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Download Full Program RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 | UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS FULL PROGRAM RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 | UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS Research Capabilities Showcase is a unique platform where UQ research capabilities showcase their leading-edge research initiatives, services and impacts. On 20 September 2019, a packed day awaits filled with presentations, trade displays, workshops, capability tours and more. Choose from your favourite streams in the morning or head to capability tours or workshops in the afternoon. Visit the pop-up facility displays anytime of the day. On the Friday of Research Week, take the opportunity to hear from research and tech experts, meet the specialists behind your favourite research technology, get hands-on with immersive tech workshops, venture into the labs that are developing tomorrow’s research, share ideas, pick up best practices, build your network and more - all in the space of a day. Spaces are limited so please register in advance. For registrations and the latest up-to-date program, visit the website: research.uq.edu.au/research-capabilities-showcase RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 | UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS GLOBAL CHANGE GLOBAL CHANGE GLOBAL CHANGE TIME/VENUE UQ UNION UQ UNION UQ UNION INSTITUTE INSTITUTE INSTITUTE 8:15 AM REGISTRATION OPENS 9:20 AM WELCOME DEVELOPMENTAL GENOTYPING, CLINICAL MACROSCOPIC TO DEVELOPMENTAL INDIGENOUS GENOMICS, DATA UQ INDUSTRY 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM BIOPRODUCTION ATOMIC – IMAGING BIOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE MEETS MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS AND BEYOND CHILDREN’S HEALTH SCIENCE + BUSINESS STATISTICS AND CHILDRENS’ HEALTH 10:30 AM – 11 AM MORNING TEA ENERGY AND APPLICATION AND PLANT AND ANIMAL DIAGNOSTICS AND UQ INDUSTRY 11 AM – 12:30 AM ADVANCED MASS SPECTROSCOPY DATA ANALYTICS IN THE SYSTEMS AND THERAPEUTICS PARTNERSHIPS MATERIALS SOCIAL SCIENCES PRODUCTION 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM TOURS DEPART AT 2 PM and 3:30 PM. PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES AHEAD TO COMPLETE FORMALITIES. PLACES ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. 3:15 PM - 5 PM * Program and venues are subject to change. For all the latest information, visit the website: research.uq.edu.au/research-capabilities-showcase RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 | UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS TOURS 1. Advanced Electron Microscopy 11. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research - Genome editing laboratory 2. Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology - UQ Innovate (Transport to Herston) Space 12. Centre for Advanced Imaging 3. Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology - Tsunami 13. Spinifex Nanomaterials and Polymer Processing Facilities at AIBN Long Pocket (Bus to Research Long Pocket) 4. Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences - Histology & Imaging, 14. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation / Sustainable Minerals Institute Glasshouses Analytics & Radiation Services 15. R. D. Milns Antiquities Museum 5. Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences - Mass 16. Queensland Brain Institute Spectrometry Facility 17. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Centre for Geoanalytical Mass 6. Institute for Molecular Biosciences - Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Spectrometry Discovery & Antimircrobial Research 18. Institute for Molecular Biosciences - Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility 7. School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences - UQ-PULSe 19. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research - Clinical Research Facilities 8. Institute for Social Science Research - Sleep and Experimental Lab (Bus to Long (Transport to Herston) LONGER TOUR Pocket) 20. Sustainable Minerals Institute (Bus to Indooroopilly) LONGER TOUR 9. National Biologics Facility, Protein Expression Facility & Bioplatforms Australia 21. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities 10. Centre for Advanced Materials Processing & Manufacturing 22. AEGRC Genotyping and Sequencing Facility WORKSHOPS 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network: What TERN, Australia’s ecosystem observatory can do for you 2. An Introduction To Social Science Methods To Address Big Social Questions 3. Research Computing Centre - Hacky Hour 4. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences Workshop 5. National Imaging Facility / Centre for Advanced Imaging - Fair Data and Software 6. Demonstrations - Research Data Manager & Digital Research Notebooks * Program and venues are subject to change. For all the latest information, visit the website: research.uq.edu.au/research-capabilities-showcase RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 | UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS POP-UP DISPLAYS 1. and 2. Registrations 3. Research Infrastructure 4. School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) 5. UQ Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) 6. Translational Research Institute (TRI) 7. Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) 8. Faculty of Science 9. National Biologics Training Program ARC Training Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation 10. National Biologics Facility & Metabolomics and Proteomics Australia 11. UQ Protein Expression Facility (PEF) 13. Australian National Fabrication Facility’s Queensland Node (ANFF-Q) within AIBN 14. Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry (CGMS) 15. Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) 16. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (PVC RI) 17. Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM) 18. Research Computing Centre (RCC) 19. National Imaging Facility (CAI, PVC RI) 20. School of Chemical Engineering 21. School of Communication and Arts 22. UniQuest (Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative) 23. UQ Materials Performance (UQMP) 25. UQBR Queensland Animal Science Precinct (QASP) and AEGRC 26. School of Veterinary Science 27. Australian Intitute for Bionengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)/StemCore 28. Spinifex-based Advanced Materials - AIBN 29. and 30. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI); QAAFI-Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences; QAAFI - Centre for Crop Science * Program and venues are subject to change. For all the latest information, visit the website: research.uq.edu.au/research-capabilities-showcase RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE Click on any of the talks below to view speaker and presentations details. THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: BIOPRODUCTION MACROSCOPIC TO ATOMIC – GENOTYPING, CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE UQ INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS GENOMICS, DATA IMAGING AND BEYOND AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH MEETS SCIENCE + BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND STATISTICS Far-Reaching Potential Of Centre For Advanced Imaging Genotyping and Sanger CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing: Rediscovering The Value Of How will UQ Industry Connect Genome-Edited Human Cell sequencing An Invaluable Tool to Study The Uniquely Australian Foods For work Models Development of Sex and The Diet Diversification And Health Reproductive System Tap Into The World-Leading Imaging Beyond St Lucia: A Translational Breast Cancer Making Connections: Insights Into Why Indigenous Translational Contract Research and working Research Services And Macro Perspective Genomics Post-Concussion Syndrome In Health Research Can Only Work with the Research Partnership Innovative Solutions For Protein Children When MOB Are In The Driver’s Managers Production Seat Research Services To Bridge The From A To Screen: Our In-House Research And Statistical Support Events At Birth– Implications for Australian Institute for Business UQ Consulting and Research Gap Between Biopharmaceutical Workflows Utilising Microscopy, Service: Providing Guidance And Newborn Brain Development and Economics an overview Services Discoveries And Clinical Metabolomics, Genomics, And Support With Design, Methods, Development High Throughput Drug Screening Analysis And Data Management Throughout The Research Life Cycle. A Continuing Professional Core Facilities Of The eResearch And Informatics Novel Approaches To Study Brain Corporate reporting for UQ and CRCs and CRC-Ps Development Program For Translational Research Institute – Capability For Ecosystem Formation sustainability: supporting the Training And Education In An Overview Of Open Access Science transition to sustainable Biopharmaceuticals Equipment, Services And companies and economies Expertise From Laboratory To Clinical Settings Assisting The Transformation Of From Bones To Atoms: Sleep Health And Circadian UQ’s Industry PhD Programs The Biopharmaceutical Industry Microscopy And Spectroscopy Function In Australia Beyond Imagination * Program and venues are subject to change. For all the latest information, visit the website: research.uq.edu.au/research-capabilities-showcase RESEARCH CAPABILITIES SHOWCASE Click on any of the talks below to view speaker and presentations details. THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: THEME: MASS SPECTROMETRY APPLICATION AND DATA ENERGY AND ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS AND PLANT AND ANIMAL SYSTEMS UQ INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS ANALYTICS IN THE SOCIAL MATERIALS THERAPEUTICS AND PRODUCTION SCIENCES Mass Spectrometry For The Undertaking transformational Supercritical Transformational ACRF Australian Centre Of Plants And Crops Leveraged Schemes with UQ like Masses research to solve critical social Electric Power For Off-Grid And Excellence In Melanoma Imaging ITRP, Linkages, etc. challenges Fringe-Of-Grid Power Generation And Diagnosis Centre for Geoanalytical Mass The Global Policing Database: Solar Cells And Batteries Antimicrobial Research At The Research Computing And Data Partnering for impact: working Spectrometry: Isotope And Trace Evidence For Best Practice Institute
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