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

Available slot

1 October 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Dr Eugenia Ferreiro and Dr Adekunle Bademosi

8 October 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Postdoctoral Seminars:
1. Dr Eugenia Ferreiro (Falkner Lab)
2. Dr Adekunle Bademosi (Walker Lab)

Host: TBA

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane Alzheimer's Spring High Tea

11 October 2025 12:30pm
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.

Available slot

15 October 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Juan Manuel Botto and Montana Samantzis - QBI

22 October 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
PhD Student Seminars:
1. Juan Manuel Botto (Faulkner Lab)
2. Montana Samantzis (Balbi Lab)

Chair: Tessa Onraet

Professor Massimo Hilliard - QBI

29 October 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Massimo Hilliard
Queensland Brain Institute
​​​​​​​University of Queensland

Host: TBD

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Violated predictions alter neural encoding within and between sensory modalities

12 February 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Jason Mattingley
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Richard Ronayne

A multilevel understanding of the cerebral cortex

6 February 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Matthew Larkum
Humboldt University of Berlin
Germany

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Using Zebrafish to Study Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Discover Treatments

5 February 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
A/Professor Summer Thyme
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, USA

Host: Dr Jean Giacomotto

The Physiologic Role of Alpha Synuclein at the Synapse

29 January 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Professor Subhojit Roy
University of California, San Diego
USA

Host: Dr Ramón Martínez-Mármol

Postprandial Sensing of Nutrient through Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis in Flies and Mice

28 January 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Assistant Professor Greg Seong-Bae Suh
NYU School of Medicine, USA
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea

Host: Professor Barry Dickson

Neuromodulation of sleep/wake states

22 January 2025 12:00pm
Professor Luis de Lecea
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford Medicine
Stanford University
USA

Host: Professor Bruno van Swinderen

Large-scale effects of opioids and cannabinoids on neural circuit dynamics in the awake brain

27 November 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Zsolt Lenkei
Research Director at INSERM
Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Paris, France

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

New findings linking neonatal vitamin D status and risk of mental disorders

20 November 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor John McGrath
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Thomas Burne

Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Regeneration

13 November 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Frank Bradke
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bonn, Germany

Host: Professor Barry Dickson

Distinct dopamine circuits encode unique neural signatures for learning

6 November 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Melissa Sharpe
University of Sydney
NSW

Host: Professor Timothy Bredy

QBI Steps for Dementia Research 2024

31 October 2024 8:00am4 November 2024 5:00pm
Supporting the Alastair Rushworth PhD Alzheimer’s Endowment Fund

Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture 2024: Understanding mental disorders - bridging insights from the brain

30 October 2024 5:00pm6:00pm
Professor John McGrath, psychiatrist and conjoint Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute, will explore theories related to the origins of schizophrenia.

Sleep and repair of DNA breaks across evolution

30 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Lior Appelbaum
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center
Bar Ilan University
Israel

Host: Dr Fabio Cortesi

The neurocognitive bases of semantic representation and its disorders

23 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Matt Lambon-Ralph
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
University of Cambridge

Host: Professor Gail Robinson

Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative (QBIC) 2024 Annual Symposium

21 October 2024 3:45pm4:45pm
Bringing together researchers, clinicians, advocates, and people with lived experience of stroke and traumatic brain injury.

Unveiling Nanoscale Secrets of Biological Systems Using Fluorescent Probes

16 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Amandeep Kaur
ARC DECRA Fellow in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Monash University
VIC

Host: Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane Spring High Tea

12 October 2024 12:30pm
This is a Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Alastair Rushworth Alzheimer’s Research Fund to continue the work of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2024, 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

Empowering the Community: Navigating Life After Brain Injury

12 October 2024 9:30am11:30am
A free community information session and morning tea to meet other people living with brain injury, their carers, and local experts.

Confirmation bias, false syllogisms and straight out nonsense: a critique of research and beliefs with worked examples from our current studies.

9 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Peter Nestor
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Reducing the risk of SIDS: Simple messages are not always the best messages

8 October 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Peter Blair
Bristol Medical School
University of Bristol

Host: Professor Karent Thorpe

Interpreting memory: Research and Innovation Week 2024

3 October 2024 8:30am11:30am
Join us for this interactive presentation by four QBI researchers studying memory.

NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity 2024

2 October 2024 9:00am6 October 2024 5:00pm
The third National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) Patron's Annual Walk for Charity will once again take place in 2024. From 2019-2022, this event has raised over $765,000 in medical research and veteran support. The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation (GMRF) have been the fortunate beneficiaries of these funds.

UQ Giving Day - QBI Brain Research Endowment Fund

2 October 2024 8:00am16 October 2024 5:00pm
Be Inspired. Support critical brain research by giving now to QBI’s Brain Research Endowment Fund.

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