Cluster Seminar Series
The Seminar Series begins for 2009 in February.
When: Fridays, 10.30am–11.30am, Morning tea available from 10.00am
Where: Ewing Theatre, Department of Surgery, 5th Floor Clinical Sciences Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital (enter via Royal Parade)
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Affiliation |
Feb 27 |
Dr Benjamin Cowie
|
PhD Oration: Novel approaches to an improved understanding of the epidemiology and control of hepatitis B virus infection in Australia |
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, and Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Mar 6 |
Dr Hong-Jian Zhu |
TGF-b signaling and cancer: receptor regulation and APC’s impact in colorectal tumor formation |
Dept of Surgery (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Mar 13 |
Prof Terry O’Brien |
The search for biomarkers for epilepsy outcomes |
Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Mar 20 |
A/Prof Russell Gruen |
Evidence-based medicine and knowledge transfer: the coming of age and the next frontiers |
Dept of Surgery (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Mar 27 |
Dr Anthony Jaworowski |
HIV and malaria: a deadly combination |
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health |
Apr 3 |
Lucy Busija |
PhD Oration: Prevalence of osteoarthritis and measurement of its burden in terms of consequences to individual health and welfare |
Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Apr 10 |
NO SEMINAR |
GOOD FRIDAY |
|
Apr 17 |
A/Prof Michael Kershaw
|
CANCELLED |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute |
Apr 24 |
Dr Michaela Petter |
The RIFIN protein family of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum |
Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
May 1 |
A/Prof Maarten van den Buuse |
Using behavioural animal models to study the development of schizophrenia and depression |
Mental Health Research Institute |
May 8 |
A/Prof Greg Hannigan |
Novel interactions of Integrin Linked Kinase point to new roles in cancer |
Centre for Cancer Research, Monash Institute for Medical Research |
May 15 |
Prof Margaret Morris |
Early life experience - role in stress, obesity and epilepsy |
School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales |
May 22 |
Dr Amardeep S. Dhillon |
Mechanisms regulating the activity and outcomes of signalling in the Ras-ERK MAPK pathway |
Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne |
May 29 |
A/Prof Robert Medcalf |
A clot buster’s secret life in the brain |
Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University |
June 5 |
Dr Ingmar Wahlqvist |
Taking Research from Bench to Business,... Or … Can you create the next Google? |
Melbourne Ventures Pty Ltd |
June 12 |
NO SEMINAR |
MELBOURNE HEALTH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
|
June 19 |
Dr Grant Blashki |
Preparing Primary Health Care for Climate Change |
Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne |
June 26 |
Prof Gary Anderson |
Molecular and cellular co-determinants of COPD and lung cancer |
Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
July 3 |
Dr Mark Hulett |
The heparan sulphate degrading enzyme heparanase: Molecular properties and involvement in tumour progression and inflammatory disease |
Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University
|
July 10 |
Dr Caroline Marshall |
What’s new with Golden Staph? |
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne |
July 17 |
A/Prof. Stephen Wood |
Staging severe mental illness: Evidence from neurobiological studies |
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne |
July 24 |
Dr Leonie Quinn |
FIR/Hfp: an essential repressor of myc transcription |
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne |
July 31 |
Prof Paul Gleeson |
Dissecting Golgi membrane transport pathways relevant to cell function, development and disease |
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne
|
Aug 7 |
A/Prof Michael Kershaw |
Combination immunotherapies for cancer |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute |
Aug 14 |
Prof Albert Frauman |
A novel biomarker for prostate cancer metastasis |
Department of Clinical Pharmacology; Austin Health and University of Melbourne |
Aug 21 |
Dr. Marc Seal |
Gotta get yourself connected: Tracking white matter development in schizophrenia |
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of |
Aug 28 |
Mr Gaurav Kumar |
PhD Oration: Stress, limbic epileptogenesis, affective and cognitive disturbances |
Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Sep 4 |
Dr Elizabeth Hartland |
Cell subversion by bacterial pathogens: an NF-kB story |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
|
Sep 11 |
Mr Thomas Zheng |
PhD Oration: Cortico-thalamo-cortical mechanisms underlying genetically-determined absence seizures and their modulation by anti-epileptic drugs |
Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Sep 18 |
Dr Karin Borges |
Anti-inflammatory and dietary approaches for the treatment of epilepsy |
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland |
Sept 25 |
Ms Joanne Jordon |
PhD Oration: Conceptualising and measuring health literacy from the patient perspective |
Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Oct 2 |
No Seminar |
University of Melbourne RMH/WH Cluster Annual Symposium |
|
Oct 9 |
Prof Brendon Noble |
Skeletal repair using stem cell derived therapies - Lost in translation? |
Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh |
Oct 16 |
Dr. Marc Seal
|
Gotta get yourself connected: Tracking white matter development in schizophrenia; |
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne |
Oct 23 |
A/Prof Sharon Straus |
Limitations of Evidence-based Medicine |
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto |
Oct 30 |
TBA |
|
|
Nov 6 |
Prof William Heath |
Dendritic cells, killer T cells and viral immunity |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne |
Nov 13 |
Dr Sabina Ciciriello |
PhD Oration: TBA |
Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne |
Nov 20 |
Dr Craig Harrison |
Control of TGFbeta signalling in development and disease |
Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research |
Nov 27 |
Prof Mutsuo Nuriya
|
Imaging membrane potential dynamics in fine structures using the second harmonic generation imaging |
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University |
Dec 4 |
Dr Nuzhat Ahmed |
TBA |
Women's Cancer Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital |