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 […]

Renew your membership now

Just a gentle reminder all ASC membership renewals fall due on 1 September 2010. Continue reading

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 […]

Reminder tomorrow – Communicating Climate Change & other Risky Business (NSW)

COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER RISKY BUSINESS
Jenni Metcalfe – convenor, Hot Air Symposia.
Tuesday August 10th, 6.30 PM Clarendon Hotel, 156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills Members free, non-members $10 RSVP: ascnsw@gmail.com by 5 PM Fri 6th Light refreshments provided, first drink free

AMWA national conference in Melbourne

posted on behalf of the Australasian Medical Writers Association
Earlybird registration has been extended to 13 August. Register online at http://www.medicalwriters.org/
The 27th annual Australasian Medical Writers Association conference 27-28 August 2010 State Library of Victoria in Melbourne.
The program includes:
Victorian Governor Professor David de Kretser, endocrine researcher and founder of Andrology Australia, will open the conference.
Sessions: Our […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

"How can you not love this? http://fuckyeahnebulas.tumblr.com/" via @christineottery #
Science reporting to internet conspiracy theory in 3 easy steps http://tinyurl.com/2gxe2zm via @jonahlehrer in reply to jonahlehrer #
Before Beyond 2000 or Tomorrow's World were programs very like this one. Sort of. http://j.mp/brTgUH #
“@GreensMPs: Hey Tony and Julia, any chance you could "let scientists be scientists" and […]