For further information about specific presentations, follow the presenter links
| DATE |
TOPIC |
PRESENTER |
| 26 February |
Chubby Australian Mice:
Botero and Fat Aussie - new mouse models of monogenic obesity |
Dr Todor Arsov
Department of Genetics, Stanford University |
4 March
John Lindell Lecture Theatre |
Cortical excitability and epilepsy - insights into the pathophysiology |
Radwa Badwy (PhD final presentation) |
| 11 March |
Investigating the physiological and clinical differences in weight loss in obese subjects with and without diabetes |
Scott Baker (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| EEG-fMRI and understanding the mechanisms of absence seizures |
Patrick Carney (PhD confirmation presentation) |
18 March
John Lindell Lecture Theatre |
The lysosomal pathway to proteinuria |
Michael Desmond (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| 25 March |
No Seminar - Easter |
|
| 1 April |
Anabolic actions of androgens in skeletal muscle |
Nicole Lee (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| Improving the process of drug development in stroke |
Ana Antonic (PhD confirmation presentation) |
8 April
John Lindell Lecture Theatre |
An investigation of physiological adaptations contributing to weight regain after weight loss |
Sumithran Kalpana Priyadarsini (PhD confirmation presentation) |
Control of musculoskeletal function and body composition by
androgens in males |
Emma Hamilton (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| 15 April |
Imaging epilepsy with simultaneous EEG and functional MRI |
Richard Masterton (PhD final presentation) |
22 April
John Lindell Lecture Theatre |
Investigating the role of fructose-1,6 Bisphosphatase in hepatic glucose production and food intake regulation |
Sherley Visioni (PhD final presentation) |
| 29 April |
Why overworking the islet beta cell eventually leads to its death |
Dr Sof Andrikopoulos
Dept Medicine |
| 6 May |
Honours students introductory talks |
Honours Students |
| 13 May |
Nucleus Network and clinical trials |
Dr Lisa Nelson
General Manager, Nucleus Network |
| 20 May |
The role of androgens in osteoblast devleopment and bone cell metabolism |
Cherie Chiang (MD confirmation presentation) |
| AMS student presentations |
Henry Yao |
Allan Hyunh |
| Hui-Ching Lee |
| 27 May |
How to write a scientific paper for a top journal |
Prof Ego Seeman
Dept Medicine |
| 3 June |
Experimental design and bias in the laboratory |
Assoc Professor David Howells
Dept Medicine |
| 10 June |
Ten rules for the presentation and interpretation of data in publications |
Prof David Vaux
ARC Federation Fellow, LaTrobe University |
| 17 June |
The therapeutic potential of neuroepithelial cells in the injurered rat spinal cord |
Taryn Wills (PhD confirmation presentation) |
The role of respiratory load detection and compensation in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnoea |
Paul Read (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| 24 June |
ACE-ing weight loss: metabolic effects of angiotensin antagonist drugs |
Michael Lee Mathai
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne |
| 1 July |
Lecture cancelled |
Henry Ma (PhD final presentation) |
| 8 July |
Comparison of (pathological) hyperfiltraton of diabetes with (physiological) hyperfiltration of pregnancy |
Jenny Huynh (PhD confirmation presentation) |
15 July
John Lindell Theatre |
EEG-fMRI and understanding the mechanisms of absence seizures |
Patrick Carney (PhD final presentation) |
Pathological effects of high dietary methionine on atherosclerotic stabilization |
Rajneet Arora (MSc confirmation presentation) |
22 July
John Lindell Theatre |
Functional Imaging contributions to the understanding of epilepsy |
Dr John Archer
Dept Medicine |
| 29 July |
Generation of an inducible muscle-specific glycogen synthase knockout model |
Wilari Tedjosiswoyo (MSc confirmation presentation) |
| 5 August |
Occular associations of chronic kidney disease |
Prof Judy Savige
Dept Medicine |
12 August
John Lindell Theatre |
Amyloid depostion in stroke and its effect on clinical and cognitive outcome |
John Ly (PhD final presentation) |
| 19 August |
β-cell over-expression of selenoprotein S protects against alloxan-induced diabetes |
Tanya Samarasekera (ADS practice talk) |
| Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase: a novel liver nutrient sensor |
Sherley Visinoni (ADS practice talk) |
| Investigating the novel role of HERP in the pancreatic β-cell |
Nicole Wong (ADS practice talk) |
| 26 August |
A novel biomarker of prostate cancer progression |
Prof Albert Frauman
Dept Medicine |
| 2 September |
title tbc |
Prof Chris Christophi
Dept Surgery |
| 9 September |
The Bcl-2/BH3 life/death switch |
Dr Doug Fairlie
WEHI |
| 16 September |
The ischemic penumbra - the influence of late reperfusion and inflammation on clinical outcome of stroke patient |
Henry Ma (PhD final presentation) |
| 23 September |
Delirium in culturally diverse older medical inpatient population |
Kimberly Jeffs (PhD final presentation) |
| 30 September |
Autologous proteolytic regulation of platelet immunoreceptors in thrombosis/immune dysfunction |
Dr Elizabeth Gardiner
Research Fellow
Centre for Vascular Research, Monash University |
| 7 October |
to be confirmed |
|
| 14 October |
Does habitual low dietary sodium intake augment the response to angiotensin receptor blockade and thiazide therapy in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated albumin excretion rate? |
Elif Ekinci (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| Clinical study of seizures and epilepsy associated with strokes |
Wenwen Zhang (PhD confirmation presentation) |
| 21 October |
No Seminar - Austin Health Medical Research Week |
| 28 October |
Title tbc |
Dr Richard MacIsaac
Endocrine Centre of Excellence, Austin Health |
| 4 November |
No Seminar - Melbourne Cup Day |
|
11 November
NB: 1 hr 20 min session
|
Honours students final talks (i) |
|
18 November
NB: 1 hr session
|
Honours students final talks (ii) |
|
| 25 November |
Title tbc |
Dr Michelle Porritt
Dept Medicine |
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