Queensland Brain Institute

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Professor Tim Bredy - QBI

29 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Tim Bredy
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Merson Lecture 2024: Tools for analysing and repairing the brain

22 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
in The Merson Lecture
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.
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2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Jazz Gala

17 May 2024 6:30pm–10:30pm
 
in Lexus Alzheimer's Gala
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.

Assistant Professor Laramie Duncan - Stanford University

15 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Assistant Professor Laramie Duncan
Director of the Integrative Mental Health Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Host: Associate Professor Susannah Tye

Extracellular Vesicles in Neurodegenerative Diseases (EViND)

13 May 2024 8:30am–5:30pm
 
in Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research Symposium
This EViND symposium aims to underscore the significance of research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and broader brain functions. The symposium will discuss the role of EVs in the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Prion disease.
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Shanley Longfield and Svetlina Vasileva

8 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
PhD Student Seminars
1. Shanley Longfield (Meunier Lab)
2. Svetlina Vasileva (Eyles Lab)

Chair: Sean Keating

Transthalamic pathways for perception

1 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Christina Mo
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Melbourne

Host: Dr Clarissa Whitmire

Mindful Moves, Healthy Hearts: Translational Research for Dementia and Cardiovascular Protection through Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness

24 April 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Ulrik Wisløff and Dr Atefe Rafiee Tari
Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Host: Dr Tara Walker

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Dr Sean Coakley - School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ : "Spectrin forms a periodic cytoskeleton within the epidermis to preserve axonal integrity"

15 February 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Sean Coakley
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Queensland
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Advances in imaging, disease mechanisms, and therapies for ageing dementia research

8 February 2023 2:00pm–10 February 2023 2:00pm
 
in Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research Scientific Symposium

POSTPONED: Dr Sean Coakley - School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ : "Spectrin forms a periodic cytoskeleton within the epidermis to preserve axonal integrity"

Cancelled
8 February 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Sean Coakley
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Dr Nathalie Dehorter - QBI: "Control of the Interneuron Function during Brain Development"

1 February 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Nathalie Dehorter
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Professor Richard Edden - John Hopkins Medical School, USA : "Edited Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy"

14 December 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Richard Edden
Department of Radiology
John Hopkins Medical School, USA

Dr Mike Mangan - University of Sheffield & Prof Andrew Philippides - University of Sussex: "Brains-on-board robots: testing embodied neural circuits in the wild"

7 December 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Mike Mangan,
University of Sheffield
Andrew Philippides,
University of Sussex

Dr Jake Gratten - Mater Research, Brisbane: "A new perspective on the autism-gut microbiome relationship from the Australian Autism Biobank"

30 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Jake Gratten
Mater Research

Professor Ehsan Arabzadeh - Australian National University, ACT: "Deciphering the language of brain cells: what can we learn from neuronal representations?"

23 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Ehsan Arabzadeh
Eccles Institute of Neuroscience
Australian National University, ACT

Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri - QBI: "Adult-born hippocampal neurons: Deciphering regulatory mechanisms for improving cognition and mood"

16 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri
Mater Research Institute & Queensland Brain Institute 
University of Queensland

Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Information Session for Patients & Carers (Cairns)

13 November 2022 9:30am–12:00pm
 
in Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Information Sessions
A free informative session for patients and carers living with Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor and Tourette’s Syndrome. This event is being held in Cairns.

Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders Dinner and Information Session for GPs and Allied Health Professionals (Cairns)

12 November 2022 6:00pm–9:00pm
 
in Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Information Sessions
A training and information session for GPs and allied health professionals about Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor and Tourette’s Syndrome.

Professor Alex Fornito - Monash University, Victoria : "Geometric constraints on human brain function"

9 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Alex Fornito
Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health
Monash University, Clayton Campus, VIC

Professor John McGrath - QBI: "Is complement component 4 (C4) associated with risk of schizophrenia: new data from Danish biobank samples."

2 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Profesor John McGrath
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity 2022

2 November 2022 9:00am–6 November 2022 5:00pm
 
in NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity
The National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) Patron’s Annual Walk for Charity is an annual event and is pleased to be up and running once again in 2021. In 2019, this event raised over $255,000 for the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation (GMRF).

Dr Thierry Galli - Université Paris Cité: "Role of unconventional secretory autophagy in the brain - potential role in Parkinson's and glioblastoma"

31 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Thierry Galli
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park

QBI Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park 2022

27 October 2022 6:00am–31 October 2022 5:00pm
 
in QBI Alastair Rushworth PhD Fundraising Trek supporting dementia research
A group of trekkers are walking the Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park to raise funds to support the fight against dementia.
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A/Professor Jan Kaslin - Monash University, Melbourne

Cancelled
26 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
A/Professor Jan Kaslin
Australian regenerative Medicine Institute
Monash University
Clayton VIC 3800
QBI and Lexus Brisbane Spring High Tea

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane – Spring High Tea

22 October 2022 1:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Lexus Spring High Tea
This event 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 2022, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the ballroom at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon will include high tea with French champagne.

Professor Jennifer Cornish - Macquarie University, Sydney : "Understanding Methamphetamine Addiction: Implications for Novel Therapeutics"

19 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Jennifer Cornish
Centre for Emotional Help (CEH)
Macquarie University, Sydney

Live Webinar: The Science of Depression and Anxiety

13 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Mental Health Week Live Webinar
In Australia, one in five people experiences mental health symptoms every year. Mental health research is a critical area of discovery that QBI researchers are focussed on and each year QBI hosts a mental health webinar, during Mental health Week, to discuss important topics related to mental health research.

Dr Kuo-Sheng Lee - University of Geneva, Switzerland : "Emergence of tonotopic map in early somatosensory pathway: mechanoreceptors, synaptic networks and transformation of neural coding"

12 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Kuo-Sheng Lee
Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva
Switzerland

Professor Glenda Halliday - University of Sydney, Sydney : "Adaptive structural changes in motor cortex in Parkinson’s disease"

5 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Professor Glenda Halliday
Faculty of Health and Medicine
University of Sydney, NSW

Dr Lena Oestreich - QBI : "Post-stroke depression: vulnerability, mechanisms, and novel treatment targets"

5 October 2022 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Lena Oestreich
Centre for Clinical Research
University of Queensland

Dr Tara Walker - QBI : "Selenium mediates exercise-induced adult neurogenesis and reverses learning deficits induced by hippocampal injury and ageing"

4 October 2022 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Tara Walker
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Dr Maureen Hagan - Monash University, Melbourne : "Untangling the mechanisms of neural communication"

28 September 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Maureen Hagan
Department of Physiology
Monash University, VIC

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