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DATE:  November 3rd, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  AGM and Examination review
PRESENTER  Biology Teachers Network

 

DATE:  October 13th, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  Center for Climate Safety
PRESENTER  Mik Aidt

 

DATE:  August  17th, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  Insights from IVF and genetic testing laboratories
PRESENTER Associate Professor David Edgar and Peter Coleman

 

DATE:  June 9th, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  A CRISPR cure for sepsis?
PRESENTER  Associate Professor Hamsa Puthalakath (La Trobe University)

 

DATE:  February 23rd, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC: CSL’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (therapy and vaccinations)
PRESENTER Dr Andrew Nash (CSL)

 

DATE:  March 18th, 2021
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC: How Biology is used to save a species
PRESENTER Frazer Thorpe and Michelle Howard (Melbourne Zoo)

 

DATE:  November 17th, 2020
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC: AGM and Examination Review
PRESENTER Annette Williams

 

DATE:  September 9th, 2020
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  How studying the genome can help us to personalise diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.
PRESENTER  Associate Professor Kylie Gorringe (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)

 

DATE:  August 26th, 2020
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  The Biology of Brilliant Buzzy Bee’s (Bee cognition, learning and perception)
PRESENTER  Dr Scarlett Howard (Deakin University)

 

DATE:  June 10th, 2020
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Online
HOST:  Biology Teachers Network
TOPIC:  Evolutionary Changes to Climate Change (Bird Morphology, Behaviour and Thermal Biology)
PRESENTER  Dr Matthew Symonds (Deakin University)

 

DATE:  February 26, 2020
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 St Michaels Grammar School
HOST:  Kane Gleeson
TOPIC:  Mars Space Lab Simulation using PCR, restriction digest and gel electrophoresis.
PRESENTER  Matt Klopp (Southern Biological)

 

DATE:  Nov 6, 2019
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Trinity Grammar School, Kew
HOST:  Neil Van Heck
TOPIC:  AGM and Review of the 2019 VCAA Biology Examination
PRESENTER  Annette Williams

 

DATE:  June 25, 2019
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Bialik College
HOST:  Mark Lenga and Emily Donaldson
TOPIC:  Mitochondrial defect in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
PRESENTER  Professor Paul Fisher

 

DATE:  April 24, 2019
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Mentone Grammar School
HOST:  Stacey Gwilym
TOPIC:  Developments in HPV Vaccine and Immunisation Programs
PRESENTER  Prof Rachel Skinner
DATE:  February 26, 2019
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Kew High School
HOST:  Dianne Keage
TOPIC:  Genetics and Biology of DSD/intersex variation
PRESENTER  Chloe Hanna (Royal Children’s Hospital)
DATE:  November 8
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Fintona Girls’ School
HOST:  Julie Goldsworthy
TOPIC:  Unit 3/4 Exam Review Meeting and 2018 AGM
CHAIR:  Annette Williams
DATE:  September 12
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Presbyterian Ladies College
HOST:  Sibella Guest and Andrea Skinner
TOPIC:  Algal Balls and Photosynthesis Workshop
PRESENTER:  Peter Ball (Southern Biological )
DATE:  July 31
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Scotch College
HOST:  Matthew Manning
TOPIC:  Showcasing Resources Workshop
SPEAKERS:  Caroline Cotton, Helen Ball, Rebecca Russell-Saunders
DATE:  May 31
TIME:  4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
 Caulfield Grammar (Caulfield Campus)
HOST:  Sharon Holman and Paul Higgins
TOPIC:  Neurodegenerative Disease Research
SPEAKER:  Dr. Lesley Cheng
DATE:  9 May
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:  Kingswood College
HOST:  Saji Anil
SPEAKER Simon Branigan
TOPIC: Shellfish Reef Restoration Project
DATE:  Wednesday February 28
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:  Kew High School
HOST:  Dianne Keage
SPEAKER Prof Jenny Graves
TOPIC:  Sex genes and Chromosomes ( the disappearing Y etc)
DATE: Wednesday November 15
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Camberwell Grammar School
HOST: Suzanne Jack
TOPIC: Unit 3 & 4 Exam Review and BTN Inc AGM
CHAIR Annette Williams
DATE: Wednesday September 13
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Presbyterian Ladies College
HOST: Sibella Guest
TOPIC: Studying Enzymes in the Classroom (Practical demonstration)
SPEAKER Peter Ball ( Southern Biological)
DATE: Thursday July 27
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Salesian College
HOST:  Phina Tran
TOPIC: The Atlas of Living Australia
SPEAKER  Taryn Johnson
DATE: Tuesday June 6
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Carey Grammar School
HOST:  Julie Wetherbee
TOPIC: Forensic DNA Profiling
SPEAKER  Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde OAM
DATE: Tuesday May 16
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Kingswood College
HOST:  Saji Anil
TOPIC: Planning for Biology Unit 4
CHAIR:  Annette Williams
DATE: Thursday May 4 2017
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Bialik College
TOPIC: Genetic Dilemmas
SPEAKERS: Dr Gary Simpson
DATE: Wednesday 1 March 2017
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
1G Royal Parade, Parkville
CHAIR: N/A
TOPIC: Discovery Tour of WEHI
SPEAKERS: Scientists at WEHI
DATE: Thursday 3 November 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
Camberwell Grammar School
55 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury VIC 3126
CHAIR: Annette Williams
TOPIC: Annual General Meeting followed by 2016 VCE Biology Exam Review
SPEAKER: N/A
DATE: Tuesday 18 October 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
Kingswood College
355 Station Street, Box Hill VIC 3128
HOST: Saji Anil
TOPIC: New Unit 3 Study Design – Open Discussion and Planning Workshop
CHAIR:  Annette Williams
DATE: Thursday 25 August 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
4pm-4.30pm Tour of new Centre for Learning and Innovation
VENUE:
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Level 3, Centre for Learning and Innovation, Barkers Road, Kew
HOST: Julie Wetherbee
TOPIC: Ecological Modelling
SPEAKER: Dr Jane Elith; Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Biosciences at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis
Dr Elith is the winner of the Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, an award from the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science in 2015; she is a renowned ecological modeller
DATE: Thursday 21 July 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE:
Caulfield Grammar School, Caulfield Campus
217 Glen Eira Road, East St Kilda
HOST: Paul Higgins
TOPIC: Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
SPEAKER: Professor Robyn Guymer; Deputy Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia; Deputy Head Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne
DATE: Wednesday 20 April 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Loreto Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak 3142
HOST: Kris Freebairn
TOPIC: Mitochondrial Disorders and how technologies are transforming diagnosis of these and other rare diseases
SPEAKER: Professor David Thorburn, Theme Director of Genetics and Group Leader of Mitochondrial Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
DATE: Thursday 10 March 2016
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start) – there will be an opportunity to view the new labs at PLC prior to the meeting (4.00pm-4.30pm)
VENUE: Presbyterian Ladies College, 141 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125
HOST: Sibella Guest
TOPIC: New Unit 2 Study Design – Open Discussion and Networking
CHAIR: Annette Williams
DATE: Tuesday 10 November 2015
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Camberwell Grammar, 55 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury
HOST: Samantha Braun
TOPIC: 2015 Exam Feedback Session
CHAIR: Annette Williams
DATE: Wednesday 14 October 2015
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: The King David School – Magid Institute, 373 Dandenong Road, Armadale
HOST: Claire Stanner
TOPIC: Preparation of course delivery for new study design, Units 1 & 2 in 2016
CHAIR: Annette Williams
DATE: Wednesday 16 September 2015
TIME: 4.00pm afternoon tea and meet the Keeper – for a 4.30pm start
VENUE: DigestEd (part of the new Lion precinct) at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria
SPEAKER: Education Officers: Kate McCabe, Melbourne Zoo; Michelle Howard, Werribee Open Range Zoo; Janine McCoy, Healesville Sanctuary
TOPIC: Biology at Zoos Victoria. Utilising a Zoos Victoria property to deliver and access key science skills and knowledge in the new 2016 VCE Biology Study Design
DATE: Tuesday 4 August 2015
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Kingswood College, 355 Station Street, Box Hill
HOSTS: Saji Anil
TOPIC: Personalised Medicine in the Post Genomic Era
SPEAKER: Professor Liam O’Connor, Division Head, Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, WEHI – see www.wehi.edu.au/people/liam-oconnor for an insight into his research
DATE: Wednesday 3 June 2015
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Yarra Valley Grammar School, Kalinda Road, Ringwood
HOSTS: Emilia White
TOPIC: Best Friends or Mortal Enemies? The Complex Ecological Roles of Australia’s Predators
SPEAKER: Dr Euan Ritchie, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environment, Deakin University – see www.euanritchie.org for an insight into his research
DATE: Wednesday 29 April 2015
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm Tour of the facility; 4.30pm Meeting start)
VENUE: KIOSC – Knox Innovation Opportunity Sustainability Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, 369 Stud Road, Wantirna 3152
HOST:  KIOSC
TOPIC: Using complex microbial ecology to contemplate future studies in biology
SPEAKER: Linda Blackall (see background), Professor of Biosciences and Academic Director of Research Training in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology at Swinburne University of Technology
DATE: Thursday 13 November 2014
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Quinn Lecture Theatre, Camberwell Grammar School, Mont Albert Road, Canterbury
HOST: Samantha Braun
TOPIC: Exam Review Meeting: Feedback Biology 3&4 Exam
SPEAKER: Annette Williams
DATE: Tuesday 9 September 2014
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Fintona Girls’ School, 79 Balwyn Road, Balwyn VIC 3103
HOST: Julie Goldworthy
TOPIC: Opportunity to provide direct feedback to Maria James (VCAA) on the consultation draft of the proposed VCE Study Design
SPEAKER: Maria James, Curriculum Manager Science, VCAA
DATE: Thursday 7 August 2014
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Ivanhoe Grammar School, The Ridgeway Campus, Ivanhoe
HOST: Kellie Sewell
TOPIC: Genetic Testing – recent advances and ethical considerations
CONVENER: Professor Sylvia Metcalfe, Group Leader, Genetics Education and Health Research, Murdoch Children’s’ Research Institute and Professor in Medical Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
DATE: Tuesday 17 June 2014
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: King David School, Magid Institute, 373 Dandenong Road, Armadale 3143
HOST: Claire Stanner
TOPIC: TeachMeet (Resource Sharing Meeting) – for more details please click HERE
GUEST: Bring along an item/idea to share (few minutes each)
DATE: Thursday 22 May 2014
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Bialik College, 429 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East VIC 3123 (directions to room location will be at school’s front office)
HOST: Mark Lenga
TOPIC: Immunology in the classroom and in the real world / The ABC’s of MHC, Ts and Bs – Decrypting Immunity
GUEST: Dr Sarah Jones, Research Fellow, Monash Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Monash University
DATE: Tuesday 18 March 2014
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC, University High School), 1H Royal Parade, Parkville 3052
HOST: Dr Frazer Thorpe and colleagues at GTAC
TOPIC: Manipulating plant cell wall carbohydrates in cereal grains to improve human dietary health
SPEAKER: Dr Sarah Wilson, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, University of Melbourne
DATE: Wednesday 19 February 2014
TIME: 4.15pm – 6.00pm (4.15pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Xplore Centre, Balwyn High School, Buchanan Avenue, Balwyn North 3104
HOST: Amanda Clarke, Director or Curriculum and Learning, Balwyn High School
TOPIC: Stem cells
SPEAKER: Associate Professor Megan Munsie (Head of Education, Ethics, Law and Community Awareness Unit, Stem Cells Australia)
DATE: Tuesday 19 November 2013
TIME: 4.00pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Quinn Lecture Theatre, Camberwell Grammar School, Mont Albert Road, Canterbury
HOST: Marcus Jones
TOPIC: EXAM REVIEW MEETING: Feedback on First combined 3&4 Exam
SPEAKER: Annette Williams, Biology Network Committee
DATE: Wednesday 23 October 2013
TIME: 4.15pm – 6.00pm (4.15pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew Campus, 349 Barkers Road, Kew 3101
HOST: Tori Shaw
TOPIC: “What makes a good invasive species?”
SPEAKER: Dr David Chapple, Conservation Biologist, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton
DATE: Monday 9 September 2013
APOLOGY: Due to circumstances beyond the Network’s control this meeting did not go ahead on 9 September.
DATE: Wednesday 7 August 2013
TIME: 4.15pm – 6.00pm (4.00pm for a 4.15pm start)
VENUE: Mentone Girls Grammar School, 11 Mentone Parade, Mentone 3194
HOST: Helen Silvester
TOPIC: Drug design – no action today, no cure tomorrow
SPEAKER: Dr Sheena McGowan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton
DATE: Tuesday 23 July 2013
TIME: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
VENUE: Melbourne Museum
TOPIC: Welcome to the Jungle! What are we still finding out about small mammal evolution in the 21st century
SPEAKER: Dr Kevin Rowe and Museum Education Staff
DATE: Wednesday 1 May 2013
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Fintona Girls School, 79 Balwyn Road, Balwyn
HOST: Julie Goldsworthy
TOPIC: VCAA Update and Q&A Session
SPEAKER: Maria James (Curriculum Manager Science, VCAA) and Susan O’Shannassy (VCAA Manager of Assessment Unit, VCAA)VCAA
DATE: Thursday 21 March 2013
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora – Physical Sciences 3 (PS3), Laboratory 149
HOSTS: Anjali Sahasrabudhe and Julie White (FSTE Outreach Program)
TOPIC: Practical ideas for investigating biochemical processes in cells (Unit 3, Outcome 1)
SPEAKER Modified version of the session B5 offered at the recent VCE Biology Conference
DATE: Tuesday 19 February 2013
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Caulfield Grammar School, Glen Eira Road, Caulfield – Science Lab, Room 5
HOSTS: Paul Higgins (Caulfield Grammar School) and Annette Williams (Shelford Girls Grammar)
TOPIC: Practical Experiment on Exercise and Carbon Dioxide will be explained and carried out
DATE: Tuesday 13 November 2012
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Wesley College, 620 High Street Road, Glen Waverley, 3150 – Room C203, The Biology Lab in the Senior School
HOSTS: Di Barclay
SPEAKER: Dr Rowan P Ogeil – School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
TOPIC: Mechanisms of sleep disruption in ecstasy users: The role of genetics and the body clock
DATE: Tuesday 18 September 2012
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Shelford Girls’ Grammar School, 3 Hood Crescent, Caulfield 3161 – just off Glen Eira Rd – Melway Map 67 J1
SPEAKER: Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager, VCAA
TOPIC: The Updated Biology Study Design Explained and Questions Answered
DATE: Thursday 23 August 2012
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC), University High School, 1H Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052
SPEAKER: Dr Alex Johnson, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Department of Botany, University of Melbourne
TOPIC: Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition: Applying Gene Technology
DATE: Wednesday 16 May 2012
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (meet at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start)
VENUE: Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC), Burwood – Lab 5 Biology
SPEAKER: Dr Anthony Verberne, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg
TOPIC: Homeostasis: Neural Control of Blood Pressure and Glucose Levels
DATE: Wednesday 18 April 2012
TIME: 4.30pm – 6.00pm
VENUE: Sonenberg Laboratory, 1st floor Natural Philosophy Building (next door to Botany Building)
SPEAKER: Dr Andrew Drinnan
TOPIC: Dr Drinnan will lead us with Botany ideas and pracs you can easily do at school

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