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Nobel Prizes 2006

Medicine

The Nobel prize for Medicine went to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for discovering a mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic information.

Physics

The Nobel prize for Physics went to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot for their discoveries supporting the Big Bang theory.

Chemistry

The Nobel prize for Chemistry went to Roger D. Kornberg for resolving the machinery that gives voice to DNA.

Go to the Nobel prize website for all the information on this year prizes and the science behind them:

www.nobelprize.org

International Year of Deserts and Desertification

2006 is the International Year of Deserts and Desertification

The year 2006 has been declared the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The following link is to the UNESCO website detailing the significance of the year.

UNCCD website or visit their dedicated website at

www.iydd.org

visualisation of microscopic biology

Drew Berry, of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, presented a talk for the Vic division in 2004. The award winning animator has DVDs visualising microscopic biology using Hollywood 3D animation techniques. The animations are based on research done at WEHI. To purchase a copy for the cost of the DVD and postage and handling, contact Drew via email at (wehi-tv@wehi.edu.au), or visit the WEHI website: Drew at WEHI

 









ANZAAS Victorian Division Science Talks 2006

Wednesday evenings - check the schedule in the 2006 seminar series link above, 
or  the talks shortcut below.
Free, all welcome. 
Booking not needed.
At the Kaleide Theatre 
RMIT, Melbourne
360 Swanston Street,
(  100 metres up from Latrobe Street  )

  - 2006 ANZAAS science talks -

The Last Talk For 2006:

was held on the 15thth November, 8 pm. 

Prof. Peter Dyson

Department of Physics, La Trobe University,

Characteristics of space weather, meteor flux and sea state - studies with the Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER)

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We are pleased to acknowledge the support of the Finkel Foundation, for the ANZAAS Melbourne science talks series

Call for medal nominations 2007

2007 nominations are called for, for the annually awarded ANZAAS medal and Mueller Medal.

The history and details of the ANZAAS medal awarded for the advancement of science can be found at the following link: 
'ANZAAS medal'

Also, the history and details of the Mueller medal, awarded for the authorship of important contributions to anthropological, botanical, geological or zoological science, with special reference to Australia, can be found at the following link:
Mueller medal 

Please email nominations to the ANZAAS national chairman, Dr. Mike Murray.

chair@anzaas.org.au




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