School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING NOVEMBER 12 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FACULTY OF LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 AGENDA 1. Liz Barbour - Research Development Adviser, Faculty of Science 2. School Budget 2013 3. Many congratulations! 4. Other business... !

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Faculty Budget 2013 Total FFM allocation to Faculty $52.697 M 29.2% of total to Faculties comprising: coursework teaching $25.371 M 28.7% of UWA international coursework $8.010 M 18.9% research infrastructure $5.614 M 40.6% HDR training $4.220 M 45.8% HDR completions $6.073 M 44.9% publications $2.911 M 32.3% other $0.498 M Faculty Office share - 16% $8.432 M comprising: CMCA, iVEC, animal care $1.668 M Strategic funds $2.811 M 74% committed already Faculty Office costs (7.5%) $3.952 M The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Budget drivers for 2013 change from 2012 Coursework teaching � � 3,536 � � $ per WEFTSL �� � � � –3.9% Research income – Group 1 � � 9.3 � cents per $ � � 2 yr avg � � –12.3% Research income – Group 2 � � 4.6 � cents per $ � � 2 yr avg � � –12.3% HDR load – high � � � 7,348 � � $ per EFTSL � � 4 yrs PhD � � +2.9% HDR completions – high � � 20,324 � � $ per PhD student � 3 yr avg � � +1.4% Publications � � � � 1,338 � � $ per WOU � � 3 yr avg � � –3.5% The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Some caveats on the process for 2013 Load-based budget allocations for 2013 are based on 2012 actual load and 2013 predicted load. For 2013 the School ‘enjoys’ the following predictions (WEFSTL): 2012 2013 change domestic coursework teaching 910.9 1154.2 +27% international coursework teaching 138.5 143.8 +4% HDR load 159.8 136.2 –15% The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 School Budget 2013 Gross FFM allocation to School $7.316 M figures for 2012 comprising: coursework teaching $3.845 M 52.6% 51.3% international coursework $1.205 M 16.5% 18.4% research infrastructure $0.387 M 5.3% 6.5% HDR training $0.537 M 7.3% 8.7% HDR completions $1.059 M 14.5% 11.0% publications $0.283 M 3.9% 4.0% ‘Withholding’ $0.362 M (can expect to receive some/all if we meet load expectations) Faculty Office share - 16% $1.113 M Net FFM allocation to School $5.841 M (FYI: the School’s salary bill for 2013 is ~$6 M) The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Congratulations! NHMRC Project Grant recipients: APP1042368 CIA - Professor George Yeoh CIB - Professor John Olynyk CIC - Doctor Caryn Elsegood CID - Professor Ruth Ganss Understanding and applying macrophage-mediated effects on liver progenitor cells to treat liver disease University of Western Australia $606,767.85 APP1043978 CIA - Associate Professor Livia Hool CIB - Doctor Killugudi Swaminatha-Iyer CIC - Associate Professor Ben Corry Optimising efficacy of a peptide derived against the alpha-interacting domain of the L-type calcium channel in reduction of ischemia-reperfusion injury University of Western Australia $391,000.35 APP1048659 CIA - Doctor Archa Fox CIB - Professor Charles Bond CIC - Doctor Shinichi Nakagawa Molecular insights into long noncoding RNA-protein complexes: important gene regulators in cancer University of Western Australia $375,935.63 APP1050585 CIA - Professor Charles Bond CIB - Doctor Archa Fox Modulation of gene regulation by DBHS protein interactions University of Western Australia $428,030.85 APP1045995 CIA - Associate Professor Martin Scanlon CIB - Professor Ross COPPEL CIC - Doctor Jamie Simpson CID - Doctor David Chalmers CIE - Doctor Paul Crellin CIF - Associate Professor Keith Stubbs Structure-based design of inhibitors of PimA - a new target for tuberculosis therapy Monash University $643,250.64 The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Congratulations! ARC Discovery Project recipients: DP130100066 Raston, Prof Colin L; Stubbs, A/Prof Keith A; DP130100087 Baer, Prof Boris C; Boomsma, Prof Dr Atwood, Prof Jerry L Jacobus J Controlling the organisation of matter using vortex fluidics Evolutionary proteomics of social insects $450,000.00 $280,000.00 DP130102918 Millar, Prof Andrew H DP130103488 Spackman, Prof Mark A; Jayatilaka, Prof Defence gene expression in Arabidopsis linked to Dylan; Grabowsky, Dr Simon metabolic perturbation and oxidative signalling via dsr1 Electrostatic complementarity: A unifying principle in $400,000.00 molecular crystal structures $300,000.00 DP130102384 Whelan, Prof James M; Daley, Dr Daniel O Functional analysis of novel mitochondrial outer DP130103304 Spackman, Prof Mark A; Koutsantonis, Prof membrane proteins in Arabidopsis George A; Iversen, Prof Bo B $319,000.00 Host-guest interactions in the solid state: models for an enhanced understanding of supramolecular chemistry DP130101191 Mylne, Dr Joshua S; Schilling, Prof Edward; $390,000.00 Panero, A/Prof Jose L A new and rapidly evolving class of plant peptides $375,000.00 DP130102243 Ludwig, Dr Martha; Sage, A/Prof Tammy L; Sage, Prof Rowan F The Australian endemic grass tribe Neurachninae: a new paradigm to investigate the evolution of C4 photosynthesis $335,000.00 DP130103646 Smith, Prof Steven M; Flematti, Dr Gavin R; Dixon, Prof Kingsley W; Nelson, Dr David C Discovering the molecular mechanisms and origins of karrikin and strigolactone signalling in plants $505,000.00 The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Congratulations! ARC LIEF recipients: LE130100052 Massi, Dr Massimiliano; Li, Prof Chun-Zhu; Stubbs, A/Prof Keith A; Buntine, Prof Mark A; Koutsantonis, Prof George A; Linge, Dr Kathryn L; Silvester, Dr Debbie S; Poinern, Dr Gerrard E Western Australian advanced fluorescence and phosphorescence characterisation facility $170,000.00 LE130100121 Ogden, Prof Mark I; Raston, Prof Colin L; Jiang, Prof San Ping; Martyniuk, Dr Mariusz; Arrigan, A/Prof Damien; Silvester, Dr Debbie S; Saunders, Prof Martin; Buckley, Prof Craig E; Hu, Prof Xiaozhi; Chua, Prof Hui Tong; Dewhurst, Dr David N; Delle Piane, Dr Claudio; Appels, Prof Rudi A facility for the nanoscale imaging and characterisation of materials $670,000.00 LE130100030 Sampson, Prof David D; Faraone, Prof Lorenzo; Liu, Prof Yinong; Raston, Prof Colin L; Saunders, Prof Martin; Buckley, Prof Craig E; Chaudhary, Dr Deeptangshu S; Rasmussen, Prof Birger; van Riessen, Prof Arie; Xie, Dr Zonghan; Minakshi, Dr Manickam; Yin, Dr Chun- Yang; Anand, Dr Ravinder; Hough, Dr Robert M Returning Western Australian characterisation capabilities to the cutting edge: high resolution analytical transmission electron microscopy $980,000.00 LE130100011 Sampson, Prof David D; Clode, A/Prof Peta L; Dixon, Prof Kingsley W; Murphy, Prof Daniel V; Swaminatha-Iyer, Dr Killugudi L; Thompson, Prof Richard C; Xie, Dr Zonghan; Yin, Dr Chun-Yang; Zhang, Prof Dongke A world class, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy facility for West Australian researchers $470,000.00 LE130100143 St Pierre, Prof Timothy G; Woodward, Dr Robert C; Johns, Prof Michael L; Dell, Prof John M; Swaminatha-Iyer, Dr Killugudi L; Ogden, Prof Mark I; Massi, Dr Massimiliano High sensitivity superconducting quantum interference device vibrating sample magnetometer $320,000.00 The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 And yet more congratulations! • Becky Fuller – Awarded the 2012 UWA Re-Entry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (3 years level A salary + $10k pa support grant) • Dominic Ho – Awarded an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship to spend 3 months next year as a part of his PhD in the School of Medicine at Stanford University • Foteini Hassiotou et al. – “Breastmilk is a novel source of stem cells with multilineage differentiation potential”, Stem Cells 30 , 2164-74 (2012) [IF 7.78] (see http://milkgenomics.org/newsletter/stem-cells-discovered-in-human-breast-milk? utm_source=Newsletter_Nov2012_Final&utm_campaign=SPLASHNov2012&utm_medium=email) • David Sherwood – Western Australia’s 2013 Rhodes Scholar • IPRS/SIRF recipients – Ryan Lister (2), Josh Mylne (1), Steve Smith (1), Reto Dorta (1) The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – NOVEMBER 12 2012 Other School matters: • School Examiners’ Meeting – 9:00 am Friday November 30 - Rm 2.15 • School Festive Party – Friday December 7, 12:00 onwards • PDRs , PARs ... The University of Western Australia