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UWAnewsThe University of Western Australia ESTABLISHED 1911 26 JULY 2004 Volume 23 Number 10

Australia’s Governor-General is fascinatedby local advances in knee surgery.

His Excellency Major-General Michael Jeffery was mostinterested in the technology developments made by UWAand collaborator Verigen International, at Hollywood PrivateHospital.

Verigen and Orthopaedic Surgery (School of Surgery andPathology) run the only facility in the southern hemispherefor matrix-induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation,or growing cartilage from a patient’s own knee, which isthen transplanted into the patient.

Until recently, patients needing cartilage replacement hadto send a sample of their knee cartilage to Copenhagen forcell culture. When it was grown, it was returned, thenimplanted by an orthopaedic surgeon.

The UWA-Verigen facility at Hollywood now offers thesame procedure for introducing biological implants forknees, and it has been used by more than 80 hospitals acrossAustralia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Director of Research inOrthopaedic Surgery, said Major-General Jeffery hadbecome interested in the development of the biotherapytechnology and he had taken the Governor-General to thelaboratories where the human chondrocyte culture had

Verigen knees get vice-regal nodby Lindy Brophy

been developed, with Verigen, a German biotechnologycompany, over the past three years. The Managing Directorof Verigen Australia, Paul Anderson, explained thetechnology to His Excellency.

Professor Zheng has a distinguished academic career inthe field of osteoclast biology, bone pathology andorthopaedic tissue engineering.

He said the collaboration with Verigen had resulted inmore than $300,000 in funding from the parent company,which had been used not only for research support but toprovide scholarships for orthopaedic surgeons from aroundthe world, to come to UWA to learn the procedure.

Professor Zheng and Professor David Wood, the Head ofthe Orthopaedic Surgery Unit, have been awarded NationalHealth and Medical Research grants based on theircollaboration with Verigen.

The facility is the only GMP certified cell culturelaboratory in WA. GMP – Good Manufacturing Practice – isawarded where goods are consistently manufactured to ahigh standard of quality, and is judged on premises,equipment, personnel, documentation and quality controlaudits.

Paul Anderson explains the cell culture procedureto the Governor-General

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 26 JULY 2004

Common weeds and garden insects hold the key to importantresearch in evolutionary and molecular biology.

Two of the world’s leaders in these areas of research use modest weeds and insects toproduce ground-breaking results – and they will be doing that work here, at UWA.

Western Australia’s two successful Federation Fellows, announced by Education MinisterDr Brendan Nelson last month, will both continue their research at UWA, leading the world intheir respective biological fields, and fulfilling one of UWA’s eight strategic research priorities,the management of natural and agricultural and natural ecosystems.

The Fellowships were awarded to Professor Leigh Simmons, who has been working atUWA’s School of Animal Biology for more than ten years, and Professor Steven Smith, whocame to UWA’s School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences on sabbatical last year from theUniversity of Edinburgh.

Professor Simmons uses insects to conduct his evolutionary research “because they do not present the same ethical problems assay, birds or mammals do.

“In general, people don’t consider experimentation on insects an ethical issue. That is not to say I take them for granted. I feel thatinvasive procedures and numbers of animals used should be minimised wherever possible,” he said.

Ten years after coming to WA from the UK, Professor Simmons won the UK’s most prestigious award for research in zoology, the1998 Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London. He has attracted people from all over the world who want to work with him.

Professor Steven Smith spent seven months here last year collaborating with UWA colleagues in the discipline ofbiochemistry and molecular biology.

He was one of the group of molecular biologists who isolated the first plant gene,back in 1980. He is recognised as a world leader in the field of plant metabolism andthe application of functional genomics tools to its study.

Over the past eight years he has worked exclusively with the plant Arabidopsisthaliana, a common weed in the northern hemisphere, which is extremely easy to

propagate.He uses ‘reverse genetics’ to work out how genes work. He isolated

mutant genes because, as he says, “it’s easier to see how somethingworks when it goes wrong or breaks down!” He and his research

team have mutants available for about half of the 28,000 genes inArabidopsis.

Professor Steven Smith uses ‘reverse genetics’ to understandhow genes work

for high flying fellows

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Professor Leigh Simmons has a highregard for the insects he uses, beingespecially fond of crickets

Common or gardenresearch

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Involvement with thecommunity used to give job-seeking graduates the edge.Now community service isan expectation rather thanan extra.

For the first time, students from theFaculty of Economics and Commerceare taking part in the global communitymovement, Students in Free Enterprise(SIFE).

Five UWA undergraduates arerepresenting the University inMelbourne in the Australian nationalSIFE presentations this month. Eachteam gives a 24-minute presentationand delivers a booklet detailing theircommunity service projects.

The best, judged largely by the CEOsfrom the sponsoring companies, wincash prizes and will go on to theinternational finals in Spain later in theyear.

UWA team leader Neil Leonard saidthe students also had the opportunity ofvacation work with the sponsors, whichinclude some of Australia’s biggestcompanies, Arnott’s Biscuits, CadburySchweppes Ltd, Country Road, Ernst &

The students look set for any challenge in their suits and UWA ties. Pictured with their facultysupervisor Dr Donella Casperz, are (from left) Neil Leonard, David Browne, Melissa Hartmann,Michael Thompson and Jodie Hayley

Children’s party food, chocolate crackles,are used to teach children about economics

Young, Kimberley-Clark Australia,KPMG, Qantas Airways Ltd, Dick SmithFoods and Woolworths Ltd.

The students are also attracted toSIFE by the exposure to big businessthat if offers.

“But, philanthropy is something thathas been missing from our faculty,” Neilsaid. “You hear about medicine and lawstudents getting involved in thecommunity, and we decided it was timethe ecoms students did the same.”

SIFE, established in the US in 1975(but only run in Australia over the pastfive years), provides tertiary studentswith an opportunity to make adifference in their communities and todevelop leadership, teamwork andcommunication skills through learning,practising and teaching the tenets oftheir academic disciplines, to enableother to participate more fully andeffectively in the economic and social lifeof the nation.

The central element is using theirknowledge to teach others somethingthat will benefit them, and, through thatteaching, to confirm what they havelearnt.

The UWA group is finalising detailswith the Salvation Army to work on

two projects with them during secondsemester.

They will be working with the familysupport centres, helping low incomepeople with budgeting, and developing abudgeting pack that the Salvation Armycan distribute to its clients.

They will also be working withEmployment Plus, a company under thewing of the Salvation Army, presentingtutorials to help people seekingemployment.

These tutorials are already run by thecompany, but they don’t have enoughvolunteers to help the clientsindividually. The students expect theywill be joined by more of theircolleagues in second semester so there

Students support the Salvos

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Vice-Chancellor’s

The announcement by FederalEducation Minister BrendanNelson of the allocation anddistribution of extraUniversity places in WesternAustralia while welcome atone level was extremelydisappointing at another.Many talented young West Australianswill now be precluded from their choiceto study at The University of WesternAustralia as a result of how the places onoffer to the State were allocated.The decision has reaffirmed my view thatoften governments, both State andFederal, appear to have little realunderstanding of the particular highereducational needs of aspiring young WestAustralians. WA Universities need totackle this lack of understanding, or theinability to deal with our situationlogically and equitably, to ensure thatyoung West Australians get the bestopportunity to maximise their potential.We have to lift our collective game toensure decision makers think long termby considering the value of highereducation to not only individuals but alsothe multiplier effect in economic andsocial terms of quality students becomingquality graduates making significantcontributions to the State, and therebythe nation.At present it is not clear that they focussufficiently on the social and economicimportance of the issue and the longterm impact of not doing so. At the risk

columnof being accused of pushing the ‘UWAbarrow’ the logic of our submission inseeking the bulk of the numbers on offerseemed to me irrefutable.The University has been allocated 355new places for 2005, just 22 per cent ofthe new places allocated to WesternAustralia. That outcome fails to addressthe extremely high cut-off scores atUWA which are among the highest inAustralia. This means many morestudents will be forced to take theirsecond or third choice of university orcourse.Many well-qualified students in WesternAustralia will again be denied access tothe high quality education offered atUWA. The decision has ignored anobligation to students that have thehighest ability to have the greatestopportunity to access their preferredinstitution and field of study. Of furtherconcern is that very few places weremade available for Engineering or Science,areas to which the future of the State isinextricably linked.The UWA submission that argued for agreater share of the numbers on offer atthis time was based on the very highdemand from high quality students whohave been unable to access theirpreferred course and preferredinstitution because of insufficient places inWA. More than half of the top 1500students who were unable to obtain aplace at their preferred institution thisyear had applied to attend UWA.We had sought to remedy the historicaldisadvantage of UWA in the 1980s and1990s when growth was unreasonablyconstrained and redirected elsewhere. Itis our belief that the pressure on placesfrom high quality school-leavers putspressure on places for others in need ofaccess, particularly those of mature-ageand in equity groups.Despite the disappointment we willcontinue to argue the merits of qualityand equity of access for the benefits ofyoung West Australians and the State.

Alan RobsonVice-Chancellor

will be a bigger group to spread amongthe people needing individual attention.

During first semester, the initialgroup of five students visited a coupleof primary schools to teach year onestudents the rudiments of economics:demand and supply and budgeting.

Group member David Browne saidthey did this with a project calledChocolate Crackle Capitalists (CCC)developed by the University ofMelbourne.

“The children had made chocolatecrackles the week before, so we wentthrough all the ingredients with them,working out how much it cost to makethem and how much they shouldcharge,” David said.

“We looked at value-adding (withM&Ms and marshmallows), marketing(who would want to buy them andwhere and why) and what they woulddo with the profits.

“We evaluated what they hadlearned and we estimate that about halfthe children fully understood theconcepts.”

The group plans to do more CCCprojects during the year.

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In Memory of

Reg MoirThe family and colleagues of the

late Professor Reg Moir willcommemorate his life in WinthropHall at The University of WesternAustralia on Sunday, August 1,2004 at 3pm. Emeritus ProfessorDavid Lindsay said the informalevent would be as Professor RegMoir would have wanted. A few ofhis friends and colleagues willpresent their thoughts of ProfessorMoir as a reminder of howoutstanding a man he was andhighlight the significance of hiscontributions to science, teaching,the community and humanity. Lightrefreshments will follow the event.Those anticipating attending shouldcontact Clare Taylor via email at:[email protected] or fax6488 1129.

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A hockey field in Shenton Park is aperfect example of a joint University,school and community facility.

Well over a thousand hockey players of all agesand both genders use the synthetic turf each weekduring autumn, winter and spring, surrounded bythe heritage-listed buildings of the former LemnosCentre.

UWA leases the property, Shenton RecreationPark, and it is managed by the University’s sportsfacilities officer, Mike McGowan, a humanmovement graduate. Between 9am and 5pm onweekdays, the students at adjacent ShentonCollege have priority, and Mike says they use itabout four hours a day during the hockey season.

After 5pm, the hockey facility, Lemnos Field, isused by four local hockey clubs: Western Wolves,Riverside Lions, YMCC and Suburban. The clubs allpay for the use of the field, and close to 150players train there between 5pm and 9pm, Mondayto Thursday.

Local competition matches are played on Fridaynights until 10pm, and all day Saturday and Sundayuntil about 9pm. Mike estimates that about 400players and 500 spectators use the facility everyweekend.

The synthetic turf cost $750,000 to install, andsix giant sprinklers are used to wet the surfacebefore training and matches, to reduce friction andburns.

“It’s the closest surface we have in WA to thesurface that will be used in Athens, so we have hadthe Hockeyroos and the Kookaburras bothtraining here at different times,” Mike said. “Wehave also had hockey teams from Japan and Koreacome here to use it.”

UWA hockey players use the superturf at theSports Park at McGillivray Oval, but Mark runsfacilities at both locations. At the ShentonRecreation Park, the facilities also include buildingswhere UWA runs fitness classes for the ShentonPark College students and seniors. Fencing anddancing classes are also run there, which Mike sayshelps to keep the centre self-supporting.

One of the three buildings, which wereoriginally used to house returned servicemen fromWorld War I, is being used this year foradministrative staff for the University Games, to beheld in Perth later this year.

Mike says there is strong ANZAC theme, withthe buildings retaining names like Gallipoli House,and a huge heritage-listed Aleppo pine tree,brought from the Greek island of Lemnos afterWWI, dominating the skyline. Under its shadow,descendents of the ANZACs play out their ownbattles every weekend.

Mike McGowan administers hundreds of hockey players –but prefers to play Australian Rules football himself

Crossedsticks

onANZAC

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The next big thing in technology is actually thesmallest.

Nanotechnology, the scientific investigation into materialsand devices with dimensions approaching a billionth of a metrein size, is the next revolution, following the boom inmicroelectronics technology.

UWA is at the forefront of nanotechnology research withthe opening of a new $2.5 million nanofabrication facility in theSchool of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.

A new centre, The Western Australian Centre forSemiconductor Optoelectronics and Microsystems,incorporates the AG Nassibian Nanofabrication Facility, namedin honour of Emeritus Professor Armenag Nassibian, for hisoutstanding contribution to microelectronics research.

Professor Laurie Faraone, the head of the MicroelectronicResearch Group (MRG) said the centre was a culmination ofwork begun at UWA by Professor Nassibian in 1968.

The Deputy Premier, Eric Ripper, whose government hascontributed $1million to the establishment of the centre,through the Centres of Excellence program, said it was aninvestment in the long-term health of the State’s economy.

“We are on the cusp of a major technological revolution,and WA will be a part of it with this new facility, one of onlythree in the country,” he said. “This new technology is thecontemporary equivalent of building the first computer.”

The opening ceremony was a time to acknowledge the hugeamount of work that has gone into making the new facilityoperational. Head of the School of Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering, Associate Professor Gary Bundell, saidthat, although he probably would not like to be singled out, hehighly commended Professor Faraone for his outstandingleadership of the research group and this important project.

Professor Faraone, in turn, commended his colleagueAssociate Professor John Dell “for dedicated work above andbeyond the call of duty.”

Large scaledevelopment for

nanoscale research

Professor Laurie Faraone shows guests the airlock entrance to thecontrolled clean room (top); Professor Faraone explains to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robson, and the Deputy Premier, Mr Ripper,how the clean room works (centre); Professor Faraone and MrRipper with Emeritus Professor Nassibian, after whom thenanofabrication facility is named (left)

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He said that, after many years of work by many staffmembers, the opening of the centre and the nanofabricationfacility was “the beginning of another journey.”

A/Professor Bundell said the new centre’s current researchprogram was already showing early signs of success.

The MRG has been funded by both the US and AustralianDefence departments to develop infra-red sensing technology,that will eventually have applications outside defence.

The group is currently working on helping to bring colour tothe technology. Infra-red images are usually two-dimensional,like those seen on black and white television. The new adaptiveinfra-red sensors being developed will enable a colour image tobe produced in real time, which will have many applications, indefence, mineral exploration, pollution monitoring, gas sensing,biomedical instrumentation, security and surveillance, and in thefood and agriculture industries.

Research work in the clean room can be watched, withoutcontamination, through a viewing window

The University has a new secure, easy touse credit card payment service.

University Communications Services (UCS) andFinancial Services joined together to find, adapt and put inplace the best service for UWA to sell its good andservices.

Paul Tzaikos was seconded from the Department ofPremier and Cabinet to lead the three-month project,known at UCS as UWA Shopping Cart.

“We didn’t set out to reinvent the wheel,” Mr Tzaikossaid. “We looked around the market place for the bestsystem, wanting cost-effectiveness, reliability and security.

“We found we couldn’t go past the system used by theState Treasury.” He said the volume of work generated bythe State Government meant that it was cost-effective.

Grant Malcolm and Rodney Ng from UCS have doneall the hard work, setting up a Web gateway that links tothe State Government credit card payment system. Anyschools, centres or faculties who want to use the servicesimply have to request authority from UCS.

UWA Press and Chemistry have run pilot programsand ironed out the wrinkles in the system. The Press cannow easily sell its books on-line and Chemistry’s softwareis readily available to the marketplace.

The system can be used any time the University wouldusually receive money, from selling books and software totaking bookings for courses and seminars.

Robert Credaro, Manager Systems Development forFinancial Services, said the service would mean an end tothe many faxes and cheques that were part and parcel ofconferences in the past. “This system means the moneygoes direct into the University’s bank accounts,” he said.

Mr Tzaikos said that one of the University’s prioritieswas to create increasing commercial opportunities. “Thisnew system will facilitate that priority,” he said.

To find out more about UWAShopping Cart and how your school orcentre can link up, simply email

Let’s go shoppingat UWA

Paul Tzaikos was the systems’ first customer,buying himself a book from UWA Press

[email protected]

The facility has a ‘clean room’ which filters air and purifies itto minimise the number of particles in the atmosphere. Touringthe facility after the opening, Professor Faraone explained to MrRipper and others that when scientists were working with suchmicroscopic-sized materials, any particles in the air could have adisastrous effect.

“Most of the cost of this facility is hidden behind the wallsand in the roof, where pumps and filters and extraction systemsare creating the perfect environment for developing thistechnology,” he said.

Mr Ripper said the government needed to do more in thearea of converting science education into jobs in science.“Australia is very good at science but not so good atcommerce, and the State Government is determined to addressthis imbalance between science education and commercialisingthe knowledge.

A/Professor Bundell said the new centre would support twonew combined degrees: a Bachelor of Science inNanotechnology and a Bachelor of Engineering in ElectronicEngineering.

The centre is a collaborative venture between UWA andCurtin, Murdoch and Edith Cowan universities.

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Over the past decade, advances in scientificresearch have given victims of spinal cordinjury the hope – once thought impossible –that one day science will find the breakthroughthey dream about.

The patronage of actor Christopher Reeve, who put theworld spotlight on the victims of paralysis, has given addedimpetus and support to the global research.

UWA scientists are part of this quest, and last month PhDstudent Simone Leaver won the Professor Barry Marshall awardfor an oral presentation on her work in neuro-trauma researchat a symposium of the Australian Society of Medical Research.She was competing in a field of 52 presentations by localundergraduate and postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellowsand research assistants.

Simone’s supervisor is Professor Alan Harvey, and she isworking with Dr Giles Plant, who has been involved in neuro-trauma research for a number of years. He has been studyingcell transplantation techniques and was one of the first scientiststo transplant nose cells into rats, where they induced spinalaxons to regenerate after injury. The target now is to achievethe same regeneration in humans, but the cells need closerstudy before that step can be taken, and this type of research iscurrently being carried out in laboratories around the world.

Simone and Giles are studying two types of cells – Schwanncells and olfactory ensheathing cells. Both have been previouslytransplanted into rodent models and both have produced someregeneration. The cell types seemed similar but it is difficult tostudy the way they operate in animals, so Simone has beenstudying them in vitro, using tissue culture. And the findingsrevealed that the growth potential of the olfactory (nose) cellswas significantly greater than that of the Schwann cells.

“This work has shown that they are quite different cell types:they react differently, using distinct mechanisms when they

Simone Leaver … “oncology didn’t thrill me in the same wayas neuro-trauma research”

Neuro-traumain thespotlight

By Maureen de la Harpe

interact with regenerating axons in this model. Because theyhave been found to be different, this may ultimately lead to oneof them being superior for transplantation,” Giles said.

The next step is to find out what makes the two types workdifferently. “Our work is currently focused on identifying themolecules that may be responsible for the striking differencethat we observed,” Simone said. “A lot of the initial work will bedone in vitro, as it is much easier to look at one-on-one celltype interaction than in the complex nervous system of arodent.”

Simone’s interest in neuro-trauma research began during herundergraduate years and continued with her honours studies.She then turned to oncology for a while – “but it didn’t thrill mein the same way as neuro-trauma research, so I approachedAlan Harvey about a PhD.”

Is it the actual laboratory work that excites her or the hugeimplications behind it? “Both, I think. The work itself is not justmolecular biology – I am looking at cells at the whole animallevel. And, as part of the neuro-trauma research program wehave close contacts with the paraplegic and quadriplegiccommunity, so we get to interact with the people who are goingto benefit from our work.”

Neuro-trauma

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In a new venture from theSchool of Physics, 35 highschool teachers from aroundthe State visited UWA lastmonth for a whirlwind half-day workshop.

‘Increase your potential in the field’was the theme of the workshoporganised by the Faculty of Life andPhysical Sciences, and the aim was todraw on the teaching and learningexperiences of UWA physicists.Presenters included head of Physics, DrIan McArthur, Professor David Blair, DrPeter Hammond, Dr Paul Abbot andAssociate Professor Tim St Pierre.

“The idea behind it,” says scienceeducation facilitator Bronwyn Rakimov,“was to develop the Faculty’s links withschools, starting with the School ofPhysics and expanding into the otherschools. We had participants from Stateand independent high schools aroundWA, including Ocean Reef andRossmoyne Senior High Schools,Guildford Grammar, Australind, MtBarker and Corpus Christie. Some sentthree or four teachers, mainly fromphysics and chemistry. They were verykeen to participate.”

Dr McArthur described the programas a combination of talks, demon-

Creating

excitementstrations, laboratory tours, and hands-on activities. “The focus of the hands-onactivities was on giving teachers someexciting, low-cost ideas they could takeback and use in their teaching. Theyincluded an experiment using a laserpointer to measure the diameter of ahair, and training in the use of liquidnitrogen for demonstrations—includingsafety issues and transport of liquidnitrogen.”

Senior lecturer Dr Peter Hammondspoke on careers for students, and toillustrate the exciting business

opportunities offered by physics he gaveexamples of biotechnology projects atUWA that had been commercialised.

Professor David Blair, the drivingforce behind the new AustralianInternational Gravitational Observatoryat Gingin, charted the journey in thecurrent global quest to detect gravitywaves and open a new window into theuniverse; and a talk/demonstration onwater drew appreciative commentsfrom participants.

Associate Professor Andre Luiten,joint recipient of the 2002 inauguralPremier’s Prize for Early Achievement inScience, demonstrated quantummechanics in action; and Dr Paul Abbot,member of a winning team in theinternational 100-Digit Challenge, spokeon computer algebra in teaching andgave a software demonstration.

The enthusiasm of the presentersmust have been infectious as feedbackfrom teachers was overwhelminglypositive, with many asking for the eventto be expanded to a full day in future.

“Good to see the vitality at UWA,’was one written comment, whileanother teacher remarked on “thesense that physics is exciting and thatthere could be many developments inthe near future”. The ideas for hands-onactivities to use in class wereappreciated, as was the talk on makingmoney from physics and the insight intothe latest research.

“More please, every year,” requestedone participant. Will that happen? “Yes,”says Ms Rakimov. “We will hold anotherone next year, and hope to make it ayearly event.

a state of

Professor David Blair talks to high school teachers about gravity experiments

a state of

There are likely to be between 2,000 and 4,000 studentsand staff at UWA who suffer with asthma.

And, according to asthma educator, Sally Separovic, there are probably many ofthem whose asthma is not properly controlled.

Sally has spent the past nine weeks setting up an asthma education program atUWA’s Medical Centre, to help and encourage people with asthma to beproactive in managing their condition.

“I would like every student or staff member who has asthma to think aboutthese things: if they are using their reliever medication more than three or fourtimes a week (excluding prior to exercise and not including very severe cases); ifthey are waking up at night coughing or wheezing; if they ever miss work orclasses because of asthma; or if they have a tight chest with coughing or wheezing

Take control of your asthma

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The computer, email and the internet havebecome so much a part of our lives that people in thecommunity who don’t have access to them can feel extremelyisolated.

UWA Extension is helping to address this problem with its First Click computercourses for people who have no idea how to use a computer. A series of five-daycourses are being run for three month by Extension’s Nigel Dolin, in partnership withthe Developmental Disability Council WA.

The program is funded by the WA Department of Education and Training, and aimsto provide help (at no profit to UWA or the other partners) at no cost todisadvantaged people

“We have aimed at women over 40 who are not in paid employment, seniors,people with disabilities (and their carers) and people from low income households andregional areas who may not have had the opportunity to learn how to use acomputer,” Dr Dolin said.

“The emphasis is on debunking the jargon, and then teaching some really practicalskills like emailing and sending photos to people, basic operation of a computer, writingletters and printing, using the internet to access banking, medical information, busroutes, and so on.

“It’s very liberating for these people: opening up possibilities they wouldn’t havepursued or been able to afford,” he said. “We’re setting up yahoo email accounts forthem, which they can access at their local libraries or at any public internet access.:”

The program is a great example of the University working collaboratively with thegovernment to help disadvantaged people in the community.

“I’m getting terrific feedback from people, who tell me these new-found skills havechanged their lives,” Dr Dolin said.

Part of a letter from an early participant read: “To achieve more via improvedcomputing skills is so helpful to me. I feel more like a ‘normal’ person: less isolated. I amcommitted to advocating for my eight-year-old son who is adult dependent for all his needs,and for families like ours. Being able to get more out of our computer will maximise what I canaccomplish – but with less effort! Thank you Nigel and all responsible for funding anddelivering the First Click program.”

Dr Dolin said people who felt they were being left behind by not being computer-literate were often intimidated by computer sales people and young people, who hadgrown up with computers, and talked too fast.

“Theses courses are run in small groups, at a relaxed pace and nobody is made tofeel stupid,” he said.

Nigel Dolin (back) unlocks a newworld for Melinda Slee (seated),Kylie Lindsay (standing), BenStoffels and Wendy Stoffels

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more than once a week … then theirasthma may not be properlycontrolled,” Sally said.

A former nurse, now a healtheducator and researcher, Sally hastrained the Medical Centre staff inthe latest on asthma care and madeeducational literature on asthmaavailable at the centre.

She encourages people withasthma to visit the centre (or theirlocal GP) while they are well, to talkabout a management plan for theircondition.

“Most people don’t think aboutdealing with their asthma when theyare well. But it is the best time to getit assessed and work out with atrained practitioner a long-termmanagement plan. This would includean action plan, so they know what todo in times of emergency when theirasthma has been triggered by, say, aparticular food or environment.”

The implementation of the newasthma service at the Medical Centrehas been funded by theCommonwealth Department ofHealth and Ageing and the AsthmaFoundation of Western Australia.

Australia has one of the highestrates of asthma in the world, withthe condition being one of the fivemost common reasons for people tovisit their GPs. It is also consideredone of the top six health conditionsputting pressure on hospitals andgovernment services, and thecommunity, with down time and sickleave.

Sally Separovic shows a volunteer howher lung capacity is assessed

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“I didn’t even know you were here,” is a comment regularlymade by people who find their way into the unit’s basementpremises at the back of the School of Physics, where ColinMurphy, Dennis Sarson and Debora Phillips offer an array ofservices to staff and students.

“We do film processing – colour, and black-and-white, andslide processing,” says Mr Murphy, who manages the unit andhas been with it for more years than he cares to divulge. “Weare mainly a support unit – people come in to get posters ordocuments printed, they may want photos taken for the staffnoticeboard, or holiday photos printed. – we do private workas well as departmental work.

“We have a very large scanner, ideal for large format jobslike maps – and we can produce almost exact copies of raremaps, plans and documents. We can scan to a disk or make acopy.

A colour laser copier is also suited to large-scale jobs, as isthe unit’s laminator, which can laminate items up to a metre inwidth. In fact, the unit’s capacity to handle large-scale projects

Sheila McKechnie (left) is loving work experience at the Photographic Unit with Debora Phillips, Colin Murphy (rear) and Dennis Sarson (right)

a secret that shouldn’tbe kept

is impressive: “We can print A0 size (the equivalent of 16 A4sheets) or larger, and we’ve printed posters 10 metres long.”

The unit sells film, does some graphic design and can providea photographer. Slides can be made from computer files, whichcan be transferred to the unit through an FTP site.

Prices are competitive as you can see from the unit’swebsite, www.graphics.uwa.edu.au, and most jobs, according toMr Murphy, are ready for collection the same day or thefollowing day.

He is currently working on a unique project—high resolutiondigital panorama images of the campus, and is available to givetalks to departments on producing posters on computer.

Offering such a convenient on-campus service, why is theunit is not swamped with work? “The problem is that we arenot located in a prominent part of the campus, and so we arenot very visible. I visit departments and give talks about ourservices, but when there are staff changes, the new people don’tknow about us – and not enough students know about useither.

“As a result, there is a lot of work going off campus thatcould be done here more quickly and cheaply.”

So the next time you need a poster laminated, a documentscanned, staff photos taken, or your holiday snaps processed,take them to the trio in the School of Physics basement. You’llget a good price and you can be assured that your holidayphotos will be individually corrected.

It’s been on campus on one form or anotherfor about thirty years, and in its current formfor the past ten. And yet there are still manyout there who are not aware of the existenceof the University’s Photographic Unit.

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ERhonda HaskellAusAID Liaison Officer

At a recent ceremony acknowledging the completion of studyfor four of our AusAID students, the Vice-Chancellor,Professor Alan Robson, reflected on UWA’s long history ofsupport for students from developing countries, dating back tothe 1950s. Under the Colombo Plan, students from 13countries came to Australia, and in the following decades manyof those early scholars came to hold positions of prominence intheir home countries.In 2004–2005 the Australian Government will provide $2,133billion as part of its Official Development Assistance, and theallocation of around $2 million each year in support of UWA’sAusAID students is a small but very important part of thatprovision. Under the educational portfolio of AusAID there arearound 3,000 scholarship students on Australian DevelopmentScholarships (ADS) at the 18 AusAID-contracted institutions.The term AusAID, abbreviated from the title of AustralianAgency for International Development, came into use in 1995,and AusAID students are drawn from developing countries ofSouthern and Eastern Africa; South, Southeastern and EasternAsia; Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. The number ofscholarships allocated to countries varies substantially, withIndonesia receiving 300 scholarships annually, while Sri Lankacurrently receives only seven. Priority areas of study areestablished through consultation between home governmentsand the Australian Government. The priority areas may bebroadly stated for some countries – such as courses related to‘Governance’ and ‘Rural Development’ for Viet Nam, while inIndia until recently students were permitted to apply only forentry into MBA courses, and then only if they were government

employees. Although most scholarships are provided forpostgraduate study, some countries also offer undergraduateopportunities.Currently UWA has around 43 AusAID students including twowho have returned to do PhD studies, having previouslycompleted a Master degree here some years earlier. More thanhalf the students are research students, and English is a secondlanguage for almost all the students. This invariably results instudents being required to do pre-course English in their homecountry, or through the Centre for English Language Teaching(CELT). Overall the support for AusAID students is substantial,starting with their participation in a special introductoryacademic program taught through CELT, and continuing withthe provision of supplementary academic support during theirsubstantive degree program should students require it.Research students also may access financial support to assist in-country fieldwork research.The AusAID cohort at UWA is a mature and cheerful groupcoping with the separation from their countries, cultures, andfamilies with great resilience. Many, but not all, of the studentsare supported in Perth by the presence of spouses and children,and the AusAID scholarship is credited with being the onlyscholarship program in the world offering some financialsupport for families accompanying students. Spouses, whothemselves are frequently from an educated background andhold professional positions in their home country, are oftenreduced to employment on the lower rungs of the employmentladder when compared with their work in their homecountries. But the family support is invaluable and contributesto the very high success rate that AusAID students achieve intheir programmes at UWA. In 2002, three of our femaleAusAID students had babies while in Australia which resulted inspecial negotiations with AusAID in structuring theirscholarship awards as AusAID generally only provides six weeksmaternity leave! All three students successfully completed theirMaster degrees, and each left Perth with a new son and a newdegree, with one acknowledging the Australian experience bygiving her son the name of Ozzy.A requirement under the AusAID contract that students enterinto is that they will return to their home country for two yearsfollowing the completion of their program (and not apply toreturn to Australia on any visa other than a Visitor’s Visa). Atthe completion of their award, students are only permitted fivedays to pack up prior to leaving, and this departure, of course,is well in advance of graduation ceremonies, but not beforesome ceremony is held to acknowledge their hard work andachievements, and the support given by academic staff assistingthem. All of us who are lucky enough to work with AusAIDstudents are impressed by their efforts to achieve, and we allgain culturally by the experience of learning from them in ourinternationalised setting.

AusAID for the future

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LIFT-OUT26 July 2004 Volume 23 Number 10

CAMPUS DIARY • RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS • CLASSIFIED ADS • NOTICES • REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT

Compiled byPublications Unit

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ABC CLASSICS/AUSTRALIANRESEARCH COUNCIL LINKAGE

Prof David Tunley, Mr Paul Wright and DrSuzanne Wijsman, Music: ‘French BaroqueMusic Project: from Scholarship to Performance’— $96,000 (2003-05).

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCILRESEARCH NETWORKS PROGRAM

A/Prof Andrew Lynch, Prof PatriciaCrawford, Dr Toby Burrows, A/ProfPhilippa Maddern, Dr Susan Broomhall,Dr Anne Scott, Prof D E Tunley, DrYasmin Haskell, Dr Pamela Sharpe, DrClaire McIlroy, Prof Robert White, A/ProfChristopher John Wortham, Humanities,Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts,Humanities and Social Sciences, Music, Library:‘Network for Research Development inMedieval and Early Modern European Social andCultural Studies’ — $10,000 (2004).


Prof Lorenzo Faraone, Electrical, Electronicand Computer Engineering: ‘Australian Networkon Microelectronics, Optoelectronics andMicroelectromechanical Systems’ — $10,000(2004).

NewstaffWelcome to the following staff, who joinedthe University in April, May and June:Giovanni Concu, Whitfeld Fellow,Agriculture and Resource EconomicsTerri Walker, animal house assistant,Animal Care UnitTracie Pushman, assistant curator, BerndtMuseum of AnthropologyAnandhi Anandan, technician, Biomedicaland Chemical SciencesDr Borut Klopcic, research associate,Biomedical and Chemical SciencesThao Phuong Pham, associate lecturer,Economics and CommerceJohn Matassa, programmer, Electrical,Electronic and Computer EngineeringJian Chen, programmer, FacilitiesManagementHugh McCaffrey, technical officer, FacilitiesManagementNicholas Newton, assistant programmer,Facilities ManagementChristopher Shuttleworth, roof/plumbingassistant, Facilities Management workshopPaul Wray, computer support officer,Faculty, Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesDavid Edwards, manager, Faculty, Life andPhysical SciencesMuhamed Ansar, casual, Faculty, Medicineand Dentistry

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Prof Arcady Dyskin, Prof Martin Fahey,Dr Alexander Galybin, A/Prof JohnBarrett, B Tarasov, Ms Elena Pasternak,Mr Mark Cassidy, Prof Mark Randolph,Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre forOffshore Foundation Systems: ‘Deep EarthResource Characterisation and Extraction—AnIntegrated Geoscience Approach’ — $30,000(2004).

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCILDISCOVERY PROJECTS

A/Prof Barry Lehane, Civil and ResourceEngineering: ‘Mechanisms ControllingDisplacement Pile Behaviour in Sands’ — $108,173(2004-06).


Prof Lorenzo Faraone, Dr JaroslawAntoszewski, Electrical, Electronic andComputer Engineering: ‘Investigation of 1/fNoise Mechanisms in HgCdTe HeterostructureIR Photodiodes’ — $359,000 (2004-06).


A/Prof Jie Pan, Mechanical Engineering: ‘WaveTrapping Barriers’ — $360,000 (2003-05).

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCILLINKAGE INTERNATIONAL

Dr J Liu, Oil and Gas Engineering: ‘Deep CoalMining’ — $29,100 (2003-04)

MAIN ROADS DEPARTMENT OF WA/AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCILLINKAGE

A/Prof Hong Hao, Dr Andrew Deeks, Civiland Resource Engineering: ‘Probabilistic BridgeStructure Condition Assessment and LoadCarrying Capacity Prediction’ — $402,997(2004-06).

AUSTRALIAN ROTARY HEALTHRESEARCH FUND

Dr Giles Plant, Prof Alan Harvey, Mr MarcRuitenberg, Anatomy and Human Biology,UWA Centre for Medical Research: ‘Repair ofSpinal Cord Injury using Transplantation GeneTherapy’— $54,000 (2004).

CHEMICAL STRUCTUREASSOCIATION (CSA) TRUST GRANTS

Dr Sandra Saunders, Earth and GeographicalSciences, Biomedical and Chemical Sciences:‘Update and Development of the MCM Website’— $1343 (2003)

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OFFORENSIC SCIENCE

Ms Shari Forbes, Dr Ian Dadour, Anatomyand Human Biology, Faculty of Life and PhysicalSciences: ‘Time Since Death: A Novel Approachto Dating Skeletal Remains’— $4545 (2004).

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Dr Peter Eastwood, Human Movement andExercise Science: ‘Factors DeterminingCollapsibility of the Human Upper Airway duringSleep and General Anaesthesia’ — $259,625(2004-06).

Kathryn Cosgrove, casual, Faculty, Medicineand DentistryGaye McMath, Executive Director, Financeand ResourcesChristine Adeline, systems officer, FinancialServicesCarlos Osorio, accountant, Financial ServicesRoberto Catena, lecturer, Graduate School ofManagementRonald Regan, lecturer, Graduate School ofManagementShaun Ridley, lecturer, Graduate School ofManagementSonia Newby, solicitor, Legal ServicesCatriona Robins, solicitor, Legal ServicesRosalind Wisenthal, librarian 1, LibraryDr Maska Law , research associate,Mathematics and StatisticsGary Bettison, engineering manager,Mechanical EngineeringBrent Fillery, associate lecturer, MechanicalEngineeringTing Phila, laboratory assistant, Medicine andPharmacologyDesmond Gaull, records officer, MusicMelissa Cummins, project officer, Office ofDevelopmentMary Boughton, dental clinic assistant, OralHealth Centre of WABelinda Millen, dental clinic assistant, OralHealth Centre of WADuska Stanisic, receptionist, Oral HealthCentre of WASusan Taylor, dental clinic assistant, OralHealth Centre of WA

Dr Tina Carter, senior lecturer, Paediatricsand Child HealthJanice Fitzgerald, programmer, PlanningServicesNicholas Cox, computer systems officer,Population HealthKaren Cuneo, research officer, PopulationHealthRobin Mina, database administrator, PopulationHealthVenkatasubban Balaji, computer servicesofficer, Primary, Aboriginal and Rural HealthCentreDr Nicholas Mclernon, regional liaison officer,Primary, Aboriginal and Rural HealthDr Richard Turner , medical educator,Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health CentreDr Sean Hood, senior lecturer, Psychiatry andClinical NeurosciencesMegan Prentice, senior research officer,Psychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesPamela Slobe, admin assistant, PsychologyChantelle Lawson, admin officer, Social andCultural StudiesRussell Dunstan, analyst/programmer, StudentServicesAaron Mitchell, prospective student’s adviser,Student ServicesDr Karl Stoffel, senior lecturer, Surgery andPathologyDoreen Larke , senior project officer,University SecretariatProfessor Belinda Probert, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Vice ChancelleryJill Birrell, graduate research assistant, WaterResearch

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Monday 26 JulyASTHMA AND ALLERGY RESEARCHINSTITUTE,2004 MEDICAL RESEARCH SEMINARSERIES‘Novel erythropoietin signalling mechanismsand genes involved in hemopoitic lineageswitching’, Professor Peter Klinken, WesternAustralian Institute of Medical Research.12.30pm, Joske Seminar Room, Medicine,Fourth Floor, G Block, SCGH.

Tuesday 27 JulySCHOOL OF ANATOMY ANDHUMAN BIOLOGY SEMINAR‘Bone Hunting in Patagonia’, AssociateProfessor Nick Milne, School of Anatomyand Human Biology. 1pm, Room 1.81, Schoolof Anatomy and Human Biology.

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES LECTURE‘Music and Romance in Sense andSensibility’, Dr Jeanice Brooks, Music,University of Southampton. 6pm, GeographyLecture Theatre 1.

Tuesday 27 July –Wednesday 4 AugustINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES–DIVERSITY DIALOGUESSYMPOSIUMThe 2004 programme will featureinternational speakers and focus on ideasaround globalisation and politics,transforming organisations and institutions,with a particular focus on workplace andlabour, activism and human rights. Contactthe Institute of Advanced Studies or consultthe web site at http://www. ias.uwa.edu.au/for updates, programme information andregistration fees.

Wednesday 28 JulySCHOOL OF INDIGENOUSSTUDIES, INSTITUTE OFADVANCED STUDIES AND CRIMERESEARCH CENTRE PUBLICLECTURE‘Addressing Issues of Fraud in AboriginalArt’, Dr Christine Alder and Professor KenPolk, Criminology, University of Melbourne.6.30pm, Social Sciences Lecture Theatre.

Friday 30 JulyAUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OFUNIVERSITY WOMEN (WA)Mulled Wine Get-together and PracticalHelp for the IFUW Conference. Drop in ifonly for an hour and help the LocalArrangements Committee collate and packthe satchels for the IFUW Conference. Thisis an opportunity to meet other members ina fun environment. We have a wonderfulrecipe for mulled wine and this will beserved along with other refreshments.Anytime between 2pm and 7pm,AFUW(WA) Headquarters, 2 Park Road,Nedlands.

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DiaryCLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORYSEMINAR‘Narrative, nuance and invention:Constantinople as “The New Rome”’, JohnMelville-Jones. 3pm, Arts Lecture Room 5.

AARI QUIZ NIGHTThe Asthma and Allergy Research Institute isholding a quiz night to raise funds for furtherresearch. It will be held at The BoulevardCentre, 99 The Boulevard, Floreat,commencing at 7pm. Tables of six to eight,$10 per person payable at the door. Baravailable, no BYO alcohol please. Bookingsand enquiries on 9346 3198.

Saturday 31 JulyTHE PERTH MEDIEVAL ANDRENAISSANCE GROUP ANNUALSYMPOSIUM‘Magic and Marvel in the Medieval and EarlyModern World’, Dr Corinne Saunders andProfessor David Fuller, University ofDurham, UK and Dr Sue Broomhall, UWA.The cost is $30 ($20 for students/concession), including coffee on arrival,morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.8.30am, St George’s College.

Monday 2 AugustINSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDYDIVERSITY DIALOGUESPROGRAMME‘Disability in Australia: Exposing a SocialApartheid’, Associate Professor ChristopherNewell, AM, School of Medicine, Universityof Tasmania. 5.30pm, Alexander LectureTheatre.

Wednesday 4 AugustROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL SEMINAR‘Australian Synchrotron: MedicalApplications’, Professor Fiona Wood AM,Director of the Royal Perth Hospital BurnsUnit and Clinical Cell Culture Ltd; EmeritusProfessor Brian O’Connor, Department ofApplied Physics, Curtin University ofTechnology; Professor Rob Lewis, Professorof X-ray and Synchrotron Physics, MonashUniversity; Professor Peter Lay, School ofChemistry, University of Sydney; Dr MatthewWilce, Department of Pharmacology/Crystallography Centre, University ofWestern Australia,; Associate ProfessorMibel Aguilar, Department of Biochemistry,Monash University. 9am, Fifth Floor, MedicalResearch Foundation Building, Royal PerthHospital.

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES –HISTORY DISCIPLINE GROUPSEMINARS‘Thirty-five Years in Retrospect: the Sublimeto the Ridiculous?’, Professor John Tonkin,School of Humanities. 12pm, G14 GroundFloor Tearoom, Arts Building.

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES – REID ORATION 2004‘The Politics of Dissent in an Age ofEndangered Democracy’, Anne Summers,Australian author, journalist, and speaker on

political and social issues. 6.30pm, SocialSciences Lecture Theatre.

UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETYCONCERTSchumann’s World. UWA Music staff andspecial guests present this informal eveningexploring the chamber music and songs ofRobert Schumann. Acclaimed Australiansoprano Sara Mcliver is one of the MusicSociety’s favourite guests and in this concertperforms a selection of Schumann’s exquisitesongs. The Music Society is also delighted towelcome international guests John and JeanRoberts from the United States and Pal Ederand Erika Toth from Hungary. Bookings atBOCS 9484 1133 or the Octagon Theatre6488 2440. 7.30pm, Octagon Theatre.

Thursday 5 AugustSCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGYLECTURE‘Principles of Memory’, Ian Neath and AimeeSurprenant, Purdue University. 12pm, Room2.33 Psychology, North Block.

POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR SERIESIN CHEMISTRY‘From alkyne complexes to heterocycliccarbenes’, Simon Brayshaw. 5.15pm,Simmonds Lecture Theatre

TOOHEY ORATIONPUBLIC LECTURE‘Australia and Human Rights: The FrozenContinent?’, Professor Hilary Charles-worth,Professor of Law, Institute of AdvancedStudies, Australian national University. 7pm,Social Sciences Lecture Theatre.

Friday 6 AugustLAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERYPUBLIC PROGRAMMES‘Recovering the Past Through PersonalEncounters’, Melissa Harpley, AssociateCurator of Historical Art at the Art Galleryof Western Australia. 1pm, Lawrence WilsonArt Gallery.

CLIMA SEMINAR‘Progress on modelling blackspot disease infield peas’, Dr Moin Salam; To be announced.4pm, CLIMA Seminar Room

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETYSEMINAR SERIES‘AQUA, NGAPA, WATER, H20:Anthropological Interpretations on thePresence and Absence of Water’, Dr SandyToussaint, Anthropology and Sociology. 4pm,Social Sciences Lecture Room 1, SocialSciences Building (north wing).

Sunday 8 AugustAUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OFUNIVERSITY WOMEN GENERALMEETINGThis meeting is open to all members ofAFUW. A meal will be provided at theCollege 6-7pm for those who would like it ata cost of $15. 7pm, M. E. Wood Room, StCatherine’s College.

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AFUW(WA)BURSARIES

2004The Australian Federation of University Women

(WA) invites applications for its 2004 PostgraduateBursaries valued between $2250 and $4000. The

purpose of the Bursaries is to meet a special needwhich will assist women in the completion of ahigher degree by research. Applications are also

invited for a $3000 Bursary for a woman or girl fromthe Gascoyne Region to commence or continue her

university studies.

The closing date for all Bursaries isFriday 30 July 2004.

Full details and application forms are available fromthe Bursary OfficerAFUW(WA) Inc.

PO Box 48Nedlands WA 6909Phone 9386 3570

email [email protected]

All staff have recently been educated on the latest research, haveup-to-date asthma knowledge and can provide you with acomprehensive service to help you get your asthma under

control and to maintain that control.

This service can provide you with: 1. one on one asthma educa-tion; 2. lung function tests, and 3. the GP 3+ Visit plan

There is no extra cost and appointments with the asthmaeducator are free.

To find out more about this service or to make an appoint-ment with our asthma educator phone 64882118.

New Asthma Servicecommences at UWA Medical Centre

The implementation of this service has been funded

by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging

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Schools are reminded that all University equipment available for sale must be advertised in the UWAnews. Receipts should be PeopleSoft account coded490 (computing with barcode), 491 (non-computing with barcode) or 493 (items with no barcode). If equipment has an existing barcode please contact

extension 3618/2546 for details.

CONDITION refers to the general condition of item ( 1 = as new; 2 = good; 3 = serviceable; 4 = unserviceable). AGE refers to the nearest year.

Bids should be accepted by Monday 9 August with schools to have first option

ITEM PRICE AGE(YRS) COND. SECTION CONTACT

Milling/Drilling Machine offers 10+ 3 Microbiology John Devlin, 9346 2055

Pedestal Drills offers 10+ 3 Microbiology John Devlin, 9346 2055

Apple laser writer 16/600 $175 - 3 Business School IT Amanda, ext. 3879

Apple laser writer 16/600 $175 - 3 Business School IT Amanda, ext. 3879

Redundant Equipment for Sale

FOR SALE

NEUMEYER German piano, reconditioned andtuned, lovely walnut case with French polish,beautiful sound in all registers, professionalvaluation and insured for $4500, other offerswill be considered. Contact Mary 9386 9320.

IBM Thinkpad Notebook 560E, Intel Pentiumprocessor, Windows 98SE, Microsoft Office,built in modem for Internet access, leathercarry case, $450. Shane 0414 442 829 or 64882391.

POWER Macintosh 6100 / 66, Microsoft OS8.0, Microsoft Office, built in Ethernet, 15”monitor, $100. Shane 0414 442 829 or 64882391.

BED, king single, white enamel tubular frameand bedhead with wood slats and Slumbercareinner spring mattress, 6mo, excellentcondition, $200. Call 9408 0354, 9am-5pmweekdays.

PANASONIC electronic typewriter, includesribbon, corrector tape and cursive script daisywheel. Excellent condition. $200. Call 94080354, 9am-5pm weekdays.

TOYOTA Starlet 1998, 3-door hatch, 5 speedmanual, 70,000kms, air cond, power steering,excellent condition, regularly serviced, $8000ono. Call 0422 313 637.

2002 DAIHATSU Teros DX 4WD, darkgreen, 5-door wgn, low km 40,000, 3 year newcar warranty, (2004 -2008), air cond, CD,power steering, dual airbags etc, excellentcondition. $15,000 ono. For more informationplease call Dan on 6488 8000 or 0404 041298.

TROMBONE, Conn 78H, Bflat/F trigger,medium bore. Beautiful instrument in topcondition, only 2 years old. $2500 ono. [email protected] or phone Lorna,Nick or Sam at home on 9332 8675.

ASTRA City 971.6ltr 5-door hatchback,metallic blue, 5-speed manual, air con, remotec/lock, immob, FSH, lic til July, 109,000kms andin good cond, $8500 ono. Call 0413 150 958.

DAIHATSU Charade 1990, 3-door hatch, well-maintained, good red paint work and interior,6 months licence, $2600 ono. Emma Green0403 136 737.

MUST SELL before going overseas – HOLDENBarina 93, hatchback, 5 doors, manual, wellmaintained, perfect condition, $3900negotiable. LG VCR/DVD combo $290.SAMSUNG fridge-freezer 429ltr $350.HOOVER top loader washing machine $180.BIKES (one with baby seat). [email protected], mob. 0423152 876.

Kim Brooks, research assistant, WaterResearchKeith Russell, systems administrator,Water ResearchHooi Eong Ang, functional manager,Finance and ResourcesVictor Badenko, school manager, Earthand Geographical SciencesDebra Basanovic, Marketing, studentsupport assistant, International CentreDr Abigail Bray, lecturer, Social andCultural StudiesLiliana Brewster, stores officer, PhysicsDr Hui Tong Chua, associate professor,Mechanical EngineeringBrian Devine, senior research fellow,Population HealthAnna Dwyer, project officer, Medicineand PharmacologyNicola Fazzalari, casual appointment,Research ServicesJacqueline Flowers, faculty admin officer,Architecture, Landscape and Visual ArtsPhil Gibson, audio visual assistant,Facilities ManagementDr Nanette Gottlieb, casual appoint-ment, Social and Cultural StudiesMelanie Hewitt, admin assistant, Primary,Aboriginal and Rural Health CareHilary Hodgson, trainee, Finance andResourcesEric Howard, senior technician, FacilitiesManagementJason Langoulant, computer supportofficer, LibrarySylvia Lockyer, research associate,Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health CareJanis Luks, school manager, GraduateSchool of ManagementKylie Marsh, graduate research assistant,Psychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesCameron Marshall, computer supportassistant, Water ResearchCarole Osborne, casual appointment,Economics and CommerceJosko Petkovic, casual appointment,Research ServicesToni Pike, accounting assistant, FinancialServicesSally Separovic, project officer, StudentServicesTheodorus Tan, library officer 1, LibraryKelly Underwood , Web projectadministrator, LibraryLinley Vinicombe, library technician,LibraryGillian Walters , admin assistant,Biomedical and Chemical SciencesAnne Webster, law librarian, LibraryRobert Whitehead, medical coordinator,Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health CareMae-Yen Wong, internal audit assistant,Vice-Chancellery

HONDA CIVIC GLi 2000 sdn. 5spd, loads ofextras, 79,000 kms, bal new car wty 1 yr60,000 kms, full Honda service history.Excellent condition. $18,990 ono. Pleaecontact Leanne at [email protected] or6488 3933.

FOR RENT

BRAND new, 2 brm, fully furnished, executiveapartment in Subiaco, very close to allamenities, city and UWA, close to Subiacotrain station, very quiet location, reverse-cycleair-cond, new fridge, microwave, washingmachine and dryer, big balcony with barbecuetable and chairs, undercover garage. Availablenow for long or short term lease. Non-smoking tenant only and no pets. $380 perweek. Please call 0414 784 681 for enquiries.

NEDLANDS, large house, ideal for visitingacademic’s family. 3 bedrooms, 2 studies, 2baths, small yard, less than 5 minutes bike ride/10 minutes walk from the northern edge ofUWA campus. Short walk to Hampden Stshops and bus stops, and 2 minutes to King’sPark (bushland and recreation). Fully furnishedwith kitchen fittings and utensils, linen, heating,etc. Owner will be away in Singapore fromearly July 2004 to early July 2005, so lookingfor a one-year tenant if possible. Asking $400per week; bills for electricity, gas, water,telephone will be tenant’s responsibility. Email:[email protected]; phone 93867183.

HOUSE TO SHARE Fremantle–White GumValley, fully furnished & equipped, centralheating, 2 bedroom & study, bus stop for 98 &99 to UWA 4 minutes from house, quietstreet, available July-December, ideal forshort-term accommodation, non-smokingtenant only, $150. Details on 9336 3695.

HOUSESITTING

MATURE staff member eager to housesitwithin 20km of Perth anytime between August2004 and February 2005. Will happily providereferences. I love gardening and pets. I am anon-smoker. Contact details [email protected].

WANTED

LARGE house, preferably 3-4 bedrooms,required for visiting international academicsfor a period of up to 3 weeks in late August/early September. Please phone Jane Coakley inthe School of Anatomy and Human Biology on6488 7116 or [email protected] for any leads.

VISITING academic seeks a house for rentclose to UWA for October-December 2004inclusive, suitable for family of 4. Pleasecontact [email protected].

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