Bioengineer Prof Donald Ingber discusses how three-dimensional models of living human organs can advance our understanding of human physiology in ways that animal models can't. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/#sthash.QmD0IUXJ.dpuf
2014-07-08
Law historian Prof Alasdair Roberts discusses the strategies implemented by the neoliberal establishment to contain dissent. Presented by Lynne Haultain. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/#sthash.R2gVBRw2.dpuf
2014-06-23
Doyen of the field of neuroesthetics Prof Semir Zeki explains the neuronal behavior that underlies perceptions of 'beauty'. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/303-brain-beholder-neuroscience-beauty#sthash.9zerSvC1.dpuf
2014-06-16
Historian Prof Mark Philip Bradley examines the origins of the concept of human rights. He also discusses the development of a language around this construct. Presented by Elisabeth Lopez. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/#sthash.lPVzaFXH.dpuf
2014-06-09
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Political scientist Prof Victoria Farrar-Myers discusses the increasing, evolving impact of social media on political processes and communications. Presented by Peter Clarke.‍‍‍‍ - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/#sthash.GB95Eha6.dpuf‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
2014-06-02
‍‍Political economist Prof Andrew Walter talks about approaches to financial regulation in the long aftermath to the Global Financial Crisis, and what happens when banks over-comply with the new rules. Presented by Lynne Haultain. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/300-does...
2014-05-26
‍‍Virologist Associate Professor Barbara Coulson explains how a common childhood infection could hasten the onset of type 1 diabetes. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/299-linking-childhood-diarrhea-and-onset-type-i-diabetes#sthash.1RyuPwW...
2014-05-19
‍‍Cosmologist Dr Bart Pindor explains gravitational lensing, in which the curvature of space by gravity allows us to investigate galaxies and other astral bodies. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington. ‍‍"Because the dark matter doesn't feel electromagnetic forces so it doesn't feel pressure, it doe...
2014-05-12
‍‍‍Computational biologist Prof Edmund Crampin examines the challenges of creating a computational model of the human heart, and discusses what scientists have learned about the actual organ from this enterprise. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.ed...
2014-04-28
‍‍‍Art historian and former gallery director Prof Gerard Vaughan discusses the challenges, fiscal and otherwise, facing publicly-funded art galleries. He also explores the evolution of curatorship in these galleries. With host Elisabeth Lopez. - See more at: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/#sthash.0Aa...
2014-04-14