Dr Laura Fenlon - School Of Biomedical Sciences - UQ

15 April 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Laura Fenlon
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor Glenn King - UQ

22 April 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Glenn King
Group Leader
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland

Host: Associate Professor Tara Walker

Available slot

29 April 2026 12:00pm1:00pm

Dr Matilde Balbi - QBI

6 May 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Matilde Balbi
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Dr Lizzie Manning - University of Newcastle

13 May 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Lizzie Manning
Senior Lecturer
University of Newcastle

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Professor Selena Bartlett - QUT

20 May 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Selena Bartlett
Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Sciences
QUT

Host: Associate Professor Tara Walker

2026 Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner

21 May 2026 6:30pm10:00pm
Wine appreciation dinner where the Sommelier will share thoughts on the evening’s wine selections and guests will enjoy an after dinner speaker.

Available slot

27 May 2026 12:00pm1:00pm

Associate Professor Yanchuan Shi - Garvan Insitute of Medical Research, Sydney

3 June 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Yanchuan Shi
Leader Neuroendocrinology Group
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Faculty Member
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Sydney

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

Dr Sean Coakley - UQ

10 June 2026 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Sean Coakley
Senior Research Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Massimo Hilliard

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Available slot

27 August 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

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

Heads up: Concussion, Safety & Sports

18 August 2025 6:30pm9:00pm
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

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

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

Host: Professor Tim Bredy

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

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

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