South Australia

ASMR Medical Research Week® Online Schools Quiz 2018

Twenty question, multiple choice Quiz for Year 7-12 Students

May 1 to July 2, 2018

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Prizes to be won – test your knowledge and inspire your imagination.

ASMR Medical Research Week ® Gala Dinner

June 4

Adelaide Pavilion

Featuring our Keynote Speaker,  ASMR Medalist 2018 Professor Hope Jahren

Professor Jahren is a geobiologist whose research is crossing interdisciplinary boundaries, using her knowledge and expertise in stable isotope chemistry to develop new tools to better understand dietary sugar intake and sugar metabolism.

Recognised by Popular Science magazine in 2006 as one of its “Brilliant 10” scientists and in 2016, Time Magazine named her as one of the world’s “ 100 Most Influential People”, Prof Jahren has also been awarded three Fulbright Scholarships, and currently holds the J. Tuzo Wilson professorship at the University of Oslo in Norway.

A passionate advocate for science and best selling author  of the critically acclaimed ‘Lab Girl’,  Prof Jahren’s story of the triumphs and challenges of a career in science will resonate with many.

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Dinner with a Scientist

June 5

South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Auditorium, North Terrace, Adelaide

6pm to 9pm

Bringing together local scientists from different research areas with the aim to educate and engage the general public in a relaxed setting where they can engage on a one-to-one basis with scientists.   The theme of this year’s ‘ Dinner with a Scientist’ event is ‘Mental Health: De-mystifying Depression and Anxiety in Society’.  The night will involve a dinner with presentations, followed by a Q&A session with our highly regarded panel of local scientists and researchers, including Professor Nicholas Procter and Dr Amanda Hutchinson.

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$45 per person ($40 for students).  Includes sit down, share platter style meal.

Bookings essential

ASMR SA Annual Scientific Meeting

June 6

National Wine Centre

Abstracts accepted from all areas of basic science and health and medical research.  Honours, PhD students and early Post-doctoral fellows are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations.

Plenary Speaker: Dr Peter J. Psaltis

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Poster abstract submission closes June 1st 2018

Registrations close June 1st 2018

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ASMR Scientific Networking Evening

June 7

Rob Roy Hotel, 106 Halifax Street, Adelaide

6:00 – 8:30pm

An opportunity for young researchers to come together and hear from leading scientists and industry professionals

Join us as our panel shares their own career journeys and lets you in on tips and tricks for networking.

FREE for ASMR Members

$10 for non members  (Registration includes nibbles and a free drink on arrival)

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Please reserve your spot by registering online.

Quiz Night

June 8

Quiz Night

North Adelaide Community Centre, 176 Tynta Street, North Adelaide

6:30 to 11pm

Come and test your general knowledge, enjoy and celebrate medical research in a night of food and fun with fantastic prizes.

$15.00 per person, tables of 10.   Gourmet hampers provided, BYO beverages to enjoy during the event.

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