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AdelaideanOctober 2001Volume 10 Number 9

Food criticssummoned

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TastingAustralia

October 5-14

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Action needed to avert wine price crisisWINE prices could fall significantly by2005, according to new research to bepresented at a major wine industryconference in Adelaide this month.The 11th Australian Wine Industry TechnicalConference will be held at the Stamford PlazaHotel from October 7-11.

A workshop at the conference run byAdelaide University's Centre for InternationalEconomic Studies (CIES) has severalrecommendations for the industry, based onthe centre’s expertise and research on globalmarket prospects.

Professor Kym Anderson, Executive Directorof the CIES and Professor of Economics atAdelaide University, will open the workshopwith an overview paper with David Normanand Glyn Wittwer on “Globalization and theworld’s wine markets”.

He will also present a paper on developmentsin Australia’s wine industry, while otherparticipants from a dozen major winecountries will present comparable papers ontheir regions.

Professor Anderson said Australian wineprices are likely to decline within the nextfour years unless a major expansion inmarketing is forthcoming.

“Our global model of wine markets dividesthe world into 47 different countries orcountry groups, thereby being able to takeaccount of the different wine styles andqualities produced in different countries. Webased our data on 1999 markets and projectedthat to 2005, given recent trends in vineplantings, incomes, changes in taste towardspremium wine, and macroeconomic factorssuch as the strengthened US dollar,” he said.

“Our preliminary model results show thatreal premium winegrape prices in Australiawould be 7-10% lower in 2005 than in 1999.This suggests the need for substantialpromotion of Australia's wines, both genericand brand promotion, if prices are to bemaintained over the next few years.”

Australia currently ranks third on the list ofworld suppliers in terms of the price of ourwine exports, behind New Zealand andFrance. Professor Anderson said a number ofstrategies were open to Australianwinemakers to improve their share of thepremium wine market.“The most crucial thing is knowledge: aboutnew technologies, evolving tastes, marketingand distribution systems, and how to use andinfluence them,” Professor Anderson said.“Competitiveness in global wine markets canbe improved by greater collaboration among

firms and at an industry-wide level. Sharingimportant knowledge can have benefits for all.“By working together, companies can getmore return from their investment inresearch, education and training, betterpromotion at national and regional levels,stronger lobbying for tax reform at home, andbe more effective in negotiating lowerbarriers to market access abroad.“Firms can benefit from a wide range ofalliances. More collaboration between grapegrowers and wine makers, and alliancesbetween wine makers and marketers/distributors, including across national borders,could greatly benefit the Australian industry,”he said.Professor Anderson, who is a Director on theBoard of Australia’s Grape and Wine R&DCorporation, believes a rise in the researchand development levy paid by producers andmatched by the Federal Government willyield high dividends and help to keepAustralia at the technological frontier.

“Australia already supplies adisproportionately large volume of theworld’s wine research papers, and yet less isinvested in this field than in many otherAustralian rural industries per dollar of grossoutput.”There was also scope to diversify Australia'swine export markets, he said. Currently closeto 80% of Australian wine exports go to justfour English-speaking markets: the UK, US,Canada and New Zealand.European nations, such as Germany, and overthe longer term East Asia, were potentiallystrong markets for Australian wine.Professor Anderson will point out that theAustralian Government could cushion thewine industry from a fall in prices by phasingdown the Wine Equalization Tax (“Australia’sconsumer tax on wine is higher than in mostother wine-exporting countries”) and byseeking more market access abroad bylobbying for lower import barriers in overseascountries.

“Australia has always had the natural resourceendowments to produce plenty of excellentwine, and its reputation overseas is very strong.But Australian wine producers need tocapitalise on their chances now to reap therewards in the medium and long term. This isnot the time for producers to be sitting backwith their feet in a bucket of sparkling wine.”

The workshop and the conference are beingheld during this month's major food and wineevent, Tasting Australia. All authors at theworkshop will be drawing on the CIES’smassive new database on global wine markets,the publication of which (in print and CD-ROM formats) will be launched at the start ofthe workshop.Called Global Wine Production, Consumptionand Trade, 1961 to 1999, the statisticalcompendium was compiled by ProfessorAnderson and economics student DavidNorman. It provides a comprehensive source of information about the global winemarket.

As a marketing student at Adelaide University, Elly Wright knows the value of promoting good food and wine. This month Tasting Australia(October 5-14) will be doing just that. "Hot and Happening" is this year's theme, so the Adelaidean is getting hot and happening too! The chillisand wine shown here are just two of the many hot topics of food and drink research at the University. Photo: David Ellis.

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From seagrass to shiraz: new professorNEW Professor of Viticulture SteveTyerman is the first to admit that winescience has never been his area ofexpertise. But Professor Tyerman is anexcellent example of how scientificexpertise can lead from one place (andfield of study) to the next, and be appliedin different areas.As a Botany PhD student at SydneyUniversity, he started by studying thephysiology of seagrass to determine how someplants can cope with very high salinity levels.Some years later he moved to West Germanywhere he used a world-first instrument tomeasure the hydrostatic pressures in individualcells, and developed this to measure movementof substances into and out of plant cells.

Returning to Australia, he took up a positionat Flinders University and adapted evenfurther techniques (some based on animalphysiology) to allow researchers to view theactivity of single protein molecules in themembranes of living plant cells.

Much of his work has focused on how plantstake up beneficial nutrients, such aspotassium, and exclude toxic salts, such assodium and chloride. His work has includednot only plant physiology, but also areas suchas bio-physics.

With papers published in Nature and Science,and himself the editor of two internationaljournals on plant physiology. ProfessorTyerman brings a wealth of expertise to hisnew role.

The Chair of Viticulture which he nowoccupies at Adelaide University (in theDepartment of Horticulture, Viticulture &Oenology), has strong industry sponsorship,with support from the Australian WineResearch Institute, BRL Hardy, MildaraBlass, St Hallet Wines, Southcorp, Yalumba,Orlando Wyndham, Petaluma and WirraWirra.

The Adelaidean spoke with ProfessorTyerman about his work.

Why come to Adelaide University?

“The chance of getting into viticulture andthe wine industry was a chance too good to

miss. You’re basically talking about anindustry that's progressive, expanding, one ofthe most important export industries in SouthAustralia, and it’s one where I perceive thatthe industry people have a fairly broad andopen mind about research, and the benefitsthat research could bring to the industry.

“So the attractiveness was first and foremostthe fact that it was in viticulture, and that itwas industry sponsored.

“The other issue was that AdelaideUniversity, and particularly the WaiteCampus, has a large number of scientistsworking in the plant biology area all in theone place— you’ve got the AWRI, CRCViticulture, CSIRO Plant Industry, andCSIRO Land and Water. I’ve alreadycollaborated with scientists in CSIRO over afairly long time, and I’ve also had links withpeople in Plant Science and a little bit inHVO. So the chance of getting into acampus where so many people are working on

plant biology was very attractive too.“As far as these plant sciences are concerned,Adelaide University is the premier institutionin South Australia. It’s the place to be.”

How important is the support from industry?

“In terms of monetary support it’s verysignificant. More than 50% of my position isfunded by industry. It’s also very important interms of providing mentors in the industrythat I can contact and talk with about researchissues, and research and development. It’simportant in the education we provide,because the oenology and viticulture studentsare looking at going into the wine industry towork, so it’s important to establish a goodrelationship with industry. We also get plentyof feedback from the industry on what theythink we should be teaching. So for theeducation and the research, it's vital to havethose industry links.“Professor Peter Høj alerted me to a basic

calculation that one can make which showsthe impact of research and development onthe profitability of the wine industry. Theyget a huge value return out of what we investin research. The amount of R&D that's goneinto viticulture, winemaking, I don’t thinkanybody would dispute the fact that it'sprobably added around five to 10 cents perbottle of wine. If you work that out in termsof the number of bottles of wine that are sold,that's a huge amount of money; it's severaltimes the amount of money that's beinginvested into R&D. So I'm sure the industryhas done its sums too, and it knows what kindof a return they get for that.

“I must admit that I was surprised that they would be interested in me to begin withbecause I didn’t have a specific viticulturebackground, but I think they could see that having a strong plant physiologybackground and a good research track record,that if I could bring that to bear in viticulture,then it will boost the whole research area.That's what I’m trying to do, and it’s excitingfor me because this is a new part of mycareer.”

What kinds of research problems will you belooking at in viticulture?

“I’m involved in a sub-program of the CRCViticulture on grape berry development andberry shrinkage. Shiraz berries, at a certainstage in development, sometimes shrink andshrivel, and this is not seen to be a good thingby the growers because they are paid by thetonnage. Some winemakers select for itbecause it gives specific flavours to the wine,and others don't like it at all. So the industrywould like to know why it's happening andwhether there are ways of growing vines orconditions that would prevent it fromhappening. Or perhaps there are varieties ofshiraz to which it won't happen.

“There are other researchers who have donequite a lot of work into this area, and I’mlooking to collaborate with those people.There are techniques that I can bring to bearon the problem which will hopefully shedsome more light on it.

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L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O RIndigenous music successes

It was good to see once againthe proud reporting (Adelaidean,Sept. 2001) of some of the manyinvolvements and achievements

of students and staff of CASM [the Centrefor Aboriginal Studies in Music].

The cause of Aboriginal music education hascome a long way and so has the widerUniversity’s acceptance and appreciation of itsplace in the scheme of things.

The first modest local bands of the mid ’70s as(e.g. ‘No Fixed Address’ and ‘Us Mob’) havespawned an unending array of newcombinations, including a choir nowperforming with the cream of Australian artistsand on a national scale. However, it may be

useful to remember that success has by nomeans come easy.Established in 1974 at the initiative of thethen Vice-Chancellor, Professor Badger, itsearly years were very problematic from manyperspectives.Controversial but dedicatedethnomusicologist Cath Ellis, gracious andcourageous urban Aboriginal poet andcommunity leader ‘Auntie’ Lilah Rankine andcross-cultural administrator Ben Yengi werestressed on all fronts as few in academiaseemed to care.There was a time, in the late ’70s and early ’80s when I was in the Chair of theUniversity’s CASM Committee, that attitudesamongst many academics were very dismissiveand negative to say the least.

In fact it was proposed that the Centre would be abolished due to financial hardship.Although there was financial backing fromthe Arts Department of the StateGovernment, I recall having to arguerationally as well as passionately in the then extremely powerful EducationCommittee for the relatively small sum of$12,500.In the end a small minority in favourprevented the closing down. And since thenCASM has never looked back.I trust that CASM’s place in the Universitywill go from strength to strength, and it is ajoy to follow their successes.

Albert GillissenAldinga Beach

Professor Steve Tyerman. Photo: David Ellis.

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DID you know that:• research at Roseworthy has helped

farmers grow the grain that’s used tomake breakfast cereal?

• Roseworthy Campus graduates are ingreat demand in Australia and overseas,and industry wants more of them?

• Roseworthy Campus has a fullyoperational commercial farm?

The Roseworthy Campus of AdelaideUniversity is recognised nationally andinternationally as a premier research andeducation facility in agricultural science andnatural resource management. It’s home tosome of South Australia’s leading scientists,and includes campus partners PIRSA,SARDI and TAFE.

Roseworthy's Open Day (October 7) willhighlight the key role of the agricultural andhorticultural industries, and the research andeducation that underpin those industries.You can find information on the array ofcareers available to students throughacademic programs at the University. Youcan also find out about the excellent jobprospects that ensure the majority ofgraduates are snapped up by industry beforethe ink on their final exam papers is dry.Visitors will be able to discuss recentresearch findings and current projects withstaff and PhD students in the areas oflivestock production, animal health, geneticselection, sustainable resources, pastures,nutrition, reproduction and biotechnology,and see the Roseworthy Farm in action.

And then there’s all the family fun of acommunity show day—slow tractor races,food tastings, fashion parades, horse riding,a CFS demonstration, cutting edge farmtechnology, art and craft, animal farm,model railway, farm museum, and archery!The Roseworthy Campus Open Day is anofficial event of Tasting Australia 2001.

Roseworthy Campus Open DayWasley's Road, Roseworthy10am - 4pm, Sunday, October 7entry: gold coin donation

Roseworthy Open Dayhighlights taste of tomorrow

Dial turns to FM forcommunity stationTHE newest FM radio station in Adelaideis also Australia's oldest and mostrespected community station.From October 1, 5UV Radio Adelaide beginsbroadcasting on 101.5 FM. The changemeans that the city of Adelaide will finally beable to hear Adelaide University’s station inglorious stereo, and with a much strongersignal.5UV was the very first community radiostation in Australia, beginning broadcasting in1972. Since then the station has built areputation as a provider of qualitybroadcasting, winning national awards yearafter year.The station has waited more than 12 years toconvert from the AM to the FM band, but it'sbeen worth the wait.The quest to go FM dates back to September1988. After several setbacks, the AustralianBroadcasting Authority (ABA) notified thecommunity broadcaster in November last yearthat it had recommended a permanent FMlicence. The station finally got the green lightlast month.“The FM licence is a major step forward for5UV Radio Adelaide,” said Station ManagerMs Deborah Welch.

“The most obvious benefit will be the clarityand power of our signal, putting us on equalterms with the ‘big’ commercial stations.From the listeners’ point of view, the quality ofour broadcast will be strengthened, whichmeans they will get to enjoy our programseven more. The increased power of our signalalso means that we have access to a muchlarger audience in Adelaide which,unfortunately, often couldn’t tune into us onthe AM band.”The frequency of 101.5, in the centre of theFM dial, means that more listeners inAdelaide will be able to "discover" the station,

Ms Welch said.“It certainly gives us more ‘visibility’ andprovides radio listeners with a chance to makethe discovery that many couldn't make before.As people tune through their radios they willbegin to hear this new station at 101.5, andour aim is to catch their interest with the sortof innovative and independent programmingnot heard elsewhere.“Some recent examples include the station’sspecial coverage of the Festival of Ideas, whichgenerated great interest, and unique livebroadcasts from local music festivals, such asWomadelaide in Feburary, and coming up, theGlenelg Jazz Festival.”Ms Welch said staff and the hundreds ofvolunteers at Radio Adelaide were thrilledabout the change to FM.“There are so many people who put their hardwork into our programs, and now we feel thatwe are finally getting the chance to be heardthe way we should be heard.“Our obscure position on the AM dial hastended to make us one of Adelaide’s best keptsecrets, but we have an excellent and uniquerange of programming, and now it will soundbetter than ever.”The move to FM does not mean that theprograms on the station will change, at leastnot radically.“With our wide mix of music, arts, lifelonglearning and current affairs, and the diversityof our broadcasting team, 5UV RadioAdelaide will stand out from the crowd ofmusic-only stations on the FM dial,” MsWelch said.“Our aim is to reflect Adelaide in all of itsdiversity, and our new name, Radio Adelaide,is part of this evolving identity.”One person who has waited longer than mostfor 5UV's FM conversion is long-servingbroadcaster and producer Ewart Shaw.

“Going FM is important for me because Iknow the listeners will able to hear the musicI play as I hear it. We have been playing themusic in stereo for so long, but now it will beheard in stereo,” he said.“I’m also hoping the station will start toreceive more fan mail from local listeners, and

not just from those wonderful people inAlaska who are listening to us on the internet.”5UV Radio Adelaide will still be broadcast on531 AM until the end of the year, and can beheard by “tuning into” the internet at:www.radio.adelaide.edu.au

—David Ellis

THE DEATH of former Chancellor MrBill Scammell CBE, aged 81, has causedwidespread sadness among the AdelaideUniversity community.Adelaide-born Mr Scammell, a formerManaging Director and Chairman of F.H.Faulding, was appointed UniversityChancellor in 1991 and re-appointed for asecond term in 1995. He retired from theposition in 1998.Paying tribute, Vice-Chancellor ProfessorCliff Blake AM said Mr Scammell had beenone of the most popular Chancellors in theUniversity’s history.“His gift for communication and his genuineinterest in people endeared him to studentsand staff alike,” Professor Blake said.“Coming from the world of business as hedid, Bill Scammell helped to establish muchcloser links between Adelaide University andthe business community. He recognised theimportance to South Australia of bringing‘town and gown’ together and, during his twoterms as Chancellor he played a major part inensuring that this happened.“His consultative approach to decision-making and his natural empathy with peoplewon him the support and admiration of theUniversity community. After he retired asChancellor, he maintained a close interest inthe University’s affairs. He was a regularvisitor to the North Terrace Campus and,until a few weeks before his death, had beenattending lectures in history and politics.“On behalf of the entire Universitycommunity, I extend sympathy to his wifePat and family on their sad loss.”Mr Scammell was educated at Queen’sCollege and St Peter’s College in Adelaide.He went on to study industrial chemistry at

the School of Mines but his studies wereinterrupted by war service.In 1948 he joined F.H. Faulding, following inthe footsteps of his uncle, Alfred Scammell,who had been company chairman for 31years. Bill Scammell went on to turnFaulding into a player of internationalsignificance in the global pharmaceuticalsindustry. In recognition of his achievement,he was made a Commander of the BritishEmpire in 1983.During his distinguished career MrScammell also served as a board member ofAdvertiser Newspapers Ltd, the AMPSociety and Santos. He was a keen sports fanand in 1993 became the No.1 ticket holderfor the South Australian football club, thePort Adelaide Magpies.

—John Drislane

Uni mourns former Chancellor

Portrait of Bill Scammell.

Ms Deborah Welch and volunteers at 5UV Radio Adelaide – now on 101.5FM. Photo: Ben Osborne.

BRIEF HISTORY OF 5UV1972 – 5UV begins broadcasting as VL5UV, the first public station in Australia. The station wasmade possible by a bequest from Kenneth Stirling, a graduate of Adelaide University.1974 – the station moves to 530 on the AM band, later changed to 531, where it has stayed untilthis year.1988 – then station manager Jill Lambert submits a formal request for FM conversion.1990s – the next station manager, Jeff Langdon, takes up the job of lobbying for an FM licence.1992 – Dr Langdon gets the go-ahead from the then Minister Michael Duffy, but weeks later theBroadcasting Act is amended and the newly established ABA decides to start the entire processfrom scratch.1999 – new station manager Deborah Welch continues the push for FM.2000 – 5UV told by the ABA that it will go to FM.2001 – FM licence finally granted. 5UV Radio Adelaide begins broadcasting on October 1 on 101.5 FM.

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WITH our Mediterranean climate,olives and olive oil are big business forSouth Australia. That means the qualityof olives being produced in this State ishighly important to industry.Olives are also an important item on theUniversity's research menu, with researchefforts spearheaded by the Department ofHorticulture, Viticulture and Oenology(HVO) at the Waite Campus.HVO recently played host to the officialtastings for the 5th Extra Virgin Olive OilAwards and the 2nd Table Olive Awards, acombined annual event run by Olives SouthAustralia.The main prize is recognition within theindustry. The awards also help producersgauge the quality of their oils and table olives,with judging criteria developed by HVOstaff, based on international standards.

At the tastings last month, two classes ofolives were judged: black table olives withstones, and spiced or dried table olives. Thisyear there were 14 entries for table olives and67 entries for olive oil.

“Several criteria are assessed, includingappearance, colour, texture and flavour,” saidDr Jenny Guerin, a Postdoctoral Fellow withthe University’s olive research team.“Flavour, saltiness, bitterness and overallbalance of flavours are all important factors intable olives,” she said.

The judges included South Australian foodexperts Maggie Beer, Zannie Flannigan andMark Gleeson, and Professor Stan Kailis

from the University of Western Australia.Dr Guerin said events such as this werevaluable for both the University and the oliveindustry.“Adelaide University has close links with theindustry and we regularly update results fromour research projects to the industry viaOlives South Australia.“The main issues in olive research at themoment are the selection of new varietiesfrom superior feral olive trees, developingmethods for reliable olive identification, andunderstanding the main factors that influenceoil yield and quality,” she said.Research projects into olives at theDepartment of HVO are led by ProfessorMargaret Sedgley and show the breadth anddepth of scientific expertise at work:• Selection of superior olive trees from the

feral populations in southern Australia,with the aim of producing new olivevarieties adapted to Australian conditionsthat are high yielding and have unique oilflavours (Dr Jenny Guerin, ProfessorMargaret Sedgley and Research AssociateDr Michael Burr);

• DNA fingerprinting for varietyidentification of olives (Dr Jenny Guerin,Dr Graham Collins and Prof MargaretSedgley);

• Pollination compatibility betweenvarieties for good fruit set and high yields(PhD student Shubiao Wu, Dr GrahamCollins and Prof Margaret Sedgley);

• Chemical and sensory analysis to

determine olive oil quality (Dr GrahamJones);

• Construction of a genetic map usingmorphological and molecular markers(PhD student Shubiao Wu, Dr GrahamCollins and Prof Margaret Sedgley).

HVO isn't the only department interested inolives, with other research projects foundelsewhere at the University. These include anexamination of the history of the olive

industry in South Australia (by Departmentof History Masters student Craig Hill), andwork into the irrigation of olives (by Dr IanNuberg from the Department of Agronomyand Farming Systems, Roseworthy Campus).

The results of the olive tastings are yet to beknown, with the judges' final decisions to beannounced at an award presentation lunch onSunday, October 7 at Zac's Restaurant, WestLakes.

Pitting olive against olive at uni tastings

FRUSTRATED by the internet?Finding it too slow, too complicated, orjust confusing? Shouldn't it be moreaccessible, and cheaper?

The new Centre for Internet TechnologyResearch at Adelaide University aims toaddress some of the current internetproblems, to make it faster and morepervasive.

The centre, which opened officially lastmonth, has been established to bring togetherthe best expertise in internet technology inone place.

The centre's work will be based upon basicand applied research to improve and developthe technology that drives the internet. Itwill also undertake research to examine waysto improve the use of the technology in socialand business environments.

The University’s Pro Vice Chancellor

International and Executive Dean of theFaculty of Engineering, Computer andMathematical Sciences, Professor Ian Young, said the centre's work was moreimportant now than when it was initiallyconceived.

“As the internet has developed, theinadequacy of its technology has become more apparent. Its success and wide adoption now require a greaterfocus on the science and technology that underpin it to enable the internet tomature.”

Professor Young said the centre’s work would be the kind of fundamental and basicresearch that leads to importantbreakthroughs in the development oftechnology.

“Development of new and advancedtechnology for the internet must continue,despite the downturn and crises in the global

industry in the past 12 months,” he said.

“The research to be done by the centre isoften highly specialised and complex, but can lead to the necessary technicalbreakthroughs that, ironically, make thetechnology easier to use, cheaper and morefunctional.”

The centre, located in Adelaide University's building on 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, will in turn be connected to the national CooperativeResearch Centre for Smart InternetTechnology, which the university is alsoinvolved in.

Professor Young said the centre would alsocollaborate with Adelaide's recentlyestablished mNet Corporation, a wirelesstechnology platform for mobile internetsupported technologies with North Terraceas its testing site.

—Collette Snowden

Enhanced internet needed more than ever

Top government manager appointedAN EXECUTIVE with the Premier’sOffice has been appointed ExecutiveDirector of Student and Staff Servicesat Adelaide University.Ms Susan MacIntosh will take up herappointment on October 22, replacing MrIan Creagh, who has taken a position at theCity University of London.

An Adelaide University graduate, MsMacIntosh is currently Executive Director,Corporate and Organisational Developmentat the Department of the Premier andCabinet, where she has worked since 1993.Her previous positions in the Departmentwere as Director of Executive Services andProgram Coordinator, and Director of theCabinet Office.

Ms MacIntosh is also a former Director ofthe Department of Labour andAdministrative Services and has held seniorpositions in the Department of Personneland Industrial Relations and the South

Australian Health Commission.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor CliffBlake, said he was pleased that theUniversity had attracted a senioradministrator of Ms MacIntosh’s calibre.

“Her extensive experience in top-levelmanagement positions makes her avaluable asset to the University,” he said.

“The Division of Student and StaffServices plays a critically important role inproviding administrative, academic andsupport services to our 13,000 students and2500 staff. These services are essential tosupport our core activities of learning,teaching and research.

“Ms MacIntosh has the skills andexperience to provide strong and purposefulleadership and ensure that the Universitystays client-focused and responsive to theneeds of students and staff.”

—John Drislane

STUDENT leaders at AdelaideUniversity have urged the people ofAdelaide not to blame Islamic membersof the community—including students—for the recent tragedies in the UnitedStates.Adelaide University’s Students’ Associationand the Islamic Students' Society have jointly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in America and urged all SouthAustralians to remain calm and tolerantduring this time.

“It is important to remember that this act ofviolence, no matter who committed it, isblatantly against the teaching of Islam and the beliefs of the Muslim people,” saidAsad, President of the Islamic Students’Society.

Students’ Association President Tom

Radzevicius said: "The Students' Association recognises the importance of adiverse and vibrant community and thestrength and tolerance of beliefs that itpromotes.

“During this time of sadness it is imperative that all members of thecommunity—including university studentsand staff—come together and support eachother.

“We need to realise that any acts of hatred and intolerance towards Islamicmembers of our community would only serve to perpetuate the divisive agenda of those responsible for this heinouscrime.

“Rather than being divided, we should beunited through tolerance andunderstanding,” he said.

Students promote tolerancein wake of U.S. attacks

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Why we’re feeding the public on child nutritionWIDESPREAD obesity is a curse ofmodern times, and also of developedcountries where food is plentiful andavailable to all. Ironically those are thecountries where education is alsoavailable to all. You might expect that theeducation would help reduce the obesity.Nutritional advice is, in fact, freely available,but often in the form of slimming advice forthe already overweight. New diets—somesound, many absurd—grace the pages of manymagazines, but proper nutritional attitudes arebest developed not in adults anxious abouttheir body images, but in the very young, alongwith other important life skills.The National Child Nutrition Program is acommunity grants program funded by theCommonwealth Department of Health andAged Care. It is aimed at boosting childnutrition throughout Australia, and will assistaround 120 communities. Its many projectswill be delivered through collaborativepartnerships with local organisations, todevelop innovative strategies which improvethe nutrition of pregnant women and children.In the first round of applications there were93 successful projects. Four of them in SouthAustralia aim to develop sound nutritionalattitudes in children from 0 to 5 years of age,with most of their efforts directed at childrenin child-care centres. The four projectscombine the efforts of about a dozenpartners, of whom Adelaide University isone.The Start Right – Eat Right Child CareNutrition Award Scheme has its two-yearpilot project in Adelaide. It is designed tostrengthen the capacity of childcare centres toprovide a nutritionally adequate menu, goodhygiene practices and a supportive andenjoyable eating environment for children. Itwill provide training and support for centrecooks and managers.

Talking to Families About Nutrition willincrease the awareness and understanding ofnutrition in families with young children byworking with community dieticians andnutritionists to develop ongoing strategiclinks at the local level.The Healthy Food Choice in Family DayCare Project will work to increase thecapacity and confidence of Family Day Careproviders to promote healthy food choices tochildren in their care and to their families.The youngest children will be served byAdelaide University’s Breastfeeding inPublic: Improving Community Attitudes.This project aims to improve communityacceptance of public breastfeeding throughthe accreditation and promotion of businessesthat are friendly towards breastfeeding.“The objective of this study is to pilot theaccreditation and promotion process in threeareas in South Australia: Whyalla, Elizabethand Mount Barker,” said Rose Boyd, theproject manager (Department of PublicHealth).“The project will then be implementednationally in 2002, with the aim of accreditingbreastfeeding-friendly public places andbusinesses throughout Australia,” she said.The project, developed in collaboration withthe Australian Breastfeeding Association,involves the distribution of a sticker that canbe shown by restaurants and other businesses.“This marketing aid will show mothers thatthey are welcome to breastfeed at the venue,”said Ms Boyd.“At the same time it will raise the awarenessof the community that breastfeeding isacceptable in public.”Details of the program and projects can befound at www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/childnutrition/index.htm.

—Rob MorrisonBreastfeeding in public is one of the issues being tackled to raise public awareness of childnutrition. Photo: Brenton Edwards.

Fine music and fine food

MUSICIANS from Adelaide Universitywill share the spotlight at a major festivalof popular classical music performed aspart of this month's Tasting Australia.The inaugural City of Adelaide 'TerraceProms' is a classical music event open free tothe public and performed among some of thebeautiful buildings, art centres, public openspaces, parks and gardens along NorthTerrace. The venues include Elder Hall atAdelaide University's North TerraceCampus.

To be held on Sunday, October 14, the Promsis an important part of the Feast for theSenses ‘Food & Wine Fair’ to be staged inElder Park during Tasting Australia.

At Elder Park, the Adelaide UniversityChoral Society performs on the main stage at2.00pm, while Mozart on the Menu at4.30pm features the Elder ConservatoriumChamber Orchestra, acclaimed pianistSimon Tedeschi and opera singers Wendy Hopkins and Andrew Foote, all

conducted by Tim Sexton.The Chamber Orchestra, Tedeschi, Hopkinsand Foote will also hold a Mozart concertearlier in the day at Elder Hall (2.00pm),again conducted by Tim Sexton.Some other fine young musicians from theUniversity's Elder Conservatorium will alsofeature in performances along North Terrace.Outside the University, the ConservatoriumWinds will perform at 1.00pm and again at3.00pm; out the front of the Art Gallery, theElder Brass Ensemble will be heard from11.30am and 3.00pm; and theConservatorium Strings will play outside theMuseum from 12.30pm and again at 3.00pm.Some of Adelaide's most respected classicalmusicians will also make appearances duringthe day, many of whom are Adelaidegraduates.For more information about the TerraceProms event, phone (08) 9481 0499 or checkthe official Tasting Australia website:www.tasting-australia.com.au.

THE ANNUAL jazz concert onThursday, October 11 in Elder Hallpresents Adelaide University's mostoutstanding jazz ensembles andperformers in a spectacular finale to the2001 Elder Conservatorium ConcertSeries.Jazz – Then and Now, compered by theABC's jazz broadcaster Jim McLeod,weaves together a tribute to a century ofvocal jazz styles.

The huge line-up features international jazzvocalist Anita Wardell, the AdelaideConnection jazz choir directed by RossBurford and the Adelaide University BigBand directed by Hal Hall.

Also featured are vocalist Jo Lawry, AdamLee (guitar) Marvin Leung (sax), DerekMcLure (bass), Shane Ellery (piano) andCon Koutsouliotas (drums).

Director Ross Burford has compiled anaffectionate look at the history of theAdelaide Connection, from its formation in1982 by founding Director John McKenzie,through the six-year leadership ofConnaitre Miller to the present day.

There'll be a retrospective selection ofhighlights from the Adelaide Connection'sfour-CD collection including Makin’Whoopee (1984), Nice ‘N’ Easy (1988),Gotcha and Nature Boy (1999).

Both Anita Wardell and Ross Burford arethemselves distinguished Alumni of theAdelaide Connection, so this promises to bea homecoming reunion.

Since it was formed in 1978 by Hal Hall,the Adelaide University Big Band hasperformed with such jazz luminaries as LeeKonitz, Don Rader, James Morrison, George Golla and Don Burrows. It has toured extensively

throughout South Australia and interstate,and has featured at the Monsalvat JazzFestival, and at the Manley Jazz Festivalthree times.

In the second half, Director Hal Hall puts the Adelaide University Big Bandthrough its instrumental paces, and then JoLawry and Anita Wardell join the band for some high-power vocal tributes.

A special feature will be the use of vocalarrangements for big band by American jazz musician Tom Husak, currentlyVisiting Artist in Residence with the Jazzprogram.

And of course, the annual jazz concertwouldn't be complete without a huge finale, which usually brings the house down. This jazz concert at Elder Hall isusually a sell out, so it's best to book inadvance.

—Di KiddConcert Manager

Jazz wraps up concert series

Jazz - Then and NowThursday 11 October8.00pm, Elder Hall

Adult $22/Conc $14/Students $8

Book at BASS 131 246

All Adelaide University staff qualify forthe concession price of $14 by showing astaff card at any BASS outlet or at thedoor.

ADELAIDEANPAGE 6 OCTOBER 2001

Walford LectureInitiated in 1993 to commemorate the centenary of Walford School

You are cordially invited to attend the 2001 lecture

A new era in medicine:

the impact of the human genome project

presented by leading biotechnology executive

Dr Deborah Rathjen

Chaired by Mrs Marilyn Haysom, Head of Walford

Tuesday 23 October 2001 8.00pm

Helen Reid Hall, Walford Anglican School for Girls, 316 Unley Road, Hyde Park.

Please telephone 8373 4062 for reservations. Free admission

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THE TERM “science communicator”puzzles some people. Sciencecommunicators can be teachers,journalists, broadcasters, authors, orwork in organisations that need peoplewho can make difficult science materialaccessible to the public. They share aconviction that science, its potential,methods, even its hazards, should bebetter understood by a wider audience.It couldn’t have happened at a better time.On the one hand, we are bedevilled bypseudo-science and new-age nonsense, suchas healing crystals, numerology and creationscience. On the other hand, real scientificdevelopments now occur so fast that theyoutpace society’s ability to respond. Stem cellcultures, genetic engineering, internetcommunication and cloning all highlightscience’s extraordinary progress, but alsosociety’s ponderous inability to cope with itsethical and legal consequences.

Science communicators have also emerged atthe right time to play an important role in thetransformation of our universities. Onceadequately funded to allow research in allareas, they must now increasingly find moneyfrom fee-paying students, corporate links andpatenting the products of academic research.

This works well if you research somethingmarketable, like biotechnology, but if yourresearch involves classifying seaweeds, or theecology of snails, you may have troublewinning scarce money for it no matter howgood your science; for as the emphasis shiftsto entrepreneurial activity, it’s not scholarshipalone that counts but corporate links andbusiness savvy. Unfashionable science haslittle place in the corporate world.

Despite the dubious message that sciencethat really matters is science that pays, it hascreated openings for science communicators.To attract corporate dollars, universities mustbe recognised as research high-fliers, andpromoting research is what sciencecommunicators do. Several universities andbodies such as Cooperative Research Centresand the CSIRO have them now, to put outgood science news to the media linked totheir organisation’s name.

Traditionally that is done through a mediarelease faxed to newsrooms, radio shows,freelance journalists and so forth. Thenewsroom’s chief of staff distributes incomingfaxes of interest to waiting reporters. Oneday’s faxes may contain hundreds of stories,but only a few will be used.

Freelance journalists don’t want the story thateverybody else has, so they research their ownstories, and find the internet and worldwideweb invaluable. Some websites simply postscience media releases. Science reportersaccess them for unlimited stories, packagedand ready to go.

These websites are equally valuable if you are ascience communicator trying to get your storyout. No longer at the mercy of chiefs of staff,it is there for any freelance reporter to use.But there are now more sciencecommunicators writing these stories, and whilethe number of stories being used by the mediais also growing, it is not in proportion to thenumber being produced. Which then survive?Those considered the strongest stories, whichoften means those with the strongest angle.Five angles apply particularly to sciencestories: the release of a study’s finding; acontroversy, especially between specialists;the quirky or unusual (perpetuating the‘eccentric scientist’ stereotype); the GuinnessBook of Records angle (biggest, mostexpensive, any superlative); and while mostresearch involves discovery, many journalistsuse that angle alone, with ‘breakthrough’ thecliché of the science story.But these common angles are now beingovertaken by another; that of the science thathasn’t taken place. Science stories oncefeatured discoveries that had been made.These days, they often feature research thatmay lead to an important advance, with thehypothetical promise of this advanceproviding the angle, making the story work,and occupying a large proportion of it. Evenmore hyperbolic is the story announcing alarge grant to begin research that may lead toa great advance of conjectural value.Darwinian processes of natural selection arenow at play in the science media. Only the“strongest” stories are selected for. Theyinclude quirky, controversial and extremestories but, increasingly, speculative storiesthat exploit where a discovery may lead oneunspecified day, if things turn out as hoped.

There is nothing wrong with this as such—the scientists and their research are good, thestories legitimate—but the balance is shiftingas honest records of solid achievement giveway to exciting but speculative appraisals ofwhere preliminary research (or grants toundertake it) might one day lead. Whatreaders take from them is not so much thescience in them but conjectural inferences ofwhat it may become. Science reporting isstarting to resemble science fiction.To test this perception, I punched the words“stem cell” into the search engine ofEurekalert, perhaps the most influentialscience release website in the world. Itturned up 243 stories containing those words.The engine can rank them according toseveral factors; I chose date first, and read theten most recent stories.Only three avoided the speculative angle,dealing respectively with anatomy, ethicalissues and why cloned cells die. The otherseven, while describing good research, werenewsworthy because of where that researchmight one day lead.

They claimed that there “may now be theoption of donor cell treatment”, it “may opena new door”, that stem cells “might one daymend damaged hearts”, “cure urinaryincontinence”, “treat a variety of diseases” or“theoretically repair any organ”. It’s possiblyall true; we’ll have to wait and see. In themeantime, these science stories ride to anuncomfortable extent upon their conjecturalangles.That is not just my value judgement. Searchengines can tell you the degree of relevance ofwhat they find, expressed as a percentage.The average relevance of the sevenspeculative stories was 80%. By contrast, thepurely factual stories rated 63%. Eightypercent against 63%? It’s a telling differenceif you want a winning edge that gets yourstory to air. The clear lesson is to use a strongspeculative angle of the promise of things tocome, with the underlying science a lotfurther down in the text.The search engine can also rank storiesaccording to this relevance. Another searchfor the 10 most relevant stem cell storiesaveraged them at 87%. Again, only threelacked the speculative angle, announcing acall for public comment, a Congressionalbriefing and stem cell injections that helpedLupus sufferers.The other seven stories, in varying degrees,used the speculative angle of where stem cellsmight one day cure: spinal cord injury,Alzheimer’s disease, strokes, Lou Gehrig’sdisease, diabetes, immune disorders,Parkinson’s disease, cancers, heart failure,spinal paralysis, multiple sclerosis and othertherapeutic applications. One story cautionedthat this experimental procedure “may work inhumans, but there is still a long way to go”.So what’s the problem? News is reallyentertainment, so surely anything goes… We’rejust doing our jobs?… There is still good sciencebeing reported…

These are all reasonable excuses or, if you like,legitimate claims. But surely, in thedeveloping field of science communication,we may not want to see it continue this way.If this is how the world’s most consulted andmost respected science news websiteevaluates its top stories, what comes next?Just as universities are being edged towardsresearch with a commercial payoff, sciencecommunicators are being eased intoextrapolating from scientific findings intospeculation, hyperbole and even fantasy.There is good science in these stories, but stripthe hyperbole away and much of the science isslighter than that behind the classification ofseaweeds or ecology of snails. Add thehyperbole, and stem cells will beat algae andmolluscs to news broadcasts every time.Perhaps, as specialist communicators, weneed a certain code of practice. Maybe weshould better separate the science in ourreports from conjecture about its significance.Perhaps we should more often join that lonereporter in cautioning, when we predict thefuture benefits of today’s research, that “westill have a long way to go”.And, while we reassure the public that we arethere to help them decipher the sometimescomplex but always exciting world of science,we might remind them that science issupposed to encourage healthy scepticismabout dogma, and that reports from sciencecommunicators, just as much as the claims ofthe scientists they feature, should be treatedwith a healthy dose of that.

—Rob Morrison

GASTRONOMY and history lecturerDr Barbara Santich has produced a newdiary for 2002 which no self-respectingwine lover would be without.Dionysian Diary 2002—The wine lover’s dailycompanion is a 156-page diary featuring datesof major Australian wine shows, festivals andconferences, together with witty wine quips,wine trivia pages and pages for wine tastingnotes. The diary also includes stunningphotographs by Andrew Dunbar.

Dr Santich, a lecturer with the Department ofHistory at Adelaide University, enjoys nationaland international recognition as one of Aust-ralia’s most respected and original food writers.Her passionate interest in food, culture andhistory has led to the internationally successfulThe Original Mediterranean Cuisine, as well asLooking for Flavour, winner in the bestsoftback category of the 1997 Australian FoodWriters’ Awards, and Apples to Zampone,forerunner of a successful series of city food

guides, which includes The Goods, CapitalTaste, and Sydney Sources.

For more than 20 years Dr Santich has writtenfor Australian and international journals,books, magazines and newspapers, includingThe Oxford Companion to Food, The New YorkTimes, The Sydney Review, Gourmet Traveller,The Australian and the Financial Review.

Her Dionysian Diary 2002 is the only wine-lover's diary produced in Australia. With itsat-a-glance summary of wine statistics forAustralia and the world, calendar of wineshows and festivals for 2002, week-to-an-opening layout, witty quips, trivia (did youknow that the average vineyard in Burgundyhas less than two acres per proprietor?), andpages for wine tasting notes, the diary is set tobecome an ideal Christmas gift for anyonewho appreciates good wine.

Published by Wakefield Press, DionysianDiary 2002 retails for $29.95 and is due forrelease in book stores next month.

Even Dionysus wishes he had one…

C O M M E N T A R YTRUST ME, I ’M A SCIENCE COMMUNIC AT OR!

Dr Rob Morrison is the Science Journalist forAdelaide University's Media Unit. Thisarticle is edited from his talk on RadioNational's science program, Ockham’s Razor,and is followed up in this month's issue ofAustralasian Science.

ADELAIDEAN OCTOBER 2001 PAGE 7

Wine industry wins national research bidAUSTRALIA’S wine industry capabilityand research effort is to be boostedthanks to a major Federal Governmentgrant to an Adelaide-based consortium ofwine researchers, including AdelaideUniversity.Under the Federal Government’s MajorNational Research Facilities Program, theCommonwealth Government will contribute$4.5 million and the South AustralianGovernment $700,000 to the establishmentof a ‘National Wine Research Cluster’.An additional $2.5 million will becontributed by partners in the bid, includingthe Australian Wine Research Institute,CSIRO, the South Australian Research andDevelopment Institute, Adelaide University,the Grape and Wine R&D Corporation andCharles Sturt University.The Cooperative Research Centre forViticulture will contribute in-kind support aswill all other partners.“This facility will strengthen the nationalcapacity to perform grape and wine researchin support of a rapidly expanding wineindustry,” said the Director of the

Australian Wine Research Institute, ProfessorPeter Høj.“There is funding for both buildingexpansions and purchase of state-of-the-artanalytical, fermentation and harvestingequipment.”Mr Robin Day, a Director of Orlando-Wyndham and a member of the bid team,said the availability of such new infrastructurewas crucial and would secure better returnson public and private funding in industry-focused research.“It will deliver knowledge, recommendationsand services, which allow wine industrypractitioners to manage vineyards andwineries to specified market requirements,with consequent growth in exports andemployment, largely in regional Australia,”he said.CSIRO Plant Industry Deputy Chief DrNigel Scott said the successful bid was a realcoup for the wine industry nation wide.“This facility makes the Australian wineindustry’s commitment to a knowledge-basedapproach to wine production even morepowerful,” he said.

THE QUALITY of beer isn’t just arecreational concern for Dr EvanEvans—it's also his job.Dr Evans is a Research Fellow workingwithin Professor Andrew Barr’s barleybreeding program in the University'sDepartment of Plant Science (WaiteCampus).

A primary aim of this program is to developimproved barley varieties that can producebetter malt to make more and better qualitybeer. This puts Dr Evans in an enviableposition: “It’s a tough research job, butsomeone has to do it,” he said.

In assisting barley breeders, Dr Evans hasbeen identifying and characterising maltfactors that impact on beer quality and theefficiency of the brewing process.The projects being investigated by DrEvans's group include the influence of maltprotein composition on the formation of beer

foam and haze (cloudiness).Brewing process efficiency is being improvedthanks to the investigation of maltcomponents that influence beer filtration,lautering and the production of nutrients thathelp in yeast fermentation.Dr Evans's research has been generouslysupported by funds provided by the GrainsResearch and Development Corporation overthe past nine years.A feature of his work has been collaborationwith research teams from the majorAustralian brewers and maltsters. (Maltstersconvert barley into malt, of which the bulk ofthis value-added product is exported fromAustralia.)The next time you blow the froth off a beer,you might remember Dr Evans's hard work.Dr Evans is a founding member of the newlyformed Research Staff Association (RSA) atAdelaide University.

Top drop is brewing thanks to science

Dr Evan Evans.

Adelaide wins$11m in latestARC roundMORE money for new research projectsis coming into Adelaide Universityfollowing the recent announcement ofthe latest grants from the AustralianResearch Council (ARC).Adelaide has reaffirmed its position as aleading national research university, with$11 million in total for research projectsand infrastructure over at least the nextthree years.Funding announced for Adelaide includes:$8.9 million in large "Discovery" grants for39 research projects (an increase on lastyear of $1.8m)*; $1.1 million towards newinfrastructure, equipment and facilitiesbased at Adelaide University; $927,000 fornine research projects linked to industrypartners; $124,000 for three researchprojects linked with overseas universities.

At a State level, Adelaide Universityreceived 39 of the 56 Discovery grantsawarded in South Australia.

"Adelaide University continues to performstrongly on a national level for majorresearch funding," said the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Cliff Blake.

"It is pleasing to see an increase in our largegrant monies, particularly when publicfunding for research is so tight. TheUniversity's reputation for quality researchhas been strengthened by the fundingannouncement," he said.

Projects funded at Adelaide University inthis latest round of grants cover many of theUniversity's areas of strength: science(including physics, genetics, chemistry,physiology, geological, agricultural andenvironmental sciences), mathematics,engineering, computer science andtelecommunications, psychology, archi-tecture, and humanities and social sciences.

Infrastructure money received by the ARCwill be used to develop the University'svery high energy gamma-ray telescope atWoomera in partnership with Japan, andto establish a new facility for surface andmicro-structure analysis.*This year's Discovery grants are acombination of the former ARC Largegrants and Research Fellowships. Lastyear, the combined funding in these areasfor Adelaide University was $7.1m.

—David Ellis

From seagrass to shiraz: new professorFrom Page 2

“Shrivel of the berry obviously involves somewater transfer at some point, or an imbalanceof water transference; there’s more waterleaving the berry than is coming in. Sounderstanding where the water goes andwhether or not it’s related to areas in whichI’ve already done research is something I findpretty exciting.

“Down the track I'd like to do more researchon measuring water relations in grapevines,and to find ways in which growers can moreconveniently monitor how water-stressedtheir vines are.

“This is the message I’ve been getting fromgrowers, that there's a gap in how they canassess the water status of vines. That's reallyimportant because if you've got to decidewhether or not to put on irrigation on aparticular day you need to know if the vinesactually need the water. Growers could savea lot of money on water if they had moreaccurate information about that. I’ve got afew ideas up my sleeve about how we can dothat.

“There are techniques that researchers use tomeasure water status but they’re actually quite complicated techniques; there’sno way that you could monitor a wholevineyard with these techniques. So the

challenge is to find a way to measure thewater status of vines to give growers a better idea about when to water and whennot to.

“The other major things are salt tolerance and drought tolerance in vines. We all know that the water we're getting forirrigation in the Riverland is getting more saline, and so sooner or later we'regoing to be looking at developing more salt-tolerant root stocks.

“Research into this has been around for quitea while and there are already some salt-tolerant root stocks, but there are somedisadvantages and the challenge there is todevelop much better ones, and extend that todrought-tolerant root stocks.”

How do you see the future of the industry, and itslinks with science?

“There’s room for much further growthsupported by high quality research anddevelopment. However, the amount ofmoney that's being invested into R&D into viticulture and oenology in Australia isfairly small by world standards. The industryare flat out reinvesting into capital tomaintain supply for our growing exportmarkets.

“The industry supports research and

development through a levy on wine grapesthat is matched by the Federal Government.The Grape and Wine DevelopmentCorporation manages this component ofR&D.

“The industry puts significant funds into my position, as they have done alsowith research grants and other positions, andalso into the Hickinbotham RoseworthyWine Science Laboratory, the AustralianWine Research Institute and the CRCViticulture here on the Waite Campus.

“So obviously the industry is keen to supportresearch and development because they knowit will help them in the long-run, but I thinkthey would like governments to invest moreas well.

“As far as I know, the industry is also keen to see more basic research going on;they're not just interested in specific appliedprojects, they do understand that basic,fundamental scientific research mustunderpin the applied research. So I’ve foundthe industry to be very progressive, and notjust in research: the industry is veryprogressive when it comes to education. I getthe feeling they want us to train students asgood thinkers and scientists, to give them abroad range of skills which they can use toadapt to the various problems they will facein their chosen fields.”

Adelaide: hot a

FOOD writers need to cast their critical netbeyond restaurants to the supermarkets,according to Adelaide University gastronomylecturer Dr Barbara Santich (pictured).

Dr Santich plans to tell food and wine writers ata University-sponsored forum at this month’s

Tasting Australia that they should be "roadtesting" new food products, in the same waythat they review restaurants.

Adelaide University is one of the major sponsorsof Tasting Australia, which runs in Adelaide from5-14 October.

"I would like the forum to reflect on the roles andresponsibilities of food writers and I think one ofthese responsibilities is to evaluate foodproducts and prepared meals sold insupermarkets," she says.

"Just as diners eating out can select a restaurantbased on published reviews, so those 'eating in'should be able to choose meals or mealcomponents according to the recommendationsof informed palates. The objective would be topromote eating for pleasure—and enjoying ameal is indeed one of life's pleasures."

She also suggests that a trained palate might beusefully engaged before some food products aremade publicly available.

"I am critical of some new food products," shesays. "There needs to be proper and expertevaluation before new foods are marketed."

Dr Santich will develop this argument at the

"Eating into the Future" forum, on October 13—part of the International Food and Wine Writers’Festival which in turn is one of the key events ofTasting Australia.Other speakers at the forum include AdelaideUniversity history Associate Professor RobertDare. Dr Dare plans to predict the end of the20th century "culinary enthusiasm".

"In the future, the refrigerator and themicrowave will complete their triumph over thegarden and the stove: our food will be grownanywhere and nowhere, prepared out of oursight by anyone or no-one, and consumed atanytime in the undifferentiated eating spaces ofwork, street and playground," he says.

"We will in other words take fuel rather thanshare meals, and when that happens, we willrecognise the long twentieth century of culinaryenthusiasm for what it was—a glitch in time."

The forum is just part of Adelaide University’sextensive involvement in Tasting Australia.

EATING INTO THE FUTUREInternational Food & WineWriters' Festival1.10pm, Saturday, October 13Pioneer Women’s MemorialGardens, Adelaide

GASTRONOMY LAUNCHMasters degree inGastronomyFriday, October 12degree offered in 2002

IMITATION = FLATTERYFood and Drink Centre sparksothers around the world

Food critics summoned tosupermarket shelves

Only degrof its kind

ANOTHER highlight of Tasting Australia will bethe launch of the University’s Masters program inGastronomy on October 12. The Premier, Mr JohnOlsen, and the President of Le Cordon Bleu, MrAndre Cointreau, will launch the program, whichis unique in the world.

Run jointly with Le Cordon Bleu, the program will take in its first students next year and will be offered entirely on-line as well as on campus.

The Gastronomy program has been developed forpeople who have a passion for the study ofgastronomy and for professionals seeking relatedcareers in hospitality, media or tourism.

Twenty inaugural scholarships—each worth$10,000—will be offered in 2002 for studentsstudying on campus, reducing the cost of theprogram to $20,000.

The Director of the Gastronomy program, Dr LynnMartin, said people from all over the globe hadshown interest in the Masters program.

"We expect people will take the course on-line inNew York, Brazil, Europe and elsewhere," he says. "Ihave had 50 queries from 15 different countries sofar."

Enrolment information can be found at the Le CordonBleu website: www.cordonbleu.net; or phone (08)8348 4659 or email: australia@cordonbleu.net

THE University’s Research Centre for theHistory of Food and Drink is gainingincreasing international attention.

Founded by Dr Lynn Martin in 1997, at the timethe centre was the only one of its kind in theworld. The main purpose of the centre is thepromotion of research in the history of food anddrink from production to consumption, in theirrelationship to issues such as politics, society,the economy, environment, health and culture.The centre also serves to promote the fine foodand drink available in South Australia.

Dr Martin says the centre’s work has sparked arash of investment in similar centres overseas.

"There has been a world-wide development ofinterest in food and wine," he says. "AdelaideUniversity’s History Department has been on thecrest of that wave.

"Since 1997, the European Union has sponsoredthe establishment of a similar centre inStrasbourg, which had its firstsymposium in June. A Canadianacademic has also recentlyestablished a similar centre, andin November, the AmericanCentre for Wine, Food and theArts will be opened."

Taking a bite from Adelaide

and happening

SOME of the world’s leading food and winewriters will share their secrets with thepublic at this month's International Food andWine Writers’ Festival (October 11-13).

The free festival is part of Tasting Australia andhas attracted more than 50 international andAustralian guest speakers. Adelaide Universityis a major sponsor of the event.

Over three full days, visiting wordsmiths willenlighten the crowd on a range of thought-provoking and entertaining issues. Festival-goers will encounter a conversational pot-stirrerand best-selling Australian journalist, a producerwho went from the Beatles to food, and a manwho knows exactly why wine is better than sex.

Master of Ceremonies for the event is Australianmusic and food writer Michael Shmith.

Among those playing prominent roles will bepopular television food presenters Rick Steinand Nick Nairn, Dorinda Hafner, producerRichard Bryan, ‘wine mythologist’ StuartGregor and American Mark Miller of the famedCoyote Café. Special guest speakers alsoinclude Australian television chefs PeterHoward, Gabriel Gaté, Maeve O’Meara andcelebrated journalist George Negus.

Other highlights include two live-to-air ABCradio Table Talk discussions on Pleasure andAnxiety of Eating with Ian Parmenter,

Stephanie Alexander and Neil Perry; andCulinary Educators—The New Breed withRichard Grausman, Lauraine Jacobs and ArlynBlake.

More mental nourishment is given in Food ofthe Future with Sherry Clewlow, Catey Hillierand Darina Allen; BBQ’s…The Burning Issuewith Michele Curtis, Allan Campion andAdelaide’s Mark Thomson; Recipe Writing withBarbara Gibbs Ostmann, Stephanie Alexanderand Donna Hay; and the Role of Media inDeveloping the Culture of Eating & Drinkingwith Gabriel Gaté, Dorinda Hafner and JohnNewton.

Adelaide University's Eating Into the Futureforum, chaired by Alan Saunders, will debate arange of issues with Robert Dare, BarbaraSantich, Cherry Ripe, Darina Allen, Mark Miller,John Newton and Sinclair Philip.

Six book launches are planned over the threedays, including books by Sally Marden,Margaret Fulton and Barbara Beckett, StuartGregor, Greg Duncan Powell and Ben Canaider,and Annabel Langbein.

The festival will finish with confessions of TV"foodies" Rick Stein, Maeve O’Meara, RichardBryan and Dorinda Hafner.

For more information visit the official website:www.tasting-australia.com.au

WORLD MEDIA EVENTTasting - and toasting - ourresearch

INTERNATIONAL FOOD &WINE WRITERS’ FESTIVALPioneer Women’s MemorialGardens, AdelaideOctober 11-13Cost: FREE

IT'S said that the proof of the pudding is in theeating. And this month, the internationalmedia will be the proof of research duringAdelaide University's "Science on a Plate"tour.

The tour, part of Tasting Australia, takesinternational media through some of the brilliantwork conducted by the University's Faculty ofAgricultural & Natural Resource Sciences.

Supported by producers including Maggie Beer,Australian Native Produce Industries, CoopersBrewing and Temple Bruer Wines, and cateredby Adelaide’s own Ann Oliver, the tour promisesa full day—and a full tummy—to remember.

Tasting Australia generates millions of dollarsworth of promotion for the State and hundreds ofstories in newspapers and magazines devoted tofood and wine all around the world. The mediarepresentatives who come here are very curiousindeed about the myriad research and educationactivities at Australia’s premier food and wineuniversity.

Their tour will include tastings of products suchas beef, legumes, olive oil, barley, chilli, wine,native spices and grains—all of which AdelaideUniversity is researching. The tastings will beheld in the Plant Research Centre on the WaiteCampus where the University's research innative flora will also be on show.

The media will view the unique ‘Chemical Nose’Facility for Aroma and Flavour Analysis (one of only five operating worldwide andhoused in the Hickinbotham Roseworthy Wine Science Laboratory), hear presentationson current research in wheat testing andmalting, and have a chance to meet futurewinemakers among the University's students.

After their tour, members of the media will joinresearchers and producers for a very speciallunch devised by Ann Oliver. Her menu willfocus on the produce currently being researchedat the Waite and Roseworthy campuses.

Ann has created special recipes for Triticalepocket breads, to serve with babaganoush andtabouleh, chicken roasted with harissa andserved with couscous and pickled lemons, asauce of Australian blood limes and chilli, andmuch more.

Triticale will also feature in a rich fruit loaf,and Ann says she’s excited by the opportunity touse this grain, which is rather like a crossbetween wheat and rye and has a sweet,aromatic flavour that lends itself to all sorts ofbreads and cakes.

The wide-ranging work of the LivestockSystems Alliance at Roseworthy will berepresented by meat tastings on the tour and arange of top-quality products at lunch.

It won't just be a taste of what’s happeningaround the University, it will certainly be a tasteto remember!

reed in the world

Science on a plate

Eating our words

ADELAIDEANPAGE 10 OCTOBER 2001

Radiocarbon dating aims tostamp out “Chateau de fraud”WINEMAKING fraud could beuncovered by radiocarbon dating,following a study by experts fromAdelaide University and the AustralianNuclear Science and TechnologyOrganisation (ANSTO).The work is the result of collaborationbetween team leader Dr Graham Jones of theUniversity's Department of Horticulture,Viticulture & Oenology and Dr EwanLawson and Dr Claudio Tuniz of ANSTO'sPhysics Division.Dr Jones said their studies showed thatcarbon dating—the method better known foruse on the Shroud of Turin and ancient relicssuch as rock art—can also be used for datingand authenticating recent wine vintages.“Detecting unauthorised additives and otherwine forgeries is of growing importance tothe industry,” Dr Jones said.The method relies on measuring tinyamounts of Carbon 14 (14C) in materialswhich were once in equilibrium with theatmosphere.Incorporated within carbon dioxide,relatively large amounts of 14C were releasedas a result of atmospheric nuclear weaponstesting during the 1950s and early 1960s.The uptake of this atmospheric carbondioxide by plants means that plant derivedproducts can be accurately dated.“The amounts of 14C to be found in plantmaterial at particular dates are known fromstudies of tree rings and from atmosphericcarbon dioxide samples,” Dr Jones said.“In the case of wine, sugars and other

components, such as flavour compoundsaccumulated in the grape berries during theirripening, contain this age information.When the grapes are fermented into winethis information is retained in the alcohol andmany other wine components.”Atmospheric radiocarbon levels surged afternuclear testing during the Cold War. Duringthe bomb explosions the electrically neutralparticles, neutrons, were generated and

interacted with atmospheric nitrogen to formthe carbon radioisotope.

Dr Jones said an interesting discovery as part of this research was that the amount of14C in the southern hemisphere peaked ayear or so after it peaked in the northernhemisphere.Because Carbon 14 is found in one part forevery trillion (one thousand billion) or less ofother carbon isotopes, it requires extremelysensitive measurements. Thesemeasurements were overseen by Dr Tunizand Dr Lawson of ANSTO's AcceleratorMass Spectrometry group. AMS is anultrasensitive analytical technique based onthe use of an ion accelerator such asANSTO's Australian National TandemAccelerator for Applied Research(ANTARES).Most of the measurements of the vintagescoincided closely to their labelled dates.However, the researchers are doing furtherwork to check the results of one samplewhich showed a significant discrepancy withthe vintage printed on the bottle.

Dr Jones noted that the proportion ofCarbon 14 to ordinary carbon (carbon 12) incarbon dioxide in the atmosphere is decliningto the point where the method may becomeunreliable in about the next 10 years, unlessmore sensitive equipment is devised.The study was partly funded by theAustralian Institute of Nuclear Science andEngineering and the Australian ResearchCouncil. Mr Quan Hua and Dr Ugo Zoppiof the ANSTO AMS facility provided muchof the technical support for this work.

Volunteer toget hot andhappening!AUSTRALIA’S most prestigiousculinary event, Tasting Australia, islooking for volunteers.The volunteers are needed for the City ofAdelaide’s Feast for the Senses Food &Wine Fair, an extravaganza of gourmetfood, fine wine, premium beer and coffeewhich is part of the main Tasting Australiaprogram.

The free event will be staged on Sunday,October 14 at Elder Park in the heart ofAdelaide. Volunteers will have theopportunity to work alongside some ofAustralia’s greatest chefs, restaurants andwineries, while assisting over 90 food andwine stalls to serve the anticipated 20,000visitors.

Volunteers are urgently required to assist ina range of duties in the lead-up to andduring the event. Volunteers will receive afree T-shirt, beverages and light food on theSunday, a certificate of appreciation and aletter of thanks for taking part.

“Volunteering is a productive way in whichto meet potential employees, deal directwith the public and have a great time beinga part of an internationally acclaimed Food& Wine Fair,” said Event VolunteerCoordinator Kirsty Shade.

For more information about becoming avolunteer, phone Tami McMahon on 0438090 103, Kirsty Shade on 0414 093 178 orMarie Reitano on 8303 5511.

WINE research and education in SouthAustralia will enter a new era whenAdelaide University establishes acommercial vineyard at Glenthorne Farmin partnership with BRL Hardy.Glenthorne is a 205-hectare property atO’Halloran Hill in Adelaide’s southernsuburbs. Previously occupied by the CSIRO,Glenthorne was bought from theCommonwealth by the State Government in1998 and handed over to the University inJune this year. Development work on the siteis expected to begin next year.BRL Hardy will manage the vineyard andsale of fruit, more than half of which will beavailable to other winemakers. The vineyardis expected to begin generating income forUniversity research from the third vintage.Professor Steve Tyerman from theUniversity’s Department of Horticulture,Viticulture and Oenology said the venturewas an exciting development for theUniversity and the industry as a whole.

“The flow of profit from business activities into viticulture research anddevelopment will lead to a much-needed shotin the arm for viticulture and will allowgreater integration with wine making R&Don the Waite campus,” he said.“The expected flow-on into education andtraining will also be a positive outcome.“The five hectares set aside for Universityresearch now needs an injection of capital torealise our vision of a hi-tech, electronicallymonitored vineyard in which long-termexperiments can be conducted. Theequipment will allow researchers to monitorexperiments from remote locations. It willalso allow senior students to study real-timevine physiology and growth.“Various government agencies and the privatesector will be approached over the next six to12 months to invest in this excitingdevelopment that will underpin sustainablegrowth in the wine industry,” he said.

—John Drislane

Historic GlenthorneFarm ripe for revival

Get a taste of triticaleA CEREAL crop called triticale is analternative to wheat being bred byAdelaide University researchers in theDepartment of Plant Science.Based at the Waite Campus, the triticaleteam has focused on the grain because ofits uniquely sweet flavour and itsadvantages for growing in difficult soils,such as those lacking in nutrients.

The grain is sought as a high quality stock-feed, particularly by the dairy industry, andcan also be used in specialty food products.

Ann Oliver, food and travel editor forwww.ewinexchange.com.au, has come upwith her own recipe for triticale bread, totie in with this month's Tasting Australiaevent, “Science on a Plate”. (see centrespread for details).

TRITICALE LOAFMakes 2 large loaves

50g fresh yeast500ml warm water50ml your favourite extra virgin olive oil300g strong flour650g triticale flour + little extra for working the bread30g sea salt

Whisk the yeast, water and oil together until the yeast is dissolved. Add the flours andwork with a dough hook until it starts to come together and then add the salt andwork the dough until it comes together in a smooth, slightly sticky ball and the sideof the bowl is clean. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to double in size.Put a small amount of the triticale flour on your work bench. Cover a baking sheetwith baking parchment. Punch the dough down and scrape it onto the prepared worksurface. Divide it into two and knead it out into two oval shapes. Roll it through thicktriticale and place them well apart on the prepared tray. Make deep slits about 2cmapart into the loaves and allow them to prove.Pre heat oven to 200°CGive the loaves a light spray with water and bake until well coloured and crunchy onthe outside.TIPThis bread has the most wonderful flavour and is just gorgeous slathered with butterand cheese or dunked in olive oil. It is not the kind of bread for fine sauces, it is robustand full of flavour and terrific with cheese.If you have an oven with steam, bake the bread for 20 minutes with 25% steam andthen finish off with dry heat.RECIPE COPYRIGHT © ANN OLIVER 2001Triticale flour is available from Living Bread at Blackwood or some health food stores,or in large quantities (25kg or more) from Lauke Mills, Strathalbyn.

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The Faculty of Health SciencesResearch Commitee offersVacation Scholarships to provideundergraduate students with anopportunity to participate inmedical research projects.

These projects are to be carriedout during the summer vacation.The Scholarships are tenable up toa maximum of eight weeks duringthe vacation. The stipend will be$150 per week. The final twoweeks payment will be made onlyafter the receipt of a satisfactoryshort, scientific report of theproject (approx 2-3 pages). Inaddition, awardees would beexpected to give a verbalpresentation within theDepartment or on a Faculty-organised basis.Projects can be carried out inUniversity Departments, the IMVS

and affiliated hospitals whichprovide appropriate facilities.They are to be supervised by anappropriate research worker orclinician who is required to supplya written agreement regardinghis/her ability and willingness toprovide the necessary supervision.The scholarships are open toundergraduate students ofAdelaide University. Applicantsshould have successfullycompleted at least two years oftheir course at the time thescholarship commences.To find out more information,eligibility and applicationprocedures please contact StellaRichards, Commitee Secretary(Medicine), tel 8303 5274.Applications close at the MedicalSchool Office on Wednesday 10October 2001 at 4.00pm.

Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee

Undergraduate Medical ResearchVacation Scholarships for 2001-2002

Australian Music Examination Board

Free Piano and Violin RecitalsThe examinations will be in the format of a concert open to members ofthe public. Yvette Baer based in Adelaide will undertake her pianoexamination. This recital will be held at the Maughan Church, corner Pittand Franklin Streets, on 6 October 2001 at 7.30pm. Imants Larsens willundertake his violin fellowship examination. Imants is now based inSwitzerland and visiting Adelaide briefly. His recital will be held on 7October 2001 at 12.30pm at St John’s Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide.

BOOK SALE

The Barr SmithLibrary will beholding its annualsale of pre-lovedbooks on ThursdayOctober 18 andFriday October 19 in

the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room,Level 3. Lots of very cheap titles.

For details contact MargaretHosking, tel 8303 5285 orbrl@library.adelaide.edu.au

South Australian Institute for Educational Research

October MeetingImaging Themselves, Imaging Their Futures: Indigenous AustralianStudents Completing Secondary Education, Thursday 25 October2001, 4.30pm, Conference Room, Australian Education Union, 163Greenhill Road, Parkside. Antoinio Mercurio (Manager, CurriculumDevelopment: SSABSA) and Linda Clayton (Project Officer, AboriginalEducation Strategy: SSABSA). Cost: SAIER members no charge, nonmembers $5. RSVP: <saier@cbconsult.com.au> or fax 8274 1199.

Free Exhibitionand Lecture

Exhibition: Darwin, VirginiaWoolf, and Curved Space: Thestory of William and Lucy Clifford,1845-1929. 8-19 October 2001,Foyer, Barr Smith Library.

Free lecutre by Roy and MontyChisholm (Kent University), 12October 2001, 3.30-5.00pm. IraRaymond Room, Barr SmithLibrary.

Jointly organised by the Institutefor Geometry and its Application,Australian Mathematical Society.

The Essential Conference Organisers Workshop2-5pm, 18 October 2001, Flinders University: A free workshopdesigned for staff and students of the University who are currently in theprocess of organising an event or thinking of organising one in the future.Afternoon tea will be provided. For further information contact NicoleCreamer at the Adelaide Convention and Tourism Authority on 8303 2333or email: <nicki@acta.com.au>.

ALONG much of the River Murray,traditional crops are in trouble as fruitgrowers try to deal with changing tastes,competing imports, saline soils and riverwater that has grown more contaminatedas it has become less available.Sustainability is now the measure of crops ofthe future, with Bookmark BiosphereReserve near Renmark dedicated toproviding examples of how social,environmental and economic sustainabilitycan be made compatible.

On its first open day, held earlier this year,visitors inspected a number of projectsranging from restoration of degraded pastureand wetlands to experimental industries ofthe future. One of the most popular field tripswas to look at native floriculture.

This trial project is exploring how to develop,cultivate and market Australia’s native flowersas a sustainable paying crop; one that requireslittle water, and is suited to the localenvironment.

There are many native plants to choose from,all with their distinctive appeal, but mostwith other characteristics that make them lessthan ideal for the floriculture market. Pearlbluebush is beautiful, but its stem length isshort. Correa reflexa is beautiful, too, but itsflowers grow along the stem, not at the tipswhere florists want them. Those problemspose a scientific challenge.

Dr Kate Delaporte from AdelaideUniversity’s Department of Horticulture,Viticulture and Oenology is intimatelyinvolved with Bookmark. Her work involvesthe selection and cultivation of native plantsthat show promise for floriculture, andBookmark provides her trialling ground.

"When selecting a species for development,one of the primary things we look at is wherethe flower is located on the stem," said DrDelaporte.

"Most eucalypts that I’m working with havebuds that start to appear 12 months beforethey flower, so when they first appear they areat the end of the stem. 12 months later, thestem has continued to grow, so the flowers are20 to 30 cm down the stem. Florists requireflowers to be at the end of the stem, so herewe have a problem.""You’ll go through a population of say 200plants and you pick out the five with the mostterminal flowers," she said. "You’ll take those

five plants and propagate from them, andslowly work you way to achieving most of thecharacters you want. It’s the same with wheator rose breeding; you’ve got a list of charactersthat you are trying to achieve, and you workyour way through the entire population tofind those characters."Is the struggle worthwhile? Floriculture canbe a very traditional business."The majority of the Australian market isdominated by European flowers; roses,carnations, gerberas and so on, and nativesare often perceived as being very masculine; afuneral flower, not really romantic, soft ordelicate," said Dr Delaporte. "It’s a slowprocess but very very rewarding when you canget a plant so that someone else says ‘Hey,that’s a great plant,’ and you can say ‘I madethat!’ That’s really good."A growing appreciation of Australian nativeplants has seen them adopted and grown inmany gardens, but making the leap tofloriculture is harder. Partly because of theirnovelty value, native flowers are oftenregarded more highly overseas than they arein Australia.Dr Delaporte was awarded a ChurchillFellowship to travel overseas and evaluate theexport potential of native flowers."My Churchill Fellowship sent me off toMediterranean countries because I wanted toinvestigate what they were doing in terms ofAustralian native plants; whether they likedthem and what the market was," said DrDelaporte. "There is a big demand, but to getflowers from Australian to European marketsis very difficult," she said.Dr Delaporte cites Bookmark as aninteresting area because of its isolation fromflower markets. Crops grown there will haveto be trucked to Sydney or Adelaide forexport by air, a process full of logisticaldifficulties, but she has proposed a better wayto market our floriculture expertise."Australia might be better positioned tobecome a plant breeder and developer of newvarieties," she said. "It takes a lot less time,space and infrastructure to develop new plantvarieties, then propagate them and licensethem to be grown in other countries wherethey are very close to their market."Because the varieties will be registered withplant breeders’ rights, the breeder willautomatically get a royalty from every plantsold, and in some cases, even from every

bunch of flowers produced. For every plantsold you’re getting some money back, insteadof having the majority of the risk here inAustralia of growing the product and thentrying to ship it to Japan or Europe."The trial ground at Bookmark will eventuallygrow, as the reserve becomes a self-fundingfloriculture site. Most of the reserve consistsof native vegetation, which incurs few costs.Areas that were cleared long ago will now beused for crops of cultivated native plants thatDr Delaporte believes have real potential as anew industry."I am fortunate to be able to work witheucalypts in floriculture, thanks to theforesight of funding agencies and tocollaborative arrangements with Bookmarkand other industry players," said DrDelaporte.

"Research and development into newfloricultural crops will enable the expansionof Australian flora into the world market."Half the Bookmark area will be used fortesting and trials, the other half will soonstart producing income, and it is hoped thatultimately the 20 hectares will provide anexample of an ecologically sustainableindustry, providing grape and citrus growerswith examples of alternative crops that can begrown throughout the Murray Mallee districtand elsewhere where growing salinity anddeclining rainfall mean that dryland farmingnow requires alternative approaches.Dr Delaporte’s work will feature as one of 30stories in the series ‘Wetlands, Drylands,’ tobe aired on 5UV Radio Adelaide fromOctober 15.

—Rob Morrison

New industry flowering by banks of the Murray

Dr Kate Delaporte. Photo: Rob Morrison.

10.10am Electrical & Electronic EngineeringSeminar: BLAST and Beyond – Space-TimeProcessing for MIMO Systems by Dr Linda Davis(Lucent Technologies Australia Pty Limited).Room S112, Engineering South.12noon Plant Science Seminar: Transientsalinity by Mr David Cooper (Masters student).Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Waite.12noon Hanson Centre for Cancer ResearchSeminar: The ubiquitin proteosome system andhuman disease by Prof Ron Kopito (BiologicalSciences, Stanford University). Robson LectureTheatre, Level 1, Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH.12.30pm Clinical Nursing Seminar: Adescription of pain management of patients witha priority three rating by Carla Zampatti(Emergency Surgical Suite, RAH). Room 36,Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH.1.00pm Environmental Biology Seminar:How does new life begin? by Associate ProfessorWilliam Breed (Anatomy). Benham LectureTheatre, Ground Floor, Benham Building.1.00pm State Library of SA: Series talk –Books in My Life. Admission $6.60 or $5.50conc, $4.40 members. Function Room, rear ofArt Gallery of SA.4.00pm Physiology Seminar: Control ofUnilateral and Bilateral Movements in Humans byDr Mike Garry (Physiology). Numico SeminarRoom, Level 5, Medical School South.

12.10pm Psychology Seminar: The FunctionalImportance of Emotional Intelligence by VenetaBastian. Discursive Constitution of Subjectivitiesby Amy Patterson. Room 526, Hughes Building.1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: SkinCancer Chemo-Prevention with Non Steroidal AntiInflammatory Agents by Dr Ross McKinnon(Pharmacy of Biomedical Science, UniSA).Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Bldg, WCH.4.00pm Applied & Molecular EcologySeminar: Why nectar foraging in parasitic waspsis not as simple as it seems? by Gitta Siekmann.McLeod Lecture Theatre, Waite Campus.

10.00am Social Inquiry – Labour StudiesSeminar: Shovelling sand: SA’s expanding butcrumbling skill base by Pat Wright. SeminarRoom, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street. 11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Indigenous citizenship and the defenceof the nation by Sarah Fairhead. Seminar Room,Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: William Hennessy – violin, LucindaCollins – piano. Works by Schubert and RStrauss. Admission $3 at the door. Elder Hall.4.00pm Obstetrics & Gynaecology Seminar:Causes and consequences of fetal growthretardation in the pig by Dr Cheryl J Ashworth(Head, Applied Physiology, Animal BiologyDivision, SAC, Aberdeen, UK). Seminar Room,6th Floor, Medical School North.

12noon Plant Science Seminar: Sources oflutein and zeaxonthin and their role in nutriton byMrs Julia Humphries (PhD student). CharlesHawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus.1.00pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Manipulation of T cell traffic andimmunity via chemokines by Assoc Prof AndrewLloyd (University of NSW). Room 102, MolecularLife Sciences Building.1.10pm Student Workshop: Surviving a PhDby Mark O’Donoghue. Counselling Centre, GroundFloor, Horace Lamb Building.

4.15pm History Research Seminar: A tale ofthree cities: how America won World War II byProfessor David Kennedy (Stanford University,Pulitzer Prize-winner in 2000). Eric Russell Room,LG 14, Napier Building.

10.10am Electrical & Electronic EngineeringSeminar: Automatic Test Generation forAsynchronous Circuits by Michael J Liebelt.

Room S112, Engineering South Building.1.00pm Environmental Biology Seminar: Theeffects of pollution on lung function by Mr JoshGriffiths (Environmental Biology). BenhamLecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Benham Building.4.00pm Physiology Seminar: Where ismedical education going and is Physiology goingwith it? by Prof David Prideaux (School ofMedicine, Flinders University). Numico SeminarRoom, Level 5, Medical School South.5.30pm Centre for Biomedical EngineeringSeminar: 3D Image Generation, Analysis andAnimation of the Wrist by Dr M Sandow(Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma, RAH). HoneLecture Theatre, Ground Flr, Medical School Sth.

12.10pm Psychology Seminar: MusicalPerformance and Identity: Discourses of Self-hoodin the Talk of Musicians by Gemma Munro.Juvenile Justice: Shame and Reintegration orVictim Reparation? by Nancy White. Room 526,Hughes Building.1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: TBAby Dr Stephen Dalton (Molecular Biosciences).Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building, WCH.

10.00am Social Inquiry – Labour StudiesSeminar: Women as change agents by FayCastle. Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 Pulteney St.11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Title to be announced by Sarai Furby.Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.1.00pm Inaugural Lecture Series: A soundworld of contrasts by Prof Charles Bodman Rae(Music). Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building.1.00pm Molecular Biosciences Seminar:Why, when and how genes duplicate by Dr RoryHope (Molecular Biosciences). Room 102, 1stFloor, Molecular Life Sciences Building.1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: Raphael Christ – violin, Sarah Christ –harp, Keith Crellin – viola, Linda Pirie – flute.Works by Debussy, Rajna and Sarasate.Admission $3 at the door. Elder Hall.1.10pm Asian Studies Seminar: Li Zehou andnew Confucianism by Ms Sylvia Chan (VisitingResearch Fellow). Room 518, Ligertwood Bldg.4.00pm Obstetrics & Gynaecology Seminar:Intracellular signalling, cytoskeletal function andcell division in the model organism by ProfessorRob Saint (Molecular Biosciences). SeminarRoom, 6th Floor, Medical School North.

12noon Plant Science Seminar:Characterisation of a wheat-rye translocationcarrying the copper efficiency gene of rye by MrRichard Leach (PhD student). Charles HawkerConference Centre, Waite Campus.12noon Hanson Centre for Cancer ResearchSeminar: Complexity of the human hematopoieticstem cell compartment by Prof John Dick (TheHospital for Sick Children, Toronto). RobsonLecture Theatre, Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH.1.00pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Antigenicity and immunogenicity ofnovel chimeric hepatitis B surface antigenparticles by Dr Hans Netter (Sir Albert SakzewskiVirus Research Centre, Brisbane). Room 102,Molecular Life Sciences Building.1.10pm History Research Seminar: Thepolitics of penicillin by Dr R Zuckerman (History).Common Room 420, 4th Floor, Napier Building.2.00pm English Seminar: PragmaticGrammar: Techniques for Teaching English forProfessional Purposes by Joy McEntee. Room618, Napier Building.4.00pm Molecular Genetics of DevelopmentSeminar: The coral Acropora as a model systemin which to study the evolution of developmentalprocesses by Dr David Miller (James Cook Uni).Room 102, Molecular Life Sciences Building.

7.30pm Australian Institute of PhysicsLecture: Space, Time and Matter by Roy

Chisholm (Kent University). Union Hall.

12noon Plant Science Seminar: TBA by DrJeff Dangl (University of North Carolina). CharlesHawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus.12.30pm Clinical Nursing Seminar: Crying infour week old babies and mothers’ settlingbehaviours by Professor Jan Pincombe (School ofNursing & Midwifery, UniSA). Room 36, Level 3,Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH.1.00pm Environmental Biology Seminar: Theecophysiology of plant life by Dr Russell Sinclair(Environmental Biology). Benham LectureTheatre, Ground Floor, Benham Building.1.10pm Student Workshop: ManagingExam/Anxiety Stress. Counselling Centre, GroundFloor, Horace Lamb Building.1.10pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Streptococcal inhibitor of complementfunction – clusterin – post streptococcalglomerulonephritis by Dr Sri Sriprakash(Queensland Institute for Medical Research;Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin).Room 102, Molecular Life Sciences Building.4.00pm Physiology Seminar: The InhibitoryGlycine Receptor: Molecular Studies of Structure,Function and Disease by Professor Peter Schofield(The Gavin Institute of Medical Research).Numico Seminar Room, Level 5, Medical SchoolSouth.

12.10pm Psychology Seminar: Service NeedAssessment Profile (SNAP): Assessing ResourceAllocation by Loretta Sassi. Examining outcomesof Substitute Care within South Australia byJadynne Harvey. Room 526, Hughes Building.1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: Ants inthe Environment by Mr Archie McArthur(Honourary Research Associate, SA Museum).Seminar Room 1, 4th Floor, Rieger Building.4.00pm Applied & Molecular EcologySeminar: The 2000 locust control program in SAby Dr Dennis Hopkins (Research scientist, PrimaryIndustry). McLeod Lecture Theatre, Waite.

10.00am Social Inquiry – Labour StudiesSeminar: Gendered manufacturing: a study ofgendered skills and career patterns in Australianprocess manufacturing workplaces by MeredithIsbell. Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 Pulteney St.11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Worlds of women and the internationalwomen’s movement: theoretical considerations,with special reference to Kenya and Australia byE Miguda. Seminar Rm, Level 3, 10 Pulteney St.1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: Guila Tiver – mezzo soprano, ElizabethKoch – flute, Diana Weekes – piano. Works byBarber, Corigliano and Copland. Admission $3 atthe door. Elder Hall.1.10pm Asian Studies Seminar: What isConfucian and New about the Thought of MouZongsan? By Ms Serina Chan (Postgrad student).Room 518, Ligertwood Building.4.00pm Obstetrics & Gynaecology Seminar:Women’s nutrition during pregnancy and fetalgrowth: a cohort study by Dr Vivienne Moore(Obstetrics & Gynaecology). Seminar Room, 6thFloor, Medical School North.

12noon Plant Science Seminar: Endospermdevelopment in Hieracium by Mr Matthew Tucker(PhD student). Charles Hawker ConferenceCentre, Waite Campus.1.00pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Cytomegalovirus – immunosuppressionand controlling mouse plagues by Professor GeoffShellam (University of Western Australia). Room102, Molecular Life Sciences Building.1.10pm Geographical & EnvironmentalStudies Seminar: South Australia’s CoastalPolicy – in need of reform? by Mr Brian Caton(Flinders University). Room 104, EnvironmentalStudies Building.

1.10pm History Research Seminar: Twoclowns: Rabelais and Ronald McDonald by ColinSheringham (Visiting scholar with the ResearchCentre for the History of Food & Drink). CommonRoom 420, 4th Floor, Napier Building.8.00pm Classical Association of SouthAustralia: The Detective and the Toga: historicalfiction set in the ancient world, with particularreference to historical detective fiction by TimHart. Council Room, Level 7, Wills Building.

10.10am Electrical & Electronic EngineeringSeminar: Helicopter Communication by Dr JeffreyMcCarthy (DSTO). Room S112, EngineeringSouth Building.1.00pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Mucosal immune responses to bacterialpathogens in the middle ear and respiratory tract– strategies for vaccine development by AssocProfessor Jennelle Kyd (School of Human &Biomedical Sciences, University of Canberra).Room 102, Molecular Life Sciences Building.

12.10pm Psychology Seminar: The ageingdriver by Matthew Baldock. NetworkMethodology by Robert Burns. Room 526,Hughes Building.1.00pm Chemical Pathology Seminar: Title tobe advised by Dr Paul Smith (FMC). SeminarRoom 1, 4th Floor, Reiger Building, WCH.4.00pm Applied & Molecular EcologySeminar: The new world order of Sciencepublishing and information delivery by Dr JimGilmore (Executive Director, AMF). McLeodLecture Theatre, Waite Campus.

10.00am Social Inquiry – Labour StudiesSeminar: Title to be advised by Mark Hobby.Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.11.30am Social Inquiry – Gender StudiesSeminar: Maternal alienation by Anne Morris.Seminar Room, Level 3, 10 Pulteney Street.1.00pm Molecular Biosciences Seminar:Unravelling a tangle and spinning a better yarn byAssociate Professor Jeremy Timmis. Room 102,1st Floor, Molecular Life Sciences Building.1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: Paul Miller – oboe, Ranae Stavely –oboe, Peter Duggan – cor anglais, Stefan Ammer– piano. Works by Beethoven and Poulenc.Admission $3 at the door. Elder Hall.1.10pm Asian Studies Seminar: The Ethics ofJapan’s Global Environment Politics by Ms MidoriKagawa-Fox. Room 518, Ligertwood Building.

12noon Plant Science Seminar: Isolation andcharacterisation of gene and protein of galactosyltransferases in barley by Mr Naser Farrokhi (PhDstudent). Studies on the callose synthasecomplex in Lolium multiflorum by Mr MichaelSchober (PhD student). Charles HawkerConference Centre, Waite Campus.1.00pm Microbiology & ImmunologySeminar: Biological evaluation of newbenzimidazole derivatives by Dr Roberto Cedillo(Mexican Institute of Social Security). Room 102,1st Floor, Molecular Life Sciences Building.2.00pm English Seminar: After Theory byCatherine Driscoll. Room 618, Napier Building.

12.30pm Clinical Nursing Seminar:Addressing inadequacies in nursingdocumentation: an action research approach byMr Matthew Kerruish (Clinical Nursing). Room36, Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH.4.00pm CSIRO Land & Water Seminar: Arecurrent guidelines for regulating heavy metalcontaminants defensible or protective? ByRebecca Hamon. Plant Research CentreAuditorium, Waite Campus.

1.10pm Elder Conservatorium Lunch HourConcert: Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble,Robert Hower – conductor. Admission $3 at thedoor. Elder Hall.

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MAJOR international resources groupBHP Billiton has committed $100,000 inresearch funding to Adelaide University'snew School of Petroleum Engineering &Management, which opens next year.A London-based executive of the groupannounced the commitment during a visit tothe University. Mr Keith Hunter, Presidentof Petroleum Project Development andOperations for BHP Billiton, said the$100,000 would be provided over 2002 and2003 to support research projects at theSchool.Professor Peter Behrenbruch, who becamethe first Head of the new School in Augustthis year, was formerly Chief ReservoirEngineer with BHP Billiton.“We were disappointed to lose Peter becauseof his experience and industry standing, butwe're confident that his appointment willprovide significant strengths to the School,”Mr Hunter said.“I have been able to see the progress beingmade with the new building for the Schooland discussed plans for its teaching andresearch activities with members of its Boardof Management.

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“We have also asked Professor Behrenbruchto develop some in-house courses forengineers already employed in BHP Billiton.”

Adelaide University’s Vice-Chancellor,Professor Cliff Blake, said the commitmentfrom BHP Billiton was the first from aprivate source since Australian energycompany Santos Ltd announced itscommitment to the School in 1999.

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From left: Mr Keith Hunter from BHP Billiton talks with Adelaide University's Professor PeterBehrenbruch at the site of the new Petroleum School building.

Free public lecture by music professor1.00pm, Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building, Adelaide University

Professor Charles Bodman Rae will deliver his Inaugural Lecture as a new professor toAdelaide University on Friday, October 12.Professor Bodman Rae is the Elder Professor of Music and head of the ElderConservatorium.This free event is the last in the Inaugural Lectures series for 2001. His topic is: A soundworld of contrasts.

Engineering a career pathfor women: top studentMORE girls would study engineering atuniversity if they were made aware of thecareer opportunities the discipline offerswhile they were still at high school,according to one of Adelaide University’stop female engineering students.Department of Mechanical EngineeringPhD student Kimberley Clayfield said shebelieved the major problem with attractingyoung women to engineering is that youngwomen (and to a lesser extent, men) aregenerally unaware of what a professionalengineer does, while they have clearpreconceptions of what other professionalsdo, such as doctors and lawyers.

“Strong engineering role models likeastronaut Dr Andrew Thomas do a lot toimprove the public perception of theengineering profession, but there is still muchmore to be done,” she said.

“Engineers seem to rarely receive publicaccolade, and while most people couldrecognise the contribution civil engineers made to the new ConventionCentre extension, for instance, far fewerpeople realise that one of the recentachievements of a group of mechanical andchemical engineers was the design of thecombustion system of the Sydney 2000Olympic torch.

It is this sort of information that needs to bemore widely conveyed to school students.

“In my case, I had always been interested inspace, but going through school I didn’t haveany ideas about which courses of study wouldlead to me getting a job in the spaceindustry,” she said.

“Then one day I heard an astronaut beinginterviewed on the radio, and that’s when Ilearnt that Mechanical Engineering providedone possible pathway.”

Ms Clayfield, 23, is currently studying for herPhD in Fluid Mechanics, with a long-termview of applying her research in the spaceindustry.

She has gained significant national attentionfor her work at Adelaide University, beingnamed as a national finalist in the HigherEducation category for Outstanding Womenof the Year in Non-Traditional Areas ofWork and Study for 2001, and also being oneof three nominees for the South AustralianYoung Professional Engineer of the YearAward 2001, awarded by the Institution of

Engineers, Australia.

In addition to her studies, she is Chair ofAdelaide University’s Student Branch of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics andAstronautics, is one of the coordinators of theSouth Australian Space School, and is theonly female member of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Young Engineers Australia(South Australia Division).

She also is heavily involved in the promotionof careers in both engineering and the spaceindustry, a responsibility she views as veryimportant.

“I really enjoy going out to the schools andtalking to the girls, to let them know that ifthey are interested in engineering that theyshould go for it,” she said.

“I had such a good time here when I wasstudying engineering that I would like forother girls to go through the same sort ofexperience that I had, and for them to know that engineering can be a reallyexciting, challenging and personallyrewarding career.”

—Ben Osborne

Kimberley Clayfield. Photo: Ben Osborne

WINE students at Adelaide Universityare learning the international language ofwine—French—in an innovativeprogram designed to further enhancetheir already world-class qualifications.Twenty-five fourth-year Oenology studentsare undertaking an intensive semester-longTechnical French course which will see themtake a basic grasp of French into their careersin the wine industry.

Course coordinator Dr Jean Fornasiero saidthe course began in 2000 as a result of studentdemand and was an instant success, pavingthe way for the 2001 course which finishes atthe end of the year.

“It was very much driven by student demand:students are increasingly wishing to broadentheir professional experience in places likeFrance, and learning the language is reallyimportant in their professionaldevelopment,” she said.

“However, it’s a relatively short course andthere’s only so much we can teach in thatamount of time.

“A lot of the students have no previousknowledge of the French language, butbecause they are studying oenology they havea fair idea of the French wine regions likeBordeaux and Burgundy, so for the firstsegment of the course we build theirvocabulary up around that.“Other technical aspects of wine-making wecover include things like wine tasting, theclassification of wine, and how to read a winelabel.

“The second segment of the course is devotedto general conversational and writing skills.This is taught by Carolyn Stott, who was oneof the pioneers of the first course, and who isalso responsible for inviting guest speakersfrom the wine industry.”Some of these speakers include executive

chairman of Mount Adam Winery, AdamWynn, and winery manager of OrlandoWyndham’s Rowland Flat operations,Andrew Miller.

One of students in the current course, JaneEgerton, said she was finding it to beextremely beneficial.

“The course is very well structured with twoseparate classes: the language class where thefocus is on grammar and aural, and a readingclass where the focus is more oncomprehension, and in particular readingfrom wine industry journals and learningwine-specific vocabulary and jargon,” shesaid.

“The language component of the course givesyou a good basic understanding of some ofthe more salient grammar points, a list ofeveryday vocabulary and some practice withaural skills to assist you in getting by witheveryday life in France.

“Equally importantly, the reading class givesyou the ability to pick up a wine-relatedarticle or journal and be able to identify keywords from it, and hence get anunderstanding of what it’s about, rather thanan ability to provide a word-for-wordtranslation.

“These are skills that I believe I will havewhen I complete the course and that will beof immeasurable benefit to me when Iattempt to do a vintage in France next year.”

Ms Egerton said she thought it wasimportant for Australian wine students tolearn French due to the evolving nature ofwinemaking globally.

“The profession of winemaker has evolved tothat of a ‘flying winemaker’,” she said.“Many winemakers will do a vintage betweenJanuary and May in the SouthernHemisphere, and then leave for north of theEquator and do another vintage commencing

in September.“An increasing number of winemakers nowtravel to wine-producing countries other thantheir own, and a result of this is the sharing ofideas which is a great thing for the industryand the wine-lover.“It goes without saying that if you are anAustralian winemaker working in France andyou are able to speak the French language,you will maximise the contribution you makeat the winery, maximise the experience andknowledge you gain from the winery and also

maximise the enjoyment you reap from sucha working experience.“We’ve had two winemakers come and talk tous so far, Adam Wynn who has a proficientknowledge of French and Andrew Miller,who at the time had just enough French toget by.“They both enjoyed their winemaking stintsin France, but they also agreed that you getmore out of it with a command of thelanguage.”

—Ben Osborne

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SEX was definitely not off the menu forAustralia’s leading suffragists, accordingto a new book by an Adelaide Universityresearcher.Passions of the First Wave Feminists, by DrSusan Magarey from the Department ofHistory, finds the stereotypical image of late-19th century suffragists as moralistic “spoilersof men’s pleasure” to be almost the oppositeof the reality.“Our image of Australian suffragists has beenof women who were fearsomely respectable,crushingly earnest, socially puritanical,politically limited and sexually repressed,” DrMagarey said.“And how astonishingly wrong we have allbeen!“It was the sexual double standard governingheterosexual relationships that they objectedto—sex itself.“Indeed, rather than being opposed to sex,they were centrally preoccupied with sex, andwith its pleasures as well as its dangers.”Passions of the First Wave Feminists looks atthe lives of many of suffrage-era feminists,including Catherine Spence and EdithCowan, and finds them to be sexy, strongwomen with visions for themselves, societyand the future.“If you look past the prissy cardboardcharacters of the books of the period, and ifyou decode the euphemisms of the pastinstead of assuming ignorance, then you findwomen who were varied, engaging, evensexy,” Dr Magarey said.“Rather than being grim and earnest, theywere passionate and passionately engaged intheir political campaigns.

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—Alyssa Sawyer—Ben Osborne

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Third-year Oenology student Mark Nicholl checks the properties of his very own drop of red,made in collaboration with other students in his year. The grapes for this wine have beensourced from McLaren Vale. Photo: David Ellis.

Ethics symposiumReflections on an Ethical Society9.00am - 1.00pm, Saturday, October 27Elder Hall, Adelaide University, North TerraceThe Cairnmillar Institute presents a half-day symposium for those concerned for our society'svalues and ethics. Are we able to move towards an ethical future? Here is the opportunity todiscuss the ethical complexities of a post-modern society.Speakers are: Adelaide University's Chancellor, Chairman and Chief Executive of NormandyMining, Robert Champion de Crespigny; Adelaide law graduate and Advertiser columnist MiaHandshin; Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, Dr Simon Longstaff; andParalympian Libby Kosmala.Topics include Ethics, values and good business, Moving towards an ethical future, How weshould respond to suffering (and our Genome), and Good sports/bad sports.Ticket prices are $25/$15 concessions (seniors, students and group bookings). Tickets areavailable from the Cairnmillar Office, 193 Brougham Place, North Adelaide. Ph 8267 2657. Theevent is co-sponsored by Adelaide University.The Adelaidean has two complimentary passes to give away. To win both of these passes, bethe first caller on 8303 5174.

Students say “oui” to wine French course

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FEW graduates would realise that whenthey attend a graduation ceremony,they're actually helping to raise money tobenefit other students studying atuniversity.The gowns and hoods worn by graduates arehired out by the Australian Federation ofUniversity Women (AFUW), which ismostly run on a volunteer basis. The AFUWuses money raised to provide scholarships andbursaries.This year, eight students to receive scholarshipswere from Adelaide University, with a total of$22,500 awarded to postgraduate students.The winners from Adelaide are:DEBORAH COATES (Brenda NettleBursary, $2500)Deborah is researching animal cell division,with a view to understanding how coloncancer develops. The Bursary funds will beused towards travelling to a conference in theUnited States this year.PATRICIA DIAZ (Winifred E. PreedyPostgraduate Special Grant, $2500)Patricia is aiming for a PhD in Dentistry(Oral Microbiology). Her research projectlooks at anti-oxidant mechanisms of gram-negative anaerobes. She plans to use theBursary for laboratory expenses and alsotravel to an overseas laboratory.SARAH GOODALL (Doreen McCarthyBursary, $2500)Sarah is studying for a PhD in Geography,looking at nomadic pastoralist populationswho abandon their traditional mode ofexistence to take up a more sedentary life intowns and villages. Sarah hopes to use theBursary to help fund the final stages of herfield work, followed by attendance at aconference in Oxford.SONJA KURTZER (Padnendadlu Bursary,$2500)Sonja is studying a PhD in Gender Studies,

and her postgraduate work examines theissues of cultural and racial identity inAustralia. She hopes that her study of thistopic will help to understand and develop theprocesses of reconciliation in this country.With the Bursary funds, Sonja plans to buy acomputer to better utilise study time at home.RACHAEL MATHEW (Winifred E.Preedy Special Grant, $2500)Rachael is studying to become a Doctor ofClinical Dentistry (Orthodontics). This is acoursework and clinical degree with aresearch component and Rachael isinvestigating orthodontic practices inAustralia and New Zealand. The Bursarywill contribute towards her course fees.SAM MICKAN (Barbara Crase Bursary,$2500)Sam is aiming for a PhD in OpticalElectronics, Laser Optics and Biomedicalimaging. His research project focuses on thedevelopment of T-rays, a new method ofmedical diagnosis, and he plans to use theBursary to assist with a trip to a conference inthe UK.

TRUDY O’CONNOR (Daphne ElliottSpecial Grant, $1500)

Trudy is studying for a PhD in Geography.Her research project is investigating thehabitat provided by coffee agroforests (multi-storey plantations) for birds in Sumatra,Indonesia. The funds will help contribute toTrudy’s field work.

CAROL ORMOND ( Jean GilmoreBursary, $6000)

Carol is aiming for a PhD in EnvironmentalPhysiology. Her PhD research projectfocuses on the responses of the surfactantsystem in the lungs of mammals to thermally stressful events. Carol plans toutilise the Bursary to work in overseaslaboratories, as well as attending a conferencein Africa.

Three other AFUW bursaries were providedearlier in the year to Adelaide Universitystudents: the Winifred E. PreedyUndergraduate Bursary ($2000), the NancyWebb Mathematics Prize ($300) and the StAnn’s Prize ($300).

ALUMNI NEWSTRIBUTE TO FORMERCHANCELLORThe Alumni Association and its membersexpress their sincere and profound sadnessat the passing of the University’s formerChancellor, Mr Bill Scammell.Mr Scammell’s service, warmth and long-standing dedication will forever behonoured and remembered. A well lovedand highly respected man, his presence willlong be missed by the whole Universitycommunity.

TRIBUTE TO DAVID BAKERThe Alumni, Community Relations andDevelopment staff express their sinceresorrow for the sudden passing recently ofMr David Baker, a valued lecturer in theLaw School. We extend our deepestsympathies to his family and the staff at theLaw School.

LIBRARY – DISCOUNTED ALUMNIBORROWING!Did you know that if you are registeredwith the Alumni, Community Relationsand Development office you can now enjoyborrowing rights at the Barr Smith Libraryfor a $55 annual fee? As a graduate andfriend of Adelaide University you will havevaluable access to an extensive range ofLibrary resources! For further informationcontact the Barr Smith Library directly on8303 5370 or drop in and ask one of ourfriendly library staff.

MEDICAL VIGNERONSLUNCHEONThe Florey Medical Chapter invites you,your family and friends to the MedicalVignerons Luncheon. Prior to theluncheon there will be wines fromHillstowe Wines, Fox Creek Wines andHamilton Group Wines available fortasting. The speaker at the luncheon thisyear is Mr Christopher Thomas who will bespeaking about "The joys and woes ofestablishing a vineyard and boutiquewinery".Venue: Glenelg Golf Club, James MelroseRoad, Novar GardensDate: Sunday, October 28Time: 12 NoonTicket (incl. GST and Wine): $68, $45(Students)Please contact Ms Joan Soon on 8303 3317for further information.

A $45,000 TAX FREESCHOLARSHIP?!Are you an enterprising Universitygraduate with an innovative business ideainvolving hardware/software developmentor a product or process for whichInformation Technology is essential to andat the core of business operations?Turn your dream into a reality with thePremier’s Enterprise Scholarship!Applications for 2002 close at 4.00pm onMonday, October 15. For moreinformation, contact the Office of IndustryLiaison on 8303 4468/ 8303 3273.

ADELAIDE UNIVERSITYMERCHANDISE RANGE

The Alumni, Community Relations andDevelopment office offers a wide selectionof official Adelaide University products.Our great range includes golf umbrellas,redgum paperweights and bowls, engravedchampagne stoppers and luggage locks,postcards, stickers, ties and more. All idealgifts for the graduate or graduate to be!Purchase from our on-line merchandiseorder form or the Alumni, CommunityRelations and Development office, Level 1,230 North Terrace.

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Elder Professor welcomed

The Cornell Chapter last month hosted a reception to welcome the University's new ElderProfessor of Music, Professor Charles Bodman Rae. This event was held in the Ira RaymondRoom, Barr Smith Library and was proudly sponsored by Elders Limited.Pictured from left: Professor Charles Bodman Rae, Mrs Louise Hill, Mr David Hill, Mrs DorotaRae, Dr Lewis Wickes and Mrs Elizabeth Silsbury.

Chair congratulatesrecently affiliatedUK ChapterADELAIDE UNIVERSITY'S new UKAlumni Chapter is holding an event onFriday, November 16 in London, withguest speaker The Hon Greg Crafter,Chair of the Alumni Association.Mr Crafter said: "I am very pleased tocongratulate the founding members of theUK Alumni Group on their affiliation as theAdelaide University Alumni UK LimitedChapter. We are all very excited about theopportunities that lie ahead for the Chapterand have no doubt that, based on thecommitment and enthusiasm demonstratedover the past 18 months or so, they will enjoymuch success in their endeavours to promotethe interests of the University and its alumni."If you would like to get in touch with theChapter, you can do so by contacting theConvenor, Dr James R. Storer <rj.storer@ion.ucl.ac.uk> or the Secretary, Mr MatthewWilliams <matthew@south-aus.org>.

Established in 1883 the RoseworthyAgricultural College, just outside ofGawler, was the first agricultural collegeof its kind in Australia. TodayRoseworthy is an internationallyrenowned centre for excellence in drylandagriculture and animal production.The tour, to be held on Wednesday,November 14 between 10:00am - 4:00pm,will include the historical working museumhousing farming machinery from the past -milking machines, tractors, cultivators, metalforges, pumps and standing steam engines.

The Roseworthy Museum, sustained bydedicated volunteers from the farming,engineering and industry links withRoseworthy Campus, was accredited by theSA Chapter of the History Trust in 1999.

Lunch in the Dining Hall will be followed bya guided tour of the JS Davies AnimalScience Building. There will also be anopportunity to visit the farm and view finewool merino sheep, pigs, the dairy and crops.Bookings are essential and can be made at theAlumni Office on 8303 5800. Tickets are$30 inc. GST (price includes lunch).

Tour Adelaide University’s Roseworthy Campus

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The attacks on the World Trade Center andthe Pentagon produced an urgent demandamong media for academics with a specialistknowledge of the political and healthimplications. Dr Felix Patrikeeff and DrJohn Bruni from the Politics Departmentfeatured prominently in media coverage ofthe aftermath. Dr Patrikeeff gave a series ofradio and television interviews and alsocontributed a column in The Advertiser(September 18) warning of the dangers ofAustralia’s becoming a terrorist target. Someof the many interviews given by Dr Bruni toSouth Australian media found their way intooutlets further afield, including interstatenewspapers such as The Mercury in Hobartand the Courier Mail in Brisbane.

In interviews with Channel 7 (September12), 5AA and 5DN (September 13),Professor Sandy MacFarlane commented

on the psychological impact of the attacks.He told The Sydney Morning Herald(September 13) that the world could expectto face long-term public health issues. Up toone million people could be at risk ofpsychological problems and 20% of thosewould probably go on to develop “full blownclinical syndromes”, he estimated. DrMichael Roberts was interviewed by KenDickin on 5DN (September 12) aboutsuicide attacks and the reasons why peopleare willing to sacrifice their lives for a cause.Law student Yasmine Ahmed spoke toChannel 7 news (September 13) and 891 ABC(September 14) about the abuse suffered bysome South Australian Muslims since theattacks, but praised the support provided bythe University community.

The Tampa crisis and the wider issue ofasylum seekers in Australia was the other big

media story. Margaret Castles and lawstudent Catherine Hartley spoke to PhillipSatchell on 891 ABC about what it had beenlike to visit the Woomera Detention Centreand interview detainees. On RadioNational’s Asia Pacific (September 6), lawstudent Andreas Schloenhardt provided aninsight into the economics of peoplesmuggling, and predicted a rise in thenumber of asylum seekers arriving inAustralia. Dr Don McMaster spoke on5DN (September 7) urging people to attend alunch-time rally in Adelaide in support ofbetter treatment of asylum seekers.

The ACTU released findings by the Centrefor Labour Research which highlighted theemergence of a new social problem inAustralia: overwork. Centre Director DrBarbara Pocock was featured in The Age, TheAustralian Financial Review, The Sydney

Morning Herald, The Newcastle Herald andThe West Australian (all September 5), TheAustralian (September 8), and the WA SundayTimes (September 9). On Radio National’sHealth Report (September 10), ProfessorAlastair MacLennan from Obstetrics &Gynaecology said that 50% of the Australianpopulation used alternative medicines and20% had visited an alternative medicinepractitioner in the last 12 months.

Writing in The Age (September 5) John Gavafrom Law suggested it might be time toaccept that the modern university was“beyond redemption”. He argued against theuse of universities for vocational training andeconomically driven research and wrote of“recreating universities as places where thesmall numbers of Australians of all socialbackgrounds and ages who want to beeducated can be educated”.

NEWSMAKERS

Students join the alien nationALIENS are invading Adelaide—but weknow when, and where, they're landing!At sunset on Friday, October 19, ColonelLight’s Statue on Montefiore Hill at NorthAdelaide will be the setting for theHelpmann Academy’s free Centenary ofFederation musical theatre epic, AlieNation.AlieNation takes the audience on a fantasticmusical odyssey through time in the footstepsof two dedicated X-Files-like agents as theydiligently search throughout the land foraliens.As their search for the Truth intensifies, theagents discover to their horror that they'resurrounded by aliens!The production features a cast of more than500 performers and crew. Included in thisnumber are an orchestra of 100 musicians and120 choir members from Flinders StreetSchool of Music and Adelaide University'sElder Conservatorium, plus actors andtechnical theatre production students fromAIT - Performing Arts.Forming the chorus are 300 schoolchildrenfrom secondary schools in and aroundAdelaide: Marryatville, Adelaide, Willunga,Reynella, Cabra Dominican College,Heathfield and Charles Campbell, who arejoined by 20 junior students from Rose ParkUnit.An impressive assembly of theatre talentshave been brought together for AlieNation.The libretto has been written by VogelAward-winning writer Dr Eva Sallis, lecturerwith Adelaide University's Department ofEnglish and a member of the creative writingstaff within that department. Leadingtheatre designer Casey van Sebille hasdesigned the gigantic, gleaming 40m wide8m high set and striking costumes.AlieNation’s music has been composed by tworising young composers: Kat McGuffie fromFlinders Street School of Music and Elder

Conservatorium graduate Natalie Williams.Kat has already several national awards to hername and Natalie’s work is included inSymphony Australia’s repertoire bank. Theproduction’s Musical Director, TimothySexton, has also composed some incidentalmusic.Directing the cast of hundreds is AIT –Performing Arts acting and drama lecturerPeter Dunn.AlieNation has been generously supported bythe Government of South Australia throughthe SA Youth Arts Board, Centenary ofFederation, ETSA Utilities, Adelaide City

Council, Peter Lehmann and Berri Ltd.AlieNation—6.33pm Friday, October 19,Colonel Light’s Statue, Montefiore Hill,North Adelaide. Admission is free!The performance runs for 60 minutes and issuitable for all the family. Audience membersare asked to bring a blanket to sit on.

—Sheila BryceHelpmann Academy

PIANIST and student Anthony Hunthas been awarded a major prize at the2001 Adelaide Eisteddfod.Anthony took out the piano division of theDoris West Elder Conservatorium ConcertoPrize at the event.

Anthony, 21, is a third-year student atAdelaide University's Elder Conservatorium.It was his performance of Stravinsky'sConcerto for Piano and Wind which securedhim the prize of $1000.

The award is sponsored by Adelaide Universitythrough the Doris West Bequest and providesa rare opportunity for students to prepare andperform a piano concerto of their choice.

Anthony is a student of the Conservatorium'sAssociate Professor David Lockett, and iscurrently the holder of the Cecil PatrickGreenland Scholarship.

“Doris West was herself a lover of the pianoand a great supporter of music within theUniversity,” said Associate Professor Lockett.

“The Elder Conservatorium and theAdelaide Eisteddfod Society have bothdemonstrated long-standing commitment tothe nurture and promotion of young talent.

“The bequest enables us to encourage andreward outstanding young pianists, and weare delighted to be able to cooperate in thisvery practical way.”

In addition to his success with the DorisWest award, Anthony also won two othersections in this year's Eisteddfod: the PianoSonata prize and the Lied (Voice and Piano)section, which he performed with tenorPatrick Lim.Andrew has not only distinguished himself as a solo pianist and accompanist but has also developed a fine reputation as anorganist.He recently received a grant from theHelpmann Academy which will enable himto spend several weeks in the UnitedKingdom, participating in summer schoolsand investigating possibilities forpostgraduate study.

Eisteddfod prize for Con studentLunch hourconcertsLUNCH becomes a special event everyFriday at Adelaide University's ElderHall, where lunch-hour concerts areheld from 1.10-2pm.With tickets just $3, this is one of the best-value fine music series in Adelaide.Lunch hour concerts continue throughoutOctober, featuring distinguished artistsfrom Adelaide University's ElderConservatorium plus other musicians fromaround Australia and the globe.For more information phone the ConcertManager on 8303 5925.