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2008 School of Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
15 Feb	Dr Norman Scholfield Queens University, Belfast Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Group	"Role of Ca-activated channels in regulating contractility of retinal arterioles"
22 Feb	Dr Awahan Rahman The Universiy of Lund, Sweden	"Caveolae and the alpha1 adrenergic receptor signalling"
7 March	Mrs Susan Sullivan School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle	"Structural plasticity of the neonatal brain in response to hypoxia"
14 March	Professor Roger Butterworth School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences University of Queensland	" Pathophysiology of Hepatic Encephalopathy: role of Synergism"
21 March	Good Friday
28 March	Peregrine Osborne Medicine, Northern Clinical School Kolling Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney	"Oestrogen Nociceptors in DRG Cells"
4 April	Adam Cole Peter Doherty Fellow Centre for Neuroscience University of Melbourne	"Identification of novel, brain-specific kinase substrates using the KESTREL technique"
11 April	Professor 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?"
18 April	Recess
25 April	Recess
2 May	Dr Emily Sena University of Edinburgh	'Potential sources of bias in experimental stroke and getting the most from animal data'
9 May	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”
16 May	Seminar Cancelled
23 May	A/Prof Helena C. Parkington Department of Physiology Monash University	"Uterine contractions: From molecule to mum"
30 May	Seminar Cancelled
6 June	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"
13 June	Dr Timothy Murphy School of Medical Science Univeristy of New South Wales	“Role of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels in Vascular Reactivity"
20 June	Andrew Moorhouse, BSc, PhD Department of Physiology & Pharmacology School of Medical Sciences University of NSW	"Glycine receptors - what gets in and why"
27 June	Honours Presentations
4 July	Recess
11 July	Recess
18 July	Recess
25 July	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"
1 Aug	Seminar Cancelled
8 Aug	Emeritus Prof Saxon White School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle	"A Neural basis for Asthma Syndromes - or, AIDA, how she sings"
15 Aug	A/Prof Jeremy Thompson NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Head, Early Development Group and 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"
22 Aug	Seminar Cancelled
29 Aug	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?"
5 Sept	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”
12 Sept	Dr Lasse Bak Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Copenhagen	"Mitochondrial Heterogeneity -Relevance for Brain Disease ”
19 Sept	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”
26 Sept	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”
3 Oct	Recess Period 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"
10 Oct	Recess Period Emeritus Prof. Gordon Grigg Emeritus Professor of Zoology School of Integrative Biology The University of Queensland	"The most functionally elegant heart in the world; in crocodiles."
17 Oct	Dr. William (Bill) Warren Comparative Genomics Centre James Cook University	"Another Facet to Flies Eyes: Identifying Genetic Risk Factors for Downs Syndrome and Related Birth Defects"
24 Oct	Prof. 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"
31 Oct	A/Professor David Saint School of Molecular and Biomedical Science The University of Adelaide	"Cardiac Reperfusion Damage: A New Protective Strategy"
7 Nov	Dr Michael Ridding Research Centre for Human Movement Control Discipline of Physiology The University of Adelaide	"Induction of motor cotical plasticity and its functional consequences"
14 Nov	Honours Presentations
21 Nov	Seminar Cancelled
Thurs, Nov 27 9 am Start	Dr. Josephine Bowles Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland	"Battle Of The Sexes: Girls and Boys, Eggs and Sperm"
5 Dec	Dr Anthony Don Cancer Research Centre University of NSW	"Sphingosine 1-phosphate in the control of vascular permeability and cell survival"
12 Dec 1 pm Start	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"

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