A fox came upon a mask, an exemplary imitation of a human head. He admired it and said, “What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains”.
Aesop (from Aesop’s Fables, The Fox and the Mask)

The University of Western Australia was founded in 1911 as Western Australia’s first university and is the only Western Australian institution to belong to the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia’s leading universities.

The University’s internationally recognised strengths in neuroscience teaching and research are built on platform technologies in:
• Genomics
• Proteomics
• Gene therapy
• Computational neurobiology
• Electrophysiology
• Electron microscopy
• In situ hybridisation
• Mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrate neurotrauma models
• Quantitative behavioural analysis

We specialise in:
• Anoxia and cell death
• Audiology and hearing sciences
• Developmental neurobiology
• Facial recognition and cognitive processing
• Neurotrauma
• Retinal degeneration and regeneration
• Spinal cord injury and repair
• Stem cell transplantation
• Visual psychophysics

We welcome your enquiry:
• Undergraduate studies, training and research in MSc, PhD and post-
doctoral programs, and links to neuroscience staff:
http://www.neuroscience.uwa.edu.au
• Commercial and scientific collaboration opportunities, email:
deanlps@science.uwa.edu.au