Seminars and Events
The seminars and meetings listed below are open to professionals and colleagues of NeuRA staff.
NeuRA Invited Seminar Series 2019
The NeuRA Invited Lecture series aims to attract leading national and international researchers from all fields of neuroscience.
| Date | Speaker | Position/Institution | Topic |
| 22nd of Feb | Prof Bernard Balleine | UNSW, Decision Neuroscience Lab | Interaction of the corticostriatal and thalamostriatal networks in goal-directed action |
| 29th of Mar | Prof Nicola Lautenshlager | University of Melbourne | Physical activity for cognitive health: what can we tell older adults with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment? |
| 3rd of May | Prof Fernando Calamante | Director, Sydney Imaging, University of Sydney | TBC |
| 31st of May | Prof Steven Petrou | Director, The Florey Institute | TBC |
| 21st of Jun | Dr Francesco Paoaleo | Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy | TBC |
| 26th of Jul | Prof Jacqui Close | Group Leader, NeuRA | TBC |
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
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 | Identifying the genetic and epigenetic factors linked to successful ageing by studying exceptional longevity. |
| 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 |
| Nov 2nd, at 12:00 pm | Prof. Dr. Urs Meyer | Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich – Vetsuisse, Switzerland | Microglia and Schizophrenia: Scientific Hype or Therapeutic Hope? |
| Nov 23rd, at 12:00 pm | Prof Nigel Lovell | Scientia Professor & Acting Head of Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering | Tales of Translation in Biomedical Engineering at UNSW: Wearables, implantables and data analytics |
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
PhD Completion Seminars 2018
The NeuRA PhD Completion Seminar series provides an opportunity to hear from completing PhD students and celebrate their success.
| Date | Speaker | Group | Title |
| Wed 14th Feb | Alexandra Hall | A/Prof Julie Brown | A novel user-input and user-testing method for designing child restraint product information to reduce misuse. |
| Wed 14th Feb | Juan Olaya | Prof Cyndi Shannon Weickert | The role of Neuregulin 1 risk haplotype (HapICE) and Neuregulin 1 type III overexpression in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia |
| Wed 6th Jun | Ye Zhao | Prof Glenda Halliday | Potential role of LRRK2 Ser910 and Ser935 phosphorylation in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease |
| Wed 15th Aug | Chaminda Lewis | Prof Jane Butler | Respiratory muscle training in cervical spinal cord injury |
| Wed 15th Aug | Helen Cai | Prof Cyndi Shannon Weickert | The blood-brain barrier and neuroinflammation in schizophrenia |
| Wed 19th Sep | Shan-Yuan Tsai | Prof Cyndi Shannon Weickert | Translational alterations of retinoid receptors, their binding partners and the retinoid signally pathway in schizophrenia brain and blood |
| Jan 2019 | Sophie Carter | Prof Danny Eckert | TBA |
| Jan 2019 | Muntaseer Mahfuz | A/Prof Americo Migliaccio | TBA |
CONTACTS
Dr Jasmine Menant – phone: +61 2 9399 1267 or email: j.menant@neura.edu.au
Location: John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room, Level 3, NeuRA, followed by a celebratory lunch in the cafe.
