TRI student seminar
Each week several research higher degree students and post-doctorate researchers will give a presentation on their research. These seminars will be held every Thursday, from 3:00pm-4:00pm. Due to current restrictions, this will be a Zoom webinar. To view this seminar on Thursday, see the link below. We're hoping the seminar will make a welcome return to the Level 7 Staff Lounge in the near future but for now please click the link below to hear about the exciting research happening right now in the building.
Zoom ID: 812 3647 0623
Upcoming events
| Date | Presenter | Seminar Title | Location and Time |
| Thursday 30 September | You choose the movie! | TRI Student Movie Night - Hang out with your peers following the movie! |
Level 2 Auditorium 4:30pm |
| Thursday 23 September |
Layla Lynam (QUT) Janelle Hancock (TRI Core Proteomics) |
Layla will present, 'Characterising the role of NRP1 in claudin-low breast cancer' and Janelle will present, 'Protein interaction mapping by co-IP mass spectrometry'. |
Level 7 Staff Lounge 3:00pm-4:00pm Zoom ID: 82924018948 |
| Thursday 16 September | Mischa Lundberg (UQDI) | Integrative analysis of single cell transcriptomics, genetic association studies, and KO mouse models identifies cell types and genes involved in skeletal disease. |
Level 7 Staff Lounge 3:00pm-4:00pm Zoom ID: 82924018948 |
2020 Archive
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Date |
Institute |
Presenter |
Topic |
| 5 November 2020 | TRI |
Professor Ian Frazer Professor Gabrielle Belz Dr Rodney Cusack Gabrielle Button |
Special Panel Discussion- Lessons in Leadership |
| 24 September 2020 | UQ | Lia Kim |
"Regulation of cGAS during the Cell Cycle" Lia will speak on her research project interpreting the relationship between the cell cycle regulation and cancer. Various cancers are showing the dys-regulation in cell cycle with abnormal protein levels. The team have postulated that the protein cGAS is highly involved in the response of cells to the disruption of mitosis and thereby plays a key role in the maintenance of genomic stability and in the response to anti-cancer drugs that target mitotic cells. This research will contribute to explain the pathway of cGAS regulation and improve anti-cancer therapy. |
| 10 September | QUT | Professor Selena Bartlett |
"Optimal performance and stress management Post-COVID19 using neuroscience" In general people would like to improve their performance and manage stress. However, COVID-19 shows that stress affects everyone and our performance in a way that we never expected. For example, Erica, the organizer of the conference I was attending, mentions that the second lock down in Victoria has affected her young adult children. She sounded desperate, with one of them losing their job, not being able to see their friends and having the normal ways to handling stress and the feeling of hopelessness about life. She described how the helicopters overhead and the police sirens have brought back memories from when she was in a war-torn country. Her motivation gone she felt stuck and was having a hard time to work. Brain science tells us why this is happening and what we can do about it. The experiences we have in the earliest years of our lives, and from previous generations, that is the genetics and the environment, affect the brain architecture in lasting ways (McEwen 1998, Felitti et al., 2019). The differences in our brain architecture has consequences – positive and negative – across the lifespan for our physical and mental health and ability to handle stress. Advances in brain imaging technology, neuroscience and genome sequencing are providing evidence that the brain architecture is affected by the level of early life experiences over multiple generations. In this presentation, you will learn simple strategies to help you understand how the brain works and a few tools to put neuroscience into action to manage stress and improve performance. |
| 27 August | Mater Research, UQ | Isanka Ratnasekera | "Epidemiology in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Queensland" |
| 13 August | QUT | Thais Sobanski | "Cellular metabolism-mediated regulation of DNA double-strand break repair pathways" |
| 16 July | Excite Science and QIMR Berghofer |
Dr Ken Dutton-Regester |
What does a career in science communication look like and how do you get there? Zoom ID: 812 3647 0623 Dr Ken Dutton-Regester is an active cancer researcher and founder of Excite Science, a start-up explaining complex science in fun ways. With a current focus on teaching cancer biology to the community, Excite Science uses escape rooms, virtual reality and augmented reality artwork as an accessible and engaging communication platform. Ken also the content creator of Stemventurist, a Youtube channel curating professional development advice to help scientists achieve their career goals, inside or outside of academia. |
| 2 July | Mater Research | Liam O'Brien |
Establishing a Humanized Mouse Model to Evaluate Immunotherapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Zoom ID: 812 3647 0623 |
| 18 June | QUT | Chris Molloy | CDCA3 in Colorectal Cancer |
| 4 June | UQDI | Jack Wang | "Mendelian randomization study of the relationship between maternal blood pressure and offspring cardiometabolic risk". |
| Cancelled 19 March | Mater Research | Madushan Fernando | "Targeting a novel ATM cell cycle checkpoint defect in cancer" |
| Cancelled 19 March | UQ | Jeniffer Loaiza | "Antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes" |
| 12 March | Mater Research | Rishika Abrol | "the role of proinflammatory cytokines in regulating haematopoiesis and erythropoiesis in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide" |
| 12 March | QUT | Bahar Sahin | "TKI Response in EGFR Mutant NSCLC " |
| 5 March | QUT | Kate Beecher | "Controlling Neurons involved in sugar intake" |
| 5 March | UQ | Jeni f fer Loaiza Naranjo | TBA |
2019 archive
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Date |
Institute |
Presenter |
Topic |
| 19 September | QUT | Thais Sobanski | “Methylation Profile of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Colorectal Precursor lesions and Cancer” |
| 29 August | Dr Bronwyn Robinson | 'An interative workshop to teach us how we can relieve stress by using mindful resilience and meditation' | |
| 22 August | Mater Research | Semira Hailu | "The Role of GPR183 in Regulation of Type I Interferons during Mycobacterial Infections” |
| 22 August | QUT | Dr Mark Adams |
“Enhancing chemotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer” |
| 15 August | QUT | Charles Bidgood | "Investigating the role of branched chain amino acid metabolism in the development of prostate cancer therapy resistance” |
| 15 August | UQDI | Raymod Zhao | “ Endothelial progenitor physiology in atherosclerosis” |
| 8 August | UQDI | Jayne-Louise Pritchard | "Investigating the role of FBXW7 in mitosis and chromosomal instability" |
| 8 August | Mater Research | Ashley Meakin | “The placental androgen axis: a potential regulator of sex-specific intrauterine growth” |
| 1 August | QUT | Nicola Richards | "Transcriptional regulation of phenotype heterogeneity in melanoma: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of resistance & survival" |
| 1 August | Mater Research | Isanka Ratnasekera | “Targeting peritoneal immunity to improve outcomes in patients with decompensated cirrhosis” |
| 18 July | UQDI | Abate Bashaw | Effect of HPV16 E7 oncoprotein-induced epithelial hyperplasia on CD4+ T cell priming after immunization |
| 18 July | QUT | Patrick Thomas | The long non-coding RNA GHSROS promotes tumour growth and mediates expression of genes associated with metastasis and adverse disease outcome |
| 11 July | Mater Research | Lena Batoon | "Osteomacs and their role in bone dynamics" |
| 11 July | UQDI | Zeng Guo | "Would equilibrium angiotensin II assay be superior to renin measurement in screening and diagnosis or primary aldosteronism" |
| 4 July | QUT | Mohanan Maharaj | tbc |
| 4 July | Mater Research | Michelle Cestari | “The effect of CSF1-fc administration on a diet induced liver injury model in mice and rats” |
| 27 June | Uniquest | Dr Tamsin Terry | Beyond the Bench: Commercialising Your Research |
| 27 June | Bluebox | Dr Patrick Dwyer | Beyond the Bench: Commercialising Your Research |
| 20 June | UQDI | Farhad Dekhoda | “The Mechanism of GP130 activation and regulation of its downstream signalling” |
| 20 June | QUT | Dr Ming Tang | "Biophysics of collagen molecules in the extracellular matrix" |
| 13 June | Mater Research | Hayley Reed | “Microbial Regulation of the IL-23/Th17 Axis” |
| 13 June | UQ | Manon Napoli | “Non-melanoma tumour in Cyclosporine treated skin to understand mechanisms that give rise to epidermal carcinoma in organ transplanted recipients” |
| 6 June | QUT | Dr Joshua Burgess | “SASH1: A novel biomarker for PARP inhibitor therapy in solid tumours” |
| 6 June | Mater Research | Patricia Gerdes | “Reprogramming activates insertional mutagens in mouse induced pluripotent stem cells” |
| 30 May | QIMR | Dr Prudence Donovan | Beyond the Bench. Part 1: Careers in Commercialisation |
| 23 May | QUT | Kaylyn Davis Tousignant | "Extensive lipid remodelling fuelled by lipid uptake is an early mechanism of resistance to androgen receptor-targeted therapies in prostate cancer" |
| 23 May | UQ | Jenny Zeng | "The involvement of IFN-gy and CXCR3 in the CD8+ T-cell-mediated regression of Squamous Cell Carcinoma" |
| 16 May | Mater Research | Jess Sexton | "Spatial analysis of risk factors for stillbirth" |
| 16 May | UQ | Simone Minnie | "Stem cell transplantation establishes T cell-dependent myeloma immune-equilibrium that can be enhanced with immunotherapy” |
| 9 May | QUT | Anthony Attack | “A 3D model of osteoblastic stimulation by prostate cancer” |
| 9 May | UQ | Tahleesa Cuda | "Theranostics for metastatic colorectal cancer” |
| 18 April | Mater Research | Saurabh Bandhavkar | “Size matters: smaller the better!” |
| 18 April | UQ | Dr Takumi Kobayashi | "Increased lipid metabolism supports NK cell function in the lymphoma environment” |
| 11 April | QUT | Heidi Wagner | “Investigating Nuclear Localisation of c-MET Intracellular Fragments” |
| 11 April | Mater Research | Dr Ran Wang | "Manipulating IL-22 to suppress respiratory viral infections" |
| 4 April | QUT | Thomas Tang |
“ Investigating the role of Neuropilin-1 in triple-negative breast cancer” |
| March Speaker of the Month: |
Congratulations to Annika Krueger from UQDI for winning the award for Best Speaker of the Month for the TRI student seminar series! She presented a wonderful talk about secreted bacterial proteins from Staphylococcus aureus as local regulators of epithelial inflammation in photo-damaged skin |
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| 28 March | QUT, UQDI and Mater Research | Prof Judith Clements, Dr Fiona Simpson and Dr Sumaira Hasnain | 'Women In Science' panel discussion |
| 21 March | UQDI | Annika Krueger | Secreted bacterial proteins from Staphylococcus aureus as local regulators of epithelial inflammation in photo-damaged skin |
| 21 March | Mater | Mark Williams | A de novo HDAC8 pathogenic variant in a patient with suspected Agelman syndrome |
| 14 March | QUT |
Christian Jekimovs |
“Investigating PP4C and PP4R3 in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma" |
| 14 March | Mater | Sherman Leung |
“Doing a Phd? There’s an app for that!!“ |
| 7 March | UQDI | Jeremy Brooks |
"Queen B - the original Sasha Fierce" |
| 7 March | QUT | Chris Molloy |
"Cell cycle proteins in colorectal cancer" |
2018 Archive
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Date |
Institute |
Presenter |
Topic |
| 27 September | UQ |
A/Prof Antje Blumenthal Prof Paul Clarke Prof Brian Gabrielli |
"How To Score The Ideal Job in Science - Interviewing Tips From The Experts" |
| 9 August | UQDI | Yash Chhabra (Brooks Lab- UQDI/FOM) | ‘Modulation of GHR driven signalling pathways promotes lifespan extension’ |
| 9 August | Mater | Ting Kai Tan (Hasnain lab-UQ Mater) | ‘MUC2 defect associated intestinal inflammation modulate host metabolic function in a murine model of colitis’ |
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28 June |
QUT | A/Prof Elizabeth Williams | "Getting out and about" |
| 31 May | Prof David Evans, Prof Matt Brown and Dr Andrew Brooks | "How to Publish in High Impact Journals" | |
| 26 April | UQ | Dr Fiona Simpson | Sharing your science with investors, philanthropists and the public: more important than ever |
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19 April |
UQ (Fraser Lab) |
Paula Kuo |
Effective Migration of Skin Dendritic Cells to The Draining Lymph Node Is Dependent on HPV16E7-Rb Interaction |
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19 April |
QUT (Dray) |
Bárbara de la Peña |
"THE PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE EYA4, A NEW LINK BETWEEN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION AND BREAST CANCER" |
2017 archive
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Date |
Institute |
Presenter |
Topic |
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03-March |
Mater |
Francisco Sanchez-Luque |
Active L1 Retrotransposons in the Human Brain |
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10-March |
Mater |
Felicity Davis |
Building the Breast Epithelium: Insight From the First Single Cell Lineage-Tracing Studies in the Mammary Gland |
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17-March |
UQ-DI |
Hosam Kamli |
Drug Resistance to Renal Cell Carcinoma |
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Mater |
Thomas Keech |
Bone Marrow Macrophages in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia |
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QUT |
Shubhra Chandra |
The Role of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1 Beta in Prostate Cancer |
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31-March |
Mater |
Mei Zhou |
Role of Adult Neurogenesis in Depression |
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QUT |
Bianca Nowlan |
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Antigen Expression of CD27 and CD201 in NSG and NOD-SCID Mice |
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7-April |
Mater |
Patricia Gerdes |
Epigenetic Regulation of “Hot” L1 Retrotransposons and Their Daughter Insertions in Mice |
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TRI Microscopy Facility |
Sandrine Roy |
TRI Microscopy Facility, What’s There and What’s Coming Soon! |
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Guest Speaker |
Arne Kienzle |
En Face Isolation of the Mesothelial Glycocalix Using Heteropolysaccharides |
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21-April |
QUT |
Thomas Kryza |
The Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 14 is Regulated by Androgen-Targeted Therapies in Prostate Cancer Cells and Involved in Progression of Prostate Cancer |
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TRI Proteomics Facility |
Dorothy Loo |
Proteomics to Accurately Diagnose Amyloidosis Subtype |
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28-April |
Mater |
Danielle Borg |
Exploring IL-22 Therapeutics for the Treatment of Diabetes |
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UD-DI |
Thao Tran |
An Inhibitor of WNT Production Improves Host Control of Listeria Monocytogenes |
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5-May |
UQ-DI |
Aimee Hanson |
Profiling T-Cell Populations in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Using Immunosequencing |
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12-May |
UQ-DI |
Robert Ellis |
What Happens When We Take Away Someone’s Kidney? #nofilter |
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Mater |
Md Moniruzzaman |
Comparison of Two Murine Models of Bleomycin-Induced |
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18-May |
Guest |
Burhan Ali Khan |
The Role of SARM1 in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Encephalitis |
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UQ-DI |
Pascale Wehr |
Characterising the Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cell Phenotype and Repertoire Over the Course |
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26-May |
Mater |
Oscar Haigh |
Studying CLEC9-A Targeting Prostate Cancer Vaccines in a Humanised Mouse Model |
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QUT |
Ali Jaffary |
Novel Role of hSSB2 in BER Pathway |
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UQ-DI |
Allie Lam |
Modulation of Anti-Tumour Immunity via The Direct Active Delivery of INKT Cell Adjuvant to CD8+ DCS Against Cancer |
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2-June |
Mater |
Frances Pearson |
Targeting Dendritic Cells via CLEC9 to Induce Wilms Tumour (Antigen) 1-Specific T Cells Responses |
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UQ-DI |
Paula Kao |
CXCL9/10 Signalling Regulates CXCR3+ Immune Cell Subset Infiltration to Pre-Malignant Environment Induced by HPV16 E7 |
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UQ-DI |
Heinz Hammerlindl |
OGT TET1 Mediated H3k4me3 Remodelling Drives Acquired BRAF Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma |
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9-June |
Mater |
Ramya Movva |
Role of Antibiotics in Ulcerative Colitis |
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23-June |
QUT |
Jessica Whyte |
Investigating the Mechanisms of Ankylosing Spondylitis-Associated Genetic Loci |
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UQ-DI |
Farhad Dehkhoda |
Determining The Mechanism of JAK2 Activation by Class I Cytokine Receptors |
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30-June |
Mater |
Ran Wang |
Targeting Nuclear Receptor RORa to Suppress TH17-Driven Inflammatory Disorders |
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UQDI |
Takumi Kobayashi |
Excessive FA Levels Suppress IFN-gamma Production of NK Cells in B Cell Lymphoma |
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7-July |
Mater |
Michaela Kindlova |
Seeking Novel Genes Involved in L1 Regulation |
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21-July |
UQ-DI |
Jeremy Brooks |
B Cell Tetramers: Tips and Tricks |
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Mater |
Mia McLean |
Childhood Anxiety: Flooded with Reasons Why |
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28-July |
UQ-DI |
Tom Schultz |
Molecular Mechanisms of RP105-Dependent Macrophage Activation |
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Mater |
Julie Davies |
Genes or the microbiota? Identifying the Driver in Intestinal Radiation Damage in E-Selectin KO Mice |
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4-August |
UQ-DI |
Kunyu Shen |
Screening The ER Stress in Kindey Cancer |
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Mater |
Gabriela Bodea |
A Novel Mouse Model to Study L1 Retrotransposition in the Brain |
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11-August |
UQ-DI |
Sian Pottenger |
Understudied Gut Microbes and Their Importance: The Polyphenol Interactions |
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QUT |
Ena Music |
Hypoxic Culturing of 3D Microtissues Improves Ovine Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Chondrogenesis |
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25-August |
Mater |
Sandra Richardson |
Heritable L1 Retrotransposition in the Mouse Primordial Germline and Early Embryo |
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UQ-DI |
Johanna Erbani |
Vascular Niche E-Selectin Plays a Key Role in Leukaemia Chemo-resistance |
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01-September |
QUT |
Sugandha Bhatia |
EMT & MET: Underpinning the Phenotypic and Clonal Diversity in Breast Cancer |
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8-September |
UQ-DI |
Thanh Hoang |
A Laboratory Study of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma |
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QUT |
Panchadsaram Janaththani |
The Role of 5p15 Locus in Prostate Cancer Risk and Progression |
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15-September |
UQ-DI |
James Lee |
The Role of Macrophages in Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Immunosuppression |
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22-September |
Mater |
Patricia Carreira |
Selection of a Tumour-Specific L1 Insertion in the STC1 Gene After Chemotherapy in an Ovarian Cancer Patient |
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29-Septemnber |
Mater |
Saurabh Bandhavkar |
Identifying Novel Regulators of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis |
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QUT |
Samaneh Farashi |
Association Study of miRNA-Regulatory SNPs with Prostate Cancer Risk, Prognosis, and Progression. |
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6-October |
UQDI |
Cheng-Yu Lin |
Translocation Breakpoints Preferentially Occur in Euchromatin and Acrocentric Chromosomes |
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13-October |
Mater |
Belinda Lequertier |
Prenatal Exposure to a Natural Disaster and Toddler Behaviour Problems: The Importance of Maternal Mental Health and Mind-Mindedness |
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20-October |
UQDI |
Haotain Yang |
Early Prediction of Chemoterapy Efficacy in Liver Cancer by Specific ROS Levels |
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27-October |
QUT |
Mohanan Maharaj |
Using Proteomics to Understand EphB4 Post-Translational Modifications |
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10-November |
UQDI |
Sharon Del Vecchio |
More Than Just a Pretty Picture: How MR Spectroscopy Can Improve the Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer |
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Mater |
Lisa Daly |
Mobile Applications and Opportunities for Longitudinal Data Collection Across the Reproductive Lifespan |
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17-November |
UQDI |
Enya Chen |
FcγR Dependent Antibody-Mediated Immune Response of Macrophages in CLL |
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Mater |
Sherman Leung |
Gene Therapy Using AAV in Experimental Type 1 Diabetes |
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UQDI |
Meg Donovan |
The Innate Immune Receptor Rp105 Contributes to Mycobacteria-Induced Type I interferon Responses |
