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Seminars - 2009

Department of Biochemistry

Most seminars will be held in the Biochemistry Seminar Room (Rm 351 Level 3, Phys Sciences 4 Bld) on Wednesdays at 4 pm, unless noted otherwise. (Click on the speaker's name to see their profile)

Date

Speaker

Thursday

5 March

 

Dr Helen Thomas (St Vincent's Institute)
Clinical islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes – improving the survival of transplanted human islets

Host: Professor Nick Hoogenraad

11 March

Dr Daniel Eichner (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority)
Doping in sport - are all athletes equal?

Host: Dr Mark Hulett

18 March

Dr Paul Ekert (Murdoch Children's Research Institute)
The effect of Hox gene over-expression on myeloid cell survival and proliferation

Host: Dr John Silke

25 March

Dr Warren Alexander (WEHI)
Genetic dissection of blood cell regulation

Host: Professor David Vaux

1 April

Professor James Whisstock (Department of Biochemistry, Monash University)
The "Hole" family: structural and functional studies on membrane attack complex/perforin-like proteins

Host: Dr Michael Ryan

8 April

Dr Eric Hanssen (Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University)
Towards 3D imaging of whole cells: a Plasmodium case study

Host: Professor Leann Tilley

22 April

Dr Janet Macauley (Department of Biochemistry, Monash University)
Are our students engaging with their learning?

Host: Dr Elizabeth Johnson

29 April

Dr David Thomas (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
Molecular pathogenesis of well-differentiated liposarcoma

Host: Dr Hamsa Puthalakath

6 May

Dr Jose Villadangos (WEHI)
Antigen presentation specialisations in the dendritic cell network

Host: Dr Hamsa Puthalakath

13 May

Dr Helena Richardson (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
Modelling cancer in drosophila: the neoplastic tumour suppressors, Lgl, Scrib and Dlg in cell proliferation, apoptosis and tumourigenesis

Host: Professor David Vaux

20 May

Dr Matthew Dixon (Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University)
Gametocytogenesis: the sexy side of malaria

Host: Professor Leann Tilley

27 May

Dr Martin Lackmann (Department of Biochemistry, Monash University)
Mechanisms controlling RTK signalling at the cell surface

Host: Dr Hamsa Puthalakath

 

For further information please contact:

Dr Giselle Roberts
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University
Phone: 9479 2196 Email: g.roberts@latrobe.edu.au

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