Queensland Brain Institute

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

3 June 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
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 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Sean Coakley
Senior Research Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Massimo Hilliard

Dr Carlie Cullen - Mater Research & University of Tasmania

17 June 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Carlie Cullen
Leader of the Glial Neurobiology, Cognition and Behaviour Research Group
Mater Research
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania

Host: Dr Matilde Balbi

Professor Yan Tat Wong - Monash University

24 June 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Yan Tat Wong
Head Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Course Director
Department of Physiology
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Monash University

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Dr Kirsten Coupland

1 July 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Kirsten Coupland
Senior Lecturer
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
The University of Newcastle

Host: Dr Matilde Balbi

Professor Timothy Bredy - QBI

8 July 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Timothy Bredy
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor Jürgen Götz - QBI

15 July 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Jürgen Götz
Director of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor James St John - Griffith University

22 July 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor James St John
Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics
Griffith University

Host: Dr Tara Walker

Professor Ethan Scott - University of Melbourne

29 July 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Ethan Scott
​​​​​​​Department of Anatomy and Physiology
University of Melbourne

Host: Professor Barry Dickson

Available slot

5 August 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars

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Deconstructing fear

23 January 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Andrea Lüthi, Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland

Using patterned neural activity to modify Alzheimer’s disease pathology

24 January 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Li-Huei Tsai, Professor and Director - Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Encoding and storing experience in hippocampal-cortical networks

30 January 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Jai Yu, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of sensorimotor integration in C. elegans

31 January 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Zhaoyu Li, Research Investigator, Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

TBA

3 February 2017 1:15pm–2:15pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
 

Innovative genetic and chemical genetics approaches to understand and treat motor neuron diseases

14 February 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Jean Giacomotto, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Somatic L1 mosaicism: 'dark matter' in mammalian genetics

15 February 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Geoff Faulkner, Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland

Investigating the disease mechanisms of MND and frontotemporal dementia related to TDP-43 pathology

17 February 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Adam K. Walker, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Macquarie University, NSW

Jing Zhao, UQ : "Role of EphA4 in regulating adult hippocampal neurogenesis and motor neuron disease"

22 February 2017 11:00am
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Jing Zhao
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Tong Wu, UQ : "Functional brain network study on wild type and DISC1 transgenic mice"

28 February 2017 3:30pm–4:30pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Tong Wu
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Eco-Oncology: Applying principles of ecology to improve outcomes in oncology

7 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Brent Reynolds, Lillian S Wells Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

International Women's Day Lunch 2017

8 March 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in International Women's Day
Celebrate women in science for International Women's Day.

A/Professor Zhiyi Wei, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Guangdong Sheng, China. "Structural Insights into Presynaptic Active Zone Assembly"

10 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars

TBA

15 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars

TBA

22 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars

ECR Career Workshop

23 March 2017 2:30pm–4:00pm
 
in Early Career Researcher Events
Taking the leap to become a group leader: skills required to start your own lab

Professor Scott Tyo, UNSW Canberra at ADFA : "Do You see What I See?  Exploiting advanced properties of light and mimicking biological vision systems to develop new imaging and sensing methods"

29 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Scott Tyo, Head of the School of Engineering and IT, The University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra ACT 2600

Dr Andrew Higginson, Exeter : "Learning to be ill? Adaptive decision-making systems with limited information may cause ill health"

6 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Andrew Higginson, Senior Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Exeter, UK.

Reuben Strydom, UQ. "Bio-inspired Strategies for Autonomous Aerial Navigation, Guidance and Interception"

12 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Reuben Strydom, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Dr Christian Winterflood, Zurich : "Applications of supercritical angle and single-molecule fluorescence''

13 April 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Christian Winterflood, Zurich, Switzerland

Lacey Atkins, UQ : "An investigation of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in obstructive sleep apnoea patients"

18 April 2017 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
PhD Exit Seminar by Lacey Atkins, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
In the Ritchie Meeting Room (Building 64A)

Professor Lars Ittner, UNSW : "On the molecular role of Tau in regulating post-synaptic toxicity"

19 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Lars Ittner
School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

Professor Brenda Gannon, UQ. "Connecting health economics and brain research"

26 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Brenda Gannon
Mater Research Institute Chair in Health Economics, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland

Professor Geoff Faulkner, UQ. "Somatic L1 mosaicism: 'dark matter' in the mammalian brain"

3 May 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Geoff Faulkner
Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland

Dr Vincent Daria, ANU : "Understanding brain circuits using nanotechnology and photonic tools" 

8 May 2017 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Vincent Daria
Group Leader (Neurophotonics Group)
ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment

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