The Royal Society of Tasmania – Northern Branch
2022 Launceston Lecture Series
Lectures commence at 1.30* pm – Online or at QVMAG @ Inveresk (to be advised)
(*Start time varies as shown below)
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FEBRUARY 27
Dr Kimberley Norris
‘From Antarctica to Outer Space’ – the psychology of extreme environments and their relevance to human health and performance.
** ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1.15 pm **
MARCH 27
Dr Indrani Mukherjee
‘Understanding Early Earth Environments’ – a powerful approach providing key clues to evolution of life on Earth and beyond!
APRIL 24
Kathryn Medlock
‘Sharing the bounty’ – the fate of a single thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus).
MAY 22
Andrew Bishop
‘A Brave New Biosecurity System: Over the Horizon Musings’ – intelligence gathering, robotics, surveillance, data analysis, molecular tools, and ‘out-of-this-world’ diagnostics.
JUNE 26
Dr Charles Connor
‘Identifying the source with Forensic Science’ – testing for biological material and DNA profiling in Tasmania.
JULY 24
Dr Raj Eri
‘Personalised Medicine: are we there yet?’ – the latest examples from genomics and microbiome research will illustrate how personalised medicine will be a reality in the near future.
** JOINT MEETING WITH THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA **
AUGUST 14
Dr Peter McGoldrick
‘Tasmania’s oldest fossil’ – what a palaeontologist from New Jersey, a 19th Century Irish rebel, some of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War and 1.4 billion year old fossils from the Tarkine have in common.
** 2022 SCIENCE WEEK FORUM **
** UTAS Centre for Architectural Science Tasmania (CAST) **
AUGUST 28
PhD candidates Rhys Tanton, Freya Su, Jack Tan and Supervisor Dr Mark Dewsbury
‘From mouldy houses to drying timber’ – the impacts of water vapour diffusion and thermal conductivity.
SEPTEMBER 25
Dr Alison Trimble
‘School Principals and School Law’ – the impact of Education Law on the work of Tasmanian education leaders and schools.
OCTOBER 23
Dr Mike Pook
‘Living with climate variability – the Tasmanian experience‘ – Long-term climate change is constantly in the news but the much stronger signal of climate variability is rarely mentioned. Tasmania is an ideal location in which to study climate variability on a range of geographical and time scales and to investigate the dominant drivers.
** QVMAG STAFF LECTURE**
NOVEMBER 27
Shane Fitzgerald – City of Launceston Director of Creative Arts and Cultural Services
‘QVMAG: A Catalyst for Cultural Activation‘ – What does the recently released QVMAG Futures Plan mean for one of Launceston’s most treasured institutions? How can QVMAG be a centrepiece in a city-wide approach to cultural activation and a key driver in the city’s push towards being a cultural destination of substance?
Issued 28 July 2022
