NeuRA Seminar Series 2022
The NeuRA Seminar Series aims to provide the opportunity to listen to interesting and leading research across all fields of neuroscience. Presenters will include a mix of NeuRA-based scientists, as well as invited presentations from external domestic and international scientific experts. The presentations are held every Friday at 12 noon online and in the Level 3 John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room. The presentations aim to run for one hour.
The Seminar Committee is also continuing NeuRA Fast Talks / Drinks Series for 2022. This is an internal networking event that aims to occur monthly on the first Tuesday of the month from 4pm, this will include 3-4 NeuRA speakers followed by casual drinks.
If you are interested in attending these seminars and wish to be added to the regular email mailing list, please fill out the form.
| Date | Speaker | Position/Institution | Topic |
| 18 Feb 22 | Cyndi Shannon- Weickert |
Shannon Weickert | An SOS from Dopamine Neurons in Schizophrenia |
| 25 Feb 22 | Sonia Hesam Shariati | Fullerton | Environmental and biological contributors to the risk of bipolar disorder |
| 4 Mar 22 | Samantha Millard | Schabrun | Modulating the brain’s sensitivity to pain |
| 18 Mar 22 | Invited speaker Associate Professor Susanna Park |
Brain and Mind Institute, University of Sydney | Nerve Damage Following Cancer Treatment – Connecting Neuroscience and Oncology Practice |
| 25 Mar 22 | Ellen Finlay | Radford | Indigenous populations, ageing and the legacies of colonisation |
| 1 Apr 22 | Hayley North | Shannon Weickert | Discovering links between inflammation, neurogenesis, brain structure and brain function in schizophrenia |
| 8 Apr 22 | Jessica Chandra | Shannon Weickert | Effect of chronic antipsychotic treatment on neuroinflammation and dopamine neuron health in rats |
| 22 Apr 22 | Invited speaker Colleen Loo |
Blackdog Institute – UNSW | TBC |
| 29 Apr 22 | Cameron Hicks | Lord | Ladder use in older people |
| 6 May 22 | Atqiya Aishah | Eckert | Targeted therapies for obstructive sleep apnoea |
| 13 May 22 | Nisha Mathew | Walker | TBC |
| 20 May 22 | Invited speaker Professor Georgina Long |
Melanoma Institute Australia & the University of Sydney | TBC |
| 27 May 22 | Bianca Albanese | Brown | TBC |
| 3 Jun 22 | Myf Cohen | Bilston | TBC |
| 10 Jun 22 | Meghan Ambrens | Delbaere | Exploring the experiences of our older population: Past, present and future |
| 17 Jun 22 | Anandit Mathew | Butler | TBC |
| 24 Jun 22 | Michael Wewege | McAuley | Analgesic medicines for acute low back pain: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| 1 Jul 22 | Kerith-Rae Dias | Roscioli | TBC |
| 8 Jul 22 | Deepak Sharma | Ingvars | Grouping impulses in tactile afferents can change perceptions |
| 15 Jul 22 | Delyse McCaffrey | Evidence for microglia as the unsuspected culprit of cancer-induced anxiety-like behaviour | |
| 22 Jul 22 | Invited Speaker: Juno Kim | TBC | |
| 29 Jul-22 | Anita Nitchingham | Hypoactive and hypometabolic: the hype of FDG-PET in delirium. | |
| 5 Aug 22 | |||
| 12 Aug 22 | |||
| 19 Aug 22 | Invited Speaker: Danny Eckert | ||
| 26 Aug 22 | Yilan Zhang | ||
| 2 Sep 22 | Tharanwat Chantanachai | ||
| 9 Sep 22 | Gabby Allen | ||
| 16 Sep 22 | Lidan Zheng | Anstey | |
| 23 Sep 22 | Invited Speaker: Genevieve Steiner | ||
| 30 Sep 22 | Haeme Park | ||
| 7 Oct 22 | Richard Vickery + Invited Speaker: Dr Kuo-Sheng Lee | ||
| 14 Oct 22 | Rob Lloyd | ||
| 21 Oct 22 | Lloyd Chan | ||
| 28 Oct 22 | Kasia Bilska | ||
| 4 Nov 22 | Lauren Poulos | ||
| 11 Nov 22 | Lauriane Juge | ||
| 18 Nov 22 | Brian Chow | ||
| 25 Nov 22 | Steven Phu | ||
| 2 Dec 22 | Fiona Knapman | Optogenetics for Obstructive Sleep Apneia | |
| 9 Dec 22 | Tertia Purves-Tyson | ||
| 16 Dec 22 | Mae Lim | ||
| 23 Dec 22 |
Primary contacts
Dr Jasmine Menant, Chair (j.menant@neura.edu.au)
Dr Bart Bolsterlee, Deputy chair (b.bolsterlee@neura.edu.au)
Dr Annie Palermo (a.palermo@neura.edu.au)
Ms Madeleine Veinovic (m.veinovic@neura.edu.au)
Dr Sophie Andrews (s.andrews@neura.edu.au)
Dr Steve Kassem (s.kassem@neura.edu.au)
Dr Adam Walker (a.walker@neura.edu.au)
Mr Lloyd Chan (l.chan@neura.edu.au)
Dr Kim van Schooten (k.vanschooten@neura.edu.au)
Dr Adam Lawther (a.lawther@neura.edu.au)