next ANZAAS Science Talk, Melbourne

Wednesday 16th April 2025, 6:30 pm

Professor Andrew Peele

Group Executive for ANSTO Nuclear Science and Technology

“Why does Nuclear Science and Technology matter to me?”

 

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is the steward of over $1B in critical research infrastructure, conducts world-leading research, and is home to a sizeable fraction of Australia’s nuclear workforce. As a result, ANSTO has a significant impact on the lives of all Australians. In this talk I will describe some of the benefits that nuclear science and technology can bring and how ANSTO is working with our best researchers to improve our planet, our people and our prosperity.
Professor Andrew Peele graduated in law, but then changed trajectory and obtained a PhD in physics at the University of Melbourne. He did post-doctoral research at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, before becoming head of science and Professor of Physics at La Trobe University, then Director of the Australian Synchrotron, President of the Australian Institute of Physics, and eventually Group Executive for ANSTO Nuclear Science and Technology.

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Forthcoming talks:

Wednesday 21st May       Professor John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University

Wednesday 18th June     Professor Ricky Johnstone, Executive Director Cancer Research, Peter Mac

 

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We are pleased to acknowledge the support by CSL and Bio21 for the ANZAAS Melbourne science talks series
Further Info: David Vaux   davidlaurencevaux@gmail.com

http://www.anzaas.org.au/victoria/

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Click HERE to see past ANZAAS Science Talks

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Tony Heyes November 2024
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David Vaux August 2024
Cell death: Bench to Bedside

Peter Cowan July 2024
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Richard Olive May 2024
The West Gate Bridge Disaster – A Failure at the Engineering, Organisational and Personal Levels

Greg Moore November April 2024
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Rachelle Buchbinder March 2024
Hippocrasy, how doctors are betraying their oath

Daniel Mathews November 2023
Topology and the shape of space

Beth Ebert October 2023
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David Komander September 2023
Playing Tag with Ubiquitin

David Vaux August 2023
A short history of cancer genes

Chris Greening May 2023
The atmosphere as a hidden energy source for life

Jim Goding March 2023
Transistors, the Microchip & the Second Industrial Revolution

Paul Lasky November 2022
A new window on the Universe

Peter Currie October 2022
Regeneration: Myths and monsters and modern medicine

Heather Mack September 2022
Injecting eyes with antibodies to treat problems of the retina

Helen Green August 2022
Dating Australia’s rock art

Mahdi Jalali July 2022
Transport electrification and integration of EVs within the electricity grid

Grant McArthur June 2022
Science led inroads into melanoma – Australia and New Zealand’s disease

Alan Duffy May 2022
Darkness visible down-under

Timothy Clark April 2022
The importance of reproducibility and integrity in science: a fishy perspective

Tilman Ruff March 2022
Ending the nuclear weapons era evidence, challenges and pathways

Brian Abbey November 2021
The colour of cancer: could ‘smart’ microscope slides transform tissue diagnostics?

Cameron Simmons October 2021
Creating stop signs in mosquitoes; is this the end-game for Dengue?

Madhu Bhaskaran September 2021
Unbreakable sensors the future is here

Anne Marie Tosolini August 2021
Fossil Leaves from Cretaceous and Paleogene Polar Environments

Geoff Brooks July 2021
Green Steel: Can we decarburise steel production?

 

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