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12 May, 2015
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A Pencil in Every Knapsack: Digger Poetry of WWI
Date/Time: Friday, 1 May 2015 - Friday, 31 July 2015
Location: Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1, Barr Smith Library
Cost: Free - All welcome
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In the nine months of the campaign almost half a million Allied troops were deployed at Gallipoli, many of them decimated by death, disease and injury.
The Anzac legend, forged from the deeds of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli, signified for many the birth of Australian nationalism.
In the public imagination the idealised Anzac soldier was fearless, tough, inventive, loyal and gallant and a bit undisciplined, with a healthy disrespect for the British officer.
Tall and lean, a typical 'bushman' - the Anzac enjoyed a laugh, good company and a beer, but was modest and shy with women.
The Anzac legend was shaped largely by the literature of war, composed not only by war correspondents and poets at home but also on the battlefield.
Such was the extent of Anzac literature that it was held that every soldier had a poet's pencil in his knapsack.
Visit this exhibition of poetry which shaped the Anzac legend, composed on both the battlefield and the homefront and illustrated with contemporary sketches, cartoons and photographs. On display until 31 July during Library opening hours, Rare Books & Special Collections foyer, level 1, Barr Smith Library.
Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
Research Tuesdays: Stem Cells - extracting the facts
Date/Time: Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: The Braggs lecture theatre
Cost: Free
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Few lines of medical research hold quite so much promise - nor capacity to divide opinion - as stem cell therapies. As a leading institution globally in this important field, the University of Adelaide invites you to a public forum to cast light on its every angle - historical, clinical and ethical. You will learn:
The major milestones in stem cell research - the journey from mice to man.
The miraculous potential of embryonic stem cells, and why - almost 20 years since their isolation - they're still not used to cure disease.
The therapeutic advantages and limitations of adult stem cells.
The incredible regenerative possibilities presented by the emerging ability to reprogram ordinary adult cells as patient-specific pluripotent stem cells.
Don't miss this special event.
The presenters
Dr Michelle Lane is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Gamete and Embryo Biology Laboratory at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute. She is also Chief Scientific Officer of the Monash IVF Group, and worked with Professors Thomson and Jones at the University of Wisconsin to isolate and grow the world's first human embryonic stem cells in cell culture (1998).
Professor Stan Gronthos is Co-Director of the University of Adelaide's Centre for Stem Cell Research. During his postdoctoral training at the US National Institutes of Health on Stem Cell Research (1999 - 2001) he co-discovered several adult mesenchymal stem cell populations and invented protocols to isolate and propagate these cells from different postnatal tissues.
Professor Andrew Zannettino is the Professor of Experimental Haematology and Deputy Head of the University of Adelaide's School of Medical Sciences. Andrew also heads the Myeloma Research Laboratory and co-heads the Regenerative Medicine Program. In the early 1990s his studies with Stan Gronthos and Paul Simmons led to the isolation and characterisation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
Contact: Jessica Douglas, Email: jessica.douglas@adelaide.edu.au, Research Marketing Coordinator, Business: 08 8313 0884
Fulbright Distinguished Chair Public Lecture
Date/Time: Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: The Vines Room, National Wine Centre
Cost: FREE - all welcome
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My Road to Discovery - the Joys of Being a Physicist and an Engineer by Professor Richard Ziolkowski (Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science & Technology).
Event sponsored by DSTO as part of the Fulbright South Australia State Day.
Contact: Fulbright Commission, Email: RSVP@fulbright.com.au
