School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Research Seminar Schedule Archive

2012

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

20/01/2012
Special Seminar

Prof Inga Neumann
Department of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology
University of Regensburg

Brain oxytocin: an important modulator of anxiety and stress coping

Eugene Nalivaiko

02/03/2012

Mr Mark Kirby &
A/Professor Anne Young
Planning Quality & Reporting
Vice-Chancellor's Division
The University of Newcastle

Student Feedback on Teaching & Courses - Present & Future

Suzanne Evans

16/03/2012

Professor Carol Miles
Director
Centre for Teaching & Learning
Academic & Global Relations Division
The University of Newcastle

Support for Teaching and Learning Excellence at UoN

Suzanne Evans

23/03/2012

Adam Carroll (PhD Candidate)

Erin Gardiner (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Murray Cairns

Paul Tooney

30/03/2012

Dr Kathryn Roberts
Department of Pathology
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Novel genetic alterations activating kinase signaling in high-risk pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Nikki Verrills

13/04/2012

Ms Debbie Booth
Faculty Librarian
Academic & Global Relations Division
The University of Newcastle

Online Teaching Resources Available Through The Library

Suzanne Evans

27/04/2012
3pm Start

Professor George Augustine
G.B. Geller Professor of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center;
Professor Neuroscience & Behavioral Disorders
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore;
Director, Center for Functional Connectomics, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Using light to illuminate how the brain works

Brett Graham

27/04/2012
4pm Start

Professor Robert Vandenberg
Pharmacology,
School of Medical Sciences
Bosch Institute
The University of Sydney

Key insights into neurotransmitter transporters

Dirk van Helden

04/05/2012
3pm Start

Dr. Ernie Jennings
School of Medicine & Dentistry
James Cook University

The contribution of the funny or queer current to peripheral pain mechanisms

Brett Graham

04/05/2012

Professor Calford &
Professor Holmes
Research Division
The University of Newcastle

University's Research Agenda & School Research Performance

Keith Jones

11/05/2012

Melinda Phang (PhD Candidate)

Irene Munro (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Manohar Garg

01/06/2012

Professor Michael Hazelton
Head of School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health
University of Newcastle

Encounters with the "dark side": New graduate nurses experiences of working in a public mental health service.

Keith Jones

08/06/2012

Richard Kim (PhD Candidate)

Malcolm Starkey (PhD Candidate)

 PhD 30 Minute Talk 

Philip Hansbro

15/06/2012
12 pm Start

A/Prof Jennifer Byrne
Acting Head Children's Cancer Research Unit
Kids Research Institute
The Children's Hospital Westmead

Tumor protein D52 as a chromosome 8q21 gene amplification target and prognostic marker in common and rare cancer

Judith Weidenhofer

22/06/2012

Honours Project Proposal Presentations (All Day)

Doug Smith

29/06/2012

Clare Collins
Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics
NHMRC CDA Research Fellow
Co-Director, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition
School of Health Sciences
The University of Newcastle

Building the evidence base to help people eat better-  A recipe for success!

Keith Jones

06/07/2012

Professor Paul D. Allen
Center for Molecular Anesthesia
Brigham Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Control of Skeletal Muscle Intracellular Calcium--Collaboration between Inside and Outside

Paul Foster

13/07/2012

Professor Ian M Symonds
Head, School of Medicine and Public Health
The University of Newcastle
Dean of Medicine, The Joint Medical Program (University of Newcastle and University of New England)

Medical Education in 2025

Keith Jones

20/07/2012

Professor Hazel M Mitchell
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
University of New South Wales

Crohn's disease: Exploring the Microbial Menagerie

John Rostas

27/07/2012
3pm Start

Prof Subramaniam Sotheeswaran
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
University of South Pacific

Some Selected Tropical Medicinal Plants - Chemistry and Pharmacology

Eugene Nalivaiko

03/08/2012

Simon Lane (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Keith Jones

17/08/2012
3pm Start

Professor Zhi-Cheng Xiao
Neurodegeneration & Regeneration Group
Monash Immunology & Stem Cell Laboratories
Monash University

Neurodegeneration Study: From Molecules to Big Animal Models

John Rostas

24/08/2012
3pm Start

Professor Peter Eastwood
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine

"Sleep Breathing Disorders: A problem of epidemic proportions. Current Research at the University of Western Australia & Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital."

Phil Hansbro

24/08/2012

Marline Squance (PhD Candidate)

Christopher Ashhurst-Smith (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Glenn Reeves

Caroline Blackwell

31/08/2012

Lin Ong (PhD Candidate)

A'Qilah Banu Binte Abdul Majeed (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Phil Dickson

John Rostas

07/09/2012

Professor Seong-Seng Tan
Division Head, Brain Development and Regeneration
Howard Florey Institute
The University of Melbourne

How To Save Neurons From Dying Following Brain Injury Using PI3-K/PTEN Cell Signaling

Bob Callister

14/09/2012

Dr Alexandra Webb
Centre for Learning Anatomical Sciences
School of Medicine
University of Southampton

eLearning – is it effective?

Josephine Smith

21/09/2012

Prof. Jörgen Isgaard
Department of Internal Medicine
Sahlgrenska Academy
University of Göteborg, Sweden

Growth hormone and ghrelin effects on adult neurogenesis - a therapeutic potential.

Michael Nilsson

28/9/2012
3pm Start

Dr Karen Blackmore
Planning, Quality and Reporting
University of Newcastle

UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: The Competitive Global Game

Phil Dickson

05/10/2012
30 Minutes
Starts at 4pm

A/Professor Derek Laver
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Keeping the Cardiac  Calcium Release Channels under control

Derek Laver

05/10/2012
30 Minutes
Starts at 4:30pm

Ms Rachel Wong, Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, University of South Australia

Vasodilator benefits of resveratrol in humans

Manohar Garg

12/10/2012

Dr Won Jae Lee
Diamantina Institute
The University of Queensland

Bypassing the p16-mediated senescence roadblock to cancer

Susan Hua

19/10/2012

Mr Stuart Meldrum
Disability Advisor
Student and Academic Services
University of Newcastle

Students with disabilities - the  responsibilities of academic staff

Suzanne Evans

26/10/2012

Jean-Didier Breton, PhD, MSc
Research Fellow
Neurosignalling group
Neuroscience Department
The John Curtin School of Medical research

How GABA-B receptors regulate neuronal excitability in the cerebral cortex

Bob Callister

02/11/2012

Cancer Symposium @ HMRI

09/11/2012

A/Professor Philip Bolton
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Do humans exhibit a cervico-sympethic reflex?

Phil Bolton

09/11/2012

Dr Samantha Fung
Neuroscience Research Australia
Previously: Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

Cortical interneuron pathology in schizophrenia: a moving target?

Paul Tooney

16/11/2012

Dr Neil Spratt
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Stroke Pathophysiology: challenging the received wisdom

Neil Spratt

23/11/2012

Honours Presentations (All Day)

Doug Smith

30/11/2012

Dr Peter Cabot
Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence - PACE
University of Queensland

Peripheral Mechanisms of Analgesia in Inflammation

Susan Hua

07/12/2012

Dr Pradeep Tanwar
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Uterine epithelial (endometrial) cancer: Growing up in bad neighborhoods

Hubert Hondermarck

14/12/2012

Camila Oliveira (PhD Candidate)
Mathew Cox (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Rick Thorne

Rodney Scott

   

 

 

2011

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

17/01/2011
Special Seminar
Mon 4pm Start

Dr Tony Perry
University of Bath, UK

From assured death to rejuvenated life: fertilization

Keith Jones

11/02/2011

Professor Peter Howe
Research Professor  and Human Research Ethics Advisor
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre
School of Health Sciences
University of South Australia

Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Mental Health Benefits of Vasoactive Nutrients

Lisa Wood

25/02/2011

Professor Bill Hogarth
PVC: Faculty of Science and IT
University of Newcastle

Professional Development Seminar:

"Interaction of CTL with Schools and Disciplines"

Philip Bolton

25/03/2011

Professor Bill Blessings
School of Medicine
Flinders University

Heating and Eating

Eugene Nalivaiko

8/04/2011

Professor Justin St. John, Director Centre for Reproduction & Development
Monash Institute of Medical Research
Monash University

The necessity to regulate mitochondrial DNA copy number during early development

Keith Jones

15/04/2011
1:00-2:00 pm
DMB
Case Study Theatre

Professor Kent HayGlass
Co-Director, National Training Program in Inflammation and Allergy
Canada Research Chair in Immune Regulation
Professor, Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba, CANADA

Peanut allergy and IL-33: Why are you NOT allergic?

Phil Hansbro

6/05/2011

Professor Raymond Rodgers
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide

Matrix Matters in Ovaries’

Keith Jones

18/05/2011
Special Seminar
Wed 4pm Start

Professor John Olynyk
School of Medicine and Pharmacology
Fremantle Hospital Unit
University of W.A.

HCC: Liver Regeneration Gone Wrong

Liz Milward

20/05/2011

Honours Proposals

 

Doug Smith

27/05/2011

Chuan Lam (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Paul Foster

3/06/2011

Americo A Migliaccio, PhD
Research Fellow
Head of the Balance and Vision Laboratory
Neurosceince Research Australia (NeuRA)

The role of irregular vestibular afferents in the vestibulo-ocular reflex

Alan Brichta

10/06/2011

Gerard Kaiko (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Paul Foster

24/06/2011

David Mossman (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Rodney Scott

1/07/2011

Dr Saurabh Kumar
Cardiology Department
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Insights into the Mechanisms and Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Human Atrial Fibrillation

Manohar Garg

8/07/2011

Dr Adam Hill
Group Leader
Computational cardiology
Mark Cowley Lidwill program in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biophysics
VCCRI (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute)

The Electrical Jigsaw: Putting Together the Pieces of Long QT Syndrome

Derek Laver

22/07/2011

Adam Collison (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Joerg Mattes

12/08/2011
3pm Start

Dr Andrew Clarkson
Health Sciences
Otago School of Medical Sciences
University of Otago

The role of GABA in recovery post-stroke

Neil Spratt &
Alan Brichta

26/08/2011
Life Science Theatre @ 4pm

Lauren Watt (PhD Candidate)

Amanda Smith (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Nikki Verrills

2/09/2011

Ben Copeland (PhD Candidate)

Ricardo Vilain (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Leonie Ashman

9/09/2011

A/Professor Colin Anderson
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Melbourne

How to build a nervous system: Proliferation and differentiation in a mouse sympathetic ganglion

Phillip Jobling

12/09/2011
Special Seminar
Monday at 4pm in MS202

Prof Richard Anderson, Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine,
Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist,
The University of Edinburgh,
Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health

Towards understanding of human primordial follicle formation

Keith Jones

16/09/2011

Madeleine Hinwood (PhD Candidate)

Ross Tynan (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Rohan Walker

23/09/2011
2pm - 5pm

Honours Presentations - Mid Year Intake

Doug Smith

30/09/2011
3pm till 4pm

Tammy Robinson
E-Teaching Support & Design Officer
Centre for Teaching & Learning
University of Newcastle

Virtual Learning Environment Project Overview - "Blackboard"

Suzanne Evans

30/09/2011
4pm till 5pm

Dieter Naf, Ph.D.
Manager, Animal Services Unit
University of Newcastle

Genetic Modification in Mice

Chris Dayas

7/10/2011

Professor Bernard Balleine
Brain and Mind Institute
University of Sydney

The basal ganglia and executive function

Chris Dayas

14/10/2011

Dr Timothy Bredy
Queensland Brain Institute
The University of Queensland

MicroRNA Regulation of Fear-Related Memory

Chris Dayas

21/10/2011
3:00 pm Start
DMB
Case Study Theatre

Prof. Suresh Mahalingam
Griffith University

Link between viral infections and arthritis

Paul Foster

28/10/2011

Maximilian Plank (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Paul Foster

11/11/2011

Meredith Kelleher (PhD Candidate)

PhD 30 Minute Talk

Jon Hirst

18/11/2011

Professor John Stagg
University of Montreal, and
Institute of Cancer Research Montreal, Canada

Targeting CD73 (ecto-5'-nucleotidase) for Cancer Therapy

Phil Hansbro

25/11/2011

2011 Honours Final Presentations

Doug Smith

7/12/2011

Chris Smith (M Philosophy)

30 Minute Masters Talk

Robin Callister

9/12/2011

Prof. Rainer Landgraf
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Munich, Germany

Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Anxiety

Eugene Nalivaiko

14/12/2011
Special Seminar
Wednesday at 4pm in MS202

Prof. Michael J. Joyner, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Can physiology fill the intellectual void left by the reductionists?

Bob Callister

16/12/2011
1:00 pm Start

Dr Denise Fitzgerald
Centre for Infection and Immunity
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Queen's University Belfast

Autoimmune Inflammation and Remyelination in the Central Nervous System

Simon Keely

     

 


2010

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

February 26

Professor Val Robertson
President of Academic Senate
University of Newcastle

Academic Senate

Trevor Day

March 16 (Tuesday)
12pm till 1 pm
MS202

Professor Toshizo Ishikawa
Division of Neurosciences
Graduate School of Medicine
Yamaguchi University, JAPAN

Mechanisms for Pain and CNS Ischemia

Paul Tooney

March 26

A/Professor Philip Clausen
Deputy HoS
School of Engineering
University of Newcastle

An engineer's perspective of biological structures: medical and clinical implications of this work

Phil Bolton

April 16

Dr Michael Lee
Exercise Physiology Program
School of Medical Sciences
University of NSW

Neural adaptations induced by resistance training and motor learning

Phil Bolton

April 23

Professor Geoff Donnan
Director,
Florey Neuroscience Institute
University of Melbourne

STROKE MINI-SERIES
Hosted by SBMS&P & CBMHR

Stroke Research and Beyond - A Tale of Two Cities

Chris Levi

April 30

Professor Mark Parsons
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Newcastle; and

Dr Neil Spratt
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

STROKE MINI-SERIES
Hosted by SBMS&P & CBMHR

Advanced CT Stroke Imaging - A New Opportunity for Investigation & Translation

Chris Levi

May 6
(Thursday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Dr Simon Keely
University of Colorado
Denver, USA

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

Responses to Hypoxia in Mucosal
Inflammatory Disease

Phil Hansbro

May 7

POSTPONED - DATE TBA

Conjoint A/Professor Chris Levi
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Newcastle

STROKE MINI-SERIES
Hosted by SBMSP & CBMHR

Translation of Stroke Research into Clinical Practice - What on the Local Agenda

Chris Levi 

May 11
(Tuesday)
Large Lecture
Theatre-DMB

Dr. Jan Matthias Braun
Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM)
University of Leipzig

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

Experimental development of preclinical models for regenerative medicine using immune tolerance induction strategies

Phil Hansbro

May 14

Dr Simon McMullan
The Australian School of Advanced Medicine
Macquarie University

Neural networks that control blood pressure: where does tone come from?

Phil Bolton

May 21

Professor Ursula Sonnewald
Department of Neuroscience
Norwegian University of Science & Technology

13C NMRS in Neurodegeneration; Animal Models

Peter Dunkley

May 27
(Thursday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Professor Rick Stevens
Division of Rheumatology,
Immunology and Allergy
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

Mast cell tryptases in innate immunity and inflammation

Phil Hansbro

May 28

Professor Peter Walla
School of Psychology
University of Newcastle

Olfaction, language and faces: cross-modal information processing

Doug Smith

June 4

Professor L. Ashley Blackshaw
Head, Nerve Gut Research Laboratory
Hanson Institute

Novel targets for visceral pain

Bob Callister

Special Seminar
June 8
MS202
5:30 pm Start

Emeritus Prof. David A Warrell
Tropical Medicine
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Oxford

Clinical Snake Bite: The need for improved first aid and hospital treatments

Dirk Van Helden

June 11

Dr Marina Kennerson PhD
Principal Hospital Scientist  Laboratory Manager
Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory
ANZAC Research Institute

Mutations in the copper transport gene ATP7A cause a distal hereditary motor neuropathy on chromosome X.

Liz Milward

June 18

Dr Simon Keely
Mucosal Inflammation Program
University of Colorado, US

Mucosal Responses to Hypoxia During Inflammation

Phil Hansbro

June 23 @ 4pm
(Wednesday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Dr. Bernadette Saunders
The Centenary Institute
University of Sydney

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

TNF, Microvesicles and Regulation of Macrophage Activation and Inflammation During Tuberculosis Infection

Phil Hansbro

July 2

Dr Luca Carnivalei
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Chronic Stress, Depression and Cardiac Function: A Rat Model

Zhenya Nalivaiko

July 9

Dr. Simon Hogan
Associate Professor of Paediatrics
Division of Allergy & Immunology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Molecular Analysis of Inflammatory Monocyte: Eosinophil Axis in IBD

Phil Hansbro

July 23

Dr Mahinda Abeywardena
Project Leader
CSIRO - Human Nutrition

Drug/Bioactive Discovery: From Laboratory to the Medicine Chest

Manohar Garg

July 27 @ 10 am
(Tuesday)
Large Lecture Theatre - DMB

Prof. Judah A. Denburg McMaster University

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

Part 1: AllerGen: A Canadian Allergy & Asthma Research Network with Global Impact
Part 2: Hemopoietic Progenitors in Allergy & Asthma: Mechanisms & Biomarkers

Phil Hansbro

July 30

Emeritus Prof. Saxon White
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Where did it come from, why, and is it beyond your reach?

Saxon White

August 11 (Wednesday
4:00 till 5:00

Mathius Dutschmann
Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology
University fo Leeds, UK

Postnatal Emergence of Network Plasticity: Lessons from the Central Pattern Generator for Breathing

Zhenya Nalivaiko

August 19 @ 2pm
(Thusrday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Dr. Jilly Evans
Vice President of Biology
Amira Pharmaceuticals

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

Bioactive lipid targets in asthma and COPD; FLAP leukotriene synthesis inhibitors and CRTH2 (DP2) receptor PGD2 antagonists

Phil Hansbro

August 27

Dr Phil Jobling
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Visceral Inflammation and Models of Pelvic Pain

Phil Jobling

Special Seminar
September 15
MS202
4 pm Start

Professor Sarah Dunlop
Senior Research Fellow (NH&MRC)
President, Australian Neuroscience Society
Experimental & Regenerative Neurosciences
School of Animal Biology
The University of Western Australia

Regaining function after neurotrauma: translating basic science to clinical trials for spinal cord injury

John Rostas

September 17

Professor David Tremethick
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Australian National University

Understanding the dynamic link between chromatin structure and function during development

Phil Hansbro

September 24

Prof Ype Elgersma
Neuroscience Institute
Erasmus University
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation and mental retardation disorders

John Rostas

Special Seminar
October 6
MS202
11:30 am Start

Dr David Hughes
Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences
University of Glasgow

Neuroanatomical Approaches to Understanding Chronic Pain

Brett Graham

October 22

A/Professor Estelle Sontag
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Targeting PP2A and Folate Pathways: A Neuroprotective Strategy for CNS Disorders

Estelle Sontag

October 26 @ 1pm
(Tuesday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Dr. Darryl Knight,
Department of  Anesthesiology, Pharmacology &
Therapeutics,
University of British Columbia

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

The Epithelium in Asthma: Repairing the Wall with the Wrong Bricks and Mortar

Phil Hansbro

October 29

Mr Daniel Johnstone
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Transcriptomic approaches to understanding the effects of iron overload disorders on the brain

Liz Milward

Special Seminar
November 4
MS202
4:00 pm Start

Professor Anantha Shekhar
Department of Psychiatry
Indiana University, USA

Role of Orexin in Stress Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Zhenya Nalivaiko

November 12 @ 1pm (Friday)
Case Study Theatre-DMB

Dr. Steven Maltby
Biomedical Research Centre
University of British Columbia, Canada

Immunology & Microbiology
and VIVA, HMRI Seminar

The Role of CD34 in Mouse Models of Asthma, Ulcerative Colitis and Tumor Growth

Phil Hansbro

Special Seminar
November 18
MS202
3:00 pm Start

Professor Tim V.P. Bliss, FRS
Emeritus Professor
University College London, &
National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill

LTP: Past and Future

John Rostas

November 19

Dr Christopher Rayner
Discipline of Medicine
University of Adelaide

A Gut Feeling About Diabetes

Dirk Van Helden

November 26

A/Prof John M. Bekkers
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
The Australian National University

Cortical Circuits for Processing Odours

Bob Callister

Special Seminar
December 2
MS202
4:00 pm Start

Professor Rob Harrison
Director of the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Antivenomics: Using Proteonomics to Develop Toxin Directed Antivenom, Rather than Species Directed Antivenom

Geoff Isbister
&
Dirk Van Helden

December 3

A/Prof Andrew Fuglevand
Department of Physiology
University of Arizona

Surprising Aspects of Synaptic Integration in Motor Neurons

Bob Callister

December 10

Dr Marc Ruitenberg
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland

Probing the role of complement anaphylatoxin receptors in the pathophysiology of central nervous system trauma

Doug Smith

Special Seminar
December 15
MS202
4:00 pm Start

Professor Richard L. Stevens
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Teaching Affiliate of Harvard Medical School

Mast Cells and their Tryptase Mediators in Innate Immunity and Inflammation

Phil Hansbro


2009

 DATE

 SPEAKER

TITLE

UoN HOST

March 6
1:00 pm Start
MS202

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

March 13
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

March 20
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Prof. Peter Dunkley
Discipline of Medical Biochemistry
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle
In The Stress Response Timing Is Everything Doug Smith

March 27
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Dr Jeff Holst
Gene and Stem Cell Therapy program
Centenary Institute
Mechanical Forces Affecting Primitive Haemopoietic Cells Nikki Verrills

April 3
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

April 24
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

May 1
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

May 8
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

May 15
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

May 22
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

May 29
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Prof. Maree Gleeson
Director
Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)
HMRI Bldg Overview Trevor Day

June 5
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

June 12
4:00 pm Start
MS202

A/Prof. Joerg Mattes
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

MicroRNA Regulation of Lung Inflammation Doug Smith

June 19
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Dr Phil Jobling
Discipline of Physiology
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle
Innervation Of The Urinogenital Tract (Lessons From Critters) Doug Smith

July 31
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

August 7
10:00 am Start
DMB Case Study Theatre

Dr Brian Carlton
Veterinary Officer
Animal Services Unit
University of Newcastle

VIVA Seminar

Altered Airway Reactivity and Cellularity in CAH Mice

Phil Hansbro

August 7
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Dr Liz Milward
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle
Iron and the Brain Doug Smith 

August 14
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

August 21
4:00 pm Start
MS202

A/Prof. Phil Hansbro
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle
The impact of bacterial infection on asthma Doug Smith

August 28
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Professor Tony Hulbert
Metabolic Research Centre & School of Biological Sciences
University of Wollongong
Membrane lipids: their role in metabolism and longevity Doug Smith 

September 8
(Tuesday)
5:00 pm Start
MS202

Prof. Sietse de Boer
Department of Behavioral Physiology
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Neurobiology of aggression and its transformation into violence Eugene Nalivaiko

September 11
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Prof. Joe Lynch
National Secretary, Australian Physiological Society
QLD Brain Institute
University of QLD
Glycine Receptors as Novel Analgesic Targets Bob Callister

September 18
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

September 23
4:00 pm Start
DMB Case Study Theatre

Prof. Yossi Mekori
Dean of Medicine
Tel Aviv University|
Israel

Mast cell-T cell interaction within the inflammatory context.

(Seminar Recording Unavailable)

Paul Foster

September 25
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Dr Nick Spencer
Medical Science and Technology
Human Physiology
Flinders University
How do we detect pain in the gut? Phillip Jobling

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

University Holidays

October 9
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

October 16
1:00 pm Start
MS202

Professor Peter Smith
Centre for Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta, Canada
A Dish Full of Neuropathic Pain Robert Callister

October 16
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Professor David J. Adams
Director, Health Innovations Research Institute
RMIT University
Conotoxin modulators of pain pathways Dirk van Helden

October 23
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Reproduction Mini-Series

Laureate Prof. John 
Aitken
School of Environment and Life Sciences
University of Newcastle

Reproduction Mini-Series
Life and death in the germ line: the loneliness of the long distance runner
Doug Smith

October 30
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Reproduction Mini-Series

Prof. Keith Jones
School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy
University of Newcastle

Reproduction Mini-Series
Have kids when you're young: a hard lesson taught to us by our ageing eggs
Doug Smith

November 6
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Reproduction Mini-Series

Prof. Roger Smith
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Newcastle

Reproduction Mini-Series
The Evolution of Human Birth and the Role Played by Viruses
Doug Smith

November 20
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Addiction Mini-Series

Prof. Amanda Baker
Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research
Faculty of Health
University of Newcastle

Addiction Mini-Series
Addiction: Perspectives from Clinical Psychology
Chris Dayas

November 27
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Addiction Mini-Series

A/Prof. Daniel Lubman
Centre for Youth Mental Health
University of Melbourne

Addiction Mini-Series
Taming the Dragon: understanding the neurobiology of addiction
Chris Dayas

December 3
4:00 pm Start
DMB Large Lecture Theatre

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

December 9
(Wednesday)
4:00 pm Start
MS202

Addiction Mini-Series

A/Prof Adrian Dunlop
Area Director
Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services
Hunter New England Area Health Service

Addiction Mini-Series
Trial implications and the implications of the under-supply of treatment in the Hunter
Chris Dayas

December 11
4:00 pm Start
MS202

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

 DATE

 SPEAKER

 TITLE

 Feb 15

Dr Norman Scholfield
Queens University, Belfast
Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Group
"Role of Ca-activated channels in regulating contractility of retinal arterioles"

 Feb 22

Dr Awahan Rahman
The Universiy of Lund,
Sweden
"Caveolae and the alpha1 adrenergic receptor signalling"

 March 7

Mrs Susan Sullivan
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Newcastle
"Structural plasticity of the neonatal brain in response to hypoxia"

 March 14

Prof. Roger Butterworth
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences
University of Queensland
"Pathophysiology of Hepatic Encephalopathy: role of Synergism"

March 28

Dr Peregrine Osborne
Medicine, Northern Clinical School
Kolling Institute of Medical Research
University of Sydney
"Oestrogen Nociceptors in DRG Cells"

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"

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?"

May 2

Dr Emily Sena
University of Edinburgh
"Potential sources of bias in experimental stroke and getting the most from animal data"

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”

May 23

A/Prof Helena C. Parkington
Department of Physiology
Monash University
"Uterine contractions: From molecule to mum"

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"

June 13

Dr Timothy Murphy
School of Medical Science
Univeristy of New South Wales
“Role of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels in Vascular Reactivity"

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"

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"

Aug 8

Emeritus Prof Saxon White
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Newcastle
"A Neural basis for Asthma Syndromes - or, AIDA, how she sings"

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"

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?"

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”

Sept 12

Dr Lasse Bak
Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
"Mitochondrial Heterogeneity -Relevance for Brain Disease ”

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”

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”

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"

Oct 10

Gordon Grigg  

Oct 17

Bill Warren
Comparative Genomics Centre
James Cook University
 

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

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"

Nov 7

Dr Michael Ridding
Research Centre for Human Movement Control
Discipline of Physiology
The University of Adelaide
 

Nov 14

Honours Presentation No Seminar

Nov 21

Philip Clausen  

Nov 28

Jo Bowles  

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"