News from Adelaide University Adelaidean November 2001 Volume 10 Number 10 Would you eat a mouse? page 7 Cancer surgery early success page 5 Music awards honour David page 10 I N S I D E Breath testing to benefit racing Hi-tech studies lead to breakthroughs in horse health problems THE health of horses—and the economic health of the racing industry— are of major importance in two new studies at Adelaide University’s Roseworthy Campus. One of the studies involves breath testing horses, while the other proposes a new technique to help horses recover from serious injury. Both have resulted from biotechnology-based research in the horse husbandry programs at Roseworthy, and both are grabbing attention in racing circles across Australia. Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) is a lower respiratory tract disease that causes particular problems in the horse racing industry. Studies have found that anything up to 50% of thoroughbred and standardbred racehorses in training suffer from the disease. However, the lack of overt symptoms that accompany it, other than a general poor performance on the track, means the disease often goes unnoticed. Previous research has shown that hidden inflammatory disease in the lower airways may also predispose a horse to clinical disease later in life. Current diagnostic techniques are invasive, time-consuming and limited in their ability to detect lower airway disease. But a new “breath testing” technique could change all that. Honours student Belinda Argent, under the supervision of Dr David Tivey, has conducted trials of new testing procedures for IAD in horses, the results of which are eagerly awaited by veterinarians and trainers alike. Ms Argent’s study postulates that particular components of the breath expired by horses could be used as a direct marker of inflammatory disease occurring in the lungs. “If this is proven to be the case,” said Ms Argent, “it is expected that the test will not only be more sensitive diagnostically in the early stages of the disease, but also more readily accepted and utilised by trainers which will, in turn, hopefully be more effective in reducing the degree of damage caused by IAD in the horse racing industry.” The “breath test” method is stress-free for the animal and easily administered, using a simple bagging technique to trap breath and extract samples with a syringe for laboratory testing. Trials have been conducted at Sydney’s metropolitan racetracks and on racehorses stabled at the University’s Horse Unit on Roseworthy Campus, in conjunction with Sydney University veterinarians. “Respiratory disease is second only to musculoskeletal disease as a cause of serious economic loss to the racing industry through reduced performance, lost training days and premature retirement from the racetrack,” said Ms Argent. “A technique that is easily used, inexpensive and non-invasive could have an enormous impact, improving health and leading to a major reduction in lost performance.” Meanwhile, a patent is pending for a new technique using Insulin Growth Factor I (IGF-I), also known as Tendotrophin, to improve recovery of serious tendon injury in performance horses, as a result of research undertaken by Dr Robyn Woodward, Program Leader in Equine Studies, and colleague Dr Simon Humphrys, a research scientist at South Australian biotechnology company GroPep. Dick Francis once wrote that the equine tendon is as sensitive as a violin string. Tendon injuries are notoriously slow to recover and difficult to treat. But new procedures resulting from Dr Woodward and Dr Humphrys’s research may now mean a damaged tendon is not automatically the end of a promising career. The new method involves the injection of IGF-I twice, commencing a week after the initial injury is sustained. The product is injected into the core lesion, its position determined by diagnostic ultrasound. The study showed that tendons treated with IGF-I had a significantly higher percentage of collagen-I fibres, the strongest collagen fibres in the tendon, over the control group. Dr Woodward said this meant a shorter recovery time and potential to improve overall recovery. “The use of Tendotrophin has been shown to improve the quality of repair,” said Dr Woodward. “Provided that appropriate conditioning principles are followed, the product allows horses that have shown athletic promise before they incurred the injury to return to racing.” —Lee Welch ABOVE: Student Belinda Argent demonstrates the horse ”breath testing”, which could lead to better detection of respiratory disease in horses. Photo: Ben Osborne. RIGHT: Many aspects of horse anatomy and physiology are considered as part of research and teaching at Roseworthy Campus. Advertisement
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News from Adelaide University
AdelaideanNovember 2001Volume 10 Number 10
Would you eata mouse?
page 7
Cancer surgeryearly success
page 5
Music awardshonour David
page 10
I N S I D E
Breath testing to benefit racingHi-tech studies lead to breakthroughs in horse health problemsTHE health of horses—and theeconomic health of the racing industry—are of major importance in two newstudies at Adelaide University’sRoseworthy Campus.One of the studies involves breath testinghorses, while the other proposes a newtechnique to help horses recover from seriousinjury.
Both have resulted from biotechnology-basedresearch in the horse husbandry programs atRoseworthy, and both are grabbing attentionin racing circles across Australia.
Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) is alower respiratory tract disease that causesparticular problems in the horse racingindustry.
Studies have found that anything up to 50%of thoroughbred and standardbred racehorsesin training suffer from the disease. However,the lack of overt symptoms that accompanyit, other than a general poor performance onthe track, means the disease often goesunnoticed.
Previous research has shown that hiddeninflammatory disease in the lower airwaysmay also predispose a horse to clinical diseaselater in life.
Current diagnostic techniques are invasive,time-consuming and limited in their abilityto detect lower airway disease.
But a new “breath testing” technique couldchange all that.
Honours student Belinda Argent, under thesupervision of Dr David Tivey, has conductedtrials of new testing procedures for IAD inhorses, the results of which are eagerlyawaited by veterinarians and trainers alike.
Ms Argent’s study postulates that particularcomponents of the breath expired by horsescould be used as a direct marker ofinflammatory disease occurring in the lungs.
“If this is proven to be the case,” said MsArgent, “it is expected that the test will notonly be more sensitive diagnostically in theearly stages of the disease, but also morereadily accepted and utilised by trainerswhich will, in turn, hopefully be moreeffective in reducing the degree of damagecaused by IAD in the horse racing industry.”
The “breath test” method is stress-free for the animal and easily administered, using a simple bagging technique to trap breath and extract samples with a syringe for
laboratory testing.Trials have been conducted at Sydney’smetropolitan racetracks and on racehorsesstabled at the University’s Horse Unit onRoseworthy Campus, in conjunction withSydney University veterinarians.“Respiratory disease is second only tomusculoskeletal disease as a cause of seriouseconomic loss to the racing industry throughreduced performance, lost training days andpremature retirement from the racetrack,”said Ms Argent.“A technique that is easily used, inexpensiveand non-invasive could have an enormousimpact, improving health and leading to amajor reduction in lost performance.”Meanwhile, a patent is pending for a newtechnique using Insulin Growth Factor I(IGF-I), also known as Tendotrophin, toimprove recovery of serious tendon injury inperformance horses, as a result of researchundertaken by Dr Robyn Woodward,Program Leader in Equine Studies, andcolleague Dr Simon Humphrys, a researchscientist at South Australian biotechnologycompany GroPep.Dick Francis once wrote that the equinetendon is as sensitive as a violin string.Tendon injuries are notoriously slow torecover and difficult to treat.But new procedures resulting from DrWoodward and Dr Humphrys’s research maynow mean a damaged tendon is notautomatically the end of a promising career.The new method involves the injection ofIGF-I twice, commencing a week after theinitial injury is sustained. The product isinjected into the core lesion, its positiondetermined by diagnostic ultrasound.The study showed that tendons treated withIGF-I had a significantly higher percentageof collagen-I fibres, the strongest collagenfibres in the tendon, over the control group.Dr Woodward said this meant a shorterrecovery time and potential to improveoverall recovery.“The use of Tendotrophin has been shown toimprove the quality of repair,” said DrWoodward.“Provided that appropriate conditioningprinciples are followed, the product allowshorses that have shown athletic promisebefore they incurred the injury to return toracing.”
—Lee Welch
ABOVE: Student BelindaArgent demonstrates the horse”breath testing”, which couldlead to better detection ofrespiratory disease in horses. Photo: Ben Osborne.
RIGHT: Many aspects of horseanatomy and physiology areconsidered as part of researchand teaching at RoseworthyCampus.
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ADELAIDE science student and self-proclaimed adventurer Ben Kozel hasbecome one of the first people in the world torow the entire length of the Yenisey, theworld's fifth-longest river.He completed the journey with his team-mates,Canadians Colin Angus and Remy Quinter, andfellow Aussie Tim Cope, late in September. Hereis the last part of his account of the journey,completing the story told in previous issues of theAdelaidean.
For me, our wooden rowboat journey norththrough Siberia became as much a tapestry ofpeople and customs as a battery of physicalroutine and challenge. The Yenisey not onlysplit Siberia into west and east, it exposed aneat cross-section of life in Russia as a whole.
Site of the most powerful hydroelectric damon earth, Bratsk was also home to a mannamed Vladimir. Within hours of our arrival,this suave Russian businessman had gatheredus into a very different world. A seven-tonneChevrolet, complete with bullet-proofwindows and bodyguard escort, chauffeuredus between the sights of his beloved city. Wetoured the dam and the gigantic aluminiumsmelting plant. We met the resident women’sjudo world champion, and spoke to bright-eyed youngsters at a martial arts trainingcamp.
Despite our scruffy looks, we dined inexclusive restaurants (serving only dishesmade from local ingredients) and werehonoured guests of Vladimir’s nightclub—the first in Siberia. We even frolicked with agrizzly bear cub on the backyard lawn of asuburban house, sheltered from nosyneighbours by high steel fences and a smiling,rifle-clad doorman. For a grand finale, Vladtook us to the cemetery where four of hisfriends now lay. All had died in their earlytwenties. All had been slain in their homeson the same night two years earlier. This toowas part of the inherent nature of bigbusiness in Russia.
Below Bratsk, we rowed the long, snakingreservoir trapped behind a third dam at Ust-Ilimsk. Dense forest lined the banks,sometimes atop sheer rocky cliffs. Littleinterrupted the wilderness stretching far awayfrom either shore.
We joined Nick at his waterfront log cabinfor a contrasting slice of Siberian life. Helived alone, minus electricity. In the summer,he netted fish and harvested berries. Winterdays there regularly got down to 50 belowzero. But the frozen, snow-dusted Taigaforest provided ample return from hunting.
Taking advantage once more of Russianflexibility and plain good spirit, our boat waspainlessly delivered below the Ust-Ilimskdam. For the first time in 900kms we rode onthe back of a current. With it, however, camea rush of apprehension not felt since the daysof the rubber raft flip. Locals offeredwarnings of wild rapids, and even a 30m highwaterfall. Fanciful or not, they dashed ourplans of resuming a 24-hour rowing regimeand making up lost time.
The Angara here was fast flowing but
shallow. We watched gold-coloured rivergrasses undulate mystically beneath us.Several times, the hull scraped bottom orbounced off rogue, submerged boulders. Butthe timbers held firm and we held onto anacceptable leak rate of four buckets per day.Channel markers helped with negotiating asafe route through rapids that stretched up toan incredible 2kms across river. The sheerscale of whitewater eclipsed anything I'd seenbefore. More amazing still were the tugboats,hauling their massive log booms throughthese very same thrashing waves. Notsurprisingly, the rumoured waterfall neverappeared.
Every day, someone in a boat would swing byand ask if we needed help. Some even threwropes, preparing to tow us (Russians onlyrowed if their outboards broke down).Among the goggle-eyed fishermen whoregularly lavished us with several of theircatch, a pair of officials handed usWANTED posters. It seemed we shared theriver with a couple of escaped prisoners. Butinstead of regarding our strange passage withmistrust and fear, villagers showered us withjars of wild berries and potatoes.
In the last week of August, we at last plungedinto what maps state as the Yenisey Riverproper. And for the first time, we dealt withthe issue of water pollution. ThroughoutSoviet times, classified plants on the upperYenisey produced all of the Union’s weapons-grade plutonium. For decades, radiation andheavy metals had seeped into the river.Residents of a beautifully historic town nearthe confluence talked of the increasingincidence of leukaemia, birth defects andinedible fish.
Almost everyone it seemed had lost a familymember to cancer. And so, from simplydipping a cup into the Angara when thirsty,we submitted to refilling our water suppliesonly at the innocent streams that trickled intothe Yenisey. We couldn’t afford to be sloweddown any further.
The race for the Arctic was on. To be at theearliest estimated date of river freeze-over, weneeded to cover about 2000kms in threeweeks. On the up side, we were able to oncemore row around the clock. Some very raretail winds even helped out for a few days.
Settlements gradually dwindled in size andnumber. Leaves on the fir, larch and aspentrees accelerated in their colour change as werapidly advanced on the Arctic Circle. Byday we focused on keeping warm andindulging our ravenous appetites in betweenhour-long shifts at the oars. Every night,each of us rowed for two and a half hours,
kept company by the creaking oar blades, thestreaks of meteors, and the ghostlyshimmering of auroras.
Sometimes, the morning brought thick fog.Such fog brought several near misses withhorn-blowing tugboats and walls of metalthat were the barges they pushed.
We celebrated crossing 66 and a half degreeswith a ‘do it yourself ’ sauna. An enormousfire baked 12 rounded river stones to glowingred. Birch saplings were tied together as aframe and the flysheet from one of the tentsstretched over this. Then as the dusktemperature plunged to zero, we doused thered-hot rocks and steamed away layers ofdirt, dead skin and cares.
As mid September approached and Summerofficially ended, conditions were alreadyworse than the chilliest of Adelaide winters.
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Flags raised in celebration as the team reaches the Arctic Ocean, ending their Yenisey trek. Benis pictured second from left.
Ben takes his turn at the oars of the dory. A sunny moment in the ever-increasing cold of Siberia.
Furs offer some protection against the freezingcold.
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A GROUND-BREAKING idea, usingcontemporary popular music to helpteach children with speech andcommunication difficulties, is the winnerof the inaugural Hewlett PackardAustralia-Adelaide University Entre-preneurs' Challenge.The $50,000 Entrepreneurs’ Challenge,sponsored by HP Australia and run byAdelaide University, was aimed at fosteringinnovation and commercialising ideas intosustainable businesses.
More than 20 teams competed for first prize,with each team including at least oneAdelaide University student. Over the lastsix months, participating teams were requiredto conduct market research, carry outfeasibility studies and draw up business plans.Industry mentors, management consultants,academics and other key supporters were alsoutilised by teams to help shape and refinetheir ideas.
The winning team was Gorgeous Kid, whichdevised a novel style of music that can beintegrated with current speech anddevelopment techniques. “It's music andlearning for those who need more time tocatch up with the words and the actions,” saidthe Creative Director of Gorgeous Kid,Andrea rieniets.
Ms rieniets, who is best known as thesinger/songwriter of the chart single“Wooden Child”, shared first prize with theteam's other member and Business Manager,Pearl Field, a student in Adelaide University'sGraduate Diploma of Business Enterprise.For their efforts, Gorgeous Kid was awarded$30,000 in prizes from HP Australia.Gorgeous Kid also took out the People'sChoice Awards.Five teams made it through to the finals. Therunners up were Paravidya (second place,with $15,000 in prizes) and Your FutureEdge (third place, $5000). Paravidya’s ideacentred around a media marketing tool thatinspired viewers with a thought-provokingquote, and offered an insight into the values,morals and beliefs of their clients’ companies.Your Future Edge provided a self-directedprocess of helping people answer the four bigquestions: who am I, what do I want, wheream I going and how will I get there?While acknowledging the excitement ofwinning the first ever Entrepreneurs’Challenge in Adelaide, “The real excitementas an artist is to watch this new music artform unfold,” said Ms rieniets.“Kids are a huge music audience. We have athrilling opportunity to design music andeducation to suit the concerns of kids withspeech and communication challenges.
“The gift of this new music will move andinspire us all.”
Norman McCann, managing director HPAustralasia, said: “The standard of entries inthis inaugural year indicates that there aremany good business ideas waiting to betapped. The Adelaide UniversityEntrepreneurs’ Challenge is a greatopportunity for businesses to be recognisedand realised in a supportive environment.”
Whether or not they were part of thewinning teams, the Challenge reflected wellon the many Adelaide University studentsand graduates who took part. Of particularnote was the strong showing of current andpast participants in programs run by theUniversity's Enterprise Education Group,including the Business Initiatives fromGraduates (BIG) program at the ThebartonCampus. A number of students from theMaster of Science and TechnologyCommercialisation program also reached thefinals.
Challenge lead organiser and MBA studentBen Scott said the response to thecompetition had been fantastic. “We werethrilled not only with the number of entriesthat we had, but also the quality—it was veryhard to pick a winner,” he said.
www.adelaide.edu.au/echallenge/
Gorgeous Kid’s musical ideawins $30,000 in HP challenge
Pei-Jee Ng.
New dean and professor appointed to law schoolAN internationally respected academicand lawyer, Professor Gabriel Moens, hasbeen appointed Dean of Law at AdelaideUniversity.He has also been appointed to the John BrayChair of Law, and will take up bothappointments in April 2002.
Professor Moens is currently GarrickProfessor of Law and Director of theAustralian Institute of Foreign andComparative Law at the TC Beirne School ofLaw at the University of Queensland.
He has taught at undergraduate andpostgraduate level at universities around theworld, including Germany, Austria, Italy, theUK, the United States, Singapore, Nepal andAustralia.
His areas of teaching and research areconstitutional law, international commerciallaw, international commercial arbitration law,comparative law, European Union law and
banking law.
In 1999, he won the Australian Award forUniversity Teaching in Law and LegalStudies.In 1995, for his services to education, he wasawarded a knighthood by His Majesty, KingAlbert II of Belgium.
As a legal consultant, Professor Moens hasworked for many law firms in Sydney andBrisbane.He is a member of the London-basedChartered Institute of Arbitrators andappears regularly before arbitral tribunalsthroughout the world.Last year he arbitrated a major case before theInternational Court of Arbitration for Sportsin Lausanne.At Adelaide University Professor Moens willbe responsible for rejuvenating the LawSchool in line with the recommendations of areview earlier this year.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Cliff Blakedescribed the appointment as an outstandingone for the University.
“Professor Moens is an eminent internationalfigure in the fields of legal education, researchand practice,” he said.
“His credentials and his track record equiphim admirably for the task of managing theLaw School through this period of change.
“The Adelaide University Law School has along and distinguished history, producinggraduates who have gone on to excel not onlyin law but in politics, business and manyother fields.
“Professor Moens’s mission will be torevitalise legal education at the University,initiate new programs, develop stronger linkswith the legal profession, and enhance ourLaw School's reputation as an institution ofnational and international standing.”
—John Drislane Professor Gabriel Moens.
Adelaide cellistnamed performerof the year
ELDER Conservatorium of Musiccellist Pei-Jee Ng has won one of themost prestigious national prizes foryoung classical musicians, the SymphonyAustralia 2001 Young PerformersAward.Ng, 17, won the prize from a competitionbetween four finalists selected from 274entries. He received $7500 in cash, a$15,000 scholarship and a trip to China toplay with two of that country’s mostprominent symphony orchestras.He is currently studying in the second year ofa Bachelor of Music degree, and iscontinuing his cello studies under JanisLaurs, principal cellist at the ElderConservatorium.Ng has already won numerous stringcompetitions, including the 2000 and 2001Vada Jeffries Bach Prize, and the 2001 Piattiprize. He also reached the second round inthe inaugural 2001 Hong Kong Competitionfor Young Asian Musicians.In 1999, he performed concerts in Brisbaneas a Recitalist in the 24th National YouthConcerto Competition, and was joint winnerof the 1999 Adelaide Eisteddfod StringConcerto final.He has performed with the Australian andQueensland youth orchestras, theQueensland Conservatorium SymphonyOrchestra, and as principal cellist of both theElder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestraand the Queensland ConservatoriumChamber Orchestra.
FINAL-YEAR students from theSchool of Architecture, LandscapeArchitecture and Urban Design will puttheir works on show for the public thismonth.The exhibition, called Ultraplay, will beshown at 12 Hindley St, Adelaide, fromNovember 10-16, 12-8pm.
The works represent a diversity of talent,and include designs that not only serve afunction and purpose (such as a newheadquarters for the South AustralianPolice), but also stimulate the eye and themind.
Pictured (right) is a design by student JohnHii, one of the many that will be on displayat the free exhibition.
Ultraplay will be officially launched onFriday night, November 9, with a talk byaward-winning architect KerstinThompson. The launch is open to thepublic and starts at 7pm.
Architecture exhibition goes on show
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TASTING AUSTRALIAADELAIDE University was hot andhappening as part of its involvement withTasting Australia recently.The University hosted, organised andsponsored a variety of events, one of whichwas the "Science on a Plate" tour conductedby the Faculty of Agricultural and NaturalResource Sciences.Thirty international journalists learnt aboutAdelaide’s reputation as the premier food andwine university in Australia through a tour ofthe Waite Campus, tasting of productsresearched at Adelaide, including beef, chilli,wine, grains and olive oil, and a special lunchprepared by well-known chef Ann Oliver.The journalists—from all corners of the globeand whose influential writings and/orbroadcasts reach millions of people—werevery impressed with the facilities and theresearch being undertaken.Another highlight was the University’sinvolvement with the International Food andWine Writers’ Festival. Department ofHistory lecturers Barbara Santich and RobertDare organised a very successful forum for
the festival entitled Eating Into the Future.The launch of the University’s Mastersprogram in Gastronomy also took placeduring Tasting Australia.Former Premier John Olsen and Le CordonBleu President André Cointreau jointlylaunched the unique program, which hasbeen developed for people who have a passionfor the study of gastronomy and forprofessionals seeking related careers inhospitality, media or tourism.Last but not least of Tasting Australia eventsfor the week was the Feast for the Senses foodand wine fair at Elder Park, at which theuniversity played a pivotal role.University volunteers did an exceptional jobmaking sure the event ran smoothly, while aplethora of Adelaide University’s finestclassical musicians provided the perfectsoundtrack for the event with the TerraceProms. The Proms consisted of variousAdelaide University and other musicensembles performing at a number oflocations along North Terrace and at ElderPark.
Tasting Australia director Ian Parmenter with Vice-Chancellor Cliff Blake at the launch of theUniversity’s Masters program in Gastronomy being run jointly with Le Cordon Bleu.
Vice-Chancellor Cliff Blake, former Premier John Olsen, and Le Cordon Bleu President AndréCointreau sign the official paperwork to launch the Masters program in Gastronomy.
Chef Ann Oliver describes her delicious lunch for the Science on a Plate tour to a guest from theUK. Photo: Ben Osborne.
International media representatives taste the fruits of Adelaide University’s wine-making research.Photo: Ben Osborne.
Kath Cooper explains the University’s research into the Triticale grain to ABC journalist MalcolmDuxbury as part of the Science on a Plate tour at the Waite Campus.
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PROMISING results have come from anew liver cancer surgery technique beingtrialled in Adelaide.Last year, the Adelaidean reported on trials ofa new technique to treat patients sufferingfrom cancers of the liver. The researchershave now presented the preliminary results ofthose trials to the Annual Scientific Meetingof the Royal Australasian College ofSurgeons (SA).The surgical team, led by Professor GuyMaddern from Adelaide University’sDepartment of Surgery, developed thetechnique of inserting electrodes into thetumours and surrounding liver tissue, andthen passing small electric currents throughthem.This process, termed electrolysis, destroystumour and liver tissue in much the same wayas electrolysis destroys the follicles ofunwanted hair. It affects much less normalliver tissue than surgery of a moreconventional kind, in which tumours are cutfrom the liver.The 10 patients treated so far in the ongoingtrial at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital had allbeen evaluated as unsuitable for conventionalsurgical treatment due to the extent of theirtumours. Nine were patients whose coloniccancers had spread to the liver, while one wastreated for cancer of the liver itself.The average follow-up time for the patientswas nine months, the shortest time being sixmonths and the longest 43 months. Eight ofthe 10 patients showed no evidence ofresidual tumour at the treatment site. Five ofthese eight patients had developed new areasof tumour spread, but three showed noevidence of tumour recurrence.
There has been considerable worldwideinterest in the trials following the initialrelease of the story. The Department ofSurgery is continuing to treat new patientsusing the technique, but Dr BenjaminTeague, Research Registrar in thedepartment, cautions that patients must meet
a number of criteria to be considered fortreatment.“They must be fit for major surgery,” said DrTeague, “which means having no significantmedical conditions that would make themunsuitable for a general anaesthetic andabdominal surgery. They must also have nountreatable tumour outside the liver.”If patients appear to meet the first twocriteria, then further details, including scansof their tumours and reports, are used todetermine whether they meet the thirdcriterion.“Various kinds of scans can be used—MRI,ultrasound, PET or CT scans—but they [thepatients] need to show that the tumours thatthey have in the liver must be of a size,number and distribution that makes themsuitable for electrolytic treatment,” said DrTeague.If a patient’s scans are promising, the teammakes arrangements for further investigation.This may include additional scans, aconsultation and a preliminary ‘keyhole’inspection, in which a small opening is madein the abdominal wall and a laparoscopicinstrument used to make a visual inspectionof the liver.“If all of these procedures suggest that apatient is suitable for treatment, then we canperform the definitive procedure," said DrTeague. "In many cases, the electrolysis isperformed along with surgery to removeaffected sections of the liver.”Dr Teague cautions that, despite thepromising trials, it is not yet possible to saywhether the procedure is of long-termbenefit.“We can only determine that by evaluatingthe future progress of the patients whoundergo this treatment,” he said. “However,we do hope that by aiming to destroy thetumours in this way we may offer thepossibility of a long-term cure to somepatients.”
—Rob Morrison
Early success for liver cancer treatment
Professor Guy Maddern and his surgical team perform an operation. The new technique useselectrodes to treat the cancer-affected area of the liver.
WASTE MATTERS is a newexhibition at the Investigator Scienceand Technology Centre.The exhibition delves deeply into the“science of garbage” and aims to foster invisitors, especially young people, a senseof responsibility and a lifelongcommitment to recycling and preservingof resources.What is waste and why does it matter?Where does it come from and what canwe do with it to help our environment?Waste Matters! introduces visitors to theintriguing science of recycling and theimportance of waste management in the21st century, through a variety ofinteresting and interactive displays.Recycling is a major focus of theexhibition. Visitors will meet CaptainDisposal and his dog Scraps, who espousethe merits of can compacting, andLitterbugs Maurice and Ethyl, whodemonstrate the results of wantonlittering. For instance, did you know thatmore than half of all roadside litter istobacco related?Visitors can also make their own recycledpaper, sort plastics and cans, watch liveworms in action as they recycle in nature,and see how cars can be recycled.Waste Matters! will be held fromNovember 2001 until January 27, 2002 atthe Investigator Science and TechnologyCentre, Rose Tce, Wayville. For moreinformation call (08) 8410 1115.Adelaide University is a major sponsor ofthe Investigator Centre.
Waste matters: thescience of garbage
A HOST of past and present AdelaideUniversity jazz musicians feature in thecurrent Jazz South Australia series heldat the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.The five-concert series kicked off withSamba Suavé, a tribute to Stan Getz andJoao Gilberto. It featured Renato Leone(vocals/guitar), Marcia Leone (vocals), TonyCatalano (lead guitar), Peter Overall(percussion) and Chris Soole (saxophones),as well as the string quartet of JulianFerraretto (violin), Belinda Gehlert (violin),Anna Webb (viola) and Adrian Ferraretto(cello).
The next concert is the warm and cosy Guysand Dolls, held on Sunday, November 4. Itfeatures Luke Thompson and Anita Wardellon vocals, with the assistance of MarkFerguson (piano), Bob Jeffrey (reeds), JamesSked (bass) and John McDermott (drums).
The Mike Stewart Quartet presents ATribute To Joe Henderson on Sunday,November 18, featuring Nick Mulder ontrombone. The Quartet consists of MikeStewart (saxophone), Mark Ferguson(piano), John Aué (bass) and Jeremy Kirk(drums).
Do Not Pass is the offering from theimaginatively-titled Gogomobil on Sunday,December 2. The group consists of BenFuller (bass), Jeremy Kirk (drums), AdamLutley (keyboards), Nick Mulder(trombone) and Peter Raidel (saxophones).
The last concert features Celebrate The
Drummers performing The Bang’s TheThang on Sunday, December 9. Drummersfeatured will be John McDermott, BenRiley and Mario Marino, with help fromMike Stewart (saxophones), Deanna Djuric(piano) and Shireen Khemlani (bass).
All concerts begin at 8pm, with ticketsavailable at the door at $12 adult, or $8concession. For more information, contactJazz Coordinator SA Margaret Reines on8303 4339.
THE NEWLY formed 90-pieceAdelaide Youth Orchestra will presentits inaugural concert Spring intoSummer! this month.Members of the orchestra are aged between13 and 26 and are drawn from the mosttalented emerging orchestral musicians inthe State. Nearly one third of AdYOmembers are studying at AdelaideUniversity’s Elder Conservatorium.
The orchestra’s five-week intensive seasoninvolves weekly rehearsals and tutoring fromleading Adelaide instrumental musiceducators. Mr Janis Laurs, ElderConservatorium staff member, is the artisticdirector for AdYO and will conduct theorchestra in preparation for internationalconductor Marco Zuccarini’s arrival in midNovember.
The concert program includes mainstreamorchestral repertoire and will also featureAdelaide composer Graeme Koehne’sFanfare, which was performed at theClosing Ceremony of the Sydney 2000Olympic Games.
The Spring into Summer! concert will bepresented at the Adelaide Town Hall at 3pmon Sunday, November 25. Tickets are $15adults and $10 concession – book at Bass131 246.
AdYO auditions for the 2002 season will beheld early next year. Contact AdYOAdministrator Dani Raymond on 82336233 for information.
Jazz and orchestra concerts to keep themost tune-hungry music fans satisfied
THIS MONTH, Adelaide's mainresearch centre for nursing and midwiferyis celebrating five years of promoting andsupporting best practice in these fields.The Joanna Briggs Institute for EvidenceBased Nursing and Midwifery was formed in1996 as a joint initiative of AdelaideUniversity and the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The Institute takes its name from Mrs JoannaBriggs, a 19th century Australian nurse whowas a pioneer in the profession.
Over the past five years the Institute hasgrown to include eight additionalcollaborating centres sited at universities andhospitals around Australia, in New Zealandand Hong Kong.
The Institute is supported by some 340corporate and 260 individual members.
One of the primary services offered by theInstitute is the widely disseminatedpublication Best Practice.
November 2001 also marks the production ofthe 20th Best Practice Information Sheet to bereleased by the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Best Practice is a series designed for clinicians,and distributed through a number of finenursing journals to make quality evidenceavailable to as many clinicians as possible.Distribution is currently around 100,000.
The information is also available on thewebsite of the Joanna Briggs Institute, whichhas a hit rate of approximately 1000 newvisitors from all over the world every week.
The Best Practice series is based uponsystematic reviews of research conducted bythe Institute or taken from existing qualitysystematic reviews of literature.
The 20th Best Practice Information Sheet,“Management of the Child with Fever”, isbased upon a systematic review conducted bythe Western Australian Centre for EvidenceBased Nursing and Midwifery.The WA centre is a collaborating centre ofthe Joanna Briggs Institute supported byCurtin University of Technology and KingEdward Memorial and Princess MargaretHospitals.
The 20th Best Practice Information Sheet willbe formally launched at the Seventh Nursing
Practice Conference on Thursday, November22 at the Hilton International Adelaide, fiveyears since the official launch of the Instituteat the Second Nursing Practice Conference at
that same venue back in 1996.
More information about the Joanna BriggsInstitute can be found at the website:www.joannabriggs.edu.au
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More and more often, icy winds scurriedsouth from the Pole. We crawled forwardthrough, at times, huge chop and swell. Theforest gave way to a red orange landscape ofheathland and expanses of tundra. On theriverbanks, we saw arctic foxes chasing snow-white hares. Strangely enough, there are afew big mining towns plonked as far as 69degrees north latitude. Assemblages oftypically bland, yet functional high-riseapartment blocks are perched on stilts abovethe permafrost. Their heat would otherwisemelt the earth beneath and sink them.
One day before reaching the mouth of theYenisey, driving snow blew us into the teepeeencampment of indigenous reindeer herders.These Nenets people are indeed the forbearsof North America’s First Nations tribes.There seemed so many parallels betweentheir lifestyle and the lives of the nomadicMongolians from the early days of our
journey. I loved the sense of having come fullcircle despite the fact that more than 5500kilometres were behind me.
At 3pm next day, the 23rd of September, myfeeling of achievement at having become thefirst to trace the world’s fifth longest riverfrom its source seemed lost in a flood ofmemories. But as we stood on the beach,proudly hoisting the Australian andCanadian flags, my sadness at farewelling anutterly captivating voyage was tempered bythe wind numbing my face and the odourwafting up from thermal underwear that I’dnot removed for almost three weeks. Thenorthern winter was fast descending. I wasfilthy and tired. And our river host for thepast five months was on the verge of closingher doors.
Ben Kozel will be returning to Adelaide thismonth, and will give a documentary-stylepresentation about his journeys from the source ofthe Yenisey to the sea.
WHEN: 7pm Wednesday, November 28
WHERE: Scott Theatre, Adelaide University
www.raftyenisey.com
Top of the world: Siberia conquered
SERIOUS gut infections in humanscould be prevented thanks to the work ofan Adelaide research team.The team, comprising Professor James Paton,Dr Adrienne Paton and Dr Renato Moronafrom the University's Department ofMolecular Biosciences, has been awarded theprestigious Florey Medical Research Grantfor 2002.
The $100,000 grant will enable the team toconduct research into the prevention of gutinfections, including serious and sometimesfatal infections, in humans.
To do this, the team aims to develop harmlessbacteria.
“The capacity of pathogenic microbes to bindto and damage host cells is a critical step inthe development of disease,” Professor Patonexplained.
Typically this involves an interaction betweenbacterial toxins, or adhesions, and receptors(specifically known as oligosaccharidereceptors) on the host cell surface.
“Blockade of these interactions is apotentially effective means of treatinginfectious diseases,” Professor Paton said.
“We have conceived and developed a familyof novel therapeutic agents consisting of
recombinant bacteria expressing mimics ofthese oligosaccharide receptors on theirsurface. These harmless bacteria areparticularly well-suited to treatment ofgastrointestinal infections.”
As a prototype example, the team developeda bacterium capable of preventing the seriousconsequences of infection with Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC).
STEC have been responsible for numerousoutbreaks of food poisoning throughout theworld, including the so-called “Garibaldioutbreak” in Adelaide in 1995.
“Studies in an animal model have shown thatour novel therapeutic agent is 100%protective,” Professor Paton said.“The grant from the Florey MedicalResearch Fund will be used to refine thisproduct to make it suitable for administrationto humans.
“Our studies will permit progression tohuman trials in collaboration with acommercial partner.”
The receptor mimic technology has other,broader applications, and the team isproposing to construct additional receptormimic strains for treatment of otherimportant gut infections.
These include cholera, dysentery, antibiotic-
associated colitis, travellers’ diarrhoea, andviral gastroenteritis, which collectively killmillions of people each year.
The $100,000 grant was awarded to thewinning team at the annual dinner of theFlorey Medical Research Fund.
$100,000 Florey prize for gut infections
From left: Dr David Game, Chairman of the Florey Medical Research Fund, presenting the grantcertificate to Professor James Paton, Dr Adrienne Paton and Dr Renato Morona.
Nursing research centre celebrates a milestone
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Hungry? Why not try... a dormouse?The Edible Dormouse – Britain’sunwanted feastby Dr Peter HornsbyVisiting Research Fellow, Psychology
Who could resist an animal with such anevocative name? Thus it was no surprise Imade the most of an opportunity to joinDr Pat Morris from Royal HollowayCollege, London University, on theautumn dormouse survey.The edible, or fat, dormouse (Glis glis) isone of the largest squirrel-like rodents,around 300mm overall from nose to tail,and weighing up to 300g. It is found inthe broad-leaved zone of mixed foreststhroughout much of southern and easternEurope, though absent from most ofIberia, and not naturally found in Britain.Its idiosyncratic name arises from being amenu item in many European countries,and in Roman times it was fattened forfood in special containers known as ‘dolia’.The pots were stored in special ‘dormousegardens’. Even so, apparently the Romansdid not take Glis with them when theyinvaded Britain.The arrival of edible dormice in Englandmost probably stems from the knownintroduction by Walter (later Lord)Rothschild in 1902, when he released anunknown number on his estates at Tring,in Hertfordshire, some 100km north-westof London. The source is unclear,possibly Hungary (the determination isan interesting exercise awaiting someonewishing to dabble in Glis DNA!)Through being introduced, its status inBritain is that of a feral species and hence,as would be the case in Australia, ifcaught, it cannot be released. But thesituation is not that simple. Britain is oneof the signatories of the BerneConvention, under which WesternEuropean countries have agreed to protectall European dormice, including Glis. Ittherefore is listed on Schedule 6 of theBritish Wildlife and Countryside Act,1981, meaning it is protected in Britainand cannot be trapped without a licence.However, as an introduced species, it also
appears in Schedule 9 of the same act, asan alien species whose release in the wildis forbidden. Thus people can trap Glis(with a licence) but cannot let them goagain! The fate and legal status ofcaptured animals is confused and unclearto say the least!For the time being the saving grace is thatthe population is highly localised in about50 sq km of the Chiltern Hills. Withnumbers conservatively estimated at10,000 and probably increasing, there islittle prospect of it becoming extinct.Glis is cause for concern not only becauseof the damage caused to its woodlandhabitat, but also because of what it does inpeople's houses where, for someundetermined reason, the species appearsto favour some residences while totallyignoring others. Edible dormice can be aconsiderable nuisance in houses theyselect. The vocal effects of 80 or 90 Glisin a single roof space is a guarantee ofsleepless nights, irrespective of thedamage they can cause, such as chewingthrough the insulation of electric cables,or drowning in the water cistern.Controlling Glis is a minor, butsignificant, problem. Poisons such as1080, the use of which is widespread inAustralia, are banned in Britain, and onlyanticoagulants such as warfarin are
permitted.Even these are increasingly frowned upon,leaving a choice of either trapping orshooting, both of which are labour-intensive and costly.As a canopy-dwelling species, Glis is noteasy to trap. However, one method forlocating them is proving reasonablysuccessful, namely with artificial nest-boxes. Our exercise, on this occasion, waschecking nest-boxes, weighing andidentifying the dormice, and micro-chipping any newcomers.The task was extremely productivebecause in Hertfordshire, where we wereworking, Glis are most commonly found
in ‘young’ woodland, where trees generallyare too immature to have many naturalhollows (Glis’s normal nest-sites).Providing them with artificial homes hasproved a bonus for Glis, and at the sametime creating a relatively easy means forculling them. The stumbling block is theBritish Government’s reluctance to fundthe necessary work. Being overall such asmall problem, it gets a very low fundingpriority.The Government’s approach seems to beto wait until the problem becomes seriousand widespread, then tackle it when it'stoo late.There's a lesson to be learned here.
An Edible Dormouse. Photo: Dr Pat Morris, from his publication on the Glis glis for the MammalSociety.
Dr Peter Hornsby, with a nestbox that he usesin his research in Adelaide.
AN ADELAIDE University PhD studenthas become the first Australian to receive aresearch award from one of the world’s mostprestigious reproductive biology groups.Wendy Ingman (right) from the Departmentof Obstetrics and Gynaecology won a TraineeResearch Award from the Society for theStudy of Reproduction, based on the researchpresentation she gave at the Society’s annualconference in Ottawa, Canada in July.
Ms Ingman is researching the effects of theabsence of a certain protein during the earlystages of pregnancy in mice.
”The protein is called Transforming GrowthFactor-beta (TGF-beta), and it’s a prettyhigh-profile protein—you always read aboutit in journals and everyone thinks it’simportant in the scheme of things,“ she said.
”But the surprising thing was that no-one’sreally looked at TGF-beta and how it works.
”So we’ve just started to scratch the surface bylooking at how TGF-beta affects mice,particularly in the early stages of pregnancy—it’s really simple and basic research becauseno-one has done this before, but it’s getting a
lot of interest for the same reason.“Ms Ingman’s research started back in 1998,with a batch of six male mice without theTGF-beta protein imported from America.”Initially we started looking at males withoutTGF-beta, and why they were infertile—theyjust didn’t want to mate at all,“ she said.”Things have snowballed from there andthere’s lots of paths that have opened up as aresult of the initial research that we’d like toexplore.”We’ve also been looking at female micewithout TGF-beta, and why they wereinfertile—we know that not having TGF-betacauses infertility, because their earlyembryonic development is defective; we don’tknow why this is yet.“The Society for the Study of ReproductionAward caps off a successful year for MsIngman—she also received the Ross WishartAward from the Australian Society forMedical Research, and the Junior ScientistAward from the Society for ReproductiveBiology.
—Ben Osborne
Infertile mice lead to research first for Wendy
12noon Department of Plant ScienceSeminar: Transient salinity by Mr David Cooper(Masters student), and Whole genome analysis ofa wheat breeding strategy by Haydn Kuchel (PhDStudent). Charles Hawker Conference Centre,Waite.1.10pm History Research Seminar: TheCroats have continued restless: politics andnationalism in the first Yugoslavia by Dr VesnaDrapac (Dept History). Room 420, 4th Floor,Napier Building.
1.00pm State Library of SA: Series talk – byDr Alan Brissenden AM. Function room (rear ofSA Museum). Admission $6.60 or $5.50 conc,$4.40 members.
1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar:Functional Studies of Lysosome-AssociatedMembrane Protein-1 (LAMP-1) by Ms MelissaChang (PhD Student, LDRU) and A Blast from thePast Slide Show – A Trek in the KashmirHimalaya, 1983 by Peter Sharp (Chem Pathology).Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building.
4.00pm Applied and Molecular EcologySeminar: Origin and evolution of polydnavirusesby symbiogenesis of insect DNA viruses inendoparasitic wasps by Prof Brian Federici(Visiting Scientist, Uni of California). McLeodTheatre, Waite Campus.
6.30pm Royal Society of South Australia:Clays as Environmental Barriers by Will Gates.Society’s rooms adj to SA Museum’s NaturalSciences bldg (off Kintore Ave).
7.45pm Field Geology Club of SA: AnnualGeneral Meeting. Mawson Lecture Theatre.
10.00am Social Inquiry – Labour StudiesSeminar: A sobering club crawl: pub culture andthe worker by Claire Howie. Seminar Room, Level3, 10 Pulteney Street.
11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Abortion, feminism and the newpolitics of morality by Angella Duvmjak. SeminarRoom, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.
1.10pm Asian Studies Seminar: ContrastingIssues in the Deregulation of Economy and LabourMarket among Three Countries: Australia Japanand Korea by Prof Lee (Visiting Research Fellow).Room 518, Ligertwood Building.
1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch Hour
Concert: Works by Miriam Hyde and Brahms by Gil Sullivan, piano. Admission $3 at the door.Elder Hall.4.00pm Obstetrics and GynaecologySeminar: Acupuncture for nausea and vomitingin pregnancy – did it work? By Dr Caroline Smith(Obstetrics & Gynaecology). Seminar Room, 6thFloor, Medical School North.
12noon Department of Plant ScienceSeminar: Biology and epidemiology ofphytoplasms in Australian grapevines by FionaConstable (PhD Student). Charles HawkerConference Centre, Waite.1.10pm History Seminar: Daisy Bates and herwork with the Aboriginal people at Ooldea by TomGara. Room 420, 4th Floor, Napier Building.1.00pm Molecular Biosciences Seminar:Optimising wine yeast and enhancing the successof Australian wine, by Dr Vlamir Jiranek(Oenology). Room 102, 1st Floor, Molecular LifeScience Building.2.00pm English Seminar: Three SentimentalBlokes: a poem and two films by Phil Butterss(English), and The White Wedding Dress, byChristyana Bambacas (Social Inquiry/English).Room 618, Napier Building.
1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: Abrief history of Coopers Brewery in SouthAustralia by Coopers Brewery. Seminar Room 1,4th Floor, Reiger Building.5.30pm CISME Seminar: Principles andEmphasis in International Education: AustralianProfile for International Baccalaureate Program byGreg Valentine. Council Room, Wills Building.
4.00pm Applied and Molecular EcologySeminar: Woody weeds in the FloridaEverglades: flies and nematodes to the rescue byDr Gary Taylor (AME Research Officer). McLeodTheatre, Waite Campus.
10.00am Social Inquiry Seminar: Discourseson globalisation by Stefani Strazzari. SeminarRoom, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Doing feminist media research by
Kathie Muir. Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 PulteneyStreet.1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: David Galliver Memorial Awards. Fourfinalists: Jamie Adam – percussion, Pei-Jee Ng –cello, Yuh T’Sun Wu – piano and Pei-Sian Ng –cello. $1500 prize money, winners announced atthe conclusion of the concert. Admission $3 atthe door. Elder Hall.
12noon Plant Science Seminar: (1,3) –glucan synthases in Barley – its cloning andfunctionality studies by Jing Li (PhD Student).Charles Hawker Conference Centre, WaiteCampus.1.10pm Geographical and EnvironmentalStudies Seminar: Environmentalism as atransboundry actor in majority and minorityworlds by A Prof Tim Doyle. Room 104,Environmental Studies Building.2.00pm English Seminar: Legitimating Voices:The Stolen Generation Testimony in/and theNation by Kay Schaffer. Room 618, NapierBuilding.5.30pm CISME Seminar: AustralianMulticultural Foundation – a Foundation for theFuture by Hass Dellal. Council Room, WillsBuilding.
1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: TheQuality of Life of Parents with Children withLysosomal Storage Diseases by Leanne Whaites,(Medical Scientist, Research & Evaluation Unit).Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building.4.00pm Applied and Molecular EcologySeminar: IPM of snails – research hits reality byDr Suzanne Charwat (SARDI Postdoctoral fellow).McLeod Theatre, Waite Campus.
10.00am Social Inquiry Seminar: SouthAustralia: reflections on the first 100 years …anticipations of the second 100 years by StewartSweeney. Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 PulteneyStreet.
Field Geology Club of SA: Club Picnic.
12noon Plant Science Seminar: A study ofthe biochemical, physical and genetic factorsinfluencing levels of malt extract in Australianbarley varieties by Helen Collins (PhD Student).Charles Hawker Conference Centre, WaiteCampus.1.00pm Molecular Biosciences Seminar:TBA, by Dr Conner Thomas (MolecularBiosciences). Room 102, 1st Floor, Molecular LifeScience Building.
4.00pm CSIRO Land and Water Seminar:Land Clearing: What is the contribution of soilcarbon to atmospheric CO2? By Jan Skjemstad.Waite Auditorium, Plant Research Centre, WaiteCampus.
12noon Hanson Institute Seminar: Lungleakage and parenchymal health: an obvioussolution to an old problem by Dr Ian Doyle(Human Physiology, Flinders Uni). Robson LectureTheatre, Level 1, Eleanor Harrald Building. Lunchprovided.1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar:Enzyme Replacement Therapy in LysosomalStorage Disorders by Julie Bielicki, (PhD Student,LDRU). Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, ReigerBuilding.4.00pm Applied and Molecular EcologySeminar: Glycosylation in insect immunity byMarco Fabbri (PhD final seminar). McLeodTheatre, Waite Campus.
7.30pm Musicologial Society: PostgraduateSeminar Day/The Naomi Cumming PostgraduateMusicology Prize and closing paper onMusicological methodology by John A Phillips.Schulz 1107.
1.00pm State Library of SA: Series talk – byAngela Heuzenroeder (Author/Teacher/Librarian).Function room (rear of SA Museum). Admission$6.60 or $5.50 conc, $4.40 members.5.30pm CISME Seminar: Furthering studentexchanges between Poland and Australia byMalgorzata Pawlisz. Council Room, Wills Building.
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Facility Booking ServiceFacility Bookings is a service provided by Adelaide University’s Property Services to assistexternal and internal groups book buildings and grounds facilities at North Terrace Campus.
This service ensures that:
1. Appropriate approvals are obtained and the facility is formally booked.
2. Other members of the University community are informed.
3. The users’ specific requirements are provided, eg. security, car parking, cleaning,insurance, power, water and other contractual arrangements are in place.
Examples of facility uses include conferences, wedding photographs, departmentalbarbeques, banners on fences or buildings, union cloisters events, credit union christmaspageant, graduations ie, all events outside the academic teaching program.
All bookings can be initiated via the Property Services Home page :
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If you have any queries about this service please contact the Facilities Bookings Office(Megan Costello or Karen Glover, ph 8303 5701).
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A NEW team is providing services for thoseinvolved in research and consultancy atAdelaide University, and also for industrywanting to become involved in research.
The University's Research Branch and thecommercial research management arm,Luminis, have now amalgamated and areofficially called Adelaide Research &Innovation (ARI).
ARI will provide a ’one-stop-shop‘, servingthe needs of University research staff andthe external community, such as industry,which seeks to become involved inresearch.
ARI offers professional, focused andcoordinated services in areas such asresearch grant administration, provision ofstrategic advice, management of risksassociated with research (includinginsurances) legal assistance with contractand intellectual property matters, technologytransfer and commercialisation advice.
The new look for research and innovation atAdelaide University will be officiallylaunched at the ARI offices on Friday,November 9.
ARI can be found on the 11th Floor of 10Pulteney Street, Adelaide.
For more information phone (08) 8303 5020.
New face for Adelaide research & innovationG E N E R A LN O T I C E S
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R E S E A R C HN O T I C E S
WHAT are now Adelaide’s southernsuburbs were once covered by thickforest, dense enough to give BlackForest its name.Almost all of it has gone now, but remnantsof the Grey Box grassy woodland remain.One is known as the Waite ConservationReserve—130 hectares of the University'sWaite Campus included in the Hills FaceZone.
The significance of this remnant vegetationhas been nationally recognised with theaward of a Natural Heritage Trust grant of$29,000 for the “Conservation &Restoration of Grey Box GrassyWoodland”.
“Two hundred and eighty-nine indigenousplant species have been recorded in theWaite Conservation Reserve, including 43with state or regional conservation status,”said Dr Jennifer Gardner, Curator of theWaite Arboretum and Manager of theReserve.
“We have also recorded a dozen species ofmammals, 68 species of birds, and 11species of butterflies, two of ‘rare’ or‘vulnerable’ status,” she said.
“Koalas are commonly seen here, and thereare still many species of flora and fauna tobe recorded.”
The Natural Heritage Trust funds practical,on-ground works by local communitygroups that contribute to sustainableconservation of Australia’s uniquebiodiversity.
“We encourage community participation,and the Friends' and volunteers' programsshare information,” said Dr Gardner.
“By working with high school anduniversity students we are fostering andeducating the next generation ofconservation biologists and land managers,”she said.
The Reserve is an important link in theintegrated bushcare program across theAdelaide Hills Face Zone.
“Effective pest plant and animal control isthe cornerstone of our conservation andrestoration work,” she explained. “There isalso a strong focus on monitoring andresearch leading to better environmentalmanagement strategies.”
Waite Conservation Reserve is open to thepublic daily from dawn till dusk and a self-guided trail is in place. The trail affordsmagnificent views over the Adelaide Plainsand a chance to experience one of the mostsignificant grey box grassy woodlands in theAdelaide Hills.
—Rob Morrison
SMALL GRANTS SCHEME 2002Applications have recently been invited for funding in 2002 through the Adelaide UniversitySmall Research Grants Scheme. Guidelines, instructions and application forms are availableon the Research Branch website (address below). Applications close on 12 November 2001.Late applications will not be accepted.To help make the process more manageable in the time available, the Guidelines andApplication Form are essentially unchanged from 2001 except that no Chief/PartnerInvestigator may submit more than one application, whether as sole Chief Investigator orwith other Chief/Partner Investigators.
DETYA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS SCHEME 2002 - 2003The Department of Employment, Training and Youth Affairs Research Fellowship Schemeprovides for academic researchers to work in the Department for up to twelve months.Fellows conduct a major research study of mutual interest, exchange ideas and expertiseand assist in policy analysis and development. For the 2002 –2003 Fellowships DETYA aretargeting researchers in the areas of Student Learning in the Knowledge Society; Assuringthe Quality of Education; Strategies for Improving the Educational Outcomes Achieved byIndigenous Students; Regional Engagement Strategies; and Workplace Education andTraining. Applications close on 26 November 2001. Further information is available on theResearch Branch website under Fellowships on the ’Other Current Funding Opportunities‘page.
ARC INFORMATION SESSIONSA series of Information Sessions have been arranged for applicants or prospective applicantsfor funding under Australian Research Council schemes. Further information has beencirculated to Departments and is available from Sondra Gould in the Research Branch. Seealso the What‘s New on our website under Seminars and Information Sessions:www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/new.html
RECENTLY AWARDED GRANTSCongratulations to the following staff who have been awarded Grants, Fellowships andAwards in September and October (Note - This list does not include awards from the ARCwhich were referred to in the October edition of the Adelaidean and are listed on theResearch Branch website):
Faculty of Agricultural & Natural Resource SciencesA Grant of $25,550 from Horticulture Australia was awarded to Dr A Klieber (Horticulture,Viticulture & Oenology) for ’Australasian Postharvest Conference‘.A Grant of $40,200 from the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research wasawarded to Dr GJ Paull (Plant Science) for ’Host resistance, epidemiology & integratedmanagement of faba bean, chickpea & lentil disease‘.
Faculty of ScienceA Grant of $14,000 from the Department for Environment and Heritage / National Parks &Wildlife SA was awarded to Dr DC Paton (Environmental Biology) for ’Population trends inRosellas and Lorikeets in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia‘.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESRemember to check the Research Branch website about current research fundingopportunities: www.adelaide.edu.au/RB/fund.html
ADELAIDE’S Graduate School ofManagement has announced details of anexciting new sponsorship initiative forindigenous postgraduate study.It is offering $24,000 in the form of atuition fee waiver to an indigenouspostgraduate student to undertake theschool's renowned Master of BusinessAdministration (MBA) program.The school had recognised the need forindigenous postgraduate students to havethe opportunity to gain excellent businessand management skills, said the Registrar,Ms Carol McHugh.”Indigenous graduates are sought formany high-level employment positions inthe private and public sector, and anMBA is a particularly good way to securecareer opportunities,“ she said.”With more indigenous students
succeeding at university each year it isimportant to ensure graduateopportunities are available to encourageindigenous students to attain the highesteducation awards possible.”A Master of Business Administrationdegree qualification is very attractive tothose who have a degree, who are nowemployed, but who are interested inlonger term management goals.“Applicants must have a bachelor degreeand a minimum of two years of relevantwork experience. The recipient will begintheir studies in February 2002.For more information or to obtain anapplication form, potential applicantsshould contact Carol McHugh on (08) 8303 4650 or email<[email protected]>, orWilto Yerlo on (08) 8303 3623.
Indigenous graduatessought for MBA study
From left: Carol McHugh with MBA applicant Jenni Caruso. Photo: Ben Osborne.
VOLUNTEERS are helping studentsfrom non-English speaking backgroundsat Adelaide University.Since 1995, the Advisory Centre forUniversity Education (ACUE) has run avolunteer program to provide conversationpractice and other support for internationaland local students from non-Englishspeaking backgrounds.
“The program is designed to matchvolunteers with one or more students, withthe purpose of meeting regularly, on averageabout once a fortnight,” said Ms UrsulaMcGowan, Coordinator of ACUE'sLanguage and Learning Service.
“Once matched, the pairs or groups decidefor themselves where to meet and what aimsare to be achieved.”
Recently the ACUE advertised in theAdelaidean and on the University’s website inInside Adelaide for more volunteers.
“The response to the advertisements has beensuperb. As a result we now have 30 newvolunteers. Together with the previous groupthis makes a total of 45 volunteers now, and50 international or Australian residentstudents, actively involved in the program.”
The volunteers are men and women from allwalks of life. Some are working or studying,but have offered to spend some lunchtimeswith their student. Others are retired and can
offer a greater amount of time and flexibility.
The service offered by volunteers varies, too.While some meet over coffee for a generalconversation, others invite their students totheir homes or introduce them to a hobby orsports activity of their own. Some also getinvolved in the ongoing conversation groupon campus.
A volunteers’ meeting and training sessionwas held recently in the ACUE and wasattended by 15 of the volunteers.
“The session gave participants theopportunity to share their experiences andraise questions for discussion,” said MsJosephine Sando, Coordinator of theVolunteers Program.
“Several volunteers expressed theirastonishment at the loneliness and isolationof their students, and the gratitude thestudents have shown for the opportunity tomeet regularly for conversation.”
Since its inception in 1995, the program hasprovided volunteers for around 300 students.“We extend our congratulations and sincerethanks to all who have joined the programsince 1995, and particularly to the newmembers in this, the International Year of theVolunteer,” Ms Sando and Ms McGowansaid.
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteershould phone the ACUE on (08) 8303 5771.
How volunteers are helpingA high price on remnant woodland
GEORGE David Galliver MA(Oxford), OAM, was born in Bristol in1925 of Welsh parents, which accountedfor the lovely lilt with which he spoke.After schooling at Shrewsbury, he attendedNew College Oxford gaining his HonoursDegree in modern languages, and developinghis singing of German Lieder in particular.He gained his ARCM (Associate of RoyalCollege of Music) in 1948, and studiedorgan with Dr HK Andrews and singing with Mme Lucie Manen in London andCologne.From 1950 he was engaged as a concert tenorand became known especially for hisinterpretation of the Evangelist in Bach’sPassions and Gerontius in Elgar’s The Dreamof Gerontius. In 1964 he was engaged to singin Britten’s Requiem for the Adelaide Festivalof Arts, and this proved to be his steppingstone to the Elder Conservatorium.In 1966 David Galliver was appointed as thefifth Elder Professor and Director of theElder Conservatorium, a position which heheld until 1976, when he became the ElderProfessor of Music until he retired in 1983.David Galliver became Emeritus Professor in1986.Upon his appointment as the Elder Professor,Professor Galliver considered that thetheoretical side of teaching at the ElderConservatorium needed some help. Henoted that Australia would seem to be firmlyset on an enlightened path leading toacademic courses which specialised in, and atthe same time integrated, the three branchesof music: composition, musicology andperformance.Professor Galliver’s ideal had been anacademically trained, thinking musician, andhis concept for himself had been as an
academic professor rather than anadministrator.David Galliver was a gentleman who wouldsing part of Die Schöne Müllerin or Fidelio toillustrate a point in the middle of a lecture onthe History of Song. The sensitivities whichhe showed in his singing were evident in histeaching, and in his conducting of the BachChoir at Adelaide University.In his retirement Professor Gallivercontinued his scholarly studies, with aninsightful account of musicians he hadencountered as a student in Wales, entitledChurch Music in South Wales 1870-1950,The Seaton of Margam and Port Talbot. Alsohe became Patron of the Music TeachersAssociation of South Australia, a body begunby Professor EH Davies, and played theorgan at the St Joan of Arc, Roman CatholicChurch Victor Harbor.
—Helena Lauer
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National and international recognition in any area ofexpertise can attract many opportunities for those who areable to present and promote their work with style andprofessionalism. And what better backdrop is there thanthe attractions of Adelaide’s internationally renownedentertainment, food and wine regions?
Which is why the Adelaide Convention & TourismAuthority (ACTA) provides free assistance through itsUniversity Project to attract and stage outstandingconferences. Our services include:
• Preparation of proposals to attractregional, national and internationalconferences to South Australia;
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DAVID Baker, a Senior Lecturer inAdelaide University's Law School, diedtragically in a motor vehicle collision inSeptember, aged 64.David first visited the Law School in 1973,when he lectured in Trusts while he was onstudy leave from Leicester University, andenjoyed his stay so much that he took up apermanent position in 1977.
After completing national service hereceived his legal education at Queen’sCollege, Oxford, where he was a student ofAM Honore. He began his academic careerat Aberdeen before moving to Leicester.He taught a wide variety of subjects in thoseuniversities but his principal researchinterest became the Law of Torts. Hiswidely used text on Tort was first publishedin 1972 and a second edition had beenpublished before his appointment toAdelaide.
During his 24 years at Adelaide, Davidtaught primarily in Torts, but also taught inthe Elements of Law course,Administrative Law, Contract, AdvancedContract and Restitution. He belonged tothe tradition of common lawyers who havea deep knowledge of the case law in theirfields of interest and are rigorous analysts ofcommon law principle and judgments. Hisgrasp of case complexity always foundexpression in luminously principled formand he was high among the best expositorsof this tradition in the country. His veryhigh standards in this respect memorablyinformed his work as a supervisor and as amember of the Law School Honourscommittee.
While he retained a concern for thedevelopment of English law and continuedto publish successive editions of his book onTort (up to the sixth edition in 1996) thefirst edition of his Introduction to Tort inAustralia was published in 1985 and thethird edition was scheduled for publication
later in September 2001. The secondedition has been the most tightly writtenand precise account of Australian tort law ofany in print.
Outside academia David never lost an avidinterest in a wide range of sports, and in hislater years became an accomplished golfer.The soccer and cricket of his Oxford daystransmuted into an encyclopaedicknowledge of the history and statistics ofthese games. Televised sport brought forththe insightful commentator.
A man of deep private sensitivity, henevertheless enjoyed intelligent and warmcompany. As a man alone, he was anamateur ornithologist. Socialising, he lovedgarrulous argument and the telling of ahumorous story, preferably about someprofessorial folly. A day’s solitary driveacross England in search of a recommendedpint of real ale was not unknown, but he washappiest over a roast meal and a bottle ofshiraz at his own dinner table.
David leaves his wife, Rose, and three step-children, Richard, Fiona and Hamish.
— John Keeler
Farewell to long-serving lawyer
Gentleman, scholar and visionary
Music awards named in David’s memoryTHE END-OF-YEAR awards given tooutstanding students from AdelaideUniversity’s Elder Conservatorium havetaken on a new meaning this year.The recent death of Professor David Galliver,former head of the Conservatorium andElder Professor of Music, has prompted therenaming of the awards in his honour.The David Galliver Memorial Awards will begiven to the winning students competing inthis year’s finals. As in previous years, thefinals will be held as part of the last LunchHour Concert for the year—at 1.10pm onFriday, November 16 in Elder Hall.
“David Galliver was a highly respected man,both within the University and elsewhere,”said Professor Charles Bodman Rae, thecurrent Elder Professor and head of theConservatorium.
“David’s death has naturally had a very strongimpact on many staff, graduates and evencurrent students. Some of the staff suggestedthat we rename the annual awards in hismemory, and I had no hesitation in doing so.”George David Galliver was Elder Professor atthe Conservatorium from 1966 until hisretirement in 1983. Since 1986 he held thetitle of Emeritus Professor. [For more
biographical details, see the obituary below.]“David was responsible for building on theexcellence and diversity of the Conserv-atorium’s music studies. It is fitting that theyoung performers who represent the future ofmusic in this State are awarded prizes in hisname,” Professor Bodman Rae said.This year’s finalists are as good as any thathave crossed the stage of Elder Hall, andinclude twins who play the same instrument.Each finalist has already distinguishedthemself at State and national level in othercompetitions and in public performance [seealso the story on page 3 about Pei-Jee Ng].
The four finalists are: Jamie Adam(percussion), Pei-Jee Ng (cello), Pei-Sian Ng(cello) and Yuh T’Sun Wu (piano).The first award is $1000 prize money, with$500 for second. Winners are announced atthe end of the concert.This year has been the best yet for the LunchHour Concerts—they’ve been extremely wellattended and some have sold out.There are three remaining Lunch HourConcerts in November, including the finalconcert for the year on November 16.Admission is $3 at the door from 12.30pm.
—David Ellis
ADELAIDEAN NOVEMBER 2001 PAGE 11
Top QC to chair Helpmann AcademyPROMINENT South AustralianQueen’s Counsel Mr Michael Abbott,QC has accepted the position of Chair ofthe Helpmann Academy Board ofGovernors.The Academy is a unique partnership of allthe tertiary arts training establishments inSouth Australia offering award courses forpeople seeking professional careers in thearts. Adelaide University’s ElderConservatorium is one of the main partnersof the Academy.
Mr Michael Abbott is a barrister and lawgraduate of Adelaide University, and has beenactively involved in universities and the artssector in South Australia.
“The Helpmann Academy has evolved fromits inception to a point where it can make asignificant contribution to the arts and artseducation in South Australia,” Mr Abbottsaid.
“Today more than ever young and emergingartists in all disciplines need assistance thatthe community and business sectors shouldbe able to provide. I hope to be able to extendthat assistance and support and to ensure thatarts education in every discipline in South
Australia is the best in Australia.”
The Academy’s Executive Director, MsLibby Raupach said: “We are delighted towelcome such a respected and committedsupporter of the arts and education as MrAbbott to the Board of the Academy.”
Michael Abbott, QC is a Queen’s Counsel inSouth Australia, Victoria, Western Australia,Northern Territory, ACT and a SeniorCounsel in New South Wales. He hasappeared in significant cases in the HighCourt, Federal court and State SupremeCourts around Australia.
A long-time active supporter of the arts, hehas interests and affiliations with several ofthe nation's most important artsorganisations.
He is currently a board member of theAustralian Business Arts Foundation, theSouth Australian Museum Foundation, theMuseum and Art Galleries of the NorthernTerritory Foundation, and has been a boardmember of the Foundations of the NationalGallery of Australia, the National Gallery ofVictoria and the Art Gallery of SouthAustralia.
He is currently the Chair of the Australia-
India Council, a Federal Government bodyin part established to foster and improve thecultural ties between Australia and India.
A keen collector of Indian and Asian art,particularly textiles, Mr Abbott is also agenerous benefactor.
His gifts of Asian and Indian art, bothtextiles and ceramics, are well in excess of$1,500,000. These have been the focal pointof the textile collections at the NationalGallery of Australia, Art Gallery of SouthAustralia and Trade Ceramics and TextileCollection at the Museum and Art Gallery ofthe Northern Territory. Most recently he andhis family gave 200 textiles to mark the newmillennium to the Art Gallery of SA.
An Adelaide University Council member, MrAbbott has strong associations with academiaand has represented all three SouthAustralian Universities in alumni matters.He was the inaugural Chair of the AustralianUniversities International AlumniConvention held in Adelaide in 1998, andhas worked to strengthen ties with Singapore,Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
He is highly regarded by the businesscommunity in South Australia and has
headed various prestigious committees. Hewas appointed Chairman of the ASERRestructuring Committee by theGovernment of South Australia. He wasalso President of the South Australian BarAssociation for three years.
Mr Michael Abbott QC.
INTRODUCING… AdelaidE-LinkHave you received the first edition of AdelaidE-Link? The Alumni, Community Relationsand Development office has just released its new enewsletter, a new and effective way tostay in touch with our many and varied alumni! To register your email address and to readthe first edition visit our website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni
UK CHAPTER RECEPTIONThe newly established Adelaide University UK Alumni Chapter is hosting a reception onFriday, November 16 in London, with guest speaker The Hon Greg Crafter, Chair of theAlumni Association. For more information about the event or the Chapter, contact theConvenor, Dr R. James Storer <[email protected]>, or the Secretary, Mr MatthewWilliams <[email protected]>.
JOHN BRAY LAW CHAPTER – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAll members of the John Bray Law Chapter are encouraged to attend. Tuesday, November27 at 5:15pm, Judges Conference Room, Level 4, Supreme Court Library Building,Gouger Street, Adelaide. Apologies and further details, contact Kim McBride at (08) 83033196.
CORNELL CHAPTER ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThe Cornell Chapter will be holding a brief Annual General Meeting prior to its AnnualDinner on Friday, November 23 from 6-7pm in The University of Adelaide Club, HughesPlaza, Adelaide University. Cornell Chapter members are encouraged to attend.Apologies to Kim McBride at (08) 8303 3196.
TOUR ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY’S ROSEWORTHY CAMPUSEstablished in 1883, the Roseworthy Agricultural College, just outside of Gawler, was thefirst agricultural college of its kind in Australia. Today Roseworthy is an internationallyrenowned centre for excellence in dryland agriculture and animal production.
The tour, to be held on Wednesday, November 14 between 10am - 4pm, will include manyhistorical sights, as well as a visit to the working farm on campus. Bookings are essentialand can be made at the Alumni, Community, Relations and Development Office on 83035800. Tickets are $30 (includes lunch). Price includes GST.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING A GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY?A bequest is a gift to the future generations of students and scholars who will continue ourtradition of excellence. If you wish to help Adelaide University in your will, and would likeadvice or further information about making a bequest, please contact:
Ms Carol Ible, Development OfficerAlumni, Community Relations & DevelopmentLevel 1, 230 North Terrace Adelaide University SA 5005Telephone +61 8 8303 6356Facsimile +61 8 8303 5808Email [email protected]
ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY MERCHANDISE RANGEThe Alumni, Community Relations and Development office offers a wide selection ofofficial Adelaide University products. Our range includes golf umbrellas, paperweights,key rings, champagne stoppers, pens, rulers, and luggage locks each with the AdelaideUniversity logo. All ideal gifts for the graduate or the graduate to be, gifts for Christmasor mementos for visitors to the University. These can be purchased at Level 1, 230 NorthTerrace or via our on-line merchandise order form at: www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni
STATE OF OPERA, authored by MrsElizabeth Silsbury OAM, was officiallylaunched at the Adelaide Festival Centrein September by world famousheldentenor Poul Elming.Elizabeth Silsbury is a member of the Boardof the Alumni Association and a CornellChapter committee member (Arts/Performing Arts).State of Opera is a fascinating history of operain South Australia from its modestbeginnings as Intimate Opera Group to thepresent day as a company of major nationaland international significance.Another publication launched recently, TheEnigma of Parsifal, was co-edited by EmeritusProfessor Brian Coghlan and hascontributions from both Coghlan and Dr
Lewis Wickes, who are also members of theCornell Chapter committee.
ALUMNI NEWS
THIS YEAR’S annual dinner for theAlumni Association’s Cornell Chapter isbeing held as a memorial for Tim Maresand Robin Eaden who were tragicallykilled in February this year.Tim was a valued member and past Chair ofthe Cornell Chapter as well as a former Deanof Arts and Chairman of the EnglishDepartment at Adelaide University. Hispartner Robin was also a member of staffwith the English Department and was both aplayer and set designer with the UniversityTheatre Guild.The Chapter is delighted to have PeterMares, Tim’s son, as their guest speaker for
the evening. Peter is a well-known authorwhose recent publication on Australia’s policyon asylum seekers will be the topic of hisaddress.When: 7.00pm Friday, November 23Where: The University of Adelaide
Club, Hughes PlazaCost: $55.00 (includes 3 course
dinner, wine, and live music)Tickets can be purchased from the Alumni,Community Relations and Developmentoffice at Level 1, 230 North Terrace. Forfurther information contact Kim McBride at(08) 8303 3196. Please note: tickets arelimited and can be purchased prior to close ofbusiness on Monday, November 19.
State of Opera launched at Festival Centre
From left: Stephen Phillips, General Director ofState Opera, Elke Neidhardt, Director ofParsifal, Poul Elming and Elizabeth Silsbury.
All at Sea: Australia’s policy on asylum seekers
DID you know that students (bothundergraduate and postgraduate) andgeneral & academic staff are alsomembers of the alumni community?The Alumni, Community Relations andDevelopment team would like to know moreabout what interests and inspires our youngalumni. We are seeking volunteers, agedbetween 18 and 30 years, to participate in afocus group session that encourages you toshare your ideas, feelings and inspiration!The session will be run during the first week
of December and will be conducted in aprofessional office environment offeringcomplimentary wine and refreshments. Yourcontributions will assist us in developingservices and activities that are relevant to you!
For information and to register your interestplease contact Joan Soon on 8303 3317 or viaemail at: [email protected]
You can also visit our website at:www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni
The deadline for joining the focus group isWednesday, November 14.
Let us know what you think!
“This program is a great mix that reflectsthe Guild’s key commitments—to newSouth Australian work, to the classicaltradition, and to work from traditionsother than the English/Australianrepertoire,” said Theatre Guild ChairmanMr John Edge.“It offers a very diverse experience for ouraudiences, in terms of the style, content,and size of the productions.“The expansion of our season to fiveplays in 2002 and then six a year from2003 is intended to provide more oppor-tunities for students, staff and the generalpublic to get involved with the Guild.“I'm particularly excited by the presence
of the Fringe on campus from next year,”he said. “We will see an explosion ofactivity for almost four weeks rightaround the North Terrace Campus, andthat has got to be a stimulus beyond theFringe itself, as people see how excitingthis place can be when you create thespace and the conditions for theperforming arts to flourish.”
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Some sobering news for the wine industrywas predicted by Professor Kym Anderson(Economics). He told The Age and 891 ABC(October 3) that wine prices could fall by10% within four years, unless a majormarketing expansion was undertaken inAustralia to maintain present prices.
The Thebarton campus’ success as a businessincubator was underlined in The Advertiser(October 6) in an article about start-upcompany Papyrus Australia. Managingdirector Ramy Azer said the company, whichturns organic waste from banana trees intopulp for paper, packaging and buildingproducts, started at Thebarton five years agoand its products are now attracting interestfrom Australian and overseas companies.
An innovative solution to the increasingproblem of crop growing along the RiverMurray was proposed by Dr Kate Delaporte(Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology). Shetold ABC Radio (October 8) that traditionalcrops are getting into trouble as growers try todeal with changing tastes, competing imports,salinity and increasingly contaminated riverwater, and that research was being carried outon utilising native flowers as a sustainablecrop that require little water and are suited tothe local environment.
One of the hottest topics in the media duringOctober has been that of anthrax. ProfessorChris Burrell (Molecular Biosciences), anexpert on infectious diseases, told ABC Radio(October 14 and 15) he didn’t think Australia
was in any great danger of being the victim ofbiological warfare, due to the fact anthrax isnot an easy disease to spread over a largegeographical area.
A global catastrophe could come in manysinister forms, such as widespread anthraxcontamination, nuclear war or a rogue comethitting earth. But Professor James Paton,also from the Department of MolecularBiosciences, told The Weekend AustralianMagazine (October 13) a less sensationalscenario is more likely: a huge outbreak ofinfectious diseases. Such diseases—caused byviruses, bacteria or parasites—already accountfor 30% of all deaths, as well as the only twooccasions where the Earth’s population hasactually declined: the bubonic plague of the
1330s which wiped out more than a third ofEurope’s population, and the Spanish Fluepidemic which claimed 21 million lives inthe year after World War One ended.
Election fever has gripped the media, andsome of our academics. Politics lecturer DrJenny Stock is writing regularly for TheAdvertiser on the upcoming Federal election.Her October 13 column looked at how SouthAustralian voters might send a message to theLiberal Party at both a Federal and State level."Will we South Australians vent our long-accumulated spleen against State and Federalgovernments, or will we be spooked intostaying with familiar leaders and parties inthese uncertain times?" she asked. ComeNovember 10 we’re sure to know.
NEWSMAKERS
Guild entices theatregoerswith enthralling 2002 program
Tickets to Late Night Shopping will cost $15or $10 concession, with all other shows $20or $15 concession ($10 schools). Forinformation about the Theatre Guild, or tobecome a member, phone (08) 8303 5999 oremail: [email protected].
A SERIES of popular and highlyrespected works, and one new SouthAustralian work, will mark the 2002season for Adelaide University's TheatreGuild.Next year, the Guild increases itsproductions to five, and delves intoShakespeare, two twentieth-centuryclassics from Noel Coward and PeterShaffer, a play by French Canada’sleading playwright, Michel Tremblay,and a new work for the Fringe Festival.The Fringe production, Late NightShopping (March 6-16), is beingdeveloped by the Theatre Guild Writers’Ensemble and will be directed by EddyKnight. A series of short monologues,the piece will show aspects of Adelaidelife from Hindley Street to Rundle StreetEast during the Friday late-nightshopping, and includes a diverse andoften bizarre cast of characters.The production, supported by the StateGovernment through Arts SA (HealthPromotions through the Arts), is to bestaged outdoors, just off the HughesPlaza on the University's North TerraceCampus.All other productions for the year willtake place in the University’s LittleTheatre:Amadeus (May 4, 7-11 and 14-18) isPeter Shaffer’s multi-award winningmasterpiece about the relationshipbetween Salieri and Mozart. Awonderful drama of jealousy, intrigue,blazing ambition and betrayal. Directedby Alison Robb.Shakespeare’s classic tale of fiery love,Much Ado About Nothing (August 3,6-10 and 13-17), is one his mostentertaining comedies. Directed byMartin Laud.Private Lives (October 19, 22-26, 29-31, November 1-2) is perhaps NoelCoward’s best work, certainly one of hisbest-known and most-loved, and is nowrecognised as one of the great comediesof the English language. Directed byPeter Göers.Hosanna (November 12-16, 19-23) is byone of French Canada’s pre-eminentplaywrights, Michel Tremblay. It’s atwo-hander, the story of a drag queenand his biker boyfriend. Sharp,passionate, and funny, it’s a roller-coastertour de force for two that is scheduled tocoincide with next year’s "Feast" festival.Directed by Alison Robb.
