April Seminars
School of Biomedical Sciences

Every weekday, until 30 Apr 2018
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April


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Week 1

 
Wednesday, 4 April
Physiology

12:00-1:00 pm 
Identifying the central sources responsible for the generation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) using MSNA-coupled fMRI
Professor Vaughn Macefield, Baker Institute
→ Alan Gilbert, 109, Theatre 2 
Thursday, 5 April
Melbourne Neuroscience

12:00-1:00 pm
How nucleotide repeats break the rules to cause neurological disease
Professor Peter Todd,  Director, Neurogenetics Clinical Research Program, University of Michigan
→ Level 5 seminar room, KMB
Friday, 6 April
Melbourne Integrative Genomics

12:00-1:00 pm 
TBC
Professor Melissa Davis, WEHI
→ FW Jones Theatre, Level 3, Medical Building 

Week 2

 
Monday, 9 April
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

1:00-2:00 pm 
Pharmacological characterisation of cannabidiol and related cannabinoids 
Helen Qianyu Chen,  Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Mechanopharmacology of Airway Epithelium
Amna Mazeh, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
→ Rand Theatre, Level 8, Medical Building 
Tuesday, 10 April
Melbourne Neuroscience

1:00-2:00
Deciphering neurological disease mechanisms using single cell (DNA) genomics
Associate Professor Justin Rubio, Head, Neurogenetics Laboratory, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
→ Ian Potter Auditorium, KMB
Wednesday, 11 April
Physiology

12:00-1:00 pm 
Cortical bone development: the role of cytokines and prenatal PTHrP
Associate Professor Natalie Sims, St Vincent's Institute
→  Alan Gilbert, 109, Theatre 2
Friday, 13 April
Microbiology & Immunololgy

3:15-4:15 pm
TBA
Kirstie Mangas, PhD Oration, Stinear Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
→ PDI Auditorium
Friday, 13 April
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

3:30-4:30 pm 
Characterisation of the human mitochondrial TIM22 translocase: From basic biology to human physiology
Yi Lin, PhD Oration, Stojanovski Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
→ Bio21 Institute Auditorium
Friday, 13 April
Anatomy & Neuroscience

4:00-5:00 pm 
TBA
Dr Kelly Smith, IMB, University of Queensland
→ FW Jones Theatre, Level 3, Medical Building

Week 3

 
Monday, 16 April
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

12:00-1:00 pm 
TBA
Isabelle Rouiller, Bio 21, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 
→ Bio 21, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 
Tuesday, 17 April
Melbourne Neuroscience

1:00-2:00 pm
Understanding episodic memory in the wild
Dr Simon Dennis, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
→ Ian Potter Auditorium, KMB
Wednesday, 18 April
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

12:00-1:00 pm
Post Doc Talks
Uncovering pathogen epidemiological dynamics using evolutionary methods
Dr Sebastián Duchêne, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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The proteasome as an antimalarial drug target
Dr Stanley Xie, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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→ Bio21 Institute Auditorium
Wednesday, 18 April
Physiology

12:00-1:00 pm
TBC
Associate Professor Kristine Elliott, Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education
→ Alan Gilbert 109 - Theatre 2 
Thursday, 19 April
Microbiology & Immunology 

12:00-1:00 pm 
QIAGEN best PhD award 2017 winners
Hillary Vanderven, Kent Laboratory,  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Marios Koutsakos, Kedzierska Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
→ PDI Auditorium
Friday, 20 April
Melbourne Integrative Genomics

12:00-1:00 pm
TBC
Emily Remnant
→ FW Jones Theatre, Level 3, Medical Building
Friday, 20 April
Microbiology & Immunology

3:15-4:15 pm
TBC
Erica Wynne-Jones, PhS Oration, Laura MacKay Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
→ DMI Auditorium
Friday, 20 April,
Anatomy & Neuroscience

4:00-5:00 pm
Treatment of age related macular degeneration using nanosecond laser therapy: Safety profile studies in humans and mice
Dr Kirstan Vessey, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
TBA
Dr Lincon Stamp, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
→ Frederic Wood Jones Theatre, level 3, Medical Bldg

Week 4

 
Monday, 23 April
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

12:00-1:00 pm 
TBC
Roberto Cappai, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
→ Rand Theatre, Level 8, Medical Building 
Tuesday, 24 April
Melbourne Neuroscience 

1:00-2:00 pm 
Hot baby - how early inflammation programs the brain
Professor Quentin Pittman,  Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary
→ Ian Potter Auditorium, KMB
Friday, 27 April
Anatomy & Neuroscience

4:00-5:00 pm
TBA
Marine Chkadua, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience
→ FW Jones Theatre, Level 3, Medical Bldg

Week 5

 
Monday, 30 April
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

12:00-1:00 pm
Replication Crisis: OK, Stop!
Michael Lew, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
→ Rand Theatre, Level 8, Medical Building