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Eight more reasons why Adelaide is world class

Thursday, 19 August 2004

Some of the big names behind the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's cutting-edge research and teaching will present their work to the public, starting today.

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide runs a series of free public lectures by new professors, who are widely recognised as national and international leaders in their fields.

A total of eight public lectures will be held each Thursday at 1.10pm, from August 19 until October 7.

This is a unique opportunity for the people of Adelaide to hear from some of the nation's best minds, all based at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

Topics to be covered during this latest round of lectures include:

• the relationship between hormones and cancer
• the impact of research on the oil and gas industry
• the use of torture against people linked with terrorism
• the building blocks of life itself
• developments in telecommunications
• how we process visual information
• "cellular policemen" that exist in our bodies

WHAT: "Fire, air, water and earth: the genesis of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n vegetation" by Professor Bob Hill
WHERE: Council Room, Level 7, Wills Building, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus
WHEN: 1.10pm Thursday, August 19
COST: FREE

ABSTRACT:
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n vegetation has been strongly influenced by many physical factors, and the most important of these can be summarised as: soil nutrients, temperature change, water availability, and fire. The fossil record of southern ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ provides a wealth of data on changes in vegetation in response to all these physical factors. Until we have a clear understanding of this history we will be unable to provide vegetation management plans for southern ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ that reflect the natural conditions under which the vegetation evolved, and we will continue to have to live with the outcomes of well-meaning but often poorly constructed management options.

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