Forrest Research Foundation National Science Week Showcase

The Forrest Research Foundation invites you to attend our first ever National Science Week Showcase event!

Featuring 10 short talks, together with day-long show and tell activity stations, join us at Forrest Hall to see, hear and learn about the world-leading science and technology research underway by early-career researchers across Western Australia.

Show and tell activities will run throughout the day, including demonstrations of astronomy, marine biology, the human body, energy, and virtual reality!

Confirm your booking by 14th August!

Short Talks

12.30pm - Fantastic rays and where to find them

12.45pm - Dude, where's my black hole?

1.30pm - How the oceans made maths and fieldwork hold hands in Shark Bay

1.45pm - The perception of time in chemistry and the moving image

2.30pm - A journey to the centre of a neutron star

2.45pm - Sound production and reception in marine animals

3.30pm - Plants that rock: can seaweed sequester carbon?

3.45pm - Going viral: viruses to treat infections

4.30pm - Looking at a billion-kilometre-long black hole jet with an earth-sized telescope

4.45pm - The million-dollar man: unbreakable bone

This National Science Week event will take place in Forrest Hall 1 within the Forrest Research precinct at The University of Western Australia.

Parking is available along Hackett Drive and across the UWA campus. The venue is well served by public transport (in particular the 995, 950 and Purple Cat TransPerth bus routes).

About the Forrest Research Foundation

The Forrest Research Foundation attracts outstanding young minds to Western Australia to undertake high quality research with the potential to change the world.

The Foundation was established in 2014 following one of the largest ever philanthropic donations in Australian history by Andrew and Nicola Forrest through the Minderoo Foundation.

The donation has been used to drive research and innovation capacity in Western Australia by awarding Forrest Scholarships and Fellowships to outstanding young intellects from around the world to conduct research at one of Western Australia’s five universities – Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, the University of Notre Dame (Fremantle) and The University of Western Australia.

Find out more about the Foundation at www.forrestresearch.org.au