Event roundup

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT)™ competition develops academic and research communication skills. Participants give an engaging and dynamic talk on their research topic to a non-specialist audience in just 3 minutes.

This years winner is Sport Science, Exercise and Health student Michael Wheeler with his talk on the impact of sitting on brain function.

@1’30” GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

Over a century ago Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves but we still needed scientific proof. In September 2015 gravitational waves were detected for the first time and again earlier this year. Winthrop Professor David Blair is Director of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre. For nearly half a century David has been working towards their discovery.

@16’40” CREATING PET FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES

In Europe pets are welcome on public transport and in aged care facilities in some places but in Australia you encounter mixed attitudes when you take your pets out in public. Are we catching up? Dr Hayley Christian is a Research fellow in the School of Population Health at the University of Western Australia and one of her areas of interest in creating pet friendly communities.

@27’00” ROCK ART

We look at the significance of rock in areas like the Kimberley. Professor Jo MacDonald – Director of the Centre for Rock Art Research and has studied rock art in the Western desert in Australia and the great basin in the United States.

@ 39’00” DR KARL

SCIENCE TALKBACK segment answering audience questions