Seminars & Events
One of WAIMR's major goals is to educate the research community and the public on the benefits that medical research has to offer. As well as regular weekly seminars, we run a number of special seminars throughout the year, along with several fundraising events.
WAIMR Seminar Series
Innovation in research can be realised by sharing ideas and broadening our exposure to advances in similar disciplines. The WAIMR Seminar Series provides an opportunity for staff, students and members of the public to engage with a range of researchers, clinicians and other practitioners on medical research issues. Our upcoming seminars are outlined below.
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Wednesday
18th November 2009
4:00pm |
Master regulators of neuron migration and maturation during brain development
Dr Julian Heng is a returning C J Martin Research Fellow at the Howard Florey Institute. He has spent more than four years in the lab of Dr Francois Guillemot at the National Institute for Medical Research (UK) investigating how master regulators of neurogenesis (such as the transcription factor Neurogenin2) control aspects of neuron production in the developing nervous system. His current research interest lies in broadening our understanding of the genetic control of cell migration and maturation within the developing brain. These are important principles which underlie fetal development, since abnormal brain development can in some cases lead to mental retardation and epilepsy. Julian obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Science with First Class Honours from the University of Western Australia (then supervised by Dr George Yeoh and Dr Laurie Abraham), and then embarked on PhD studies with Professor Seong-Seng Tan at the Howard Florey Institute (now the Florey Neuroscience Institutes), Melbourne (Australia).
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NRP Science Meeting Seminar
Dr Giles Plant, NH&MRC R.D. Wright Fellow, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Red's Spinal Cord Research Centre, is a very well-renowned and highly respected scientist in the international field of repair and regeneration of the injured spinal cord. We have been extremely fortunate to benefit from his involvement in the NRP since the Program's inception in 1999. Dr Plant has been a contributing member of the American Paralysis Association research consortium into spinal cord repair and for some years has been involved with national and international efforts to optimise global cooperation and standardisation of protocols to ensure the safe and effective conduct of clinical trials in the field of spinal cord injury (eg. the International Campaign for Curing Paralysis, and as a steering committee member for ANZSCIN, the Australian New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Network).
Dr Plant's seminar has unfortunately been postponed until 2010 - sorry for any inconvenience.
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* Unless otherwise noted, these seminars are held in the Seminar Room of the Nedlands Campus, which is located on the Ground Floor of B Block at the QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands. You can call us on 9346 3838 if you need help finding the building. All of the seminars listed here are open to the public, and refreshments are provided.
Public Seminars
WAIMR is keen to keep the community up-to-date on our research. Holding public seminars about topical issues are part of this commitment. Our upcoming seminars are outlined below (although please be aware that some of these may require registration).
There are currently no seminars scheduled.
Events
WAIMR runs a number of fundraising events throughout the year. Increasing numbers of organizations are choosing to host national and international conferences in Perth. WAIMR is proud to support the events listed below.
There are currently no events scheduled.
