The Molecular Medicine Seminar series is a joint initiative from three MCRI Themes: Early Development and Disease, Musculoskeletal Disorders & Laboratory and Community Genetics.
This seminar series aims to facilitate the open communication of exciting results and outcomes of medical and basic research across many disciplines. The audience attending the Molecular Medicine Seminar series includes; graduate and post-graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and senior research and clinical staff.
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March |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 11 |
Pathological, molecular and genetic characterization of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs)
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Dr Izhak Haviv
Project Leader
Tumour Stromal Interactions Group
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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| Tue 18 |
A master regulator of coordinate gene expression and other genetic quirks in Prader-Willi syndrome
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Robert. D. Nicholls, D.Phil.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Birth Defects Laboratories
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh |
| Tue 25 |
An assessment of midwives and genetic practice: How do they deliver?
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Michelle Bishop
PhD student
Genetics Education and Health Research
Laboratory and Community Genetics |
April |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 1 |
Safeguarding cells from mutations: Quality control mechanisms and disease
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Prof. John Bateman
Theme Director
Musculoskeletal Disorders
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| Tue 8 |
CANCELLED
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| Tue 15 |
Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
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Ed Stanley
Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratory
Monash University
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| Tue 22 |
Monogenic disease of the haematopoietic system – from genetic diagnosis to genetic therapy
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Christoph Klein
Munich University, Germany |
| Tue 29 |
It takes ten to tango: platypus sex chromosomes at meiosis
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Frank Grutzner
School of Molecular & Biomedical Science
The University of Adelaide |
May |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 6 |
From caterpillars to clinics : a rationally designed anti-cancer drug specifically kills tumour cells
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John Silke
Department of Biochemistry
La Trobe University |
| Tue 13 |
Control of neural crest cell migration in the developing gut
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Heather Young
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Dept Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Melbourne |
| Tue 20 |
Transcriptional control of CNS and gonad development: from mouse models to molecular mechanisms
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Paul Thomas
School of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences
University of Adelaide |
| Tue 27 |
Seminar Cancelled
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MCRI Annual General Meeting |
June |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 24 |
The benefits and costs of plasticity of the nigro-striatal system
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Professor Malcolm Horne
Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director
Howard Florey Institute |
July |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 1 |
Probing neural development using RNAi in chicken embryos: Dissection of a signalling pathway controlling motor neuron migration at a CNS/PNS interface
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Dr Romke Bron
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Melbourne |
| Tue 8 |
Low maternal Vitamin D, implications for brain development and function in an animal model
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Dr. Darryl Eyles. BSc. Gr Dip Clin Biochem. Ph.D.
Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory Director
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, (QCMHR)
Based in the Queensland Brain Institute, (QBI) |
| Tue 15 |
How are axons guided by molecular gradients?
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Associate Professor Geoffrey Goodhill
Computational Neuroscience
University of Queensland |
| Tue 22 |
Functional genomics of kidney and ureter development
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Dr Georgina Caruana
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology
Monash University |
| Tue 29 |
Treacher Collins syndrome: rescuing the craniofacial defects through inhibition of p53 function
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Dr Natalie Jones
Research Fellow
Dept. of Anatomy and Developmental Biology
Monash University |
August |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 5 |
Immunogenetics of devil facial tumour disease: a contagious cancer
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Katherine Belov |
| Tue 12 |
Molecular analysis or craniofacial development
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Firas Alsoleihat |
| Tue 19 |
Zebrafish models for muscle attachment and muscular dystrophy
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Dr Peter Currie |
| Tue 26 |
Misfolding and Aggregation in the Polyglutamine diseases
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Dr Steven Bottomley |
September |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 2 |
Clinical islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes: improving the survival of human islets
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TBC |
| Tue 9 |
Developing siRNA as a Potential Therapy for ß-Thalassaemia ß
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Hsaio Voon
PhD Scholar |
| Tue 16 |
Next Generation of the Australian Genome Research Facility
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Sue Forrest |
| Tue 23 |
Seminar title TBA
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TBC |
| Tue 30 |
How to Make an Ear; Induction and Morphogenesis of the Otic Placode
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TBC |
October |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 7 |
Seminar title TBA
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Novita Puspasari
PhD Scholar |
| Tue 14 |
Seminar title TBA
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Trevor Lithgow |
| Tue 21 |
Seminar title TBA
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Lyn Chan
PhD Scholar |
| Tue 28 |
Seminar title TBA
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Charlotte East
PhD Scholar |
November |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 4 |
Seminar Cancelled
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Melbourne Cup Day |
| Tue 11 |
Seminar title TBA
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Gabrielle Wilson
PhD Scholar |
| Tue 18 |
Cancelled
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RCH Annual General Meeting |
| Tue 25 |
Seminar title TBA
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Georgia Chenevix-Trench |
December |
Date |
Seminar Title |
Speaker |
| Tue 2 |
Seminar title TBA
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Hinda Daggag
PhD Scholar |
