On 9th & 10th July prospective students and parents will have the opportunity to learn what Roseworthy Campus is all about and have all your questions answered about the specific areas of study & interests.
There will be talks on specific degrees and courses as well as campus and building Tours. To Register go to: 2013 Roseworthy Info Sessions
For further information please refer to flyer.
Equine internal medicine specialist Dr Lidwien Verdegaal has come-up with the idea of using a “telemetric intestinal pill” to provide accurate core-body temperature data to riders in real time.
Like humans, horses doing heavy or energy intensive work in hot conditions suffer from dehydration, fatigue, heat stroke, and hypothermia. “The pill which is about the size of a large vitamin pill, is inserted through the mouth, where it travels through the intestinal tract.” “While in transit it sends the temperature data to a device which is connected to a belt around the horse.”
To read further about this chill pill go to the ABC Rural website’s article of the same title.
The University of Adelaide’s Professor James Paton has been elected as a Fellow to the Australian Academy of Science.Professor Paton, who is is the Director of the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases in the School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, has made major scientific contributions to the field of pathogenesis and prevention of bacterial infectious diseases.
His research focuses on the human pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli.
To view the full article please head University of Adelaide’s News & Events media release.
The Debate @ The Waite is on again this Thursday, 21st of March at 6.30 pm at the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campus, Urrbrae.
Six experts will be debating the topic “Cutting Australia’s meat consumption by half will be better for us and the planet”.
The debate will be hosted by Dr Paul Willis, Director of the RiAus.
For more information (including links to register) see the attached flyer or go to http://waiteresearchinstitute.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/waitedebatemeat
You can also follow the debate on Twitter by following @waiteresearch and using the hashtag #agchatoz.
A research team from the University’
s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) has found the answer to one of natural history’s most intriguing puzzles – the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf. The new study also reveals how the wolf came to be the only land-based mammal on the islands, which are almost 300 miles from the Argentina mainland.
320 years later, researchers used tiny pieces of tissue from a skull that Scientist Charles Darwin himself collected. They compared that with DNA that was found in a specimen that was being stored in the attic of the Otago Museum in New Zealand. Unlike earlier findings, the new study concludes that the Falkland Islands wolf, Dusicyon australis, became isolated approximately 16,000 years ago during the peak of the last glacial period.
South Australia’s pig industry will be supported by local research into sow and piglet housing, reproduction, welfare and other initiatives under the new Southern Pork Alliance.
The alliance, launched at the University of Adelaide Roseworthy Campus on Friday 22.02.2013, between the University’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), will capitalise on the higher education, animal health and welfare, reproduction, molecular diagnostics, product quality and food safety capabilities at Roseworthy as well as the Waite Campus in Adelaide.
The evolution of the human diet has not necessarily been a positive thing for the health of our teeth, according to study leader Professor Alan Cooper, ACAD Director.
Dr Cooper has looked into DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and behaviour from the Stone Age to the modern day.
“This is the first record of how our evolution over the last 7500 years has impacted the bacteria we carry with us, and the important health consequences,” says Dr Alan Cooper.
“Oral bacteria in modern man are markedly less diverse than historic populations and this is thought to contribute to chronic oral and other disease in post-industrial lifestyles.”
For further information, please go to the University of Adelaide News & Events Press Release article titled: Ancient teeth bacteria record disease evolution.
The Science Experience program is designed to give students who have an interest in science, an opportunity to engage in a wide range of fascinating science activities under the guidance of scientists who love their work!
The University of Adelaide run the program in mid January each year (15-17 Jan 2013). Students wishing to undertake the program should refer to the website below. The program is offered to students in years 9 & 10.
Registrations are still OPEN so students who are interested can still sign up for January’s session. Sponsorship for the program can be gain by inquiry with local Rotary clubs who strongly support this program.
An international team including University of Adelaide scientists has discovered the molecular change in echidnas enabling both parents to influence the growth of the embryo during pregnancy in mammals.
The authors of this work, published this week in the prestigious journal Science, say this provides insight into the evolution of embryo growth regulation in mammals.
Associate Professor Briony Forbes and Associate Profes
sor Frank Grützner, both from the University of Adelaide’s School of Molecular & Biomedical Science, are co-authors of this work, which has been led by researchers at the universities of Oxford and Bristol.
“This research is a great example of how Australia’s unique native animals can shed light on mammalian evolution,” Associate Professor Grützner says.
“Echidnas and platypuses are unique egg-laying mammals that evolved much earlier than humans, but interestingly they still feature a period of fetal maternal exchange during their short 2-3 week ‘pregnancy’. The unique Australian monotremes can therefore be regarded as ‘intermediates’ between egg-laying birds and intrauterine mammalian development and have been crucial for this discovery.”
The change from egg-laying to extended pregnancy sparked the evolution of what scientists describe as a “parental conflict” over the maternal resources provided to the fetus in mammals.
“On the molecular level, the growth factor IGF2 and its inhibitor, the IGF2 receptor, play a central role in this conflict between father and mother, which is thought to result in parent-of-origin dependent gene activity. This means that of the two igf2 gene copies, the one inherited from the father is active, thereby promoting growth and energy extraction from the mother, whereas the mother’s copy is inactive, to limit growth of the embryo and save her energy for future offspring,” Associate Professor Forbes says.
“For the growth-inhibiting IGF2 receptor, the switch settings are opposite: off from the paternal gene and on from the maternal gene.
“Until now it was unclear how IGF2 and its receptor became involved in this parental ‘tug-of-war’ found uniquely in mammals.
“This new paper in Science reports the detailed structure of the igf2 receptor in birds, monotremes, opposum and humans, and reveals how the structure of the igf2 receptor protein has changed in mammals in a way that has enabled IGF2 binding and inhibition of its action,” she says.
“It is amazing that egg-laying monotremes provide us with such a fascinating new insight into the molecular basis of embryo growth regulation during pregnancy.
“This is the first molecular evidence about how these two genes became the means of a parental conflict over embryo growth in mammals. It is a major stepping stone in understanding why some genes are regulated differently between fathers and mothers.”
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3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Faculty of Sciences Final – Tue 20th August 2013
All who are interested in attending are encouraged to register as *drinks and nibbles will be provided after the competition; making this a perfect networking occasion.
Time: 6.00 – 7.30pm
Date: Tue 20th August 2013
Venue: The Braggs Lecture Theatre
Register: [2013sciences3mt.eventbrite.com.au]
Everyone is welcome.
*Please note: It is important to Register due to catering purposes.