Previous Meetings
Neuroscience 2016
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Neuroscience 2016 was held November 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center. More than 30,300 attendees from 80 countries convened in San Diego for the world’s largest marketplace of ideas and tools for global neuroscience. Abstracts from the annual meeting are available online.
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Neuroscience Down Under
The Australian Reception at the Society for Neuroscience
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As part of the upcoming Neuroscience 2016 in San Diego, the Brisbane chapter for SfN is hosting the Neuroscience Down Under mixer. Last year the mixer in Chicago was a huge success. There were a large number of Australian PhD students and post docs that had the opportunity to meet with senior neuroscientists (lab heads and postdocs) from the USA and Europe and form personal contacts that will help their careers. We hope this year’s mixer will offer the same opportunity to network. The mixer will be held on:
Date: 15th November Time: 6:30-10:30pm Address: Half Door Brewing Co., 903 Island Avenue San Diego It is a short 10 minute walk from the San Diego Convention centre. Please R.S.V.P. To [email protected] by 12th November. For more details about event and a map of the venue, please refer to the flyer here. |
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The life of breath: stem cells of the adult lung. (Seminar Series)
We are pleased to announce the upcoming seminar delivered by Prof. Brigid Hogan from Duke University Medical Center, Her lab group focuses on the cellular and genetic mechanisms underlying the development, maintenance and repair of the lung.
Location: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building
Time: 9th Dec, Friday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Check the flyer for more details
This seminar is part of the Anatomy and Neuroscience 2016 Seminar series at the University of Melbourne,
Location: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building
Time: 9th Dec, Friday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Check the flyer for more details
This seminar is part of the Anatomy and Neuroscience 2016 Seminar series at the University of Melbourne,
SfN Melb Chapter Careers Symposium
Are you looking for a career in neuroscience research? If yes, save the date for the upcoming Careers Symposium organised by the SfN Melbourne Chapter.
When: 12-10-2016; 12;30pm -7 pm
Where: Kenneth Myer Building (Melbourne Brain Centre), The University of Melbourne
Registration: FREE
FLYER
When: 12-10-2016; 12;30pm -7 pm
Where: Kenneth Myer Building (Melbourne Brain Centre), The University of Melbourne
Registration: FREE
FLYER
Program:
12:30-2pm: ECR Development Event “Meet the Professor Lunch”
Pathology Library, Level 6, Medical Building, the University of Melbourne
12:30-2pm: ECR Development Event “Meet the Professor Lunch”
Pathology Library, Level 6, Medical Building, the University of Melbourne
2:30-5 pm: Career Development Symposium
Ian Potter Auditorium, Melbourne Brain Centre
Invited Speakers and themes:
Ian Potter Auditorium, Melbourne Brain Centre
Invited Speakers and themes:
Professor Erica Fletcher, University of Melbourne
Title: The Science of Juggling-Building a Track Record with Limited Time
Chair: Dr. Junhua Xiao, University of Melbourne
Erica Fletcher is Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, at The University of Melbourne where she heads the Visual Neuroscience Laboratory. She is a clinically trained optometrist who holds both MSc and PhD degrees. She completed her PhD at The University of Melbourne and undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany, funded by a CJ Martin Award from the NH&MRC. Prof Fletcher was appointed to an academic position in 2000 at The University of Melbourne. Since 2000, Prof Fletcher has had been funded continuously by the NH&MRC. She was the 2016 recipient of the Glenn Fry Award for Vision Research from the American Academy of Optometry.Prof Fletcher’s research interests remain primarily focussed on understanding the causes of retinal degenerations.
Title: The Science of Juggling-Building a Track Record with Limited Time
Chair: Dr. Junhua Xiao, University of Melbourne
Erica Fletcher is Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, at The University of Melbourne where she heads the Visual Neuroscience Laboratory. She is a clinically trained optometrist who holds both MSc and PhD degrees. She completed her PhD at The University of Melbourne and undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany, funded by a CJ Martin Award from the NH&MRC. Prof Fletcher was appointed to an academic position in 2000 at The University of Melbourne. Since 2000, Prof Fletcher has had been funded continuously by the NH&MRC. She was the 2016 recipient of the Glenn Fry Award for Vision Research from the American Academy of Optometry.Prof Fletcher’s research interests remain primarily focussed on understanding the causes of retinal degenerations.
Associate Professor James Bourne, Monash University
Title: NHMRC Funding and the Future
Chair: A/Prof. Peter Crack, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor James Bourne is currently a Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, and is a member of the NHMRC Research Committee. James completed his undergraduate training in Biochemistry (Hons) at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. Following this, he pursued a PhD in the field of Neuropharmacology, undertaking a joint project with the Ministry of Defence (UK) and King’s College, London. Subsequent to this he came to Australia to undertake a Postdoctoral position at the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre at UQ and subsequently moved to Monash University (Clayton) in 2000 to look at the physiological properties of cells in the visual cortex. In 2003, James was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, and started to develop an independent area of research in primate cortical development and maturation. In 2006 he received the AW Campbell Award – awarded by the Australian Neuroscience Society for "the best contribution to the neurosciences by a member of the Society over their first five postdoctoral years". In 2007, James started up his own group in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and in 2008 received an NHMRC R.D. Wright fellowship, for which he received an NHMRC Achievement Award for the top application. In 2009, James accepted a position at the newly founded Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash University, where he now leads a group of 10, including Postdoctoral fellows, and students. In 2014 James received a prestigious NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship. Finally, James has published more than 50 original papers and is on the editorial board of Early Human Development, Experimental Brain Research, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy and the Journal of Molecular Signaling.
Title: NHMRC Funding and the Future
Chair: A/Prof. Peter Crack, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor James Bourne is currently a Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, and is a member of the NHMRC Research Committee. James completed his undergraduate training in Biochemistry (Hons) at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. Following this, he pursued a PhD in the field of Neuropharmacology, undertaking a joint project with the Ministry of Defence (UK) and King’s College, London. Subsequent to this he came to Australia to undertake a Postdoctoral position at the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre at UQ and subsequently moved to Monash University (Clayton) in 2000 to look at the physiological properties of cells in the visual cortex. In 2003, James was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, and started to develop an independent area of research in primate cortical development and maturation. In 2006 he received the AW Campbell Award – awarded by the Australian Neuroscience Society for "the best contribution to the neurosciences by a member of the Society over their first five postdoctoral years". In 2007, James started up his own group in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and in 2008 received an NHMRC R.D. Wright fellowship, for which he received an NHMRC Achievement Award for the top application. In 2009, James accepted a position at the newly founded Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash University, where he now leads a group of 10, including Postdoctoral fellows, and students. In 2014 James received a prestigious NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship. Finally, James has published more than 50 original papers and is on the editorial board of Early Human Development, Experimental Brain Research, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy and the Journal of Molecular Signaling.
Dr. Lucy Palmer, The Florey Neurosciences Institute
Title: Establishing a research career: Does international postdoctoral
experience help obtain funding?
Chair: A/Prof. Chris Reid, The Florey Institute
Dr. Lucy Palmer is the head of the Neural Networks Laboratory at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor in Science and a Bachelor in Arts in 2001. In 2003, she obtained a Masters in Science from the University of Minnesota and was awarded a Ph.D from the Australian National University (under the supervision of Greg Stuart) in 2008. She then pursued postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Matthew Larkum at the University of Bern, Switzerland and Humboldt University, Berlin before returning to Australia to head the Neural Network Laboratory at the Florey Institute in 2013. Her research investigates the dendritic activity and underlying neural networks contributing to sensory perception and behaviour in the mammalian brain.
Title: Establishing a research career: Does international postdoctoral
experience help obtain funding?
Chair: A/Prof. Chris Reid, The Florey Institute
Dr. Lucy Palmer is the head of the Neural Networks Laboratory at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor in Science and a Bachelor in Arts in 2001. In 2003, she obtained a Masters in Science from the University of Minnesota and was awarded a Ph.D from the Australian National University (under the supervision of Greg Stuart) in 2008. She then pursued postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Matthew Larkum at the University of Bern, Switzerland and Humboldt University, Berlin before returning to Australia to head the Neural Network Laboratory at the Florey Institute in 2013. Her research investigates the dendritic activity and underlying neural networks contributing to sensory perception and behaviour in the mammalian brain.
Dr. Chris Langmead, Monash University
Title: Academia and Industry - Two sides of the same funding coin
Chair: Dr Jenny Gunnersen, University of Melbourne
Chris Langmead is Head of the Servier Drug Discovery Program at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS); prior to this he was Head of Pharmacology at Heptares Therapeutics, a UK-based biotechnology company (2009-2012) and a neuroscience researcher at GlaxoSmithKline (1998-2009). He has a degree and PhD in pharmacology from Queens' College, Cambridge and
University College London, respectively. He is an acknowledged expert in GPCR drug discovery and has led a neuroscience projects for Parkinson’s, ADHD, schizophrenia, sleep disorders and Alzheimer’s disease in late stage preclinical and early clinical development. Chris is also a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society.
Title: Academia and Industry - Two sides of the same funding coin
Chair: Dr Jenny Gunnersen, University of Melbourne
Chris Langmead is Head of the Servier Drug Discovery Program at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS); prior to this he was Head of Pharmacology at Heptares Therapeutics, a UK-based biotechnology company (2009-2012) and a neuroscience researcher at GlaxoSmithKline (1998-2009). He has a degree and PhD in pharmacology from Queens' College, Cambridge and
University College London, respectively. He is an acknowledged expert in GPCR drug discovery and has led a neuroscience projects for Parkinson’s, ADHD, schizophrenia, sleep disorders and Alzheimer’s disease in late stage preclinical and early clinical development. Chris is also a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society.
Neuroscience 2015
Neuroscience 2015 took place in Chicago, October 17-21
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SfN's 45th annual meeting is the premier venue for neuroscientists to present emerging science, learn from experts, forge collaborations with peers, explore new tools and technologies, and advance careers.
Neuroscience 2015 took place in October 17-21 at McCormick Place in Chicago. More than 29,000 colleagues attended this years meeting. For more details, visit Neuroscience 2015 Wondering what the science behing the logo is? Check it out here. As part of the SfN meeting held in Chicago an Australian reception was held at the SfN meeting, Neuroscience Down Under. Details of the past Society for Neuroscience Meetings can be found here. |
Other meetings:
SOBR Symposium 2015
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The 2015 SOBR Student Symposium was held on the 23rd of November 2015 at Swinburne University's Advanced Technology Centre.
The quality of research, both oral and poster presentations, was so outstanding with several draws across 3 of the 4 abstract categories. This year had some of the highest marked abstracts in SOBR’s history. The 2015 winners are as follows: Oral Presentations:
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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Melbourne Brain Symposium 2015
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne share a proud history of hosting the annual Melbourne Brain Symposium. It was held on 13 October 2015 at the Ian Potter Auditorium, University of Melbourne. The symposium program is a testament to the remarkable breadth of neuroscience focused research happening here and internationally.
The symposium had an impressive line up of speakers:
A gene for speed: ACTN3, athletes, evolution and impact on human health
· Professor Kathryn North, Director, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne.
Reducing Stroke Disability - Imaging and Reperfusing the Ischemic Penumbra
· Doctor Bruce Campbell, Consultant Neurologist and Head of Hyperacute Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Drug Discovery and Development at MIPS: Experiences and Lessons Learnt
· Professor Bill Charman, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Giving it all we've got: our approach to motor neurone disease
· Professor Pam McCombe, Neurologist, Head of Royal Brisbane Clinical School and co-Head of the Brain and Mental Health Theme at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Precision in large clinical trials: Experience from the International stroke trial AVERT
· Professor Julie Bernhardt, Head of Stroke Division and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Prion propagation and neurotoxicity: their relationship and wider relevance
· Professor John Collinge, Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease at the UCL Institute of Neurology, and Director of the MRC Prion Unit
For more details, click here.
The symposium had an impressive line up of speakers:
A gene for speed: ACTN3, athletes, evolution and impact on human health
· Professor Kathryn North, Director, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne.
Reducing Stroke Disability - Imaging and Reperfusing the Ischemic Penumbra
· Doctor Bruce Campbell, Consultant Neurologist and Head of Hyperacute Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Drug Discovery and Development at MIPS: Experiences and Lessons Learnt
· Professor Bill Charman, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Giving it all we've got: our approach to motor neurone disease
· Professor Pam McCombe, Neurologist, Head of Royal Brisbane Clinical School and co-Head of the Brain and Mental Health Theme at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Precision in large clinical trials: Experience from the International stroke trial AVERT
· Professor Julie Bernhardt, Head of Stroke Division and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Prion propagation and neurotoxicity: their relationship and wider relevance
· Professor John Collinge, Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease at the UCL Institute of Neurology, and Director of the MRC Prion Unit
For more details, click here.
ISN-APSN Meeting
The 2015 meeting was a major international meeting held jointly with the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) , the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) in conjunction with the Australasian Society for Neuroscience (ANS) at Cairns, Australia, August 23–27, 2015. More information can be found here.
