Seminars
We regularly host research seminar presentations showcasing cutting-edge national and international research and highlighting the school’s research links with researchers worldwide.
Seminar inquiries
E: sbsp-seminars@newcastle.edu.au
Contact: Dr Gerard Kaiko
To be added to the list for upcoming seminar announcements, including Zoom links, please email sbsp-seminars@newcastle.edu.au
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
10am Friday | Distinguished Professor Kim Barrett | Epithelial dynamics and the pathogensis of salmonellosis | Dr Gerard Kaiko |
Friday | No Seminar | ||
12 noon Friday | Dr Jessica Buck | Optimising radiotherapy for the treatment of paediatric brain tumours | Dr Gerard Kaiko |
2 - 9 April 2021 | No Seminar | ||
9am Tuesday | A/Prof Nicholas Vitanza, | Epigenetic and CAR T cell Targeting of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | Dr Matt Dun |
12 noon Friday | A/Prof Hui Chen | Impact of in-utero toxin exposure on liver health | Dr Gerard |
Friday | No Seminar | ||
12 noon Friday | A/Prof Jyotsna Batra | The genomic complexity of prostrate cancer | Prof Hubert Hondermarck |
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11am Friday 7 May 2021 | Dr Matilde Balbi | Activity dependent neuroprotection induced by a gamma-range stimulation in the acute phase after stroke | Dr Rebecca Hood & |
10am Friday | Professor Eric Schmidt | The harmful—and possibly beneficial—consequences of alveolar epithelial heparan sulfate shedding during lung injury | A/Prof Nathan Bartlett |
12.30pm Friday | Dr Tina Bianco-Miotto | Epigenetic mechanisms in the developmental origins of health and disease | Dr Heather Lee |
11am Friday | Dr Carol Dobson-Stone | Understanding pathways to dementia: a genetic approach | Dr Kirsten Coupland |
11am Friday | Professor Graeme Zosky | The health effects of early life exposure to short-term, high intensity air pollution | A/Prof Jay |
Friday | No Seminar | ||
11am Friday | Dr Vincent Laurent | A novel form of memory mediates the influence of predictive learning on choice between actions | Prof Chris |
21 June - | No Seminar | ||
| 11am Friday 23 July 2021 | Dr Alex Combes | Investigating kidney development to engineer stem cell models of human kidney disease | Dr Gerard Kaiko |
*9am* | Professor Glenn Furuta | Do eosinophils in the GI Tract really matter? Updates on potential roles and impacts on patients | Dr Gerard Kaiko, |
*10.25-11.30am* Friday | Special Webinar | Women in Science and National Leadership | Dr Gerard Kaiko |
11am Friday | Professor Tri Giang Phan | Intravital imaging for biological discovery | Dr Heather Lee |
Friday | No seminar | ||
11am Friday | Publications of the Year: | Dr Syed: The quest for the cell responsible for the menstrual regeneration, pregnancy remodeling and cancer of the uterus | |
*1.00-2.30pm* | Special Webinar | Commercial Medical Webinar: Working with, and in, the private sector | Dr Gerard Kaiko |
11am Friday | Associate Professor Brad Sutherland | Is capillary pericyte dysfunction implicated in neurological diseases? | Dr Daniel Beard |
*3pm* | Professor Wolfgang Kübler | Lung endothelial barrier failure in ARDS and COVID-19 - pathomechanisms and potential therapeutic targets | A/Prof Nathan Bartlett |
20 September - 1 October 2021 | No seminar | ||
| 8 October 2021 | No seminar | ||
11am Friday | Dr Samuel Forster | Dr Gerard Kaiko | |
Friday 22 October 2021 | Associate Professor Stuart Turville | A/Prof Nathan Bartlett | |
Friday 29 October 2021 | Dr Michael De Silva | Dr Kirsten Coupland | |
*9am* | Dr Annabel Sorby Adams | Dr Rebecca Hood | |
Friday 12 November 2021 | Dr Thomas Kryza | Development of a novel theranostic agent for pancreatic and breast cancer | Prof Hubert Hondermarck |
*12 noon*, Friday 19 November 2021 - In person seminar | Professor Jeff Holst | Prof Zu Dong Zhang & Prof Hubert Hondermarck |
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