Neuroscience Seminars

Neuroscience seminars at the Queensland Brain Institute play a major role in the advancement of neuroscience in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary goal of this initiative is to promote excellence in neuroscience through the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations and augmenting partnerships already in place.

The scheduled QBI Neuroscience Seminar series will be held on Wednesday afternoons from Noon until 1:00 pm in the Level 7 Auditorium of the Queensland Brain Institute, Building 79, Upland Road, St Lucia Campus, The University of Queensland. Additional seminars may be held at other times as listed below.

Neuroscience Seminars - 2012 

January

Wednesday, 25 January — Professor James Bamburg
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
ADF / cofilin in neuronal development and disease

Wednesday, 25 January — Professor Simon Laughlin
Cambridge Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
What makes brains energy efficient?
Please note the special time 4:00 - 5:00PM

Friday, 27 January — Ilan Gobius
Cortical Development and Axon Guidance, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensaland
The role of commissural plate glia, Slit and FGF protein family members in forebrain commissure formation

February

Friday, 03 February — Professor Gregor Thut
Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow. UK
Interacting with human brain oscillations by rhythmic TMS to change attention and perception

Wednesday, 08 February — Daniel Avesar
Dartmouth College, United States
Selective serotonergic modulation of cortical pyramidal neurons

Monday, 13  February — Dr Nicholas Priebe
School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Disrupting ocular integration in primary visual cortex

Wednesday, 15 February — Dr Christine Jasoni
Senior Lecturer Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, New Zealand
You are what you your mother eats: Effects of maternal diet on fetal hypothalamic circuitry development

Wednesday, 22 February — Clare Giacomantonio
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Creating the cortex: mechanisms of cortical development

Wednesday, 29 February — Dr Qiongyi Zhao
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Genomic and transcriptomic applications based on NextGen Sequencing 

March

Wednesday, 7 March — Professor Barry Dickson
Scientific Director, Senior Scientist, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria
Wired for sex: the neurobiology of Drosophila courtship behaviour

Wednesday, 14 March — Associate Professor Ross Cunnington
Cognitive Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Brain processes underlying the planning and perception of actions.

Tuesday, 20 March — Dr Rebecca Nisbet (Special time 1:00 – 2:00PM)
OCE Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Melbourne
Controlling the Uncontrollable: Using Scaffold Proteins to Stabilise the Amyloid-β Peptide

Wednesday, 21 March — Dr Surya Singh
Senior Lecturer (Mechatronics), School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
Moving Naturally: Agile Motion Analysis and Generation

Wednesday, 28 March — Professor Murat Yucel
Centre for Youth Mental Health, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry, The University of Melbourne
The impact of cannabis use on cognitive functioning and brain structure: implications for understanding the neural basis of psychosis

April

Wednesday, 04  April —  Dr Martin How
Sensory Neurobiology Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Whole-field polarisation vision in crustaceans

Wednesday, 11 April — Luke Hammond
Microscopy Services Manager, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Microscopy in the Age of Complexity

Tuesday, 17 April — Professor Grant Morahan
Diabetes Research Foundation Professor, Centre for Medical REsearch, University of Western Australia.
Powerful new resources for discovery of genes for complex traits

Wednesday, 18 April — Associate Professor Elizabeth Coulson
Nerve Cell Survival, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
A central role for cholinergic dysfunction in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.

Tuesday, 24 April — Associate Professor Jack Waters
Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
Activation of nicotinic receptors on deep-layer neocortical pyramidal neurons by synaptically-released ACh.

Wednesday, 25 April — NO SEMINAR - PUBLIC HOLIDAY (ANZAC DAY) 

May

Wednesday, 02 May — Associate Professor Deborah Brown
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland
Free Will, Attention and Other Olde Good Things

Wednesday, 09 May — Professor Graham Kerr
School - Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
Freezing & shaking: understanding postural instability and gait disability in Parkinson’s disease

Wednesday, 16 May — Dr Alon Chen
Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dissecting the central stress response using site-specific genetic manipulation in adult mice

Wednesday, 23 May — Professor Stephanie Clarke
Medicine Department, Service of Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation, Université de Lausanne
Roaring lions and chirruping lemurs: how the brain codes sound objects in space

Wednesday, 30 May  — Dr Megan Porter
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimoe County
Molecular Evolution of Vision in Mantis Shrimp: A multifaceted approach

June

Wednesday, 06 June — Associate Professor John Bekkers
Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, Australian National University
Cortical sensory processing and epilepsy: insights from the olfactory system

Wednesday, 13 June — Professor Geoffrey Goodhill
Computational Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Calcium and cAMP levels interact to determine attraction versus repulsion in axon guidance

Wednesday, 20 June — Professor Joe Lynch
Molecular Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Developing drugs for chronic inflammatory pain

Wednesday, 27 June — Professor Francois Ferron
Université Aix Marseille
TBA

July

Wednesday, 04 July — TBA

Wednesday, 11 July — Dr Chris Dayas
Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
TBA

Wednesday, 18 July — Dr Holly Bridge
Department of Clinical Neurology , Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, University of Oxford
TBA

Wednesday, 25 July — Associate Professor Helen Cooper
Neural Migration, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

August

Wednesday, 01 August — Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

Wednesday, 08 August — Han Lu
Molecular Neuroscience Laborator Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA


Wednesday, 15 August — NO SEMINAR - Public Holiday (EKKA DAY)

Wednesday, 22 August — Professor Valsa Eapen
Chair of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
TBA

Wednesday, 29 August — Dr Alessandra Pierani
Development Neurobiology, Institut Jacques, Université Paris
TBA

September

Wednesday, 5 September — NO SEMINAR - BRAIN PLASTICITY SYMPOSIUM (3-5 SEPTEMBER)

Wednesday, 12 September — Professor Ding Xue
Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology, University of Colarado at Boulder
TBA
Wednesday, 19 September — TBC

Wednesday, 26 September — Dr Brett Graham
Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
Dissecting functionally discrete neuronal populations in spinal pain pathways

October

Wednesday, 03 October — TBA

Wednesday, 10 October — Dr Stephanie Bissiere
Neuropeptides and Behavioural Neuroscience Divisions, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, The University of Melbourne
The role of electrical synapses in fear learning and memories

Wednesday, 17 October — Professor Patrik Verstreken
Neuronal Communucation Laboratory, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Belgium
TBA

Wednesday, 24 October — Professor Mark Geyer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Californina San Diego
TBA

Wednesday, 31 October — Professor Mandyam Srinivasan
Visual and Sensory Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

November

Wednesday, 07 November — Professor John McGrath
Epidemiology and Developmental Neurobiology, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

Wednesday, 14 November — Professor Linda Richards
Cortical Development and Axon Guidance, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

Wednesday, 21 November — Gavin Taylor
Visual and Sensory Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute
TBA

Wednesday, 28 November — TBC

December

Wednesday, 05 December — Associate Professor Stephen Williams
Synaptic integration in neural networks, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

Wednesday, 12 December — David Painter
Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
TBA

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