Brain Sciences UNSW Colloquia - 2009
Probing Neuronal Receptor Function - from Molecules to Genomes
Speakers: Professor Caroline (Lindy) Rae (Brain SciencesUNSW; Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute) "Understanding your inhibitions. Using metabolism to probe GABA-ergic compartmentation in the cerebral cortex"; Dr Trevor Lewis (School of Medical Sciences UNSW) "Inhibitory glycine receptors as molecular machines: investigating the relationship between structure and function"; Professor Herbert Herzog (Garvan Institute of Medical Research), "Transgenic and KO approaches to study brain function". Professor Gary Housley - Chair (School of Medical Sciences UNSW).
Date | Time: Monday 16 Nov, 4 - 5 pm
Venue: Black Dog Institute Lecture Theatre
Brain Sciences UNSW Postdoctoral Presentations
Speakers: Lucette Cysique (St Vincents Hospital), "Neurocognitive complications of HIV infection: past and future"; Eryn Werry (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute), "The effect of aging on neurogenesis in the human adult subventricular zone and dentate gyrus". Professor Caroline (Lindy) Rae (Brain Sciences UNSW; Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute) - Chair.
Date | Time: Monday 29 June, 4 - 5 pm
Venue: Black Dog Institute Lecture Theatre
Smart Dogs and Smarter Men: growing new brain cells
Speakers: Dr Michael Valenzuela (School of Psychiatry UNSW), "From skin to neuron"; Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert (NISAD Chair of Schizophrenia Research UNSW), "New cortical neurons after birth in humans"; Dr Bryce Vissel (Garvan Institute of Medical Research), "Regeneration of the brain following excitotoxic neurodegeneration". Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev - Chair (School of Psychiatry UNSW); Assoc.Prof. Kuldip Sidhu - Chair (Stem Cell Lab UNSW).
Date | Time: Monday 2 March, 4-5pm
Venue: Black Dog Institute Lecture Theatre