Past events

Find information about past ANU Science events.

DNA
Monday, 23 Sep 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Scientists have long sought to understand the origins of biological complexity, including what makes us, as humans, such complex beings.
Presented by Prof Lara Malins

Kambri
Friday, 20 Sep 2024, 11am - 2pm

An opportunity for employers and students to connect.

Poetry reading
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024, 6:30 - 8pm

The Street Theatre presents a Rae Armantrout poetry reading and in-conversation with Physics Professor Ben Buchler

AI
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

AI continues to attract significant attention across a broad frontier of application areas of commercial interest motivating a massive investment in research and development.
Presented by Prof John Taylor

Archive image of Mt Stromlo
Friday, 21 Jun 2024, 9am - Thursday, 19 Sep 2024, 5pm

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mount Stromlo Observatory in 2024 with a variety of special events.

Heatwave
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Heatwaves have increased in their frequency, intensity and duration in the observational record.
Presented by Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

trustworthy
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Health policies and services developed by people working from a lived experience perspective are more relevant to patients, lead to more effective use of health resources, and are considered more trustworthy .
Presented by Dr Brett Scholz

energy
Monday, 16 Sep 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

About 85% of the matter and energy in the universe is in the form of some unknown dark matter or dark energy.  It was hoped that the nature of this would be discovered by particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider. Until now, however, no hints of dark matter have been observed. Presented by Professor Ben Buchler

AI in life sciences
Friday, 13 Sep 2024, 1 - 3:30pm

Join this keynote address on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in the life sciences by Professor Ewan Birney, European Bioinformatics Institute and European Molecular Biology Laboratory. This event is presented by EMBL Australia & Bioplatforms Australia .