2015 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 20th at HMRI | Dr Nikola Bowden, HMRI, University of Newcastle | Targeting DNA repair to overcome chemoresistance in melanoma and ovarian cancer. | Kathryn Skelding |
| April 1st (HMRI, Wednesday 4.30 pm) | Special Seminar: Dr Alex Swarbrick , Kinghorn Cancer Center, Garvan Institute, Sydney | Hedgehog signalling as a novel therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer. | Matt Dun |
| April 24th | Dr Annemiek Beverdam, University of New South Wales | YAP is molecular switch in epidermal stem cell proliferation and differentiation. | Pradeep Tanwar |
| May 8th | Dr Jessica Holien, St Vincent's Institute, Melbourne | Designing Protein-Protein Inhibitors. | Kathryn Skelding |
| May 15th | Dr. Thomas Fath, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney | Diversity and Function of the Neuronal Actin Cytoskeleton – Implications in Development and Disease. | Estelle Sontag |
| May 22nd | Crystal Naudin, PhD student, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | The Tetraspanin CD151's Role in the Kidney and Mapping of Genetic Modifiers of Glomerular Disease. | Kathryn Skelding |
| June 5th | Dr Christine Napier, Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney | Chromosome end protection and the road to cancer. | Kathryn Skelding |
| June 12th | Prof Ross Vlahos, RMIT University | Targeting novel oxidant-dependent mechanisms to treat acute and chronic lung diseases. | Darryl Knight |
| June 19th | Prof Russ Chess-Williams, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University | Anti-cancer effects of alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonists. | Dirk Van Helden |
| June 26th | Dr Sarah Gordon, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne | Synaptic vesicle recycling in health and disease. | Phil Dickson |
| July 3rd | Assistant Professor James Elliott, Northwestern University, Chicago | Demystifying the Whiplash Condition - from Protons to Prognosis. | Phil Bolton |
| July 10th | Dr Jill Larsen, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | Identifying 'cooperative' mutations in non-small cell lung carcinoma using immortalised human bronchial epithelial cells. | Kathryn Skelding |
| July 17th | Dr Nathan Bartlett, HMRI, University of Newcastle | The airway epithelium-immune interface and virus-induced asthma. | Kathryn Skelding |
| July 31st | Prof Allison Cowin, University of South Australia | Cytoskeletal regulation of wound healing and inflammation. | Phil Hansbro |
| August 7th | Emeritus Prof Saxon White, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | The New Physiology of Stress: Claude Bernard, Walter Cannon and Tony Abbott. | Kathryn Skelding |
| August 14th | Prof Robert Medcalf, Fibrinolysis and Gene Regulation Laboratory, Monash University | The fibrinolytic (plasminogen activating) system: for blood clots or for the CNS? | Neil Spratt |
| August 21st | Dr Irfan Beig and Dr Ee Cheng Khor - Scientific Liasion Sigma-Aldrich | Latest Trend in Genome Editing by CRISPR/Cas 9. | Kathryn Skelding |
| August 28th | Danielle Bond and Jay Pundavela, PhD Students, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | Danielle:"Post-transcriptional Regulation of Tetraspanins CD151 & CD9 by miRNAs in Breast and Prostate Cancers" and Jay:"ProNGF / NGF and nerve infiltration in prostate and breast cancer". | Kathryn Skelding |
| September 11th | A/Prof Kuldip Sidhu, UNSW, Sydney | Patient-derived stem cells - new paradigm in human medicine. | Peter Howe |
| September 18th | Dr Linda Rehaume, Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland | Host immunogenetic background disrupts the relationship between microbiota and gut mucosa leading to spondyloarthritis and ileitis. | Phil Hansbro |
| October 2nd | Dr Daniel Beard and Dr Trisha Al Mazi, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | Daniel:"The double-edged sword of collateral blood flow in stroke: Presence of collaterals influences the development of intracranial pressure rise, and intracranial pressure rise reduces collateral blood flow" and Trisha"P53 responses to Fludarabine induced apoptosis in hematological malignancies". | Damian McLeod and Vikki Verrills |
| October 9th | Dr Nikki Verrills, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | Bottom Up and Top Down – complementary approaches in oncology research. | Phil Dickson |
| October 16th | Dr Snezana Kusljic, School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne | Polypharmacy, age-dependent physiological changes and risk of falls in older people. | Karen Kerr |
| October 23rd | Dr Laura Corbit, Brain and Mind Institute, University of Sydney | Understanding the effects of diet on decision making and the neural circuits underlying behavioural control. | Chris Dayas |
| October 30th | Dr Yoichiro Otsuka, School of Medicine, Flinders University of South Australia | Brain neural pathways mediating autonomic physiological response to stress. | Eugene Nalivaiko |
| November 6th | A/Prof Luke Henderson, University of Sydney | Central Changes in Chronic Pain. | Philip Bolton |
| November 20th | Dr Mengna Chi, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle | BAALC - A Novel Therapeutic Target for Controlling Cancer Cell Functions | Kathryn Skelding |
| November 27th | Dr Ashley Mansell, Hudson Institute Melbourne | Inflammasomes: Friend or Foe? | Phil Hansbro |
| December 4th | Dr Dusan Matusica,Centre for Neuroscience,School of Medicine, Flinders University | Modulation of Trk receptor signalling by an intracellular domain fragment of the p75 neurotrophin receptor. | Hubert Hondermarck |