School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Research Seminar Schedule Archive
2011
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17/01/2011 |
Dr Tony Perry |
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11/02/2011 |
Professor Peter Howe |
Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Mental Health Benefits of Vasoactive Nutrients |
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25/02/2011 |
Professor Bill Hogarth |
Professional Development Seminar:"Interaction of CTL with Schools and Disciplines" |
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25/03/2011 |
Professor Bill Blessings |
Heating and Eating |
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8/04/2011 |
Professor Justin St. John, Director Centre for Reproduction & Development |
The necessity to regulate mitochondrial DNA copy number during early development |
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15/04/2011 |
Professor Kent HayGlass |
Peanut allergy and IL-33: Why are you NOT allergic? |
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6/05/2011 |
Professor Raymond Rodgers |
Matrix Matters in Ovaries’ |
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18/05/2011 |
Professor John Olynyk |
HCC: Liver Regeneration Gone Wrong |
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20/05/2011 |
Honours Proposals |
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27/05/2011 |
Chuan Lam (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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3/06/2011 |
Americo A Migliaccio, PhD |
The role of irregular vestibular afferents in the vestibulo-ocular reflex |
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10/06/2011 |
Gerard Kaiko (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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24/06/2011 |
David Mossman (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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1/07/2011 |
Dr Saurabh Kumar |
Insights into the Mechanisms and Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Human Atrial Fibrillation |
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8/07/2011 |
Dr Adam Hill |
The Electrical Jigsaw: Putting Together the Pieces of Long QT Syndrome |
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22/07/2011 |
Adam Collison (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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12/08/2011 |
Dr Andrew Clarkson |
The role of GABA in recovery post-stroke |
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26/08/2011 |
Lauren Watt (PhD Candidate) Amanda Smith (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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2/09/2011 |
Ben Copeland (PhD Candidate) Ricardo Vilain (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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9/09/2011 |
A/Professor Colin Anderson |
How to build a nervous system: Proliferation and differentiation in a mouse sympathetic ganglion |
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12/09/2011 |
Prof Richard Anderson, Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine, |
Towards understanding of human primordial follicle formation |
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16/09/2011 |
Madeleine Hinwood (PhD Candidate) Ross Tynan (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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23/09/2011 |
Honours Presentations - Mid Year Intake |
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30/09/2011 |
Tammy Robinson |
Virtual Learning Environment Project Overview - "Blackboard" |
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30/09/2011 |
Dieter Naf, Ph.D. |
Genetic Modification in Mice |
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7/10/2011 |
Professor Bernard Balleine |
The basal ganglia and executive function |
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14/10/2011 |
Dr Timothy Bredy |
MicroRNA Regulation of Fear-Related Memory |
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21/10/2011 |
Prof. Suresh Mahalingam |
Link between viral infections and arthritis |
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28/10/2011 |
Maximilian Plank (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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11/11/2011 |
Meredith Kelleher (PhD Candidate) |
PhD 30 Minute Talk |
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18/11/2011 |
Professor John Stagg |
Targeting CD73 (ecto-5'-nucleotidase) for Cancer Therapy |
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25/11/2011 |
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7/12/2011 |
Chris Smith (M Philosophy) |
30 Minute Masters Talk |
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9/12/2011 |
Prof. Rainer Landgraf |
Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Anxiety |
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14/12/2011 |
Prof. Michael J. Joyner, M.D. |
Can physiology fill the intellectual void left by the reductionists? |
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16/12/2011 |
Dr Denise Fitzgerald |
Autoimmune Inflammation and Remyelination in the Central Nervous System |
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2010
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SPEAKER |
TITLE |
HOST |
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February 26 |
Professor Val Robertson |
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March 16 (Tuesday) |
Professor Toshizo Ishikawa |
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March 26 |
A/Professor Philip Clausen |
An engineer's perspective of biological structures: medical and clinical implications of this work |
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April 16 |
Dr Michael Lee |
Neural adaptations induced by resistance training and motor learning |
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April 23 |
Professor Geoff Donnan |
STROKE MINI-SERIES
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April 30 |
Professor Mark Parsons |
STROKE MINI-SERIES
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May 6 |
Dr Simon Keely |
Immunology & Microbiology
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May 7 |
POSTPONED - DATE TBA Conjoint A/Professor Chris Levi |
STROKE MINI-SERIES
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May 11 |
Dr. Jan Matthias Braun |
Immunology & Microbiology
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May 14 |
Dr Simon McMullan |
Neural networks that control blood pressure: where does tone come from? |
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May 21 |
Professor Ursula Sonnewald |
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May 27 |
Professor Rick Stevens |
Immunology & Microbiology
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May 28 |
Professor Peter Walla |
Olfaction, language and faces: cross-modal information processing |
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June 4 |
Professor L. Ashley Blackshaw |
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Special Seminar |
Emeritus Prof. David A Warrell |
Clinical Snake Bite: The need for improved first aid and hospital treatments |
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June 11 |
Dr Marina Kennerson PhD |
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June 18 |
Dr Simon Keely |
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June 23 @ 4pm |
Dr. Bernadette Saunders |
Immunology & Microbiology
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July 2 |
Dr Luca Carnivalei |
Chronic Stress, Depression and Cardiac Function: A Rat Model |
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July 9 |
Dr. Simon Hogan |
Molecular Analysis of Inflammatory Monocyte: Eosinophil Axis in IBD |
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July 23 |
Dr Mahinda Abeywardena |
Drug/Bioactive Discovery: From Laboratory to the Medicine Chest |
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July 27 @ 10 am |
Prof. Judah A. Denburg McMaster University |
Immunology & Microbiology
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July 30 |
Emeritus Prof. Saxon White |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Where did it come from, why, and is it beyond your reach? |
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August 11 (Wednesday |
Mathius Dutschmann |
Postnatal Emergence of Network Plasticity: Lessons from the Central Pattern Generator for Breathing |
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August 19 @ 2pm |
Dr. Jilly Evans |
Immunology & Microbiology
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August 27 |
Dr Phil Jobling |
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Special Seminar |
Professor Sarah Dunlop |
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September 17 |
Professor David Tremethick |
Understanding the dynamic link between chromatin structure and function during development |
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September 24 |
Prof Ype Elgersma |
Molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation and mental retardation disorders |
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Special Seminar |
Dr David Hughes |
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October 22 |
A/Professor Estelle Sontag |
Targeting PP2A and Folate Pathways: A Neuroprotective Strategy for CNS Disorders |
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October 26 @ 1pm |
Dr. Darryl Knight, |
Immunology & Microbiology
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October 29 |
Mr Daniel Johnstone |
Transcriptomic approaches to understanding the effects of iron overload disorders on the brain |
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Special Seminar |
Professor Anantha Shekhar |
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November 12 @ 1pm (Friday) |
Dr. Steven Maltby |
Immunology & Microbiology
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Special Seminar |
Professor Tim V.P. Bliss, FRS |
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November 19 |
Dr Christopher Rayner |
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November 26 |
A/Prof John M. Bekkers |
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Special Seminar |
Professor Rob Harrison |
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December 3 |
A/Prof Andrew Fuglevand |
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December 10 |
Dr Marc Ruitenberg |
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Special Seminar |
Professor Richard L. Stevens |
Mast Cells and their Tryptase Mediators in Innate Immunity and Inflammation |
2009
DATE |
SPEAKER |
TITLE |
UoN HOST |
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March 6 |
Dr Adam Odell Endothelial Cell Biology Unit LIGHT Laboratories, Clarendon Way, ICMB, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds |
Endothelial Cells; Receptors, Phospholipases And The Control Of Cellular Proliferation | Dirk van Helden |
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March 13 |
Prof. Rodney Scott Discipline of Medical Genetics School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Candidate Modifier Genes That Influence Disease Expression In Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Cancer | Doug Smith |
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March 20 |
Prof. Peter Dunkley Discipline of Medical Biochemistry School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
In The Stress Response Timing Is Everything | Doug Smith |
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March 27 |
Dr Jeff Holst Gene and Stem Cell Therapy program Centenary Institute |
Mechanical Forces Affecting Primitive Haemopoietic Cells | Nikki Verrills |
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April 3 |
Dr Damien MacLeod Postdoctoral Fellow Discipline of Physiology School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
An Experimental Model To Investigate CT Brain Perfusion After Stroke | Neil Spratt |
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April 24 |
Dr Angela Kindig Postdoctoral Fellow Discipline of Anatomy School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Afferents: connecting our bits to our wits | Alan Brichta |
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May 1 |
Dr Moira O'Bryan Monash Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
Mouse Models As A Gene Discovery Tool In Fertility | Keith Jones |
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May 8 |
Kathryn Roberts (PhD student) School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Reactivation of PP2A as a Treatment Strategy for c-KIT Cancers | Nikki Verrills |
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May 15 |
Dr Murray Cairns SRI Senior Research Fellow School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Cortical Microrna Biogenesis And Gene Silencing In Schizophrenia | Paul Tooney |
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May 22 |
Dr Roselyn Rose'Meyer School of Medical Sciences Griffith University |
Changes in adenosine receptor mediated actions in the heart with age and diet | Karen Kerr |
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May 29 |
Prof. Maree Gleeson Director Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) |
HMRI Bldg Overview | Trevor Day |
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June 5 |
A/Prof. Phil Bolton Discipline of Physiology School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Chronic Neck Pain And Whiplash Associated Disorders - Investigating Neurobiological Mechanisms | Doug Smith |
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June 12 |
A/Prof. Joerg Mattes |
MicroRNA Regulation of Lung Inflammation | Doug Smith |
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June 19 |
Dr Phil Jobling Discipline of Physiology School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Innervation Of The Urinogenital Tract (Lessons From Critters) | Doug Smith |
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July 31 |
A/Prof Derek Laver School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs Targeting Calcium Release Channels: How Can They work? | Doug Smith |
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August 7 |
Dr Brian Carlton Veterinary Officer Animal Services Unit University of Newcastle |
VIVA Seminar Altered Airway Reactivity and Cellularity in CAH Mice |
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August 7 |
Dr Liz Milward School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Iron and the Brain | Doug Smith |
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August 14 |
Dr Bonya Keats Honorary Visiting Fellow School of Biology Australian National University |
Genetic Disorders in the Louisiana Cajuns: Finding Genes and Developing Therapies | Rodney Scott |
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August 21 |
A/Prof. Phil Hansbro School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
The impact of bacterial infection on asthma | Doug Smith |
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August 28 |
Professor Tony Hulbert Metabolic Research Centre & School of Biological Sciences University of Wollongong |
Membrane lipids: their role in metabolism and longevity | Doug Smith |
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September 8 |
Prof. Sietse de Boer Department of Behavioral Physiology University of Groningen, Netherlands |
Neurobiology of aggression and its transformation into violence | Eugene Nalivaiko |
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September 11 |
Prof. Joe Lynch National Secretary, Australian Physiological Society QLD Brain Institute University of QLD |
Glycine Receptors as Novel Analgesic Targets | Bob Callister |
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September 18 |
A/Prof. Eileen McLaughlin ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology & Development Environmental & Life Sciences |
Musashi:Japanese Samurai and Germ Cell Regulator (Seminar Recording Unavailable) |
Doug Smith |
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September 23 |
Prof. Yossi Mekori Dean of Medicine Tel Aviv University| Israel |
Mast cell-T cell interaction within the inflammatory context. (Seminar Recording Unavailable) |
Paul Foster |
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September 25 |
Dr Nick Spencer Medical Science and Technology Human Physiology Flinders University |
How do we detect pain in the gut? | Phillip Jobling |
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October 2 |
A/Prof Alan Brichta Garnet Pass Research Fellow School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy University of Newcastle |
Not just for Hearing... Looking for Balance in the Ear (Seminar Recording Unavailable) |
Doug Smith |
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University Holidays October 9 |
A/Prof Nigel Taylor Human Performance Laboratories (Australia) School of Health Sciences University of Wollongong |
Human thermal adaptation: intra- and inter-racial differences | Robin Callister |
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October 16 |
Professor Peter Smith Centre for Neuroscience Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta, Canada |
A Dish Full of Neuropathic Pain | Robert Callister |
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October 16 |
Professor David J. Adams Director, Health Innovations Research Institute RMIT University |
Conotoxin modulators of pain pathways | Dirk van Helden |
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October 23 |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesLaureate Prof. John |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesLife and death in the germ line: the loneliness of the long distance runner |
Doug Smith |
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October 30 |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesProf. Keith Jones |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesHave kids when you're young: a hard lesson taught to us by our ageing eggs |
Doug Smith |
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November 6 |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesProf. Roger Smith |
Reproduction Mini-SeriesThe Evolution of Human Birth and the Role Played by Viruses |
Doug Smith |
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November 20 |
Addiction Mini-SeriesProf. Amanda Baker |
Addiction Mini-SeriesAddiction: Perspectives from Clinical Psychology |
Chris Dayas |
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November 27 |
Addiction Mini-SeriesA/Prof. Daniel Lubman |
Addiction Mini-SeriesTaming the Dragon: understanding the neurobiology of addiction |
Chris Dayas |
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December 3 |
Megan O'Reilly 2nd year PhD student Monash University |
Does exposure of the newborn mouse lung to hyperoxia affect development of the pulmonary airways (Seminar Recording Unavailable) |
Phil Hansbro |
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December 9 |
Addiction Mini-SeriesA/Prof Adrian Dunlop |
Addiction Mini-SeriesTrial implications and the implications of the under-supply of treatment in the Hunter |
Chris Dayas |
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December 11 |
Prof. Gary Housely Chair & Head of Physiology Director, Translational Neuroscience Facility School of Medical Sciences University of NSW |
Noise-induced hearing loss - molecular mechanisms | Robert Callister |
To view Lectopia seminar recordings, from August 14th, please see individual seminar titles. Note: Recorded with the permission of the Guest Speaker.
2008
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SPEAKER |
TITLE |
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Feb 15 |
Dr Norman Scholfield Queens University, Belfast Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Group |
"Role of Ca-activated channels in regulating contractility of retinal arterioles" |
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Feb 22 |
Dr Awahan Rahman The Universiy of Lund, Sweden |
"Caveolae and the alpha1 adrenergic receptor signalling" |
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March 7 |
Mrs Susan Sullivan School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle |
"Structural plasticity of the neonatal brain in response to hypoxia" |
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March 14 |
Prof. Roger Butterworth School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences University of Queensland |
"Pathophysiology of Hepatic Encephalopathy: role of Synergism" |
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March 28 |
Dr Peregrine Osborne Medicine, Northern Clinical School Kolling Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney |
"Oestrogen Nociceptors in DRG Cells" |
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April 4 |
Dr Adam Cole Peter Doherty Fellow Centre for Neuroscience University of Melbourne |
"Identification of novel, brain-specific kinase substrates using the KESTREL technique" |
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April 11 |
Prof. Margaret Morris Professor of Pharmacology School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales |
"Brain, appetite and obesity - what are the drivers and consequences of over-consumption?" |
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May 2 |
Dr Emily Sena University of Edinburgh |
"Potential sources of bias in experimental stroke and getting the most from animal data" |
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May 9 |
Dr Tim Karl Senior Research Officer & Conjoint Lecturer UNSW Neuroscience Research Program Garvan Institute of Medical Research & Schizophrenia Research Institute |
“Drugs of Abuse in a Genetic Animal Model for Schizophrenia” |
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May 23 |
A/Prof Helena C. Parkington Department of Physiology Monash University |
"Uterine contractions: From molecule to mum" |
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June 6 |
A/Prof Kevin A Keay PhD Associate Professor, Anatomy and Histology School of Medical Science University of Sydney |
"Evidence for Neural (Mal)Adaptations in the Midbrain of Rats with Nerve Injury Evoked Disability and Pain" |
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June 13 |
Dr Timothy Murphy School of Medical Science Univeristy of New South Wales |
“Role of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels in Vascular Reactivity" |
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June 20 |
Dr Andrew Moorhouse, BSc, PhD Department of Physiology & Pharmacology School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales |
"Glycine receptors - what gets in and why" |
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July 25 |
Emeritus Prof Paul Korner, AO Past Director of Baker Research Institute, Melbourne & Honorary Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney |
"The Brain and Adaptive Circulatory Control" |
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Aug 8 |
Emeritus Prof Saxon White School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle |
"A Neural basis for Asthma Syndromes - or, AIDA, how she sings" |
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Aug 15 |
A/Prof Jeremy Thompson NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, & Head, Early Development Group, & Deputy Director, Research Centre for Reproductive Health, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, The University of Adelaide |
"Good eggs and bad eggs - determinants of oocyte developmental competence during in vitro maturation" |
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Aug 29 |
Prof. David J. Adams President, Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) Professor & Chair of Physiology Director, Neuroscience Program Queensland Brain Institute University of Queensland |
"Analgesic Conotoxins Targeting Nicotinic Receptors or GABA-B Receptors?" |
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Sept 5 |
Dr Darryl Eyles Laboratory Head, Neurobiology Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research Queensland Brain Institute University of Queensland |
"Translating Schizophrenia Epidemiology into Neuroscience Developmental Vitamin D Deficiency and Advanced Paternal Age” |
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Sept 12 |
Dr Lasse Bak Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Copenhagen |
"Mitochondrial Heterogeneity -Relevance for Brain Disease ” |
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Sept 19 |
Dr Charles de Bock School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle |
"To Chew the Fat: Novel Insights into Fat1 Cadherin and its Role in T-ALL” |
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Sept 26 |
Prof. Brian Key Head, School of Biomedical Sciences Professor of Developmental Neurobiology Co-Chief Editor, Journal of Molecular Histology Anatomy & Developmental Biology University of Queensland |
"Axon Navigation in the Vertebrate Nervous System” |
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Oct 3 |
A/Professor Philip Siddall Pain Management Research Institute University of Sydney |
"Plasticity can be a pain: brain changes and neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury" |
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Oct 10 |
Gordon Grigg | |
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Oct 17 |
Bill Warren Comparative Genomics Centre James Cook University |
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Oct 24 |
Professor Jock Findlay OM PhD DSc NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow Deputy Director, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research |
"The role of estrogen in ovarian function |
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Oct 31 |
Doug Smith School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle |
"If might is right, mitochondria might not have enough. The mitochondrial theory of aging. A review, a view, and some data too" |
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Nov 7 |
Dr Michael Ridding Research Centre for Human Movement Control Discipline of Physiology The University of Adelaide |
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Nov 14 |
Honours Presentation | No Seminar |
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Nov 21 |
Philip Clausen | |
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Nov 28 |
Jo Bowles | |
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Dec 12 |
Dr Kathlyn Ronaldson Senior Research Fellow Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine School Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne |
"The joys, trials and achievements of conducting a case-control study of clozapine and myocarditis" |