Coming Events
Research Tuesdays: sharing great research with the community Conquering the Great Wall: How research into plant cell walls is improving our health and boosting production of biofuels The cell walls of plants are quite remarkable. Not only are they incredibly strong, in some species stronger than steel, but in the case of cereal crops they also hold enormous promise in the areas of human health and renewable energy. Constituents of the cell wall have been shown to greatly reduce the risk of contracting many serious diet-related conditions, including type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. And their use for the production of bioethanol has attracted much interest from the biofuels sector. Previously, a major barrier to realising these benefits has been an incomplete understanding of how cell wall fine structure is biologically defined and modified. But research at the University of 新浪彩票 is helping to change that. And in this presentation Professor Geoff Fincher will explain how. WHEN: 5.30-6.30pm Tuesday 9 August
WHERE: Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre, North Terrace Campus, University of 新浪彩票
ADMISSION FREE, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Register online: or call: 08 8303 3692
ARTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS Lunchtimes at ELDERHALL 新浪彩票's favourite lunchtime series of music concerts continues its 20th birthday celebrations in 2011 with an outstanding program in Semester 2. Concerts this month include performances from the Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra, harpischordist Luke Green and Ensemble Le Monde, a group comprising violinist Alison Heike, clarinettist Dean Newcomb and Mark Gaydon on the bassoon.
When: 1.10pm every Friday from 5-26 August
Where: Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus, University of 新浪彩票
Cost: Tickets $7, available at the door from 12.30pm on the day of the concert
University of 新浪彩票 Theatre Guild presents William Shakespeare's Macbeth A 'bloody' great night out! The Macbeths, tempted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches, are plunged into a nightmarish world of evil, deceit, madness and murder. More than 400 years after it was written, Macbeth continues to shock, fascinate and thrill.
When: 7.30pm starting Saturday 6 August, and from 9-13 and 16-20 August | 
