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Neurocognitive Interpretations of Australian Literature: Criticism in the Age of Neuroawareness This unique book from AFRAN member Jean-François Vernay, focuses on neurocognitive interpretations of Australian literature and covers a wide range of analyses by discussing Australian Literary Studies, Aboriginal literary texts, women writers, ethnic writing, bestsellers, neurodivergence fiction, emerging as well as high profile writers, literary hoaxes and controversies, boo

How to present your scientific story or question and try to reach a large audience? How to make your research go beyond the academic community? On 21st of July, Liz Minchin, Executive Editor at The Conversation Australia & New Zealand, has answered these questions and presented to AFRAN members the benefits of writing for The Conversation, the stories or questions the editors are seeking, and how to pitch an idea and write an article for The Conversation. She then has been av

Deciphering the physical mechanisms of pyroptotic cell lysis Missions: The post-doctoral researcher will work under the guidance of Sylvain Monnier [Institut Lumière Matière (iLM)], Virginie Petrilli [Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL)] and Pierre Recho [Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de physique (LIPhy)] in the framework of the ANR project SurVol coordinated by M. Piel. The post-doctoral researcher will be in charge of single cell experiments, carry

Deadline: 15 August 2021 The Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in French Polynesia is proposing a new fellowship program for 4 junior researchers, offering them a 5,000 € grant each for research projects carried out in any area of the Human and Social Sciences. This award aims at providing junior researchers with the opportunity to carry out a study or a preliminary investigation in French Polynesia. The field mission in French Polynesia should be completed by the end of Febr

The OSH Forum is an inclusive and collaborative approach to assist all stakeholders on the path towards universal health and the 2030 SDGs. It is a project of general interest, abounding in valuable, tangible and operational exchanges, and its main purpose is to come up with followed recommendations and initiate innovative actions. Its Forum was held on 7 July 2021. Learn more about the six topics: 1. Mitigating the impact of environmental pollution, climate change and pressu

Café scientifique Presented by Prof David Antoine Friday 23 July 10:00am - 11:30am (GMT+08:00) WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth The microscopic unicellular algae living in the lighted portion of the oceans, which are called phytoplankton, have a photosynthetic activity, like all plants on Earth. Through this process that depends on sunlight impinging the ocean surface, they take up carbon dioxide (CO2) and synthesize organic matter. Although they are small, their numbers an