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

Dr Matilde Balbi - QBI

5 November 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Matilde Balbi
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

QBI Steps for Dementia Research 2025

6 November 2025 8:00am10 November 2025 5:00pm
Supporting the Alastair Rushworth PhD Alzheimer’s Endowment Fund

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12 November 2025 12:00pm1:00pm

Associate Professor Jana Vukovic - QBI

19 November 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Jana Vukovic
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Associate Professor Susannah Tye - QBI

26 November 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Associate Prof Susannah Tye
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

CAMAND: Cellular and Molecular Advances in Neurodegeneration 2025

4 December 2025 9:00am5 December 2025 5:00pm
An official satellite of the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 

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Bridge to Brisbane 2024

8 September 2024 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 4.5km or 10km race, all whilst raising funds for QBI’s discovery research.

Using proteomics to explore the disease mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease

4 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Eleanor Drummond
University of Sydney
NSW

Host: Associate Professor Adam Walker

Models and mechanisms of O-GlcNAc transferase intellectual disability

3 September 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
Professor Daan van Aalten
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Aarhus University
Denmark

Host: A/Prof Victor Anggono

CANCELLED - L1 retrotransposons influence neuron development and degeneration

28 August 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Geoff Faulkner
QBI and Mater Research Institute
Brisbane

Host: Juan Botto

Ross Maclean MND Fellowship Race Day 2024

24 August 2024 11:45am5:00pm
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.

The twisted link between a dual function glutamate transporter and Episodic Ataxia

21 August 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Speaker: Professor Renae Ryan
School of Medical Sciences
The University of Sydney

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

UQ Ideas Forum: Will genetic engineering reshape humanity?

16 August 2024 9:30am12:30pm
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.

Stroke Research Community Outreach Day 2024

9 August 2024 10:00am1:00pm
A free community information session and morning tea to hear more about the latest research on post-stroke disorders. Talk face-to-face with stroke survivors, support services, and carers, and take part in a special dance demonstration with the Queensland Ballet.

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7 August 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Speaker: TBD

How punishment shapes our actions and choices

31 July 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Gavan McNally
University of New South Wales, Sydney

Host: Professor Timothy Bredy

Endosomal network function in neuronal health and disease.

24 July 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Peter Cullen
University of Bristol, UK

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

Conducting clinical trials at UQ: Responsibilities and Requirements

17 July 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Carthika Luxmanan (Research Partnerships, QBI)
Chris Rose’Meyer (Office of Research Ethics)
Manjula Soysa (UQ Legal Counsel)
Dr Patricia Murray (Research Partnerships, Faculty of Medicine)

Platelet-derived factors rejuvenate the ageing brain

10 July 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Tara Walker
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Joshua Lowe

2024 SUSTECH-UQ Joint Centre for Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Symposium

8 July 2024 8:30am9 July 2024 5:00pm
Hear about the latest advances in neuroscience and neural engineering from renowned UQ and SUSTech researchers, network with your local and international colleagues, and share your work.

How do environments build brains?: Strategies in developmental science

3 July 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Karen Thorpe and Associate Professor Sally Staton
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Emily Westwood

Translational research: How to deal with the uncertainty of what Alzheimer's disease actually is

26 June 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Jürgen Götz
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

​Host: Bradley Connor

DNA origami for biotechnological applications

19 June 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Jessica Kretzmann
The University of Western Australia
Perth

Host: Professor Jürgen Götz

Professor Damien Keating - Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide

12 June 2024 12:00pm1:00pm

Professor Damien Keating
Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute
Flinders University
Adelaide

Host: Professor Frederic Meunier

Creative Brain Week Australia 2024

12 June 2024 10:00am14 June 2024 12:30pm
The goal of the event is to share knowledge, break down silos and celebrate how brain science and creativity collide to seed new ideas in social development, technology, entrepreneurship, wellbeing and physical, mental and brain health across the life cycle.

2024 Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner

6 June 2024 6:30pm
Please join us for an Italian wine appreciation dinner where the Emporium’s Sommelier will share thoughts on the evening’s wine selections paired with fine food and enjoy an enlightening presentation from one of QBI's top researchers.

Regulatory dynamics of human brain maturation and new tools to edit the epigenome

5 June 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Ryan Lister
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Perth

Host: Professor Tim Bredy

Weird Science: A Journey Inside the Cupboard of Oddities from the Bredy Lab

29 May 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Tim Bredy
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Mason Musgrove

Exploring the impact of social experience on child development and autism

28 May 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Lane Strathearn
Center for Disabilities and Development
University of Iowa

Host: Professor Karen Thorpe

Merson Lecture 2024: Tools for analysing and repairing the brain

22 May 2024 5:00pm6:00pm
Professor Ed Boyden develops tools for analysing and repairing the brain and systematically applies them to enable comprehensive understandings of neural circuits, yielding new insight into potential treatment strategies for brain diseases.

2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Jazz Gala

17 May 2024 6:30pm10:30pm
Dust off your dancing shoes and join us at Waters Edge at Portside for the 2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer’s Jazz Gala! Enjoy city and river views from this fabulous location including canapes and drinks on the balcony when you arrive and a sit-down two course meal, beverage package and entertainment. Plenty of great prizes and auction items on offer supporting dementia research at QBI.

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