Welcome

The Biomagnetics Group at The University of Western Australia is a dynamic, well established research group housed within the School of Physics, equipped with a modern wet lab and magnetics facilities. In recent years there has been rapid growth in interdisciplinary research evidenced by increaced funding from major funding organisations. We remain actively involved with interdisciplinary research by conducting investigations into the role of physics and magnetism in biology, medicine and nanotechology.

Under the guidance of Associate Professor Tim St Pierre, the members of the group work on a diverse range of topics including iron-overload disorders, magnetic nanoparticles and magnetotactic bacteria. Over the last few years an increasing level of international interest within the field has resulted in collaborations with institutions both within Australia and overseas. With this continued growth it it seems likely that there will be a bright and exciting future ahead for research within this field.

Upcoming Events and News

Congratulations to Edd Stockdale!

The Cosmetics Company DANIEL JOUVANCE MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORIES awards a prize of 4000 EUR to  a young scientist working in fundamental or applied aspects of marine biology, marine chemistry, marine biotechnology  or  oceanography.

The 2008 prize has been awarded to our student Edd Stockdale for the quality and originality of his research into chiton biomineralization processes.

Congratulations to Annette Tyler!

At the International Conference of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology held in Melbourne last week, Annette Tyler was presented with an award for presenting one of the best posters at the conference.

Annette's poster was entitled "Dynamic Behaviour of Magnetic Fluid Droplets in Non-Uniform Magnetic Fields"

Approximately 200 posters were presented and only six were selected for award.