VIC – chocolate chemistry

>From Bean to Bar… Chocolate chemistry
Join us for the unusual opportunity to taste, smell and examine the different steps in chocolate making and understand why people eat the treated fruit of the cacao plant.
Anyone who likes chocolate is welcome.
Good quality dark chocolate is a very complex food, containing more than 400 different molecules. Many of […]

Robot World Live! Video event for National Science Week (ACT/NSW)

ROBOT WORLD LIVE! EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN
What¹s happening in robot research today? What directions is it taking, and why? What are the implications for our world?
Using video conferencing to link multiple audiences, science presenter Bobby Cerini will host a fascinating journey into the emerging field of robotics.
Featuring: > * International robotics experts * Active video […]

Sth Aust – Would you like some gene tech with that? A Nat Sci Week event

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME GENE TECHNOLOGY WITH THAT?
We need to find a way to feed an extra 3 – 4 billion people by 2050.
Can gene technology play a role?
With an expert panel, participate in a discussion on this topic. Give feedback, vote and have a say in the direction these technologies could take to ensure […]

Geoscience Australia will be presenting Geoscience by Night to celebrate National Science Week 2010. Two public lectures on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 August will highlight some of Geoscience Australia’s key research activities.
On Tuesday night, discover Australia’s energy resource potential, and learn more about our geothermal energy and groundwater resources. Wednesday night’s talks will explore […]

Free ANZAAS science talk, Melbourne Wed 18 Aug 6:30pm

Free ANZAAS talk, Melbourne Wed 18th August 6:30pm
All welcome, no booking needed At: Gene Technology Access Centre, 1H Royal Parade, Parkville Free drinks and pizza after the talk Professor Bryan Williams
Director, Monash Institute for Medical Research, and Director, Centre for Cancer Research
“Interferons and cytokines, a toll tale”
Interferons were discovered over fifty years ago and are […]

Senior Communications Coordinator role

Senior Communications Coordinator
· Corporate Communications
· Science Communications
· Melbourne CBD Location
· 70k Package
Work for Forest and Wood Products Australia, an industry services company providing national R&D and generic promotion of the […]

Econnect Communication seeking an experienced and skilled science communicator

THE ENVIRONMENT
We [Econnect Communication Pty Ltd] are a small team of science writers and communicators working nationally and internationally on science communication projects that seek to make a difference to the knowledge, skills and confidence of scientists, communities and farmers in communicating science important to people’s lives. We work on diverse projects often under tight […]

Drinks tonight, brunch with the Naked Scientist, the stupid species and more

Dear ASC’ers,
This is my occasional bulletin to the science communication community in Victoria.
In this bulletin:
· Networking with science communicators tonight at the Three Degrees Bar, Melbourne
· Brunch with the Naked Scientist at the Clare Café, Carlton
· […]

Geoscience Australia will be presenting Geoscience by Night to celebrate National Science Week 2010. Two public lectures on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 August will highlight some of Geoscience Australia’s key research activities.
On Tuesday night, discover Australia’s energy resource potential, and learn more about our geothermal energy and groundwater resources. Wednesday night’s talks will explore […]

UWA Sci Comm Seminar Friday 4pm; Industry Practicum Presentation

Industry Practicum with Econnect
The third speaker of UWA Science Communication Seminar Series is Caris Allen, a Science Communication student at UWA. She spent three weeks of her Semester Break working with [1]Econnect in Brisbane as part of her enrolment in Science Communication Practicum. Caris will be presenting a selection of her work portfolio from her […]