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| Dr Susan Serjeantson ‘John Gould’s shooter: the unsung hero, John Gilbert’ | Thursday, 18 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Sue, Chair of the Friends’ Thursday Talks committee,will celebrate the contribution of John Gould’s collector in Australia, John Gilbert. Dr Sue Serjeantson AO was Professor in Human Genetics at the John Curtin School of Medical Research before serving as ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies from 1994-1997. She was Executive Director of the Australian Academy of Science until 2008. |
| Dr Janine Deakin ‘Transmissible tumours threatening survival of Tasmanian devils’ | Thursday, 11 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Janine Deakin is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra. In 2010 she was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to track the evolution of devil facial tumours. With the Fellowship she established her own research group, initially at the ANU and, from 2013, at the University of Canberra. Janine’s passion for Australian wildlife has also led her to explore aspects of genetics and genomics of platypus, wallabies and central bearded dragons. |
| Ben Walcott ‘Gardens that have influenced us’ | Thursday, 4 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Ben and Ros Walcott have been involved with the Australian Native Plants Society of Canberra since coming to Canberra and are now Leaders of the Garden Design Study Group of the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Ben is currently the President of ANPSA. Ben helps Ros research “In Flower This Week” each fortnight at the ANBG. Ben Walcott had a long career as a Professor of Physiology at Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY. He was also Associate-Provost of the university for eight years. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Liz Truswell, 'Why Palaeobotany?' | Monday, 1 August 2016 - 10:30am |
Only a small fraction of the Earth’s vegetation will ever leave evidence of its existence in the fossil record, and the processes for generating plant fossil assemblages are diverse and complex’. In this discussion Liz will explore ways in which plants and plant material become fossilised; outline the main features of plant evolution shown by the fossil record; review the applications of palaeobotany in areas such as the use of past climates as baselines for measuring current changes; and speculate briefly about the future directions of palaeobotany. Venue: ANBG Theatrette. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #2 | Saturday, 30 July 2016 - 9:30am to Sunday, 31 July 2016 - 11:45am |
Summit Walk 2. Walk downhill from the Summit Black Mountain was declared a Nature Reserve by Hon Peter Nixon, Minister for the Interior on 23 July 1970, and the declaration was gazetted on 30 July 1970. The Summit Walk, a cooperative project between the ACT Government, the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) and Telstra, was officially opened on 20 July 2000. This walk has been arranged to celebrate these anniversaries. |
| Photographic Group, 'Some Technical Aspects of Photography' | Friday, 29 July 2016 - 10:30am |
At this meeting we will be showing a few videos which we hope will stimulate discussion among members. Topics include: Establishing your workflow, High dynamic range, Managing ISO and White balance. |
| John Turnbull ‘Trees, Woods and Man’ | Thursday, 28 July 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
John Turnbull is a former CSIRO scientist who researched the use of Australian native trees and exotic introductions. Later, as Chief Scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia, he managed an international research program on tropical rainforest conservation and rehabilitation. He has been a volunteer guide at ANBG since 1999. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #1 | Friday, 22 July 2016 - 9:30am to Saturday, 23 July 2016 - 12:45pm |
Summit Walk 1. Summit Walk up and back Black Mountain was declared a Nature Reserve by Hon Peter Nixon, Minister for the Interior on 23 July 1970, and the declaration was gazetted on 30 July 1970. The Summit Walk, a cooperative project between the ACT Government, the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) and Telstra, was officially opened on 20 July 2000. Two walks have been arranged to celebrate these anniversaries, this one on 22 July the other on 30 July. |
| Dr Cathy Offord ‘Understanding our rainforests from the seed up: conservation research on Wollemi pine and other Australian rainforest species’ | Thursday, 21 July 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Dr Cathy Offord is a Principal Research Scientist working for the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney (RBG). She currently holds the position of Manager of Germplasm Conservation and Horticultural Research and is an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. Cathy is based at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan (in south-west Sydney) and manages the integrated science facilities of the Australian Plant Bank. |
| David Coutts ‘Botanic gardens: where did they come from?’ | Thursday, 14 July 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David is the immediate past President of the Friends. He is an agricultural economist who has worked in Europe at FAO and OECD. In the talk David takes a look at the history of botanic gardens, how the concept evolved and focuses on some of the really historic gardens that still exist, especially in Europe.
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