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SUMMARY:STEAM Club Escape Room!
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to launch our STEAM Club Program for 2018 – The Escape Room Challenge for middle years students! \nSTEAM club is a collaborative learning opportunity for students to get involved in Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, Arts & Maths (STEAM) related activities at a Tech School. \nStudents will use the concept of an Escape Room to construct a number of puzzles and challenges based on historical time periods including the Stone Age\, Bronze Age and Ancient Rome\, finishing with a showcase for students to exhibit their puzzles as an escape room experience for other students and their families to play!
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/steam-club-program-2018/2018-10-31/
LOCATION:Banyule Nillumbik Tech School 61 Civic Drive Greensborough
CATEGORIES:Kids' Club,NorthSTEM Network
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SUMMARY:Robots and 3D Bio-printing: Shaping Surgery
DESCRIPTION:Much has changed in the field of surgery in the past 50 years; new technology is changing the way surgeons operate.\nWhile surgery has traditionally been a speciality characterised by hand skills and\, at times\, ‘educated improvisation’\, it is now becoming a field where robots\, computer guidance\, 3D printing and bio-printing are changing the way surgeons operate\, sometimes ‘driving’ their hands to levels of precisions never imagined before. \nIn the recent years\, 3D printing and bio-printing have gained increasing interest in surgery. 3D Printing can already be used in a wide variety of ways in surgery\, for example: \n\nfor the manufacturing of anatomic models that mimic the patient’s anatomy (including deformities\, microvasculature\, cancers);\nto produce patient-specific cutting guides that drive the surgeon’s hand in performing precise cuts for bone removal; or\nto create custom made implants that help managing complex surgical problems. More recently\, the possibility of 3D printing live cells in a specific environment\, have further opened the possibilities in the field of regenerative medicine. This technique carries huge expectations from the surgical community\, because it promises the potential regeneration of entire living organs.\n\nDr Claudia Di Bella will explore and discuss the technological advances now available to surgeons and the ones that will possibly become a reality in the near future.\nShe will also discuss the current state of the art in bio-printing from a surgical prospective\, focusing on its application in the musculoskeletal field. Dr Di Bella will highlight the current roadblocks for the application of this technique in clinical practice\, as well as the expectations and the promises for the future seen with the eyes of the final user. \n\nAbout Dr Claudia Di Bella\, MD PhD FRACS FAOrthA \nDr Claudia Di Bella is an academic orthopaedic surgeon highly specialised in musculoskeletal oncology\, advanced robotic assisted surgery and 3D printing. \nDr Di Bella graduated in medicine and surgery in 2002 (Bologna University\, Italy) and subsequently obtained her specialist recognition as orthopaedic surgeon in 2007 (Bologna University\, Ita) as well as a PhD in Oncology and Experimental pathology in 2012 (Bologna University). Dr Di Bella moved to Australia (Melbourne) in December 2009\, and in 2014 obtained the recognition as qualified Orthopaedic Surgeon by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. \nIn 2015 Dr Di Bella became the leader of the Cartilage Regeneration Program of Research\, a branch of the Advanced Limb reconstruction Program that has been developed at the Department of Surgery (University of Melbourne)\, centred over the use of advanced 3D printing technologies\, including surgical 3D bioprinting\, robotics and stem cells for the regeneration of the musculoskeletal system. In this role Dr Di Bella has led her team to successfully secure more than 12 national peer reviewed grants\, reinforced and strengthened national and international collaboration with key players in the field\, and strongly contributed to the advances of the Biofab3D\, the first Australian biofabrication hub embedded in the hospital setting. The successes of Dr Di Bella’s team have been recently recognised internationally (multiple award winning at international tissue engineering societies) and nationally (Finalist at the prestigious NSW Eureka prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research)\, and showcased by national media such as ABC news\, Channel 7 news\, The Project (Channel 10) and National Geographic. \nDr Di Bella currently sits on the Education Committee at the University of Melbourne and on the Executive Committee at the Biofab3D; she also is a professional spokesperson at the Human Ethics Research Committee at St Vincent’s Hospital as well as a faculty member of the Academic Surgery of the Royal Australasian College of Surgery. \nDr Di Bella is very passionate about gender equality in STEM-M\, and for this reason she is a mentor in the academic surgery program of the University of Melbourne as well as a mentor for women in medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital. \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/robots-and-3d-bio-printing/
LOCATION:Peter Doherty Institute\, 792 Elizabeth Street\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:STEMpowered - women in STEAM Exhibition Launch
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend the launch of the STEMpowered Exhibition on Thursday November 8.   The exhibition will be held in Ballarat from Monday 5th – Wednesday 28th November at the Ballarat Tech School. \nSTEMpowered features a range of great women working in STEM today. Their work showcases the diversity of careers\, approaches\, ideas and industries including games development\, wearable technology\, environmental science\, engineering\, cancer research\, food waste\, genetics\, biotech\, nanotechnology\, mathematics\, medical physics\, additive manufacturing and more. \nOur local hero is Jessica Kelly an alumnist of Federation University Australian and a proud Loreto girl. Jessica works in food research and development. \nThis exhibition is a collaboration between Her Place Women’s Museum Australia and the Department of Education and Training\, with support from The Royal Society of Victoria. The exhibition features videos and unique artefacts\, as well as an education program\, including a Student Resource and Teacher Professional Development.
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/stempowered-women-in-steam-exhibition-launch/
LOCATION:Ballarat Tech School\, Building K\, 136 Albert Street\, Ballarat\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat STEM Network,Science and Innovation Hubs
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SUMMARY:'Earthrise' - Looking Back On Our Planet
DESCRIPTION:Presentations & Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion\nWhat’s in a picture? \nAlmost 50 years ago on Christmas Eve\, 1968\, US astronaut William Anders took a photo aboard the Apollo 8 mission that became known as ‘Earthrise.’ This ground-breaking image transformed our view of our unique planet\, and the place of our home in the cosmos. \nApollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to leave the Earth’s orbit and circle the Moon. When the craft piloted by William Anders and his fellow crewmen Frank Borman and Jim Lovell emerged from behind the Moon’s dark side\, they saw in front of them an astounding sight – an exquisite blue sphere hanging in the blackness of space. \nTaking this photograph was one of the most profound events in the history of human culture\, for at this moment we truly saw ourselves from a distance for the first time; and the Earth in its surrounding\, dark emptiness not only seemed infinitely beautiful\, but also extraordinarily fragile. This wonderful image crystallised and cemented the sense of our planet’s isolation and vulnerability. It is linked to the start of the environmental movement and to many significant concepts developed and popularised over the last 50 years such as Spaceship Earth\, Limits to Growth\, Small is Beautiful\, Sustainability and Gaia. It is a significant signpost for our ongoing struggle to safeguard the vitality and viability of our living planet. \n \nCome join an interdisciplinary panel to reflect on “Earthrise” and the progress – or otherwise – we have made as an Earth-bound species in the intervening half century. Joining us will be: \nDr Colleen Boyle\, Artist and Art Historian with RMIT’s School of Design \nColleen is an artist and academic working out of Melbourne\, Australia. Her current research interests include: theories of perception and representation; history and theory of photography; space exploration and space imaging; philosophical interpretations of imagination; scientific imaging and theories of scientific observation. In 1977 her grandfather took her to see a matinee screening of the film Star Wars. The windows of the Yea town hall had been darkened with previously used black plastic that was ridden with tiny holes. The result was a galaxy of shining stars\, and the film hadn’t even started. Thus began Colleen’s life-long fascination with all things to do with outer space! \nDr Jenny Gray\, CEO of Zoos Victoria and the President of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums \nJenny is a trained Civil Engineer with experience in Transportation Engineering and banking\, but it was a lifelong love of animals\, and a longing to do something that made a difference which brought her to the zoo industry. Jenny’s work as CEO of Zoos Victoria has significantly changed the organisation’s direction to engage people in saving wildlife and wild places. Her Melbourne PhD examined the ethical challenges posed for the operations of zoos and aquariums in the 21st century and her thesis informed her 2017 book\, Zoo Ethics. \nProfessor Rachel Webster\, Head of Astrophysics at the University of Melbourne’s School of Physics \nRachel leads the Astrophysics research group at the University of Melbourne\, comprising more than 60 research students and staff. The observational program utlises world class equipment such as the Australia Telescope Compact Array\, the Gemini Telescopes\, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory\, among others. Her research interests include the detection of the first sources in the universe\, quasar emission regions\, gravitational lensing and cosmology\, with a side interest in the physics of geothermal energy. \nDr Lynette Bettio\, Senior Climatologist with the Bureau of Meteorology \nLynette examines and communicates on long-term changes to Australia’s climate including trends in rainfall and temperature and the interaction with extreme events. Another focus is drought across Australia and how the Bureau can best communicate and inform around this. She is a member of the World Meteorological Organization expert team on drought. As a climatologist\, her work draws on data from the satellite system that monitors the changes in our planet’s climate. \nAlicia Sometimes\, broadcaster\, poet and writer\, will be piloting the craft as our MC! Alicia is a regular guest on 774\, Radio National and is one sixth of The Outer Sanctum Podcast. Alicia was editor of the national literary journal Going Down Swinging for seven years. Alicia was one of the 3RRR’s Breakfasters team in 2015 and on Aural Text for fourteen years. She has appeared in ABC TV’s Sunday Arts and ABC News Breakfast. Her poems have been in Best Australian Poems\, Overland\, Southerly\, Westerly\, The Age and more. \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/earthrise-looking-back-on-our-planet/
LOCATION:Royal Society of Victoria\, 8 La Trobe Street\, Melbourne\, Vic\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:Can Mitochondrial Donation Save Lives?
DESCRIPTION:Diseases of the small circle of life: why mitochondrial donation is important\nProfessor Sir Doug Turnbull\, Newcastle University (UK)\nMitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell and uniquely contain their own genetic material called mitochondrial DNA. Diseases caused by mutations in this mitochondrial DNA are increasingly being recognised and may present with illness at any age. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down only from mother to child and a new IVF technique called Mitochondrial Donation has been developed to prevent this transmission. However Mitochondrial Donation remains controversial and has only been approved for treatment in the UK after the passing of specific Mitochondrial Donation Regulations by the UK Parliament. This lecture will focus not only on the importance of Mitochondrial Donation but also on the challenges of changing the law in the UK. \nThe event will include a patient who will describe her experience with mitochondrial DNA disease\, which will illustrate the driver for developing mitochondrial donation as an IVF procedure to enable families to have a healthy child.\nThis event is jointly presented by the Convergence Science Network and the Mito Foundation (incorporating the Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation) who are hosting Sir Turnbull’s visit to attend the AussieMit 2018 Conference in Melbourne. \nProfessor Sir Doug Turnbull\nProfessor Sir Doug Turnbull is the Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Disease at Newcastle University. He developed and leads the NHS National Highly Specialised Services for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases of Children and Adults\, is Director of the Newcastle University Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality and is an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Doug has built one of the best international teams working on diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of mitochondrial diseases and worked tirelessly with patients\, patient organisations and policy makers to champion Mitochondrial donation. These efforts led to the UK parliament voting to allow this ground-breaking treatment to be offered to patients. He was awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2016. \n\n \nPowered by Eventbrite
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/mitochondrial-donation/
LOCATION:Ella Latham Theatre  Ground Floor\, The Royal Children’s Hospital  50 Flemington Road  Parkville\, Victoria
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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