Research Seminars
The School provides the opportunitiy for leading academics and industry experts to present their methodologies and current research findings to staff within the School as well as to the wider academic community.
The following is a list of upcoming seminars for 2015. More details will be added as seminars are booked in.
- Medical SciencesDisciplines of Anatomy and Pathology, Pharmacology and Physiology
- Unless otherwise stated, all seminars will be held in the S512 Numico room. Find a campus map here.
- Unless otherwise stated, all seminars will be held on a Monday.
Date & Time Title Presenter 16th March, 1pm Benzodiazepine-alcohol synergistic sedation: putative crosstalk between TLR4 and GABAA Rajini Lagiseti (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar8th April, Wednesday, 1pm Factors affecting mycophenolic acid pharmacokinetics and distribution and their impact on kidney transplant outcome. Zaipul Md Dom (Pharmacology)
PhD Exit Seminar15th April, Wednesday, 12pm Rethinking Parkinson’s Disease Professor John Forsayeth
Professor, Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco15th June, 1pm Characteristation of thoracic and abdominal bullet wound trauma based on 3D anatomical modelling Caitlin Humphrey (Anatomy/Pathology)
PhD Introductory Seminar29th June, 1pm Living stature determination from skeletal remains: Exploring the allometric relationship between long bone length and stature Ingrid Sierp (Anatomy/Pathology)
PhD Introductory SeminarTuesday 30th June, 1pm Top-down attention and the role of neural oscillations in vision Professor Trichur Vidyasagar
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences University of MelbourneTuesday, 28th July, 1pm Molecular determinants of Alzheimer’s disease Aβ peptide neurotoxicity Professor Roberto Cappai
Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne
Lunch will be provided.3rd August, 1pm Computational modelling of natural imagery encoding in dragonfly feature detection pathways
The cooperative role of SAMSN1 and GLIPR1 in the development of myeloma and other malignancies
Bernard Evans (Physiology)
PhD Introductory SeminarNatasha Friend (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar10th August, 1pm Collating global data on addiction: why, how and what we found Associate Professor Linda Gowing
DASSA Principal Research Officer (Evidence-Based Practice)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in the Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Problems17th August, 1pm Does dual inhibition of water and ion channel conductances in aquaporin-1 impede tumour cell migration
A lifestyle-based, Physical Activity Intervention for Patients With Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation (The ACTIVE-AF Study)Michael De Ieso (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar
Christian Verdicchio (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar31st August, 12pm Why is the bone marrow a “hot-spot” for myeloma plasma cell metastasis – are there Gremlins in the system? Kimberley Evans (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar7th September, 1pm The effect of exposure to ultraviolet radiation on the neuroimmunopharmacology of dopaminergic systems: implication for addiction and disease pathology Krystal Iacopetta (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar21st September, 1pm TBA Samuel Evans (Physiology)
PhD Introductory Seminar12th October, 1pm TBA Dr Danijela Menicanin (Anatomy and Pathology)
Lecturer19th October, 1pm How to slow cognitive ageing: the roles of cerebrovascular function and cognitive reserve Dr Hannah Keage (Psychology)
Senior Lecturer School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy University of South Australia
Lunch will be provided26th October, 1pm TBA Dr Renée Turner (Anatomy and Pathology)
Lecturer and Head, Translational Stroke Group2nd November, 12pm TBA Scientia Professor Perminder Singh Sachdev
Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry
University of New South Wales
Lunch will be provided.
To be held in Seminar Rooms 1&2 (S333a/b), Level 3, Medical School South9th November, 1pm TBA Professor Andrew Zannettino (Physiology)
Deputy Head of School - Paediatrics and Reproductive HealthDisciplines of Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Unless otherwise stated, all seminars will be held in S333. Find a campus map here.
- Unless otherwise stated, all seminars will be held on a Friday.
Date & Time Title Presenter 6th March, 12pm TBA Prof. Julie Owens
Prof. Sarah Robertson
Lunch Provided by SPRH/RRI13th March, 12pm TBA Prof. Lyle Palmer
Host: Dr Hannah Brown and Prof. Sarah Robertson20th March, 12pm HONOURS SEMINARS 17th April, 12pm TBA Shakila Thangarintam and Khalid Khan
Host: Prof Ben Mol24th April, 12pm Where are they now? Dr. Leigh Guerin
Host: Prof. Sarah Robertson/Dr. Hannah Brown8th May, 12pm The role of vitamin D in the placenta and pregnancy complications (SPRH) Jessica Lawrence
Host: Claire Roberts15th May, 12pm What makes good eggs go bad? - Dissecting out the mechanisms underpinning the loss of oocyte quality in aging women (RRI) Dr Jenna Haverfield
Host: Dr Hannah Brown22nd May, 12pm TBA (SPRH) Prof. Irina Voineagu
Host: Jozef Gecz29th May, 12pm The regulation of protein synthesis in health and disease Prof Chris Proud
Theme Leader, Nutrition and Metabolism SAHMRI Host: Sarah Robertson/Hannah Brown12th June, 12pm TBA (RRI) Assoc. Prof. Laura Parry
Host: Claire Roberts26th June, 12pm Final seminar TBA (SPRH) Dr. Philippa Middleton
Host: Hannah Brown3rd July, 12pm Final seminar TBA (SPRH) Sam Buckberry
Host: Claire Roberts10th July, 12pm Dysregulation of gonad genes is a significant cause of Disorders of Sex Development (RRI) Dr Thomas Ohnesorg
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Host: Ray Rodgers24th July, 12pm TBA (SRB) Dr Brandon Menzies
Host: John Schjenken31st July, 12pm HONOURS SEMINARS 7th August, 12pm New Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies for Medical Research Dr. Jimmy Breen
Host: Prof. Claire Roberts21st August, 12pm TBA Prof. Stephen Tong
Host: Claire Roberts28th August, 12pm TBA Dr. Douglas Gibson
Edinburgh
Host: Prof. Sarah Robertson4th September, 12pm TBA Dr. Chris Slape
Hannah Brown17th September, 11am 11am SPECIAL Thursday SEMINAR IGF-PI3K signalling in the regulation of feto-placental growth (RRI lunch) Dr. AMANDA Sferruzzi-Perri
Host: Claire and Sarah18th September, 12pm Novel mouse models for external genitalia defects: phalluses and fallacies (RRI lunch) Dr. Andrew Pask
Dr. Hannah Brown and A/P. Jeremy Thompson25th September, 12pm Generation of mouse modelsusing CRIPSR/CAS9 genome editing: update on the SAGE Facility (RRI lunch) Prof. Paul Thomas
Prof. Sarah Robertson2nd October, 12pm Final Thesis Seminar Sally Sun
Host: Dr. Wendy Ingman9th October, 12pm TBA (RRI lunch) Dr. Kirsty Walters
Dr. Becky Robker16th October, 12pm
Location TBC Prof. Joris Veltman(HGSA)
Host: Jozef/Lachlan23rd October, 12pm Modernising the knowledge base for reproductive health care: Individual patient data meta-analysis as the new standard for evidence synthesis in reproductive health Prof. Ben Mol
Host: Dr Hannah Brown30th October, 12pm Commercialisation Awareness Session (Lunch RRI/School) 13th November, 12pm HONOURS SEMINARS