SLIDE 8 The University of Western Australia
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 25 2013
Other School matters
- Congratulations: Mihwa Lee selected to talk at Lorne Protein Meeting (as one of 4 Young
Investigator Awards) and subsequently judged best of the four by a panel. Receives her travel and attendance at the UK Biochemical Society meeting later in the year.
- Staff departure: Colin Raston has accepted a position as Vice Chancellor Strategic
Professor of Clean Energy Technology and SA Premier’s Professorial Research Fellow in Clean Energy Technology at Flinders University, commencing 28 February.
- Staff welcomes: Josh Mylne commenced as ARC Future Fellow (joint appointment with
ARC COE PEB) on January 31; Amir Karton joined the School from USyd, ARC APD; Julie La Spina is no longer Acting School Manager, but has an ongoing appointment; Emma Seeds, a new face at the Reception Desk.
- Thefts from labs: There is no substitute for locking laboratories when unoccupied.
- ARC LIEF proposals: From the School of Physics: “The School provides an automatic seed
- f up to $25k for bids that are aligned with the strategic research priorities of the School. We
naturally seek to multiply that as much as possible”. For ‘non-strategic’ proposals “the Faculty will provide to a maximum of $25k or 50% of the 50% matching required by RMF (where this is less than $25k)”
