NeuRA Invited Seminar Series 2018
The NeuRA Invited Lecture series aims to attract leading national and international researchers from all fields of neuroscience.
Novel approaches for investigating normal brain function and neurodegenerative diseases using simultaneous MR-PET imaging.
| Date | Speaker | Position/Institution | Topic |
| Feb 23rd at 12:00 pm | Prof Simon Gandevia | Deputy Director, NeuRA | Research and reproducibility: Messages from Charles Darwin |
| Mar 23rd, at 12:00 pm | A/Prof Tony Roscioli | Group Leader, NeuRA | Genomics in Neurocognitive Disorders – From Aetiology to Therapy |
| Apr 27th, at 12:00 pm | Prof Anne Kelso | CEO, NHMRC | Research funding reform at NHMRC. |
| May 25th, at 12:00 pm | Prof Gary Egan | Director, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash Univerity | Novel approaches for investigating normal brain function and neurodegenerative diseases using simultaneous MR-PET imaging. |
| July 20th, at 12:00 pm | Dr Michael Pluess | Head of Psychology Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London | Individual differences in environmental sensitivity |
| Aug 24th, at 12:00 pm | Dr Lucette Cysique | NeuroHIV, NeuRA | HIV and brain aging: A challenge that the HIV epidemic should not ignore. |
| Sep 28th, at 12:00 pm | Dr Karen Mather | Leader of the Genetics and Epigenomics Group, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, NeuRA | TBA |
| Oct 26th, at 12:00 pm | Prof Sharon Naismith | Leonard P Ullman Chair in Psychology, School of Psychology, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney | TBA |
Primary contacts
Dr Justine Gatt (T: +612 9399 1812 E: j.gatt@neura.edu.au)
Dr Tertia Purves-Tyson (T: +612 9399 1649 E: t.purves-tyson@neura.edu.au)
Dr Jasmine Menant (T: +612 9399 1267 E: j.menant@neura.edu.au)
Scientia Prof George Paxinos AO (T: +612 93991094 E: g.paxinos@neura.edu.au)
Dr Ruth Peters (T: +612 9399 1015 E: r.peters@neura.edu.au)
Dr Steve Kassem (T: +612 9399 1037 E: s.kassem@neura.edu.au)
Location:
NeuRA, Level 3 John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room