Brain Sciences UNSW Colloquia - 2006
Autonomic involvement in the body's expressions of emotion
Speaker: Professor Wilfrid Janig, University of Kiel
Presentation followed by panel discussion led by Professor Elspeth McLachlan (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute), Chair, with panellists Professor Fred Westbrook (School of Psychology UNSW), Dr Pascal Carrive (School of Medical Sciences UNSW), Professor Phil Mitchell (School of Psychiatry UNSW).
Date |
Time: 14 November 2006, 5-6 pm
Venue: Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
On Thin Ice: addictions research update
Speakers: Dr Gavan McNally (School of Psychology); Dr Rebecca Mcketin (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre); Assoc. Prof. Maree Teesson - Chair (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre).
Date |
Time: 3 October 2006, 5-6 pm
Venue: Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
From Prosthetics to Perception
Speakers: Professor John Morley - Chair (Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology); Professor Nigel Lovell (Grad. School of Biomedical Engineering); Dr Branka Spehar (School of Psychology).
Date |
Time: 1 August 2006, 5-6 pm
Venue: Biomed Lecture Theatre B
Seeing is believing - visualising early brain changes in Parkinson's disease (PD)
Speakers: Dr Kay Double (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute), "Visualising early PD brain changes through the blood"; Professor Tony Broe (Department of Geriatric Medicine), "Visualising early PD brain changes through fMRI"; Professor Glenda Halliday - Chair (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute), "Visualising early PD changes in brain tissue".
Date |
Time: 9 May 2006, 5-6 pm
Venue: Biomed Lecture Theatre E
Genes Behaving Badly
Speakers: Dr Jan Fullerton (Garvan Institute of Medical Research), "Using endophenotypes and mouse models to identify candidate genes in depression"; Professor Philip Mitchell - Chair (Convenor of Brain Sciences UNSW; Head of School of Psychiatry), "The serotonin transporter gene, life events and depression onset"; Professor Peter Schofield (Executive Director, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute), "Identification of the cadherin gene FAT as the susceptibility gene for bipolar disorder".
Date |
Time: 7 March 2006, 5-6 pm
Venue: Black Dog Institute Lecture Theatre