NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity 2024

2 October 2024 9:00am6 October 2024 5:00pm
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.

Dr Harrison Evans - New York University, USA

25 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Harrison Evans
New York University
USA

Host: Professor Jürgen Götz

Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah - QBI

18 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor Frederic Meunier - QBI

11 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
​Speaker: Professor Frederic Meunier
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Dr Eleanor Drummond - University of Sydney, NSW

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

Host: Associate Professor Adam Walker

Professor Geoff Faulkner - QBI and Mater Research, Brisbane

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

Host: TBD

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.

Professor Renae Ryan - The University of Sydney

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

Host: A/Professor Victor Anggono

Professor Massimo Hilliard - QBI

7 August 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Massimo Hilliard
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor Gavan McNally - University of New South Wales, Sydney

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

Host: Professor Timothy Bredy

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Dining for Dementia Brisbane Gala

19 October 2023 6:00pm10:00pm
Join us for delicious food, exciting entertainment, live auctions and heartfelt inspiration as we come together to work towards finding a cure for this heartbreaking disease. 

A/Professor Jana Vukovic - QBI : "Demystifying the functional role of microglia in the injured brain"

18 October 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
A/Professor Jana Vukovic
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Elise Kellet

UQ Giving Day - QBI Brain Research Endowment Fund

17 October 2023 12:00am18 October 2023 12:00am
In QBI’s 20th year, please think ahead. Support critical brain research by giving now to QBI’s Brain Research Endowment Fund.

Bridge to Brisbane 2023

15 October 2023 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 critical brain research.

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane Spring High Tea

14 October 2023 12:30pm
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 2023, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the ballroom at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon will include high tea and French champagne.

Live webinar: The frontline of mental health

10 October 2023 11:30am12:30pm
Join a panel discussion with Professor Tom Burne, with panellists, Dr James Kesby, Professor Ed Heffernan, Dr Zoe Rutherford, and Dr Megan Purvey, as they discuss the role that research can play in giving people the tools they need in these challenging situations.

Professor Xueji Zhang - Shenzhen University, China : “From intelligent sensors to Eternal life- Fact or Fiction”

4 October 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Xueji Zhang
Shenzhen University
China

Host: Prof Fred Meunier

No Seminar

20 September 2023 12:00pm1:00pm

Dr Susannah Tye - QBI : ''Precision Medicine Pathways for Treatment Resistant Depression"

13 September 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Susannah Tye
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Heather Macpherson

Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture 2023

6 September 2023 5:00pm7:00pm
We are pleased to announce the 2023 Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture:

New visions for mental health care: Using neuroscience to personalise treatments
By Professor Leanne Williams

A/Professor Jai Yu - University of Chicago, USA : "How experience shapes future problem solving."

6 September 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
A/Professor Jai Yu
University of Chicago
USA

Host: Prof Barry Dickson

No Seminar

30 August 2023 12:00pm1:00pm

QBI 20th Anniversary Scientific Symposium

25 August 2023 9:00am6:00pm
The 20th Anniversary Scientific Symposium is a celebration of the extraordinary contributions to neuroscience that we have made over the past 20 years. Celebrate QBI's science with your colleagues on 25 August 2023.

National Science Week: UQ Ideas Forum Livestream Event

18 August 2023 9:30am12:15pm
Please join us for a Q&A-style panel discussion around the importance of basic science to inform the innovations of tomorrow with a focus on AI, facilitated by energy expert and science commentator, Dr Joel Gilmore.

Neurobiology of drosophila minisymposium

31 July 2023 9:00am12:00pm
Hosted by Barry Dickson. Morning tea and lunch provided.

Dr Miriam Matamales - University of New South Wales, Sydney : "The Striatal Binary Mosaic: a bipartite cellular system encoding behavioural change"

26 July 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Miriam Matamales
University of New South Wales
Sydney

Host: A/Prof Victor Anggono

No Seminar

19 July 2023 12:00pm1:00pm

Dr Nigel Kee - School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ: "Derivation of Posterior Axial Assembloids (PAXAs) from human stem cells"

12 July 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Nigel Kee
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland

Host: Dr Adam Walker

Dr Samantha Barton - The Florey, VIC : "Using Human iPSC-derived Organoids to Model Disease"

5 July 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Samantha Barton
The Florey
VIC

Host: Dr Adam Walker

Professor Helen Cooper - QBI : "Deciphering the role of autism genes in cortical development: from stem cells to synapses"

21 June 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Helen Cooper
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Hilary Yong

Dr. Mohamad El Amki - University of Zurich, Switzerland : "Exploring the Brain Vascular function: from the pial vasculature to the delicate capillaries"

14 June 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Please note this seminar has been moved to the AIBN Seminar Room

Dr. Mohamad El Amki
University of Zurich
Switzerland

Host: Dr Matilde Balbi

Dr Harrison Tudor Evans - New York University, USA : "Translational control in physiology and neurodegeneration"

7 June 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Harrison Evans
New York University
USA

Host: Prof Jürgen Götz

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