Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla is Founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT), Associate Dean (Strategic Industry Relations) in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales, and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.
Macronutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates) are fundamental dietary components, yet the question of what represents a macro-nutritionally balanced diet, and how this maintains health and longevity, has remained unanswered. This talk introduces a framework called ‘nutritional geometry’ that captures the multidimensional nature of nutritional requirements and the consequences of eating different diets for reproduction, ageing, obesity and cardio-metabolic health—in flies, mice and people.
Food security, sustainability, diet and health—they’re issues that capture headlines globally. In keeping with the rest of the world, Australia faces an increasing number of food-related diseases associated with overconsumption, a sedentary lifestyle and an ageing population. In order to meet this challenge we must produce and manufacture healthier food that is palatable, convenient, affordable and acceptable to consumers. It’s also critical that we understand why consumers request healthier foods—but do not always choose them.
Microbes such as bacteria and single-celled parasites are responsible for a wide range of human diseases. The discovery of drugs that kill these organisms, and thereby allow us to cure many of the diseases for which they are responsible, has been a triumph of medical science. However the microbes are fighting back, developing resistance to many of the drugs that we have come to rely on for disease control.
For geomaterials and, more broadly, granular materials, system properties and processes at the grain scale have a profound impact on behaviour at the large (engineering) scales.
Accordingly, the objective of this workshop is twofold:
The Academy of Science and the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK), on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research organised the Australia-Indonesia Agriculture and Food Security Workshop.
The Academy of Science and the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research organised the Australia-Indonesia Agriculture and Food Security Workshop.
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