Tessa Onraet and Abigail Shaughnessy

30 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
PhD Student Seminars:
1. Tessa Onraet (Zuryn Lab)
2. Abigail Shaughnessy (Marshall Lab)

Host: Bradley Connor

Virus-like intercellular communication - roles in synaptic plasticity and neurodegeneration

6 August 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Jason Shepherd
School of Medicine
University of Utah
USA

Host: Professor Tim Bredy

Heads up: Concussion, Safety & Sports

18 August 2025 6:00pm9:00pm
As part of Brain Injury Awareness Week, Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative (QBIC) invites you to a compelling public event highlighting concussion, brain recovery, and the urgent need for innovation in brain injury research

Synergies between cognitive and clinical neuropsychology: From the clinic to the lab and back

20 August 2025 12:00pm
Professor Gail Robinson
Queensland Brain Institute
​​​​​​​University of Queensland

Host: Eugene Cho

Available slot

27 August 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Dr Rosemary Cater - IMB, UQ

3 September 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Rosemary Cater
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

Dr Clarissa Whitmire - QBI

10 September 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Clarissa Whitmire
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Bridge to Brisbane 2025

14 September 2025 6:00am12:00pm
The Queensland Brain Institute has a team for Bridge to Brisbane and we hope you’ll consider lacing up your runners to support QBI in either the 5km or 10km race, all whilst raising funds for QBI’s discovery research.

Available slot

17 September 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Professor Barry Dickson - QBI

24 September 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Barry Dickson
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

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2025 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Sunset Soirée

26 July 2025 4:00pm7:30pm
Join us on the Brisbane River for the QBI Lexus Sunset Soirée, an all new format and venue, replacing the Jazz Gala this year! Plenty of great prizes and auction items on offer supporting dementia research at QBI.

Available slot

23 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Mitochondria: genome dynamics and damage signalling

16 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Steven Zuryn
Queensland Brain Institute
​​​​​​​University of Queensland

Host: Tessa Onraet

Seasonal regeneration of a forebrain circuit critical for vocal communication

14 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor David Perkel
Biology and Otolaryngology
University of Washington
Seattle, USA

Host: Professor Pankaj Sah

Available slot

9 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Determining disease mechanism to optimise therapeutic strategies in ALS

2 July 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
A/Professor Catherine Blizzard
Associate Professor Cathy Blizzard
Brain Health Theme Leader
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
University of Tasmania

Host: Dr Matilde Balbi

UQ RCC’s Digital Research Infrastructure to enable discovery

25 June 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Jake Carroll
Director, Research Computing Centre
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

Two MND-focussed talks on Monday 23rd of June 2025

23 June 2025 10:00am11:00am
Dr John Lee
FightMND Bill Guest Mid-Career Research Fellow
Group Leader (Neuroimmunomics Laboratory)
School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS)

Dr Andrew Tosolini
Research Fellow, Ngo & Steyn Groups
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS)

Host: Prof Pankaj Sah

What is the ultimate spatiotemporal resolution of human functional MRI? Insights into how brain vasculature influences hemodynamics

18 June 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
A/Professor Jonathan Polimeni
Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging
Department of Radiology
Stanford University
USA

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Available slot

11 June 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

2025 Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner

5 June 2025 6:30pm10:30pm
Please join us for a wine appreciation dinner where the Sommelier will share thoughts on the evening’s wine selections and enjoy an enlightening presentation from renowned QBI Professor John McGrath.

Could clozapine’s well known peripherally-induced severe side-effects in schizophrenia patients be minimised by Intranasal administration?

4 June 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Darryl Eyles
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Dr Xiaoying Cui

UQ Neuroscience Symposium 2025

29 May 2025 8:45am30 May 2025 12:30pm
The UQ Neuroscience Symposium will showcase breakthrough discoveries at The University of Queensland.

Prefrontal Cortex-Derived Vesicles as Molecular Messengers in Substance Use Disorders

28 May 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira
Department of Clinical Medicine
Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit
Aarhus University
Denmark

Host: Professor Tim Bredy

Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative Gold Coast Roadshow

23 May 2025 5:00pm9:15pm
A free information session for general practitioners, clinicians and allied health professionals to explore challenges and innovation across brain injury care.

No Seminar Today

21 May 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

‘2B, or Not 2B’ – Subunit-specific Regulation of NMDA Receptor Trafficking

14 May 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Victor Anggono
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Mr Lingrui Zhang

Investigating the role of tuft dendrites in cortical processing

7 May 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Luca Godenzini
University of Zurich
Switzerland

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Identifying blood borne markers for acute ischaemic stroke – a Regional Australian perspective

30 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Speaker: Associate Professor Joseph Moxon
College of Medicine and Dentistry
James Cook University
Townsville

Host: Dr Matilde Balbi

Cytoskeletal make-up of the synapse: shaft vs. spine

23 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Marina Mikhaylova
Primary Investigator, Optobiology Lab
Humboldt University of Berlin

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

Tau protein pathomechanisms in Tauopathies: new concepts and view angles

16 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Susanne Wegmann
Group Leader
DZNE Berlin, Germany

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

Measuring cognitive flexibility and decision-making behaviours in rodents using a Dynamic Strategy Shifting Task

9 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Thomas Burne
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Farideh Ghavidel

Experience-Driven Molecular Architects of Neuronal Adaptation in Brain Development

2 April 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Nathalie Dehorter
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Rebekah Parkinson

Phox2b defines the pattern generating circuits for ingestion

26 March 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Bowen Dempsey
School of Psychological Sciences
Macquarie University, Sydney

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative – a partner for translating your research into new medicines

19 March 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Andrew Harvey
The Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative (QEDDI)
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Peter Nestor

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