News & Events
The pros and cons of using optogenetics to control the autonomic nervous system.
Friday, 1 November 2019
Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases Seminar Series
Speaker: Professor Nick Spencer, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA
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Moderate and late preterm birth - what do we know in 2019?
Friday, 25 October 2019
Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases
Speaker: Associate Professor Jeanie Cheong, MCRI, University of Melbourne
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What can the study of monotremes tell us about mammalian brain evolution?
Friday, 18 October 2019
Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases
Speaker: Professor Ken Ashwell, Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences
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“Finding and validating genetic causes of human male infertility”
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
SoMS Seminar Series
Speaker: Professor Moira O’Bryan, Head of the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University
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Effects of environmental contaminants on cardiometabolic programming
Friday, 11 October 2019
Neuroscience & Non-Communicable Diseases
Speaker: Professor Paulo Mathias, State University of Maringa, Brazil
Professor Paulo Mathias is head of the Laboratory of Secretion Cell Biology.
Following a PhD in Sciences (Human Physiology) at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and postdoctoral work at NIH, USA; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA and Hadassah Medical Center, Israel, Prof Mathias returned to Brazil.
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“The Talin Code: Deciphering Mechanotransduction Using Structural Mechanobiology”
Thursday, 10 October 2019
School of Medical Sciences Special Seminar
Dr Ben Goult - School of Biosciences, University of Kent
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Muscling up for mental health: Exercise for stress, anxiety and depression
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Research shows that just one hour a week of exercise help can help prevent against depression. When it comes to your mental health, exercise doesn't have an exact prescription. Including small amounts of exercise as a broader part of a healthy lifestyle can result in significant benefits to your mental health, including improving memory, concentration and brain performance, improving sleep, reducing stress and anxiety, building self-esteem and improving socialisation.It can also help relax the mind under acute bouts of intense stress.
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Meet the Professors-8 October
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The 2019 Meet the Professors series is a wonderful chance for students and staff to celebrate the careers and achievements of our newly promoted and recruited professors. Our speakers will share their specialist knowledge and provide insights into ‘what’ and ‘who’ influenced their lives and careers.
Professor Tracie Barber, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Lecture: From race car aerodynamics to blood flows
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2019 Cross-Faculty Biomedical Symposium
Thursday, 3 October 2019
SOMS/BABS/GSBmE 2019 Cross-Faculty Biomedical Symposium
An event organised by SoMS, BABS and GSBmE
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Professor Sandro Galea- The limits of risk factors revisited: is it time for a causal architecture approach
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
The limits of risk factors revisited: is it time for a causal architecture approach?
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