Events

In recognition of National Science Week (10-18 August 2024) the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) is hosting a special event in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) on Friday 16 August.

Speaker: Professor Renae Ryan
School of Medical Sciences
The University of Sydney

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

Gather a group of friends and join us for a magnificent day of racing and fashion which raises funds to support research at the Queensland Brain Institute into Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a devastating disease, which has no known cure.

Professor Geoff Faulkner
QBI and Mater Research Institute
Brisbane

Host: Juan Botto

Professor Daan van Aalten
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Aarhus University
Denmark

Host: A/Prof Victor Anggono

Dr Eleanor Drummond
University of Sydney
NSW

Host: Associate Professor Adam Walker

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 4.5km or 10km race, all whilst raising funds for QBI’s discovery research.

​Speaker: Professor Frederic Meunier
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Kye Kudo

Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Charlie Dodds

Dr Harrison Evans
New York University
USA

Host: Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan

Be Inspired. Support critical brain research by giving now to QBI’s Brain Research Endowment Fund.

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.

Join us for this interactive presentation by four QBI researchers studying memory.

Professor Peter Blair
Bristol Medical School
University of Bristol

Host: Professor Karent Thorpe

Professor Peter Nestor
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

A free community information session and morning tea to meet other people living with brain injury, their carers, and local experts.

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

Dr Amandeep Kaur
ARC DECRA Fellow in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Monash University
VIC

Host: Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan

Bringing together researchers, clinicians, advocates, and people with lived experience of stroke and traumatic brain injury.

Professor Matt Lambon-Ralph
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
University of Cambridge

Host: Professor Gail Robinson

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

Professor John McGrath, psychiatrist and conjoint Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute, will explore theories related to the origins of schizophrenia.

Supporting the Alastair Rushworth PhD Alzheimer’s Endowment Fund