Events

Associate Professor Susannah Tye
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Dr Roger Bitencourt Varela

Dr. Sabine Krabbe
Group Leader
Functional Diversity of Neural Circuits
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE)

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

An official satellite of the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Associate Professor Susannah Tye
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Dr Roger Bitencourt Valera

Professor Jana Vukovic
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Samuel Stuart

Creative Brain Week 2025 shares world-leading knowledge and celebrates the collision of brain science and creative sectors to seed new ideas in social development, entrepreneurship, wellbeing, technology and brain health across the life

Professor Zhiheng Xu
Director, Centre for Brain Disorders
Zhejiang University
P.R.China

Host: Professor Victor Anggono

Supporting the Peter Hilton Alzheimer’s Research Endowment Fund

Professor Lawrence Sherman
Department of Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology
Neuroscience Graduate Program, and Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences
Oregon Health & Science University
USA


Host: Professor Pankaj Sah

PhD Student Seminars:
1. Juan Manuel Botto (Faulkner Lab)
2. Montana Samantzis (Balbi Lab)

Chair: Tessa Onraet

Professor Scott Ayton
Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis (CREEDD)
The Florey Institute
Melbourne

Host: Dr Tara Walker

This is a Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Peter Hilton Alzheimer’s Research Endowment Fund to continue the work of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2025, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the Marquee at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon includes a delicious High Tea with free-flowing French champagne.

Postdoctoral Seminars:
1. Dr Eugenia Ferreiro (Faulkner Lab)
2. Dr Adekunle Bademosi (Walker Lab)

Host: Dr Tara Walker

Professor Barry Dickson
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Dr Deniz Ertekin

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.

A lively panel on how fruit flies are helping QBI scientists explore emotion, memory, and the subconscious in the human brain.

Dr Clarissa Whitmire
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Phill Bokiniec

Dr Rosemary Cater
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

Professor Gail Robinson
Queensland Brain Institute
​​​​​​​University of Queensland

Host: Eugene Cho