French Seminar
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The South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Embassy of France in Australia are jointly offering an informative workshop highlighting bilateral collaboration between South Australia and France - "France and South Australia: Current Joint Activities in Science & Technology and Future Directions for Cooperation".
Date | Friday 24 July, 2009 |
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| Time | 9.00am - 5.00pm |
| Venue | Hetzel Lecture Theatre - State Library of South Australia |
Program
Please note: there have been changes made to the program (changes made: 21 July)
Time | Activity |
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9.00am | Registration |
9.15am | Opening and Welcome Mr Bronte Treloar, Director, University City Project, Department of the Premier and Cabinet SA |
9.20am | Dr Craig Fowler, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology |
9.35am | Professor Michel Thibier, Senior Scientific Counsellor, Embassy of France |
9.50am | Overview of the University of Adelaide’s links with universities in France Prof John Taplin, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Adelaide |
10.05am | Biochemical pathway that converts the plant-type omega-3 fats in the human diet to the fish-type omega-3 fats Dr Michael James, Affiliate Professor, Medicine, University of Adelaide |
10.20am | Crystal structures of catalytic proteins involved in cell wall metabolism of cereal plants Associate Professor Maria Hrmova, Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) |
Morning Tea (10.40am - 11.00am) | |
10.55am | Spatial control of transgene expression in rice to investigate salinity tolerance mechanisms in cereal Dr Olivier Cotsaftis, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Adelaide and ACPFG |
11.10am | Molecular genetic strategies for enhancing the resistance of grapevines to fungal pathogens Dr Ian Dry, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry |
11.25am | Overview of the Centre for Stem Cell Research Associate Professor Mark B Nottle, Principal Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) |
11.40am | Research in Agriculture, Food and Wine: Current and Future Collaborative Opportunities Professor Roger A Leigh, Head, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, and President, Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture |
11.55pm | Experiences with French students in the development of new food products Dr Andrew Barber, Principal Scientist, Food Innovation and Value Chain, SA Research and Development Institute |
12.10pm | Food safety and other microbiologic aspects of food innovation projects Dr Andreas Kiermeier, Program Leader, Food Safety Research, SA Research and Development Institute |
12.25pm | Nanotechnology platforms for the study of cell membrane function Professor Nico Voelcker, School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, SA Research and Development Institute |
12.40pm | Why and how a French dude ended doing research in South Australia? Professor Laurent Seuront, Biological Oceanography, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University |
12.55pm | Engagements of the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University with French research Associate Professor Jim Mitchell, Biological Oceanography, Head of School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University |
Lunch (1.10pm - 2.35pm) | |
Afternoon Chair Professor Richard Russell, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Reasearch Operations & Dean of Graduate Studies, Univeristy of Adelaide | |
2.35pm | Collaborations in astro-photonics (Adaptive optics research with VIRGO and Gemini Projects) Prof Jesper Munch, Chair of Experimental Physics, University of Adelaide |
2.50pm | The study of atmospheric waves in the stratosphere using superpressure balloons developed by CNES Professor Robert Vincent, University of Adelaide: Collaboration with Laboratoire de Meterologie Dynamique, Ecole Polytechnique |
3.05pm | Visual sociology of place and space with Rennes University 2 Haute Bretagne: a Celtic connection Associate Professor Colin MacDougall, Discipline of Public Health and Southgate Institute for Health, Equity and Society, Flinders University |
3.20pm | Water Management in EU and Australia Professor Jennifer McKay, Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws, Business Law, School of Commerce, University of South Australia, and PhD Student |
3.35pm | Investigation of Alms1 protein function using the “Fat Aussie” mouse model of human Alström syndrome Ms Dorothee Girard, Flinders University, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology and Polytech Clermont-Ferrand |
3.50pm | United Water and the French Connection Dr Stephanie Rinck-Pfeiffer, Research and Development Manager, United Water |
4.05pm | Concluding remarks Adj. Professor Nicola Sasanelli, Special Envoy, Higher Education and Trade (Europe) |
Networking (4.20pm) Please join us for a selection of cheese and wine from France and South Australia French produce kindly provided courtesy of "Alliance Française" of Perth (Director: Philippe Marsé) | |
