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School of Biomedical Sciences,Cellular diversity revealed by neurotransmitterand receptor activation inretina and cortex, Michael Kallionatis,University of Auckland (1pm, Room305, Skerman Bldg).UQ Business School, Is talk cheap?:the determinants of managementearnings forecasts, their specificity andsupporting disclosures, Dr JeffCoulton, University of New SouthWales (10.30am, Room 106, ColinClark Bldg).■ Wednesday, October 1Australasian Centre on Ageing, Miningthe money: family involvement inolder people’s assets, Dr Cheryl Tilse,Associate Professor Jill Wilson and DrDeborah Setterlund (7.30am, Royal onthe Park, cnr Alice and Albert sts).Details: 07 3346 9084.■ Friday, October 3Institute for Molecular Bioscience,N-terminal processing: role ofaminopeptidases and transferases,Professor Ralph Bradshow (noon,auditorium, level 3, QueenslandBioscience Precinct).■ Sunday, October 5Friends of Antiquity, Claudius thepassive, Michael Charles and Domitiannow and then, Associate ProfessorBrian Jones (2pm, Room 338, GoddardBldg). Costs $4.■ Monday, October 6School of Music, Intermediate cellists– Australian cello music – motivationthrough repertoire, Anne Berry andMicro-intonation and the viola, LindaGarrett (6pm, Room 460, ZelmanCowen Bldg).■ Thursday, October 9School of History, Philosophy, Religionand Classics, A survival guide topost-war Germany, Catherine McTavish(4.15pm, Room 203, Michie Bldg).■ Friday, October 10School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics, An ethics ofreading: Irigaray’s Diotima, MichelleBoulous Walker (3pm, Room 348,Forgan Smith Bldg).School of Life Sciences, The role ofsexual selection in hybridisationbetween two pupfish species(Cyprinodon), Dr Astrid Koedrick-Brown, University of New Mexico(1pm, Room 388, Goddard Bldg).Institute for Molecular Bioscience,Specification, morphogenesis anddifferentiation of skeletal muscle cellswithin the zebra fish embryo, Dr PeterCurrie, Victor Chang Cardiac ResearchInstitute, Sydney (noon, auditorium,level 3, Queensland BiosciencePrecinct).School of Social Science, Paradise isin a very shaky condition: archaeologyof an 1890s gold mining town, Dr JonPrangnell (2pm, Room 816, MichieBldg).School of Biomedical Sciences,Sodium reabsorption and albuminuptake in the proximal tubule, Dr PhilPoronnik (1pm, Room 305, SkermanBldg).■ Friday, October 17School of Political Science andInternational Studies, Ruralgovernance in Australia: the state, thecommunity and the active citizen, DrLynda Herbert-Cheshire, ProfessorGeoff Lawrence (3pm, Room 537,General Purpose North 3 Bldg).School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics, tba, KimSterelny, Australian NationalUniversity (3pm, Room 348, ForganSmith Bldg).School of Life Sciences, The bioeconomicsof tiger conservation:linking predator-prey interactions topoaching incentives, Dr RichardDamania, University of Adelaide (1pm,Room 388, Goddard Bldg).Institute for Molecular Bioscience,The evolution of the a-actinins andtheir role in human skeletal muscleperformance, Professor Kathryn North,Westmead Clinical School, Sydney(noon, auditorium, level 3, QueenslandBioscience Precinct).School of Social Science, Forensicprofiling and mass disease screening ofancient human remains, Ken Dusza(2pm, Room 816, Michie Bldg).■ Monday, October 20School of Music, Music andelectronics – compositional approachesto music and synthesis in 21st centuryEurope, Lara Ezekiel and Dissectingthe ‘contenance angloise’: the works ofJohn Dunstable, Adam Griggs (6pm,Room 460, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Thursday, October 23Centre for Critical and CulturalStudies, What is the point of a historyof sexuality?, Professor Peter Cryle(5.30pm, foyer, UQ Centre).School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics, Reinventinginternational humanitarian law,Professor Margaret Reynolds (4.15pm,Room 203, Michie Bldg).■ Friday, October 24School of Life Sciences, Sexy to diefor?, Hanna Kokko, University of Helsinki(1pm, Room 388, Goddard Bldg).Institute for Molecular Bioscience,Targeting TB through structuralgenomics, Professor Edward Baker,University of Auckland (noon,auditorium, level 3, QueenslandBioscience Precinct).■ Tuesday, October 28Physics Museum, Slide rules, AssociateProfessor Norman Heckenberg(6pm, Room 222, Parnell Bldg).■ Friday, October 31School of Life Sciences, Evolutionarysolutions to the problems ofoxygenation of amphibian embryos,Professor Roger Seymour, Universityof Adelaide (1pm, Room 388, GoddardBldg).Institute for Molecular Bioscience,Diverse roles of netrin receptors incentral nervous system development,Dr Helen Cooper (noon, auditorium,level 3, Queensland BiosciencePrecinct).■ Sunday, November 2School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics, Classics inQueensland: past, present and future,Professor Robert Milns (3pm, AbelSmith Lecture Theatre).WWORKSHOPS■ Monday, September 22–Thursday, September 25School of Law, Internationalcommercial arbitration law,Professor Joe Daly (9am–5pm, StLucia campus). Details:www.bel.uq.edu.au/eed■ Friday, September 19–Saturday,September 20School of Education, externalrelations in education, Dr StephenHolmes (Room 208, General PurposeNorth Bldg). Details: 07 3365 7343.■ Monday, September 29 –Thursday,October 2School of Law, Shipping law, DrMichael White (9am–5pm, St Luciacampus). Details: www.bel.uq.edu.au/eed■ Wednesday, October 1Australian Studies Centre (coorganisers),Placing race and localisingwhiteness and inaugural meeting of theAustralian Race and Whiteness StudiesAssociation (Adelaide). Details:jane.haggis@flinders.edu.au■ Wednesday, October 15UQ Business School, Service recovery,Professor Janet McColl-Kennedy(9am–5pm, Customs House, 399Queen St). Details: www.bel.uq.edu.au/eed■ Thursday, October 16–Sunday,October 19School of Law, mediation, MiekeBrandon and Pippa Colman (9am–5pm,St Lucia campus). Details:www.bel.uq.edu.au/eed■ Monday, October 27–Wednesday,October 29UQ Business School, Financialmodelling, Mark Tanner (9am–5pm,CBD). Details: www.bel.uq.edu.au/eedCCONCERTS■ Thursday, September 18School of Music, Two greatromantics: music of charm andpassion, Spiros Rantos (violin),Gwyn Roberts (cello), Paul Dean(clarinet) and Brachi Tilles (piano)(12.30pm, Nickson Room, ZelmanCowen Bldg and 6pm, The LongRoom, Customs House, 399 Queen St).■ Wednesday, September 24School of Music, Carmen (7.30pm,UQ Centre).■ Thursday, September 25School of Music, masters recital,Rebecca Seymour (violin) with DanCurro and Brachi Tilles (12.30pm,Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Sunday, September 28School of Music, wind quintet(11.30am, The Long Room, CustomsHouse).■ Thursday, October 2School of Music, lunchtime concert(12.30pm, Nickson Room, ZelmanCowen Bldg).■ Wednesday, October 8School of Music, Twilight concert,Craig Dean (oboe), Karen Lonsdale(flute) and Mitchell Leigh (piano) (6pm,The Long Room, Customs House).■ Thursday, October 9School of Music, lunchtime concert,Nathan Sinclair (guitar) (12.30pm,Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Friday, October 10School of Music, Dinner concert,Ogden-Tanner duo (7pm, The LongRoom, Customs House). Bookings: 073365 8999.■ Thursday, October 16School of Music, lunchtime concert,Christy Morgan (violin) (12.30pm,Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Monday, October 20School of Music, Sleath stringperformance prize (7pm, NicksonRoom, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Thursday, October 23School of Music, lunchtime concert,Nicole McMahon (violin), KathySander (piano) (12.30pm, NicksonRoom, Zelman Cowen Bldg).■ Sunday, October 26School of Music, chamber music(11.30am, The Long Room, CustomsHouse).■ Thursday, October 30School of Music, lunchtime concert,Felicitas Weyer and Almut Seebeck(voice and piano) (12.30pm, NicksonRoom, Zelman Cowen Bldg).School of Music, Choral concert: theUniversity sings!, University Choraleand Concentus (7.30pm, The LongRoom, Customs House).PRIZES■ The Alumni AssociationPostgraduate Bursaries 2003:for UQ graduates who aremembers of the Alumni Associationwho, in 2003, began a PhDprogram at UQ. Value: $1000 x 5bursaries. Closing: September 30.Information: 07 3365 1984.■ The General Staff Self DevelopmentPrize 2003: for a generalUQ staff member with a period ofservice totalling at least threeyears who has demonstrated themost outstanding achievement inself-development (academic ornon-academic). Worth: $150.Closing: September 30.Information: 07 3365 1984.UQ NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2003 23