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Uniken
Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textIncorporating the campuses of Kensington; University College, Australian Defence Force Academy; St George, Oatley, and the College of Fine Arts, Paddington
Fix this textNo. 357 (No. 17 of 1993)
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post - Publication N 9 NBF 4388
Fix this text22 October 1993
Fix this textUNSW honours Indonesia's
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Fix this textA DISTINGUISHED
Fix this textgraduate of the Uni-
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Fix this textWales, Hartarto Sastro-
Fix this textsunarto, who is now the
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Fix this textfor Industry and Trade
Fix this textin his home country In-
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Fix this textUniversity’s highest
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Fix this textdegree of Doctor of Sci-
Fix this textence on 19 October.
Fix this textHe was Minister for Industry
Fix this textfrom 1983 until earlier this year
Fix this textand has directed a program of
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Fix this textHe is also the first graduate
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Fix this textIndonesia and the first over-
Fix this textseas UNSW alumnus to be
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Fix this textDr Hartarto studied at the
Fix this textInstitute of Technology, Ban-
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Fix this textScience in Chemical Engineer-
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Fix this textwith a scholarship from the
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Fix this textFor more than 20 years the
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Fix this textIn 1992 Dr Hartarto was
Fix this textmade an Honorary Officer of
Fix this textthe Order of Australia (AO),
Fix this textthe highest honour Australia
Fix this textcan confer on a foreign citizen
Fix this textin recognition of promoting
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Fix this textNeurochemists intensify
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Fix this textins play in neurodegen-
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Fix this textParkinson’s Disease and
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Fix this textScientists believe that one of
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Fix this textcauses of ALSPDC - amyotro-
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Fix this textsonism dementia complex an
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Fix this textits victims’ motor neurones,
Fix this textleaving them paralysed in a
Fix this textmanner similar to ALS, the dis-
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Fix this textThere are at least three
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Fix this textPapua New Guinea and the is-
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Fix this textThe symptoms of ALSPDC
Fix this textfirst drew the attention of sci-
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Fix this textWestern physicians noted that
Fix this textthe Chamorros, natives of
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Fix this textsimilar to ALS, but at a rate 50
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Fix this textResearchers scoured the is-
Fix this textland for 30 years looking at
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Fix this textgenetic causes, bacterial or vi-
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Fix this textPeter Spencer, of the Albert
Fix this textEinstein College of Medicine,
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Fix this textIn a report published in Sci-
Fix this textence in 1987 he proposed that
Fix this textBMAA, or some other cycad
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Fix this textnerve cells over the years. As
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Fix this textThe findings that such “exci-
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Fix this textChaplaincy will move to the
Fix this textSquarehouse by the end of No-
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Fix this textremove all temporary huts
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Fix this texttheir rejuvenation is com-
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Fix this textAn alternative ground level
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Fix this textIt will also house the Co-op
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Fix this textDr Hartarto Sastrosunarto is flanked by the Chancellor, the Hon Gordon Samuels (right) and the
Fix this textVice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland just prior to Dr Hartarto receiving his honorary degree of
Fix this textDoctor of Science. See page 7 for further graduation photos.
Fix this textResearchers at UNSW's Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Unit include
Fix this text(back left to right) Mr Tim Charlton, Mr Ganesh Kumar, Mr Ray Lidgard
Fix this textand Ms Anne Cerpa-Poljak, and (front) Dr Mark Duncan, Ms Vicki
Fix this textLabbon (part-time clerical assistant), Ms Pat Duffield and Gabrijela
Fix this textMatanovic. Photo courtesy Medical Illustration Unit.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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