Events - Queensland Brain Institute - University of Queensland

Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Information Session for Patients & Carers

21 July 2018 9:00am–1:00pm

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An informative session for patients and carers living with Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor and Tourette’s Syndrome

Professor Margaret McCarthy, USA : "Microglia, Maleness and Marijuana: How Endocannabinoids Sculpt Brain Sex Differences"

18 July 2018 4:00pm–5:00pm

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Professor Margaret McCarthy
School of Medicine
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

Neuroscience Seminars

5 July 2018 9:45am–10:45am

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A/Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones, UCI : "Using Human iPSC-derived Microglia and Chimeric Mouse Models to Study Alzheimer’s Disease"

27 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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A/Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones
Department of Neurobiology and Behaviour, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine.

Professor Elizabeth Coulson, UQ : "The cholinergic basal forebrain and Alzheimer’s disease: from obstructive sleep apnoea to the p75 neurotrophin receptor"

20 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Professor Elizabeth Coulson
School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Richard M. Gronostajski, USA : “NFI genes in CNS development”

19 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Professor Richard M. Gronostajski
Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo

Dr Alessandra Martini, USA : "Amyloid-beta impairs interleukin-1β signaling: impact on Alzheimer’s Disease."

13 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Alessandra Martini
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California - Irvine (UCI)

Dr Alice Stamatakis, Inscopix : "Catalyzing discovery through next generation miniature microscopes for circuit neuroscience"

11 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Alice Stamatakis
Lead Scientist, Inscopix

Dr Michael Hodges-Langford, UQ : “WNT signalling in choroid plexus development”

6 June 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Michael Hodges-Langford (PhD Exit Seminar)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Asad Amanat Ali, UQ : "Developmental vitamin D deficiency rat model of Autism Spectrum Disorder"

30 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Asad Amanat Ali (PhD Exit Seminar)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Anthony J Hannan, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health : "Gene-environment interactions mediating experience-dependent plasticity in the healthy and diseased brain"

23 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Professor Anthony J Hannan
NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne

Ross Maclean Fellowship Race Day 2018

19 May 2018 11:30am–5:00pm

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This fantastic event is sponsored by the Index Group to help raise awareness and funds for MND research at the Queensland Brain Institute. All funds raised support the Ross Maclean Fellowship, which was established in 2004 by the late Ross Maclean and his family to raise funds to fight this devastating disease.

Marge Maallo, UQ : "Neural correlates of visual function in agenesis of the corpus callosum"

15 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Marge Maallo (PhD Exit Seminar)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Professor Jonathon Howard, Yale : "Dendritic Branching Morphogenesis: Motors and Cytoskeleton"

11 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Professor Jonathon Howard
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Yale University, USA

MND Awareness Breakfast

9 May 2018 7:00am–9:00am

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Join us for an informative breakfast session highlighting Motor Neurone Disease research at the Queensland Brain Institute.

Suhailah Ali, UQ : "Maternal Immune Activation adversely affects the ontogeny of dopamine neurons. Is Vitamin D neuroprotective?"

2 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Suhailah Ali
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

Dr Asami Oguro-Ando, University of Exeter Medical School, UK : "CNTN4, a candidate gene for autism spectrum disorders, affects hippocampal neuronal function and behaviour"

1 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Asami Oguro-Ando
University of Exeter Medical School
Exeter, UK

Dr Tara Walker, Germany : "Cell death in adult hippocampal neurogenesis is ferroptotic and rescued by selenium"

19 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Tara Walker
Senior Research Associate, Kempermann Group
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany

Katie Drummond, VIC: "Influence of Psychological Stress on Fear Extinction during Development"

18 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Katie Drummond
The Florey Neuroscience Institute of Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC

A/Professor Adam Vogel, VIC : "Who cares about speech and what can it tell us?"

13 April 2018 2:30pm–3:30pm

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A/Professor Adam Vogel
Director
Centre for Neuroscience of Speech, The University of Melbourne, VIC

Parkinson's Breakfast

12 April 2018 7:15am–9:00am

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You are invited to an exclusive breakfast event to hear the latest insights into Parkinson’s Disease research at QBI.

Dr Nathalie Dehorter, ANU : "Molecular Control of Interneuron Identity"

11 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

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Dr Nathalie Dehorter
Group Leader at the Eccles Institute for Neuroscience,
The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra