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'Restoring neuroprotective lipid signalling in neurodegenerative diseases'

Friday, 14 August 2020

Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Seminar Series Speaker: Associate Professor Anthony Don, University of Sydney Medical School and Centenary Institute, Sydney A/Prof Anthony Don completed PhD at UNSW Sydney in 2004, then undertook postdoctoral research at the Scripps Research Institute, USA, supported by an NHMRC fellowship. He established a lipid biochemistry and lipidomic research team at UNSW in 2009, relocating to the Centenary Institute and University of Sydney in 2016.

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‘Big data and hyperspectral imaging uncover hidden regularities of native colours and patterns in cells and tissues’

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

School of Medical Sciences Seminar Series Speaker: Professor Ewa Goldy, Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Nanoscale Biophotonics and Professor at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney.

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Breast cancer hijacks the brain via inflammation to cause memory impairment

Friday, 31 July 2020

Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Speaker: Dr Adam Walker, Laboratory of ImmunoPsychiatry, Neuroscience Research Australia School of Psychiatry, UNSW

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“Recreating human kidney tissue based on our understanding of kidney development”

Wednesday, 8 July 2020

School of Medical Sciences Seminar Series Speaker: Professor Melissa Little BSc PhD GAICD, FAAHMS, FAAS Theme Director of Cell Biology at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Bio:

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"New insights into neutrophil biology in atherosclerosis"

Friday, 3 July 2020

Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Seminar Series Speaker: Dr Blake Cochran, PhD GradCertIP FAHA Lecturer and Head of the Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic Research Group, Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney.

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“Fall risk factors and intervention strategies: recent findings from Neuroscience Research Australia”

Friday, 26 June 2020

Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Seminar Series Speaker: Scientia Prof Stephen Lord, University of New South Wales and Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney

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"Proteomic analysis of the intermittent fasting response identifies a novel peptide hormone"

Friday, 19 June 2020

Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Seminar Serise Speaker: Mark Larance, Cancer Institute NSW Future Research Leader Fellow at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. Bio:

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