Events

Professor Alison Goate, Mount Sinai: "Rare and Common Genetic Variation implicates microglial function in Alzheimer’s disease risk"

24 August 2017 2:00pm–3:00pm

Professor Alison Goate
Director, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Dept of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, UWA. "The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases"

23 August 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Laboratory Head, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, WA

ECR Workshop

17 August 2017 1:30pm–3:30pm

in Early Career Researcher Events

ECR workshop followed by a social mixer

Professor Michael Milford, QUT : "Navigation, Neuroscience and Neural Networks: A Quest to Understand Intelligence and Build Better Robots"

9 August 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Michael Milford
Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Garden Point Campus, Brisbane

Professor Christian Haass, LMU, Munich : "TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease – from microglial dysfunction to human patients"

2 August 2017 4:00pm–5:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Christian Haass
Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Professor Sunil Gandhi, USA : "Rewiring the circuits of high acuity spatial vision"

24 July 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Sunil Gandhi
Department of Neurobiology and Behaviour, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA

Professor David Tremethick, ANU : "What do reproduction and memory have in common? The epigenetic regulator H2A.B"

19 July 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor David Tremethick
Head of the Department of Genome Science, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601

Professor Loren Frank, UCSF : "Neural substrates of memories and decisions"

12 July 2017 4:00pm–5:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Loren Frank
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco

Dr Jeehyun Kim, VIC : "Understanding the development of emotional memory to treat anxiety and addiction"

5 July 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Dr Jeehyun Kim,
Lab Head, Developmental Psychobiology Laboratory –Behavioural Neuroscience, The Florey Institute, Parkville VIC 3052

Anthony Harris, UQ : "The role of neural oscillations in human visual attention and awareness"

21 June 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Anthony Harris (PhD Exit Seminar)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Michael Nilsson, Hunter Medical Research Institute : "Emerging avenues in stroke rehabilitation – focus on recovery and secondary neurodegeneration"

14 June 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Michael Nilsson, MD, PhD
Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health, Newcastle, Australia.

Dr Hari Subramanian, UQ : "The midbrain periaqueductal gray: A novel circuit for treatment of intractable neurogenic autonomic disease via neuromodulation"

13 June 2017 12:45pm–1:30pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Dr Hari Subramanian
Research Leader - Systems Neuroscience & Neuromodulation Laboratory, Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Dr Susannah Tye, USA: "Metabolic Deficits in Antidepressant Resistance are a Functional Target for Neuromodulation"

13 June 2017 11:30am–12:15pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Dr Susannah Tye
Director, Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, MN, USA

Dr Jana Vukovic, UQ : "Understanding the role of microglia as regulators of adult neurogenesis in the intact and injured brain"

7 June 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Dr Jana Vukovic
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland

Robert Maier, UQ : "Improving genetic risk prediction in psychiatric disorders and other complex traits"

31 May 2017 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal, UQ. "Organisation of a reverberating cell assembly in the basolateral amygdala"

31 May 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal (PhD Exit Seminar)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Linda Richards, UQ : "Interhemispheric axonal plasticity in developmental brain disorders"

17 May 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor Linda Richards PhD FAA FAHMS
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Living well with dementia: improving health and quality of life with evidence based research

11 May 2017 8:30am–1:15pm

in Public Dementia Forum Series

Updates on dementia for researchers, industry and the general public.

Professor George Augustine, Singapore. "Optogenetic mapping of novel cerebellar circuits"

10 May 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Neuroscience Seminars

Professor George Augustine, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Autism: Progress in understanding the genetics

8 May 2017 6:00pm–7:00pm

in Public Lecture

Presented by Professor Elliott Sherr, Institute of Human Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco. Join him to learn about the latest research insights into autism, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and other key neurodevelopment disorders in children.

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

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

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 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

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 Alison Goate, Mount Sinai: "Rare and Common Genetic Variation implicates microglial function in Alzheimer’s disease risk"

Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, UWA. "The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases"

ECR Workshop

Professor Michael Milford, QUT : "Navigation, Neuroscience and Neural Networks: A Quest to Understand Intelligence and Build Better Robots"

Professor Christian Haass, LMU, Munich : "TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease – from microglial dysfunction to human patients"

Professor Sunil Gandhi, USA : "Rewiring the circuits of high acuity spatial vision"

Professor David Tremethick, ANU : "What do reproduction and memory have in common? The epigenetic regulator H2A.B"

Professor Loren Frank, UCSF : "Neural substrates of memories and decisions"

Dr Jeehyun Kim, VIC : "Understanding the development of emotional memory to treat anxiety and addiction"

Anthony Harris, UQ : "The role of neural oscillations in human visual attention and awareness"

Professor Michael Nilsson, Hunter Medical Research Institute : "Emerging avenues in stroke rehabilitation – focus on recovery and secondary neurodegeneration"

Dr Hari Subramanian, UQ : "The midbrain periaqueductal gray: A novel circuit for treatment of intractable neurogenic autonomic disease via neuromodulation"

Dr Susannah Tye, USA: "Metabolic Deficits in Antidepressant Resistance are a Functional Target for Neuromodulation"

Dr Jana Vukovic, UQ : "Understanding the role of microglia as regulators of adult neurogenesis in the intact and injured brain"

Robert Maier, UQ : "Improving genetic risk prediction in psychiatric disorders and other complex traits"

Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal, UQ. "Organisation of a reverberating cell assembly in the basolateral amygdala"

Professor Linda Richards, UQ : "Interhemispheric axonal plasticity in developmental brain disorders"

Living well with dementia: improving health and quality of life with evidence based research

Professor George Augustine, Singapore. "Optogenetic mapping of novel cerebellar circuits"

Autism: Progress in understanding the genetics

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

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

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

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

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

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