. Ofthe $800,000 in recent funding for researchreceived, a sizeable portion has come fromindustry in the United States, and there areother research collaborations in the US andthroughout Australia.The projects currently being supported in thelaboratory include:• Insect vision - using biological models of theinsect eye to make collision avoidance devicesfor aerospace, automotive, surveillance androbotics industries. In collaboration with DSTOand private company Beonics, SA;• T-Ray imaging - a new form of laser-basedmedical imaging, like X-rays but safe. Collab-oration with Rensselear Polytechnic Institute inNew York and the Royal Adelaide Hospital;• Biomonitor - diagnosing heart conditions viaan eletronic stethoscope. This project attemptsto “de-noise” heart readings and allow a moreaccurate diagnosis;

• Micromachines—an electronically controlledmicrovalve, potentially useful for cell sorting,drug delivery, electronic fertility control and fastDNA mapping;• Quantum computation - a long-range researchproject involving fast pattern searching of DNA

data for bioinformatics;

• Game theory - with private funding from the US, this project attempts to use gamingtheory to model a wide range of biologicalprocesses.

The father of game theory in biology, ProfessorJohn Maynard Smith, and physicist ProfessorPaul Davies, were among the distinguishedvisitors present at the ceremony. Dr Abbott and

Vice-Chancellor Professor Mary O’Kane bothpaid tribute to the efforts of Associate ProfessorJagannath Mazumdar (Applied Mathematics),“who served tirelessly over the years infurthering the vision of biomedical engineeringat Adelaide University”.

“Without his persistence, none of us would behere today,” Dr Abbott said.

—David Ellis

The Hon Rob Lucas (left), Dr Derek Abbott and Professor Mary O’Kane. Photo: David Ellis.

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Conservation park grows from invisible habitatTHIS month, South Australia gainedits newest conservation Park,Mokota, located 15 kilometres northof Burra in the State’s mid-north.The name ‘Mokota’ is derived from Maori wordsmeaning ‘beautiful view,’ and preserves the titleof the property from which the park wasacquired with funds from the State Government,NHT and Nature Foundation SA, which has alsofunded a biodiversity study of the park and othergrassland habitats.

“Mokota is the first native grassland reserve inSouth Australia, and conserves an importanthabitat type,” said Ann Prescott, President ofthe Nature Conservation Society of SA, whospoke at the dedication of the park by the HonIain Evans, Minister for Environment andHeritage. “Grasslands have been the invisiblehabitat for too long,” she said.

The park is also substantial, covering more than450 hectares of tussock grassland communitythat was once widespread across the State’smid-north, but has largely been cleared forcropping and grazing. “This site exists becausethe former owners have managed itconservatively, with low stocking and fertiliserrates,” said Ms Prescott. Ms Prescott graduated with an honours degreefrom Adelaide University’s Botany Department tobecome the World Wildlife Fund’s grasslandsextension officer. She is well-known as the

author of the popular field guide, It’s blue with fivepetals, and has been actively involved ingrassland research and education for many years.

“All grasslands have some wild oats and otherweed species,” said Ms Prescott, “but in termsof the mid-north, Mokota is in excellentcondition. It has a high diversity of nativegrasses among more than 150 indigenous plantspecies, including 32 of significant conservationvalue in the state.”

Ms Prescott sees a need for further researchinto grassland ecology and management, inwhich Dr Jose Facelli and his postgraduatestudents in the Department of EnvironmentalBiology will be involved.

“Because grasslands, unlike some otherhabitats, must be actively managed, they willneed baseline surveys to gather data,’ said MsPrescott.

“The Nature Conservation Society has somefunding to look at management strategies—howdo we manage weeds? Should we burn, slash orgraze? Interstate experience suggests that weshould and, hopefully, Jose and his students willhelp give us those answers.”

Dr Facelli sees the acquisition of Mokota as animportant step in assisting that research. “Wenow have at least one grassland conservationpark, but the vast majority of grasslands are inprivate ownership and are likely to remain so,”said Dr Facelli. “That means that proper

management of them is essential. If we canunderstand and develop strategies fore grazingthat don’t decrease the farmers’ profits, and atthe same time improve biodiversity, then we

can help to conserve the grasslands that areprivately owned, as happens elsewhere in theworld.”

—Rob Morrison

Anne Prescott, President of the Nature Conservation Society of SA, shows the Minister forEnvironment and Heritage, Iain Evans, some of the native grass species that Mokota willconserve. Photo: Rob Morrison.

Chinese visitor returns homeafter exchange at WaiteCHINA has always been a pro-ductive nation. It is also one of theworld’s great consuming nations—asignificant market for products andservices. Increasingly, China is sending its academicsabroad and welcoming others on exchangevisits. Scientific and technological research isseen as a very important area for theseexchanges.

Jun-Hua Zhang is the Manager of the Foreign Affairs Office, Nanjing Branch, of theChinese Academy of Sciences—the equivalentof the CSIRO. At the invitation of Prof-essor Malcolm Oades, Jun-Hua Zhang has spent the past three months at the Waitecampus, to study the role of government, how research is funded in Australia, and theways in which research is translated to farmers and agribusinesses. He is the firstadministrator to have such a placement in SouthAustralia.

"In the past, it was researchers and academicswho were those who undertook theseexchanges," said Jun-Hua Zhang. "Now we see it as very important that administrators take part in them," he said. "It began around1978 , when China decided to open its doorsand began to send its administrators overseasto study the management systems being usedby universities and research institutes so thatthey could introduce to China those that weresuitable."

In the first half of 1980s, we used manpower foreconomic development,” explained Jun-HuaZhang. “Later in that decade, we turned tomoney, and invested heavily to develop oureconomy. From the beginning of 1990s on, asnow, we saw that science and technologywould be essential. As well as exchanging ourscientists, we are now sending administratorsabroad to see how we can best manage ourresearch programs,” he said.

During his time here, Jun-Hua Zhang has written three papers on the ways in which co-

location of different organisations andcooperation between them, as exemplified atthe Waite campus, might provide some modelsfor China. In particular, he has been impressedby ways in which he has seen research findingscommuni-cated directly to farmers andbusinesses. He sees this ‘linkage’ betweenresearch and its applications as a profitable oneto develop.

On his return, Jun-Hua Zhang will report on his findings, and introduce suitable manage-ment techniques. “We find that it is best to start with local groups,” he said. “This allows us to develop a model which can then be used to introduce techniques on a larger scale.”

Jun-Hua Zhang hopes and expects that suchexchanges will continue, and sees in themconsiderable potential for the improvement ofbilateral relationships between China andAustralia.

—Rob Morrison

Jun-Hua Zhang of the Chinese Academy ofSciences. Photo: Rob Morrison.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L L I N K SBUILDING TIES WITH ASIA

Korean visitors learn fromour OH&S experienceINDUSTRIAL noise control was justone of the many aspects ofOccupational Health & Safety onshow to a group of visiting Koreansat Adelaide University’s Thebartoncampus.A delegation of nine South Korean academicsand scientists, representing the KoreanInstitute of Industrial Safety (KIIS), visitedAdelaide in August.The group, comprising senior staff from fouruniversities and Samsung Electronics, attendeda series of workshops organised by Dr DinoPisaniello, Senior Lecturer in Occupational andEnvironmental Hygiene at Adelaide’sDepartment of Public Health.The workshops dealt with the management of industrial noise, hazardous substances, and emergency chemical incidents. TheKorean delegation also made field visits to the Metropolitan Fire Service, WorkCover

and local industries.“The delegation was interested in theimplementation of local OHS managementsystems,” Dr Pisaniello said. “Korea has a needto build its OHS capacity, especially inoccupational hygiene, and Australia is seen ashaving advanced systems in OHSmanagement.”He said the Koreans’ visit was highlysuccessful and could lead to exchangeprograms between South Australia and Korea,initially involving the SA Collaborative Centre inOccupational Health & Safety (an alliancebetween Adelaide University, University of SAand Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE).“I’m planning a trip to Korea next year as part ofmy study leave, and in my capacity as thePresident of the Australian Institute ofOccupational Hygienists,” Dr Pisaniello said.“This might be an additional opportunity for theUniversity to promote itself in Korea,” he said.

Noise levels and hearing protection: one of the OH&S issues on display to visiting Koreans.

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Adelaide uni staff go bald for a worthy causeIT WAS a strange scene: grownmen strapped to chairs, preparingthemselves to meet their fate infront on an unsympatheticaudience lusting for damage tobe inflicted.One could almost hear the laconic Australianvoice defiantly telling his tormentors to “cutstraight you bastards, and don’t make amess of it”.But it wasn’t quite the epic final scene fromBreaker Morant; rather, it was nine ofAdelaide University’s most senior managersgetting their heads shaved to raise moneyfor charity.A large crowd recently gathered at the BarrSmith Lawns to watch such notables as IanCreagh, Steve Daysh, Tony Siebert andDavid Carver lose their locks to help outseven-year-old Alexandra Lamb (thedaughter of Administrative ServicesManager David Lamb) who was recentlydiagnosed with diabetes.

The headshaving was part of Alexandra’sefforts towards the Juvenile Diabetes Foun-dation of Australia’s major fundraising eventof the year, the Walk for the Cure walkathon,which was held at Glenelg recently. Her proud father—who lost not only his hairand beard in the headshave, but also hiseyebrows—said he was staggered by thesupport he received for the event, which hasso far raised more than $6000.“Everybody has been so supportive of theidea, from the guys themselves to AndiSebastian, who did such a great job as theauctioneer,” Mr Lamb said. “Then therewere the businesses like HamiltonPharmceuticals, Equity and Advisory andNorman Waterhouse who donated money,as well as other businesses and people toonumerous to mention who donated moneyand goods in kind.“It really was excellent and I can’t begin tothank everyone enough for making it thesuccess that it was.”Vice-Chancellor Professor Mary O’Kane,herself a vigorous bidder on more than oneoccasion during the auction process, saidthe event highlighted the esprit de corps ofAdelaide University general staff. “It was very pleasing to see how manygeneral staff attended the event to support acolleague in his efforts to raise money forcharity,” she said. “Such a show of spirit andenthusiasm underlines the sense ofcommunity within our general staff ranks.”

—Ben Osborne

Tony Siebert (right) proudly displays his new haircut while Richard Arrowsmith(left) and Ian Creagh don’t look quite so sure at the recent fundraising headshaveon the Barr Smith Lawns.

ITS General Manager Scott Snyder gets his gear off in a desperatebid to raise more money during the headshave auction process, asenthusiastic auctioneer Andi Sebastian looks on.

A trio of Adelaide University senior managers (from left) Scott Snyder, David Lamband David Carver, receive more than a short back and sides from a more-than-willing trio of haircutters Tina Daniels, Doug Elsom and Mark Robinson. Photos byBen Osborne.

Seven-year-old Alexandra Lamb goes to work on her father David’shead. More than $6000 was raised for Alexandra’s fundraisingefforts for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Australia.

Executive Director of Student and Staff Services Ian Creagh laughsin the face of danger while his “hairdresser”, Lina Russo, ponderswhat to do next.

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Max, now based at Auckney, Scotland, dedicated hisnew piece to Grahame Dudley, who was one of hisstudents at Adelaide University during the 1960s. AGlass of Frontignac is based on their first wine-tastingexperience together at the Barossa in 1966.

“The first movement is all about the serious business ofwine-tasting,” Grahame said.

“It’s quite thoughtful, fairly tense. You can feel thepalate being tickled. It’s very calculating.

“The second movement is several hours later, whenyou’ve forgotten to spit the wine out and you’re having a great time—and the violin and clarinet parts are decidely squiffy, they definitely sound likesomeone who’s sedately drunk. And the whole thingfinishes with a wonderful, genteel ‘hic’ from themarimba.”

“They [the students] did fine,” said Max, despite themhaving to play the piece virtually unseen.

“The students were a lovely group of people and Ithoroughly enjoyed working with them—there was agreat enthusiasm there. Working with the group wasthe highlight of the whole festival,” he said.

The feeling was obviously reciprocated: “Several of mystudents told me that working with Max was the best

experience they had ever had,” Grahame said.

The performances rounded off a successful musicfestival for Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium students.Pro Canto, the University choir, also featured with ElderNew Music and Lights in a whole program of MaxDavies’s works, related works, and a composition bystudent Trevor Tao.

The two concerts were directed by Grahame Dudleyand co-presented with Max Davies. A feature of theLights concert was Max’s Xmas Box, a group of fourshort pieces composed by Max’s distinguishedAdelaide University students from 1966:- RossEdwards, Graham Hair, Martin Wesley-Smith and JillianWhitehead.

“The final concert was also a wonderful success,”Grahame said.

“There was a cliffhanger there for a while, because ourpianist, Leigh Harrald, had got into the finals of thecompetition which he didn’t think he was going to getinto, and he found that he was supposed to be playingthe finals at the same time as he was playing in ourconcert. I quickly restructured my program, andfortunately the competition finals were on at the samewinery, Peter Lehmann’s. Leigh just ran down the hill,and they were waiting for him, and he played—andwon the thing! So that was a story in itself.”

—David Ellis

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Cornell ChapterAnnual Dinner –tickets on sale nowTHE CORNELL Chapter’s AnnualGeneral Meeting will be held on 9November 2000 at St Mark’s Collegefrom 6.30pm - 7.00pm. All membersare encouraged to attend. TheChapter’s Annual Dinner will be helddirectly after the Annual GeneralMeeting commencing at 7.00pm. The guest speaker at the Dinner will be Mr GregMackie, Councillor, City of Adelaide, FoundingChairman of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, andCo-Proprietor of Imprints Bookshop. The subjectof his address will be ‘Building a Public IntellectualCulture in Adelaide’. Music by Accelerando CelloQuartet provided between courses.

Further details and bookings for the Dinner ($50per head, BYO) are available through the Alumni and Community Relations office, AlumniHouse, 44 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide University tel:(08) 8303 5800.

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FREE guided tours ofAdelaide University’s historicNorth Terrace campusLearn about the history and heritage of SouthAustralia’s oldest University. Individuals,families and groups are all welcome.Tours are conducted by trained guides from theUniversity’s Alumni Association. Tours last onehour. There are some strenuous sections,including stairs; your guide can advise ofalternative outdoor routes.Regular free tours are offered each Tuesdaymorning at 10.30am. Groups can makearrangements by calling the Alumni andCommunity Relations office on (08) 8303 3196.Please meet at University Gate 20 next to the ArtGallery of South Australia on North Terrace.

Florey Medical Chapter5th Annual Medical Vignerons Luncheon andAGM, Sunday 12 November, Lirra LirraRestaurant, Waite Campus.12 noon wine-tasting followed by lunch 1pm andAGM during Lunch. Cost $60.00 per headincludes food, wine with lunch and GST.Bookings can be made by Friday 3 November,through the Alumni and Community Relationsoffice, 44 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide University,tel: (08) 8303 5800. Payment by cash, chequeor credit card (VISA, Mastercard, Bankcard). Forfurther enquiries about the event please contactDr Jeanette Linn at (08) 8344 4284.

New centre of evolutionary biologyTHE Centre of Evolutionary Biologyand Biodiversity was launched atAdelaide University on Wednesday18 October.It represents a major joint research initiativebetween Adelaide University, the SouthAustralian Museum and the plant BiodiversityCentre, run by the Department of Environmentand Heritage.

The Centre aims to be a leading national andinternational centre for research and teachingin evolutionary biology and biodiversity studies,with an emphasis on the fauna and flora ofAustralia.

“We will focus on a range of major scientificquestions, such as ‘how are species formed?’,‘how many species of plants and animals reallyexist?’, and how answers to these questionsrelate to the conservation and management ofbiodiversity,” said Associate Professor AndyAustin, who will be the Centre’s Director.

Members of the Centre already attract inexcess of $1.1 million into Adelaide University,including 10 ARC Large/SPIRT grants. Theformation of the Centre will help to secureexternal funding and infrastructure throughcollaboration among its members and withnational and international colleagues. It will provide national and internationalrecognition for the high-calibre researchalready being undertaken in Adelaide, andexpects to attract postgraduate students andvisitors from interstate and abroad.Professor Austin, who was recently electedPresident of the Australian EntomologicalSociety, works in the Department of Molecular& Applied Ecology at the University’s Waitecampus. “Adelaide University and the Museum haveclearly recognisable strengths in evolutionarybiology and biodiversity but they are spreadacross two organisations, two faculties andfour departments,” said Professor Austin.

”The Centre will bring this expertise together tofoster collaboration, focus on new questions,and take advantage of new fundingopportunities.”“The recent arrival in Adelaide of Professor TimFlannery as Director of the SA Museum, andProfessor Robert Hill, an ARC professorial fellowin paleobiology in the Department of Environ-mental Biology, have really strengthened thescope of the Centre,” said Professor Austin. Following the launch by Professor EdwinaCornish, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research),Professor John Maynard Smith delivered alecture on The Evolution of Animal Signals.Professor Maynard Smith, from the University of Sussex, is one of the most influentialevolutionary biologists of the last 40 years. A winner of many international awards, he is the author of The Evolution of Sex, Evolution and the Theory of Games, and EvolutionaryGenetics.

—Rob Morrison Professor Andrew Austin.

Farewell to AngieFurther to Graham Nerlich’s obituary for Angie Bartesaghi (Adelaidean9/10) readers may be interested to know that Angie provided invaluablevoluntary assistance in the Alumni Office for about 7 years from 1986to 1993. In those early days for mail outs to Alumni members andparticularly the then fortnightly Lumen, the address labels were placedon envelopes by hand and the magazine inserted by hand and it wasAngie who once a fortnight undertook this task. Angie’s help was givencheerfully and without fanfare and her service to the University and tothe Alumni Association was always greatly appreciated.

Prize for chemistry bookA BOOK co-authored by Adelaide University’sProfessor Stephen Lincoln (Chemistry) has beenawarded the Archibald Ollé Prize by the New SouthWales Branch of the Royal Australian ChemicalInstitute.The book, Modified Cyclodextrins: Scaffolds and Templates forSupramolecular Chemistry, published by Imperial College Press, waswritten by Dr CJ Easton (ANU) and Professor Lincoln (Adelaide).The prize is for the most distinguished chemical treatise published byAustralian authors in the previous year.

“A WIDER Range of Career Opportunities forPhysicists” is the title of a special careers nightsponsored by the Australian Institute of Physics inthe Kerr Grant lecture Theatre on Monday night 30October at 7.30 pm.Physics is generally associated with fundamental research andabstract theories. However, a number of Australian physicsgraduates have taken up very responsible and rewarding positions infields such as business and finance. The current CEOs of Telstra andBritish Airways both hold PhDs in nuclear physics.Other CEOs of major hospitals and some Heads of CommonwealthGovernment departments hold PhD degrees. Defence is an example.So how did they do it? And what do they (and perhaps others) haveto offer in these non-traditional fields? To talk about these questions,and to provoke some debate on the future employment of physicists,we have Dr Tony Butterfield, Assistant Commissioner for Taxation,ATO Canberra, and Dr Ian Tuohy, Scientific Manager of BritishAerospace (Australia), Technology Park. Both are graduates ofAdelaide. Emeritus Professor John Prescott of Adelaide Universityhas agreed to speak on his job surveys. Visitors are welcome andstudents are encouraged to attend and ask questions.For more information phone John Patterson: 8222 4038.

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I am concerned that of up to 80,000graduates less than 1,000 are on theSenate Postal Address List andtherefore, many graduates will fail tovote at the forthcoming election forCouncil Members.The election for the Council of theUniversity of Adelaide will be heldduring the course of the next twoweeks until 5.00pm on 8 November,after which time no further votes willbe accepted.All graduates of the University areeligible to vote but voting is notcompulsory.To receive a voting paper you need tobe enrolled on the Senate PostalAddress List.If you are not enrolled or have notreceived a voting paper you should:-1. Write to the Returning Officer (Susan

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3408.This year the Senate, ie. potentially allgraduates, elect three candidates froma field of eight nominations. I have renominated as a member ofCouncil and seek your vote.I am currently in my second year asChair of the Finance Committee of thisUniversity and I believe that I bring arange of skills to the Council and thatthe next two years will be a very testingtime for our University.Issues such as:-1. The role of management;2. Our relationship with our overseas

Alumni;3. The challenge of globalisation;to name but three, demonstrate thatwhat this University needs is a Councilwhich can both make and respond tochange whilst at the same timepreserving those values and attitudeswhich we hold dear. I believe that astrong Council is necessary to achievethese goals.

Fragments feature in PATU performanceWORKS at the shorter end ofthe musical time scale are thefocus of a new performanceby Elder Conservatorium-School of Performing Artspianist Stephen Whittingtonon Tuesday 24 October.In Fragments/Visions, Mr Whittingtonwill perform works by a wide range ofcomposers ranging varying in lengthfrom a few minutes to a few seconds,many of which will be performed forthe first time in Australia.Mr Whittington, who is coordinator ofthe Performing Arts Technology Unitand also teachers composition, musictheory, acoustics and electronic music,is renowned for his performances ofepic works like the two-hour TriadicMemories by Morton Feldman, but isnow turning his attention to theencapsulation of a poetic vision in themicroscopic.Born in the crucible of Romanticpassion in the early 19th century, theminiature has attracted composersthroughout the last 150 years.Mr Whittington will perform cycles ofshort works by Arnold Schoenberg,Pierre Boulez, Alexander Scriabin, and

the enigmatic 19th century composer-virtuoso Alkan, together with theworld premiere of a new work writtenfor him by French composer SophieLacaze, and interludes by John Cage,Gyorgy Kurtag, and former AdelaideUniversity composers-in-residence,Howard Skempton and Peter Garland.“I have a commitment to performingmusic by composers who areinternationally acknowledged aseminent—Pierre Boulez, GyorgyKurtag, John Cage—but are rarelyperformed in Australia owing to thedifficulty of the music,” he said. “I believe it is essential that Adelaideaudiences hear this music tocounteract the effects of geographicalisolation —’the tyranny of distance’—and the potential for parochialism.”

—Ben Osborne

Fragments/Visions will be performedat Adelaide University’s PerformingArts Technology Unit at 8.00pm onTuesday, 24 October. The Unit islocated on Level 5 of the SchulzBuilding (take lifts from the ScottTheatre foyer), and admission is$10/$5.

Stephen Whittington. Photo: Ben Osborne.

Glass of frontignac saves the dayFRONTIGNAC may have become anunfashionable wine in recent years,but it was the toast of the recentBarossa Music Festival thanks toworld-famous composer Sir PeterMaxwell Davies.Max, as he’s known, composed an all-newpiece of music called A Glass Of Frontignac,written for and performed in its world premiere(all in the same day) by Adelaide University’sElder New Music ensemble.

It was a spur-of-the moment decision by Maxwhen another group didn’t show up forrehearsal at a masterclass at Chateau Yaldara.Elder New Music, under the guidance ofAdelaide University senior lecturer Mr GrahameDudley, was scheduled to have two hours ofrehearsal with Max, followed later by a publicperformance.“There was I, faced with a two-hour rehearsaland then a masterclass of one hour on a pieceof mine lasting only five minutes, whichGrahame had already conducted with thestudents and which they could play perfectlywell,” Max said.“So I thought: ‘right, only one thing to do—rehearsal cancelled, I’m going back to the hotelto write another piece’.”

And that’s exactly what happened. In a coupleof hours, Max had composed his new work,scribbling the notes down on paper, whileGrahame Dudley photocopied, cut and pasted the pieces together for the variousperformers.“I was still sticking the the second movementtogether in the back of the car on the way back

to Yaldara while Max was rehearsing the first movement with the students,” Grahamesaid.“He gave the students their music, they hadabout five minutes to look at their individualparts, then he started the rehearsal—theaudience was already waiting outside for themasterclass to start.”The reaction of both the students and theaudience was enormous. In fact, the piece wasso well received they decided to play it again onthe final Sunday of the Barossa Music Festivalat Peter Lehmann’s winery.

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World-renowned composer Max Davies (left) with Elder Con senior lecturer Grahame Dudley.

Max, Grahame and the Elder New Musicensemble at Chateau Yaldara.

11.00am Politics Postgraduate/Staff Seminar: New Scenery on theThird Way by Lionel Orchard (FlindersUni). Room 420, Napier Building.

1.00pm Clinical andExperimental PharmacologySeminar: Opioid effects and with-drawal in the rat, by Mr RaymondChan (Clinical & Experimental Pharm-acology). Medical School, North.

1.10pm Geographical & Environ-mental Studies Seminar: WildThoughts from Tame Places: UrbanBiodiversity Education, by Dr SandraTaylor (Geographical & EnvironmentalStudies). Room 104, EnvironmentalStudies Building.

1.10pm Law School Seminar:Australian Crown Lands: A propertyinstitution, by Paul Babie. Room 216,Ligertwood Building. Sandwichesprovided.

1.10pm Student Workshop: LearnDeep Relaxation by Mark O’Donoghue.Counselling Centre, Ground Floor,Horace Lamb Building.

2.00pm English Seminar:“Another kind of mind”. Drugs, dissentand the idea of transformation in thepsychedelic counterculture of the 60s,by Andrew Cook. How can you live ina city of monuments? ReadingCommemoration and Forgetting inAdelaide’s North Terrace and RiverTorrens Precinct, by Emily Potter.Room 618, Napier Building.

3.30pm ACUE Seminar: Progressof students through the Adelaide BDScourse, by Dr Dimitra Lekkas (Lecturer,Dentistry). Seminar Room 2, SchulzBuilding.

12noon Child Health ResearchInstitute Seminar: Milk and InfantMucosal Immunity, by Dr ImmePenttila. Seminar Room, 7th floor,Rieger Building, WCH. Lightrefreshments provided.

1.10pm Student Workshop:Surviving a PhD by Mark O’Donoghue.Counselling Centre, Ground Floor,Horace Lamb Building.

3.15pm Anthropology Seminar:Polytropy and Dhalwangu Song: AnInitial Formulation, by Peter Toner(Anthropology). Room 722, NapierBuilding.

6.00pm Don DunstanFoundation, Centre for LabourResearch, Adelaide ResearchCentre for Humanities and SocialSciences, and the SouthAustralian Council of SocialService present: W(h)ither Welfare?Welfare Reform in the US andAustralia, by Professor Joan Acker.AEU, 163 Greenhill Road, Parkside.

7.30pm Musicological Society ofAustralia, SA Chapter, Inc/ ElderConservatorium, School ofPerforming Arts presents: TheCollision of Politics and Music in PostWorld War 1 Germany: SelectedAspects, by Derek Stiller. “Commitmentor Abrogation? Avant-garde Music and

Jean-Paul Sartre’s Idea of CommittedArt”, by Mark Carroll. Room 1107,Schulz Building (enter via western doornear Scott Theatre). Refreshmentprovided - gold coin donation please.

10.10am Electrical & ElectronicEngineering Research Seminar:Wavelet Analysis of Heart Sounds bySheila Messer ( Electric & ElectronicEngineering). Room EM212, NewEngineering & Mathematics Building.

1.00pm Social Inquiry Seminar:Countering Domestic Violence:Innovative Strategies of the State andvoluntary Organisations in Karnatakeand Gujarat by Professor VeenaPoonacha (Women’s Studies, SNDTUni, India). Seminar Room, 3rd Floor,10 Pulteney Street.

1.10pm Geology and GeophysicsSeminar: To be advised, by Dr GeorgeWilliams (Dept Geology & GeophysicsU of A). Mawson Lecture Theatre.

1.10pm Genetics PhD Update:Richard Tamme (third year). SeminarRoom, Ground Floor, Fisher Building.

4.00pm Physiology Seminar:How Does Sperm Meet Egg? by AssocProf W Breed (Anatomical Sciences).Room N417, Level 4, Medical SchoolNorth.

12noon Hanson Centre forCancer Research Seminar:Hormonal factors in prostate cancerdevelopment and progression, byProfessor Wayne Tilley (FlindersCancer Centre, Flinders MedicalCentre). Robson Theatre, RAH.

12.05pm Psychology Seminar:Psychosocial influence on workerscompensation claims by Kevin Newton(HR manager, OH&S). Room 527,Hughes Building.

1.00pm Environmental BiologySeminar: The ecology of woodyplants in Southern Australia by TanjaLenz (Environmental Biology).Benham Lecture Theatre, ground floor,Benham Building.

10.00am Social Inquiry - LabourStudies Seminar: The TrainingAgenda - For What? by MichaelKeenan. Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 10Pultney Street.

11.30am Social Inquiry - GenderStudies Seminar: Women in Politics:Kenya and Australia, a comparativestudy by Edith Miguda. SeminarRoom, 3rd Floor, 10 Pulteney Street.

1.10pm Elder ConservatoriumLunch Hour Concert: Works byKhachaturian, Vasks, & Boutok. Peter

Handsworth - clarinet, Semyon Kobets- Violin, Tamara Smolyar - Piano. $3 atthe door, inc GST. Elder Hall.

1.10pm Centre for Asian StudiesSeminar: Recent Issues ConcerningJapanese Education by Dr ShokoYoneyama. Level 5, Room 518,Ligertwood Building.

4.00pm Obstetrics &Gynaecology Seminar: Caesareansection - intervening at a cultural level,by Dr Deb Turnbull (Senior Lecturer,General Practice & Psychology), and DrChris Wilkinson (Obstetrics &Gynaecology, WCH). Seminar Room,6th Floor, Medical School.

10.00am Politics Postgraduate/Staff Seminars: Auto-Regulation:Internet Policy in Singapore by TerenceLee; The Book & Print-based Media inContemporary Society by VictoriaReynolds; The Matter of Bodies inSocial & Political Theory by ChrisBeasley. Room 420, Napier Building.

12noon Plant Science Seminar:Improving strategies in barley breedingusing microsatellite markers, by MrAngelo Karakousis (PhD Student).Arabinoxylan metabolism in germ-inated barley, by Mr Robert Lee (PhDStudent). Seminar Room, Waite.

1.10pm Student Workshop: LearnDeep Relaxation by Mark O’Donoghue.Counselling Centre, ground floor,Horace Lamb Building.

4.00pm ACUE/HERDSA(SA)Seminar: Teaching as we believe:Using IT in higher education, byProfessor John Bain (GriffithUniversity). ACUE Seminar Room,2nd Floor, Schulz Building.

7.30pm Institute of Physics Non-Traditional Careers Night:Speakers: Dr Tony Butterfield (ATO),Dr Ian Tuohy, (British Aerospace Aust),and Prof John Prescott. Kerr GrantLecture Theatre, Physics Building.

8.00pm History of Science,Ideas & Technology Group: MentalBlocks - The fateful delays in thediscovery of nuclear fission, by Mr BobMajor (Geologist). Royal SocietyRooms, Plane Tree Court (behind StateLibrary) off Kintore Ave.

8.00pm Classical Association ofSouth Australia Meeting: Cicero’sIdeal Orator by Dr Malcolm Gillies.Hughes 723, Hughes Building.

9.00am Learn IT Symposium: SeeBulletin Board, page 3 for full details.

3.15pm Anthropology Seminar:“...so terrible indeed that women andnervous persons fly from the sight ofhim...” The Myth of the Elephant Manby Damon Parker (Anthropology.Room 722, Napier Building.

5.00pm North Terrace Neuro-science Discussion Group: Axonguidance during development andregeneration of the nervous system byDr Simon Koblar (Genetics). SeminarRoom, 6th Floor, Medical School, Nth.

6.00pm CISME Seminar: Popu-lation Policy for Australia by Dr TimFlannery BA MSc PhD, (Director SAMuseum). Council Room (enter viaHughes Building lifts,). Refreshmentsfrom 5.30pm.

10.10am Electrical & ElectronicEngineering Seminar: Towards theImplementation of Arbitrary BooleanFunctions in Threshold Logic by PeterCelinski (Electrical & ElectronicEngineering). Room EM212, NewEngineering & Mathematics Building.

12.30pm Clinical NursingSeminar: Promoting Best Practice inthe Management of Peripheral Intra-vascular Devices by Mr Rick Wiechula(Acting Director, Joanna BriggsInstitute for Evidence Based Nursingand Midwifery). Room 36, Level 3,Eleanor Harrold Building, RAH.

1.10pm Genetics Seminar: Titleto be announced by Dr Michal Fietz.Seminar Room, Ground Floor,southern entrance, Fisher Building.

5.30pm Centre for BiomedicalEngineering: Student Papers Night.Hone Lecture Theatre, Medical SchoolSouth.

12.05pm Psychology Seminar:Towards the measurement of organisa-tional culture by Liz Kummerow(Commerce). Room 527, Hughes.

1.00pm Environmental BiologySeminar: The ecophysiology ofEcklonia radiata by Anne Fairhead(Environmental Biology) BenhamLecture Theatre, Ground Floor,Benham Building.

10.00am Social Inquiry LabourStudies Seminar: Locating SouthAustralia in the Changing World-System, by Stewart Sweeney. SeminarRoom, 3rd Floor, 10 Pulteney Street.

11.30am Social Inquiry GenderStudies Seminar: CompetingDiscourses of Domestic Violence byMichelle Jones. Seminar Room, 3rdFloor, 10 Pulteney Street.

1.10pm Elder ConservatoriumLunch Hour Concert: SelectedChamber Music Ensembles for theElder Conservatorium. Admission $3at the door, inc GST. Elder Hall.

2.00pm Social Inquiry Seminar:Mother, Daughter and Granddaughters. Life stories of threegenerations of an Indian family. 1866 -1950’s by Professor Veena Poonacha,(Women’s Studies, SNDT University,India). Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 10Pulteney Street.

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MONDAY 23 OCTOBER

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER

THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER

THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER

MONDAY 30 OCTOBER

FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER

TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER

WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER

For further information aboutthe following vacancies pleaserefer to Human Resources’ Webpage at <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/HR/advpos.htm> or thecontact person named in theadvertisement.

Please note that applica-tions, in duplicate, addressingthe selection criteria and quotingthe relevant reference numbershould include names and fulladdresses of three referees. Theaddress for applications is C/- theDepartment or Officer named inthe advertisement. Selectioncriteria and applicable dutystatements may be obtainedfrom the contact officernamed in the advertisement.

Applications for the followingvacancy will be consideredonly from members of thestaff of the University

GENERAL LIBRARYASSISTANT(Ref: 9278) (Continuing)Adelaide University Library

Salary: HEO2 $25,815-$27,445(Junior rates apply to those 20years of age and under)

Located in the Law Library toundertake a variety of clericalactivities. The continuingposition is available from 1January 2001. Further detailsfrom Margaret Priwer, tel 83035025. Duty statement andselection criteria from theLibrary Administration, tel 83034064. Applications close 30October 2000.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT(Ref: 1557) (Fixed-term)Farm Services, RoseworthyCampus

Full-time Salary: HEO2 $25,815-$27,445 (Junior rates apply tothose 20 years of age and under)

The successful applicant willassist the Administration Officerto provide necessary administra-tive support to Farm ServicesRoseworthy Campus.

This fixed-term position is avail-able from 1 November 2000 for12 months on 22.05 pw. Furtherdetails Andrew Polkinghorne,General Manager, Farm Services,tel 8303 7679. Applications close30 October 2000.

Applications for the followingvacancies are not restrictedto members of theUniversity.

LECTURER/SENIORLECTURER RURAL ENTERPRISEMANAGEMENT (Ref: 10607) (Fixed-Term)Agronomy and Farming Systems,Roseworthy Campus

Salary: Level B $49,249-$ 58,484Level C $60,329-$ 69,564

The Department is responsiblefor research, postgraduate andundergraduate training inagronomy and related areas

across the Faculty of Agriculturaland Natural Resource Sciences.

This fixed-term position is avail-able from January 2001 for threeyears. Further details ProfessorDavid Coventry tek 8303 7954 oremail <david.coventry@adelaide.edu.au>. Applicationsclose 30 October 2000.

MANAGER, SECURITYSERVICES(Ref: 7256) (Continuing)Property Services

Salary: HEO7 $43,478-$48,779

This continuing position isavailable immediately. Informa-tion may be obtained from JohnLarwood, tel 8303 4244. Appli-cations close 27 October 2000.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT(Ref: 4814) (Fixed-Term)Department of Plant Science,Waite Campus

Salary: HEO4 $31,252-$34,376

To assist with the development ofgenetic transformation tech-niques for barley. This fixed-term position is availableimmediately until 30 June 2001.Further details Secretary, PlantScience, tel (08) 8303 7289 or fax(08) 8303 7109. Applicationsclose 27 October 2000.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT(Ref: 3848) (Continuing)Human ResourcesSalary: HEO4 $31,252-$34,376

The Department of HumanResources is seeking to appoint aPersonal Assistant to the GeneralManager, Human Resources.This continuing position is avail-able from December 2000.Further details from June Sando,tel 8303 5747 or email <june.sando@adelaideedu.au>. Appli-cations close 3 November 2000.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT(Ref: 10621) (Continuing)Media Marketing & Publications

Full-time Salary: HEO3 $27,174-$30,979

The Media Marketing & Publica-tions Unit is seeking a capableperson to be Personal Assistant tothe manager of the web servicessection of the Unit. Thiscontinuing position is availablefrom 20 November 2000, 18.35hrs pw. Further information telMs Pue-San Ng on 8303 6479 oremail <puesan.ng@adelaide.edu.au>. Applications close 27October 2000.

Declaration of result

Election of undergraduatemembers of Council (twovacancies)

The appointed day for theelection was Wednesday 4October 2000.

There were five candidates forthe two vacancies on Council, thevacancies being for one yearfrom 6 March 2001. I declare thefollowing candidates elected:

ELYSIA TURCINOVICSTEPHEN MULLIGHAN

SUSAN GRAEBNERReturning Officer

Uni Super

The merger of SSAU and TESS toform UniSuper, the tertiary edu-cation sector’s main superannua-tion services provider, hasresulted in UniSuper becomingthe largest superannuationindustry fund in Australia,collectively worth $8.5 billion.

The Board announced thatUniSuper has consolidated itsinternal operations to providemembers with a singlesuperannuation fund which willemphasise flexibility, simplicityand quality service. The mergerof the investments andadministration operations ofSSAU and TESS is expected tohappen over the next 12 months.

With a combined membership of250,000 members, the growth ofboth schemes have been theresult of generous employercontributions, above averageinvestment returns and theirgrowing membership base. Inparticular, SSAU has been in thetop quartile of the InTech surveyof market-linked pooled fundsover the last five years, havingaveraged 14.2%. TESS credited15.6% to member accounts forthe 1999-2000 financial year, oneof the top rates among theindustry funds.

Staff car services

Adelaide University staff whotravel as part of their work canavail themselves of new transportservices following agreementsbetween the University and twoprivate companies, AVIS RentalCars and Hughes Cars.

Cars may be hired at preferentialrates from AVIS by phone (136333) or via the Internet, quotingthe AVIS Worldwide ElectronicBilling (WEB) number and theWizard number appropriate foryour department. Thesenumbers are available fromdepartmental offices, facultyfinance managers or Judy Telferat the Waite Campus (ext 37345).Staff who make frequent book-ings can be enrolled as AVISPreferred Customers. Accountmanager for the University isHelen Thompson, tel 8221 5525or email <helen.thompson@avis.com.au>. Staff can also avail of

the same preferential rates whenthey hire an AVIS car for privateuse.

Hughes Cars has been contractedto provide a car and driver hireservice as an alternative to taxis.(The company provides the sameservice to UniSA and Flindersstaff). Bookings must be madeat least 20 mins in advance byphone 8234 0835 or fax 82341068. The University accountnumber and departmental costcentre numbers, available fromthe department office, will berequired. Staff wanting to hire avehicle for private use can do soby calling CITICAR, a subsidiaryof Hughes Cars, tel 8443 3033.

Details can be obtained from thedepartment offices or from JudyTelfer ext 37345. Generalenquiries about either of theservices can be referred to BillAukett ext 34466, email:<bill.aukett@adelaide. edu.au>.

DepartmentalLearning & TeachingAward 2000

The aim of the DepartmentalLearning and Teaching Award isto promote and rewardexcellence in learning andteaching at a departmental level.

The winner of the 2000 AdelaideUniversity DepartmentalLearning and Teaching Award isthe School of Architecture,Landscape Architecture andUrban Design. The prize moneyof $25,000 is available to be usedby the School of Architecture,Landscape Architecture andUrban Design to supportcontinued development of theirlearning and teaching activities.

The Selection Committee,consisting of student andacademic staff representatives,considered the applicationswhich were considered to be ofextremely high quality.

The learning and teachingportfolios presented by thesuccessful applicants will beplaced on the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)’s websiteat: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/DVC/quality/quality.html>.

Further information can beobtained from Marie Reitano,Office of the Deputy Vice-Chan-cellor (Education), Rm G04,

Mitchell Building, ext: 35511,fax: 34873, email: <marie.reitano@adelaide.edu.au> ordownloaded from the DeputyVice-Chancellor’s website:<http://www.adelaide.edu.au/DVC/quality/departmental_l&t_award.html>.

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S I T U A T I O N SV A C A N T

G E N E R A LN O T I C E S

HUMAN RESOURCESDEADLINES FOR ADELAIDEAN

For the Adelaidean of 6 Novemberadvertising paper work must bereceived in Human Resources by 20October.

For the Adelaidean of 20 Novem-ber, advertising paper work must bereceived in Human Resources by 3November.

Missed the deadline?For all the latest news see the online bulletin boards at:<http://online.adelaide.edu. au> available to staff and students ofthe University.

Join a free 30 minute guided tour on the firstThursday of every month.

Ideal for students, staff or alumni unfamiliar withthe layout, collections, resources and services of theBarr Smith Library.

RSVP to Jennifer Osborn (Reference Services).Max of 12 per group.

Tel: 8303 3706 Email: <jennifer.osborn@ adelaide.edu.au>.

Barr Smith Library tours

AUTC VisitingScholarThe AUTC is sponsoring avisit to Australia by ProfessorAlison Wolf, Professor ofEducation and ExecutiveDirector, International Centrefor Research on Assessment,University of London.

Professor Wolf is inter-nationally renowned for herscholarship on the subject ofassessment and qualifications.

Her research interests includethe assessment of professional,technical and vocational skills,qualifications and the labourmarket and innovative testdesign.

Professor Wolf has led andparticipated in consultanciesfor numerous educationalorganisations, including theOECD, Schools Curriculumand Assessment Authority(UK), ministries of educationin South Africa, France and theUnited Kingdom, and theNational Council for Voca-tional Qualifications (UK).

Professor Wolf will be givingpresentations in a number ofvenues around the country ontopics relating to assessment inhigher education.

The following presentationswill be given in Adelaide:

Monday 13 November,10.00am - 12noon:What do ‘standards’ mean inhigher education? Can they benational? Should they be?

Monday 13 November, 1.00pm- 3.00pm:Assessment for learning: Canthis ever be move thanrhetoric?

Flinders University, MootCourt, Law and CommerceBuilding (adjacent to car park2, registrants will be suppliedwith a map).

Register with Fran Banytis,email: <staff.development@flinders.edu.au> or tel (08)8201 3699.

OCTOBER 23, 2000 Bulletin Board, PAGE 3

Netscape Calendar CoursesProfessional and Continuing Education is offering training courseson Netscape Calendar for Adelaide University staff. The coursesrun for a half day and cost $40.00. Spaces are limited. Pleasecontact Nadia Tarasenko on 8303 4777 for further information orto register.

LearnIT 2000 Symposium

Tuesday 31 October 2000, 9.00am - 4.30pm, Bragg LectureTheatre and Schulz Building

This symposium provides an opportunity for staff and students ofthe University to engage in discussion and learn about the future ofInformation Technologies and their role in enhancing learning andteaching at the University.

Program

8.30 Registration - Bragg Lecture Theatre

9.00 Opening: Professor P Boumelha, Deputy Vice-Chancellor,Education

Keynote Address: Professor John Bain (Griffith University)Teaching and learning with IT

10.00 Concurrent sessions

11.00 Posters, Displays and Demonstrations

(Coffee available from 11.00 and Lunch from 12.00)

1.00 Concurrent sessions

2.00 Panel Discussion: Where to with the use of IT in learningand teaching at Adelaide University?

Professor P Boumelha, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education

Associate Professor S Snyder, A/Director, ITS

Associate Professor T Woodbury, IT Strategic Committee

Dr G Crisp, University Learning and Teaching Committee

3.00 Concurrent sessions

4.00 Final Plenary: Professor John Bain Impressions of anoutsider

4.30 Close

Features of the day

• Pesentations of examples of the effective use of IT inteaching

• opportunity to find out about recently funded ITdevelopment projects

• discussion of problems in the use of IT in learning andteaching

• demonstration of software and hardware.

The full program, including abstracts of presentations, has beenposted.

Register by phoning Sarah McFetridge (ACUE) on 8303 5771 or byemail <Sarah.McFetridge@adelaide.edu.au> or register online at<http://online.adelaide.edu.au/RSVP>.

North Western Adelaide Health ServiceThe Queen Elizabeth HospitalA teaching Hospital of Adelaide University and the University ofSouth Australia

Scholarship Opportunities atTQEH in 2001Postgraduate Research ScholarshipsVacation Research ScholarshipsApplications close Tuesday 31 October 2000.

Honours Research ScholarshipsApplications close Friday 24 November 2000.

For details contact the Research Secretariat, TQEH, tel (08) 82227836 or (08) 8222 6870, email: <natalie.howard@nwahs.sa.gov.au>or <gwenda.graves@nwahs.sa.gov.au>, web site: <http://www.nwahs.sa.gov.au/research/Scholarships.htm>.

STUDIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH

The Department of Public Health at AdelaideUniversity offers a multi-disciplinary postgraduateprogram in Public Health to prepare graduates forcareers in public health or to broaden the publichealth orientation of those with establishedcareers.

The teaching aims to stimulate students to thinkcreatively about the distribution and causes ofhealth and illness in populations, and aboutpolicies and practices which support and improvethe health of the public.

• The Graduate Certificate in Public Healthconsists of course work and can be completedin one semester of full-time or two semestersof part-time study.

• The Graduate Diploma in Public Healthconsists of course work and can be completedin two semesters of full-time or four semestersof part-time study.

• The Master of Public Health consists of coursework and a dissertation and can be completedin three semesters of full-time or six semestersof part-time study.

Applicants to these awards may have a degree inany discipline relevant to public health. Inexceptional circumstances, persons withoutdegrees but with significant appropriateexperience may be considered.

• The Master of Medical Science is a two yearresearch degree. Entry to the degree is usuallybased on possession of a medical degree or anhonours degree, but may also be granted onthe basis of appropriate experience and/orevidence of a graduate’s ability to undertakeresearch.

• The Doctor of Philosophy is available tostudents who have qualified, at a high level, foran honours degree or equivalent at anAustralian University, and who satisfy thedepartment’s expectations. Exemptions to theusual academic requirements may sometimesbe made on the basis of appropriate experienceand/or evidence of a graduate’s ability toundertake research.

The Department has a strong research record andcan supervise students whose research interests liein the fields of nutrition, health policy, resourceallocation, reproductive health, public healthhistory, cancer prevention and early detection,ethics, and occupational and environmentalhealth.

For further details and application forms, pleasecontact Ms Linda Code, Department of PublicHealth, Adelaide University, Australia 5005,telephone (08) 8303 3572, or facsimile (08) 82234075 or e-mail <linda.code@adelaide.edu.au>.Applications for the 2001 courses close on Friday10 November 2000. World Wide Web URL:<http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/PublicHealth/>.

Public Health - 2001

Dental treatment forUniversity staff and studentsThe Colgate Australian Clinical Dental ResearchCentre (CDRC) is a state-of-the-art clinical researchfacility located in the Adelaide Dental Hospitalbuilding (adjacent to the Royal Adelaide Hospitaland IMVS) and is a unit of Adelaide University andthe Dental School.

Emergency dental treatment and routine dental careis available at the CDRC. All patient treatment iscarried out by qualified staff. Competitive rates andEFTPOS facilities are available. Concessions are alsoavailable for holders of University cards. Convenientpublic transport access is available.

For further information or to make an appointmentfor treatment, please contact Freya on 8303 3437.

Competitive Rates...Convenient Access

CDRC

D e n t a l S c h o o lAdelaide University

Studies in Occupational Health & Safety

The Department of Public Health of AdelaideUniversity jointly offers postgraduate courses inoccupational health and safety with the Universityof South Australia.

• The Graduate Certificate in OccupationalHealth and Safety Management covers theessentials of OHS law and managementpractice, occupational health, hygiene,ergonomics, safety issues and data analysis.

• The Graduate Diploma in OccupationalHealth & Safety Management provides indepth understanding of OHS managementsystems, interpretation and application of OHSlaw, occupational health and hygiene practiceand safety technology.

• The Master of Occupational Health andSafety offers advanced level studies inspecialised areas of occupational health andsafety, together with an opportunity toundertake research.

Applications are encouraged from people whohave an existing graduate certificate or graduatediploma in the occupational health and safety field(appropriate status can be granted towards themasters degree).

For further information and application formscontact: Linda Code on 08 8303 3572; email -<linda.code@adelaide.edu.au> Liz Bluff on 080302 0351; email - <Liz.Bluff@unisa.edu.au>.

Closing date for applications: Friday 24 November2000. World Wide Web URL: <http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/PublicHealth/>.

Occupational Health & Safety - 2001

SAOA general meeting8.15pm, Friday 27 October 2000, Charles Hawker ConferenceCentre, Waite Campus (enter at Waite Rd level; parking available)in Waite Rd car park).

Noted South Australian ornithologist Lynn Pedler is guest speaker atthe South Australian Ornithological Association’s next generalmeeting. Lynn will give an informative talk and slide show aboutthe birds of Kangaroo Island. Doors open at 7.00pm. Admission isfree - all welcome.

Origins of CivilUnrest lecture

12.30pm, Friday 27 October,Lecture Theatre 3, FlindersMedical Centre

The lurking racial, ethnic orreligious tensions that dividemany communities can belikened to lesions, thepathological processes in thehuman body that result frominjury or disease, according toprominent British academicSir Donald Acheson.

And these “social lesions”, liketheir physical counterparts,can deteriorate progressively orbe cyclical, he says. Thetension, prejudice and envymay remain latent for decadesor can express itself insegregation, intimidation andsporadic outbreaks of violence.

Sir Donald has first-handexperience of Northern Irelandand was involved in organisinghumanitarian relief for theWorld Health Organisation inYugoslavia and Chechnya.

Promote your lectures through MuseumThe South Australian Museum is willing to email its staff and StateLibrary staff about forthcoming lectures at Adelaide University.Details of lectures should be sent to: <Meakin.Sandy@saugov.sa.gov.au>.

OCTOBER 23, 2000 Bulletin Board, PAGE 4

Research Grants & Fellowships

The following is a sample of grant,fellowship and other research fundingschemes currently available forapplication. The complete listing,together with guidelines and appli-cation forms for some of the majorschemes, are available at: <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/>. For hardcopy application forms and guidelinesfor the funding schemes listed below,contact the Research Branch, ext35137; or email <kelly.parish@adelaide.edu.au>.Sponsored Programs InformationNetwork (SPIN): SPIN Australia - Adatabase containing current andcomprehensive information on over 2,600government and private fundingopportunities. The SPIN web site isaccessible via the Research Branch web site.

Local Government Association of SA -Local Government Research andDevelopment Scheme: Internal closingdate: Apply at any time. Web site:<http://www.lga.sa.gov.au>.

Brain Foundation - Parkinson’sResearch Grant 2001 & MigraineResearch Grant 2001: Internal closingdate: 23 October 2000.

University of Calgary, The CalgaryInstitute for the Humanities -Postdoctoral Fellowships 2001-2002:Internal closing date: 23 October 2000. Website: <http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/Others/CIH/CIHApplication.html>.

Sir Mark Mitchell Foundation -Research Funding 2001: Internalclosing date: 24 October 2000.

Australia - Israel Scientific ExchangeFoundation (AISEF) - PostgraduateResearch Fellowship: Internal closingdate: 24 October 2000.

Australian Greenhouse Office - Fundsfor Renewable Energy Projects:Internal closing date: 24 October 2000. Website: <http://www.greenhouse.gov.au>.

The Ditchley Foundation -conferences: Internal closing date: 24October 2000. Web site: <http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/general/ditchley.html>.

Australian Academy of Science -Scientific visits to the United States ofAmerica, Canada and Mexico: Internalclosing date: 25 October 2000. Web site:<http://www.science.org.au/internat/exchange/usavis.htm>.

National Heart, Lung, & BloodInstitute, USA - Supplements forEmbryonic Cryopreservation of Ratsin Hypertension Research: Internalclosing date: 26 October 2000. Web site:<http://www.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-98-009.html>.

Australian Academy of Science -Award for Research on theConservation of Endangered NativeAnimals: Internal closing date: 30 October2000. Web site: <http://www.science.org.au/awards/conservation.htm>.

University of Jerusalem - Golda MeirFellowships: Internal closing date: 30October 2000.

Juvenile Diabetes FoundationAustralia - 2000 Travel Grants forYoung Researchers: Internal closingdate: 31 October 2000. Web site: <http://www.jdfa.org.au>.

Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust -2001-2003 Fellowships: Internal closingdate: 1 November 2000.

Department of Education, Trainingand Youth Affairs - LongitudinalSurveys of Australian Youth AnalysisGrants: External closing date: 8 November2000. Web site: <http://www.detya.gov.au/tenders/tenders.asp>.

Australian Petroleum Production andExploration Association Limited - TonyNoon Memorial Fund (grant for

current or recent Honours students):Internal closing date: 17 November 2000.Web site: <http://www.appea.com.au>.

Rockefeller University - RockefellerArchive Centre Residencies andGrants-in-Aid: Internal closing date: 17November 2000. Web site: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/ac.giap.html>.

Japan Foundation - Annual GrantProgram: Internal closing date: 24November 2000.

Australian Telescope National Facility,CSIRO - Bolton Postdoctoral Fellow-ship: Internal closing date: 24 November2000. Web site: <http://www.atnf.csiro.au>.

Fisheries Research and DevelopmentCorporation - Research Funding:Internal closing date: 24 November 2000.Web site: <http://www.frdc.com.au>.

University of Cambridge - CorpusChristi College - Visiting Fellowships:Internal Closing Date: 1 December 2000.Web site: <http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/fellowship/visiting_fellow.shtml>.

American Association of UniversityWomen Educational Foundation -International Fellowships for 2001-2002: Internal closing date: 15 December2000. Web site: <http://www.aauw.org>.

Middle East Desalination ResearchCentre - Improvements in the LowEnergy Vapour CompressionDistillation Technology: Internal ClosingDate: Pre-proposals submitted any time;Full proposals 15 January 2001. Web site:<http://www.medrc.org.om>.

The Channel 7 Children’s ResearchFoundation of SA - Research Grants:Internal closing date: 29 January 2001.

Australian Museum - 2001 EurekaPrizes (for Environmental Education;Industry; Critical Thinking; Environ-mental Journalism; Promotion ofScience): Internal closing date: 2 February2001. Web site: <http://www.austmus.gov.au/eureka>.

National Facility Steering CommitteeOceanic Research Vessel Franklin -Call for applications for use ofFranklin in 2002 and expressions ofinterest for 2003 and beyond.:Internal closing date: 24 March 2001. Website: <http://www.marine.csiro.au/franklin/>.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation• Humboldt Research Awards for

Foreign Scholars• Alexander Von Humboldt

Foundation - Humboldt ResearchFellowships for Foreign Scholars

Applications may be submitted at any time.Nominations must be made by leadingGerman scholars or research institutions.Direct applications are not accepted. Pleasenote: The Selection committee meets threetimes a year, usually in March, July andNovember. The Foundation must receiveapplications by the Secretariat at least fivemonths prior to these meetings. Web site:<http://www.avh.de/en/index.htm>.

Australian Vice-Chancellors’Committee / DETYA - BradlowResearch Fellowship: Applications maybe submitted at any time.

Ian Potter Foundation and Ian PotterCultural Trust - Grants/Travel Grants:Various closing dates. Web site: <http://www.ianpotter.org.au>.

Rural Industries Research &Development Corporation (RIRDC)-Conference & Workshop TravelSupport Program: Applications will beaccepted throughout the year but must bereceived by the Corporation at least threemonths prior to the planned travel date.Web site: <http://www.rirdc.gov.au>.

Earthwatch Australia: Centre for FieldResearch (CFR) - Research Grants:Web site: <http://www.earthwatch.org/cfr/cfr.html>.

International Union Against Cancer(UICC) - International Cancer Fellow-

ship: International Cancer TechnologyTransfer Fellowships (ICRETT): Noclosing date, selection results within 60 days.Web site: <http://www.uicc.ch/>.

Australian Greenhouse Office -Alternative Fuel Conversion Program:Internal closing date: Apply at any time.Web site: <http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/transport>.

Heart Foundation - Travel Grants:Travel Grants may be applied for at anytime. (Applications should be lodged asearly as possible to allow time for furthercorrespondence, but not later than twomonths before the departure date). Website: <http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/research/index_fr.html>.

Wellcome Trust - Various Fellowships,Grants and Travel Awards: (biomedicalresearch): Applications can be submitted atany time. Web site <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/>.

Australian Centre for InternationalAgricultural Research (ACIAR) -Projects: Applications may be submitted atany time. Web site: <http://www.aciar.gov.au/>.

Australia Council for the Arts: TheCouncil offers a variety of fundingopportunities - New Work; Presentation andPromotion; Development; Triennial Grants;Fellowships; Partnerships; and Commis-sions. Web site <http://www.ozco.gov.au>.

National Parks Foundation of SouthAustralia Inc - Research Grants:Internal closing date: Applications may bemade at any time. Web site: <http://nfsa.mtx.net/frames.htm>.

American Chemical Society -Programs of the Petroleum ResearchFund: Applications may be made at anytime. Web site: <http://www.acs.org/acsgen/prf/grant.htm>.

Australia Council Grants Program -Aboriginal & Torres Strait IslanderArts: Internal closing date: Various. Website: <http://www.ozco.gov.au/atsia/index.htm>.

Australian Academy of TechnologicalSciences & Engineering - TheCrawford Fund Training Fellowships:(international research in agriculture andnatural resource management).Applications may be made at any time. Website: <http://www.atse.org.au/crawford/crawford.htm>.

Commonwealth Department ofVeterans’ Affairs - Local Commem-orative Activities Fund: Internal closingdate: Apply at any time. Web site: <http://www.dva.gov.au/health/grants/grants.htm>.

Cotton Research and DevelopmentCorporation (CRDC) - ResearchProjects Grants, Scholarships,Awards: Applications may be submitted atany time (however, main funding roundoccurs in January). Web site: <http://www.crdc.org.au>.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation -Max Planck Research Awards forInternational Cooperation: (anyacademic discipline): Applications may bemade at any time. Web site: <http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp_01.htm>.

International Wool Secretariat -Research and Development Projects:Applications may be submitted at any time.

Industry, Science & Resources; Deptof (DISR), Technology DiffusionProgram (TDP): This program has threeintegrated components:• Technology Alliances (including

Industrial Research AlliancesProgram),

• Technology Transfer, and• On-line Business.Further information about the TDP isavailable from the AusIndustry web site:<http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/tdp>.

Scholarships

Unless otherwise indicated, furtherinformation and application forms are available from the Student |Centre, Level 4, Wills Building. Please lodge all applications with theStudent Centre unless otherwisestated.Adelaide Postgraduate CourseworkScholarships: Available to studentsintending to enrol in a Masters bycoursework at Adelaide University in 2001.Applicants must be Australian citizens orPermanent Residents; have completed fouryears of tertiary study and have beenawarded a First Class Honours or equivalent.Awards are not available to those who will bereceiving in 2001 another equivalentscholarship/award to undertake the proposedprogram. Applicants should applyseparately for admission into the proposedcourse. Closing: 31 October (StudentCentre).

Australia-Israel Scientific ExchangeFoundation - Postgraduate Fellowship:Open to students enrolled in a postgrad-uate degree at an Australian university tospend up to six months working in a research laboratory in Israel. Value: up to$5000. Further information and appli-cations available from <http://www.swin.edu.au/research/>. Closing: 30 October(Vic).

Australian Postgraduate Awards/Adelaide University Scholarships2001: Available to students intending toenrol in a PhD or Masters by research atAdelaide University in 2001. Applicants mustbe Australian citizens or PermanentResidents, have completed four years oftertiary study and have been awarded a FirstClass Honours or equivalent. Awards are notavailable to those who will be receiving in2001 another equivalent scholarship/award toundertake the proposed program. Closing:31 October (Student Centre).

British Federation of UniversityWomen: A booklet providing details ofawards provided by the Federation isavailable on request to the Student Centre.

Cambridge Australia Trust Scholar-ships 2001 (including Packer andPoynton Scholarships): The Trust incollaboration with the Cambridge Common-wealth Trust in the UK are offering 12scholarships annually for PhD, and others forone-year professional masters students. Totalvalue of PhD scholarships is more than$140,000. Enquiries to: the HonorarySecretary, Cambridge Australia Trust, GPOBox 93, Canberra ACT 2601, tel: (02) 62487744, fax: (02) 6248 6287. Full detailsavailable from <http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/scholarships>.

Don Dunstan Foundation PostgraduateResearch Scholarship 2001: Open tofull-time postgraduate research students(PhD or Masters) for study at AdelaideUniversity, Flinders University or Universityof SA. The scholarship will be offered inareas fostering research and education on abroad range of issues concerning socialdevelopment. Closing: 10 November(Student Centre).

East-West Centre - Scholarships andFellowships 2001: Tenable at theUniversity of Hawaii at Masters and PhDlevel. Applicants must be citizens orpermanent residents of the USA or citizensof countries in Asia and the Pacific includingRussia. Further details available fromhttp://www.EastWestCenter.org/edu-sp.aspClosing: 1 November (USA).

George Murray Scholarship: Open toAdelaide University graduates who wish toundertake postgraduate study orpostdoctoral research in approveduniversities or other institutions outside ofAustralia. Postgraduate study tenable for upto three years, postdoctoral research tenablefor one year. Closing: 31 October (StudentCentre).

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