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Medical Sciences Seminar Series
Semester 2 2011
The School of Medical Sciences hosts a seminar series on Wednesday afternoons at the Bundoora campus. Seminar speakers range from School staff, external guests, eminent scientists and the School’s very own research students.
All staff, students and visitors are welcome to attend, with seminars taking place in Building 207, Level 3, at 4.00pm. Refreshments will follow presentations.
Wednesday 20 July, 4.00pm
Professor Gary Halliday – Invited speaker
University of Sydney
Repair of ultraviolet radiation-induced oxidative DNA damage and chromatin remodeling in skin cancer.
Wednesday 27 July, 4.00pm
Dr Brett Cromer
Health Innovations Research Institute
ATP modulation of muscle chloride channels - molecular mechanism and role in fatigue.
Wednesday 3 August, 4.00pm
Mr Markus Smolny – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Inhibiting microglial activation by targeted non-viral gene delivery.
Ms Melissa Dworak – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Inflammation in the brain during heart failure.
Wednesday 10 August, 4.00pm
Associate Professor Ian Macreadie – Invited speaker
School of Applied Sciences
The use of yeast to enable advances in Alzheimer's disease research and prevention.
Wednesday 17 August, 4.00pm
Dr Joanne Hart
School of Medical Sciences
The vascular actions of rotten egg gas.
Wednesday 24 August, 4.00pm
Dr Geza Berecki
School of Medical Sciences
Cardiac Na+ and K+ channel dysfunction revealed by dynamic action potential clamp.
Wednesday 7 September, 4.00pm
Mr Sapha Mosawy – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Effect of flavonols on platelet function.
Ms Daria Bongiorno – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
The role of Nedd4 and Nedd4-2 in the central nervous system (CNS).
Mr Ali Al-Bahrani – Project outline
School of Medical Sciences
Fat soluble vitamins; environmental and genetic influences.
Wednesday 14 September, 4.00pm
Dr Martin Stebbing
School of Medical Sciences
Role of brain inflammation and microglia in cardiovascular dysfunction and diabetes.
Wednesday 21 September, 4.00pm
Dr Juan Molero-Navajas
Health Innovations Research Institute
Role of the E3 ubiquitin ligase c-Cbl in muscle metabolism.
Wednesday 28 September, 4.00pm
Ms Evelyn Parr – Project outline
School of Medical Sciences
How varying nutrition affects protein metabolism after exercise.
Ms Alisa Nana – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
An update on the reliability of DXA in measuring body composition in elite athletes.
Mr Musaed Alshahrani – Project outline
School of Medical Sciences
Investigating novel platelet immunoreceptors in contact dependent events that modulate platelet thrombus formation.
Wednesday 5 October, 4.00pm
Professor Joseph Graffam – Invited speaker
Deakin University
Building a research culture.
Wednesday 12 October, 4.00pm
Professor Sharad Kumar – Invited speaker
Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology
Regulation of membrane proteins by ubiquitination: role of the Nedd4 family of ubiquitin ligases.
Wednesday 19 October, 4.00pm
Dr Bert de Groef – Invited speaker
La Trobe University
The chicken or the egg - on hormones and hatching.
Wednesday 26 October, 4.00pm
Ms Eloise Streeter – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Hydrogen sulphide induced relaxation of middle cerebral arteries in the rat.
Ms Marshan Youssef – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
The role of Nedd4 and Nedd4-2 in the central nervous system (CNS).
Mr Salheen Salheen – Project outline
School of Medical Sciences
The effect of DPP4 inhibitors on endothelial function in diabetes.
Wednesday 2 November, 4.00pm
Mr Shiva Kompella – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Structural characterization and scanning mutagenesis of alpha conotoxin RegIIA.
Mr Donny Camera – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Effect of muscle glycogen status and nutrition on myofibrillar protein synthesis and anabolic cell signaling following resistance exercise.
Mr Brendon Hyndman – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Social ecological factors influencing the development of active play spaces in schools.
Wednesday 9 November, 4.00pm
Associate Professor Tim Cole – Invited speaker
Monash University
Endocrine control of respiratory development and function: mechanisms and new treatments.
Wednesday 16 November, 4.00pm
Ms Lazarela Vucinic – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Method optimization for analysis of platelet function by whole blood flow cytometry.
Ms Jennifer Lawrence – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Investigation of the actions of the neuropeptide galanin on microglia.
Mr Bandar Alshehri – Project outline
School of Medical Sciences
Neural stem cells in transthyretin null mice.
Wednesday 23 November, 4.00pm
Mr Kenny Ly – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Development of an early diagnostic of diabetic kidney disease based on albuminuria profiling.
Mr Giovanni Mandarano – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Dextran coated iron oxide nanoparticles as an imaging agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Mr Sean O’Keefe – Progress presentation
School of Medical Sciences
Effect of nanoparticles and organic UV blockers on UVA exposed immune cells.