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Seminars - Department of Physiology, 2008

Seminar Room, First Floor Department of Physiology (Bldg 13F), Clayton Campus  (location)

Monday 31st March, 2008    4:00 pm

Biological and clinical markers of pre-diagnosis Huntington's Disease

Prof. Julie Stout
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine
Monash University

Monday 7th April, 2008    4:00 pm

Protective role of neurosteroids in the developing brain: Studies in fetal sheep

Ms Tamara Yawno

In utero ventilation: Effects on lung morphology and pulmonary haemodynamics in immature fetal sheep

Ms Beth Allison
both,
Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 14th April, 2008    4:00 pm

The transition to air-breathing at birth: Imaging lung aeration using synchrotron radiation

A/Prof. Stuart Hooper
Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 21st April, 2008    4:00 pm

Melanocortin regulation of glucose homeostasis

Prof. Michael Cowley
Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 28th April, 2008    4:00 pm

Pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury - developing new technologies from Melbourne to Iraq

Prof. Jeffrey Rosenfeld
Department of Surgery
Monash University

Monday 12th May, 2008    4:00 pm

The “physiology” of the Monash Passport - a blueprint for the future of education at Monash

Prof. Adam Shoemaker
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Monash University

Monday 26th May, 2008    4:00 pm

Studies on endogenous soluble markers and mediators in vascular inflammation

Dr Jaye Chin-Dusting
Baker Heart Research Institute

Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th May, 2008

Seminars by Honours students in Physiology

Monday 2nd June, 2008    4:00 pm

Novel signalling pathways linking inflammation with metabolism in obesity and insulin resistance

Prof. Mark Febbraio
Cellular and molecular metabolism
Baker Heart Research Institute

Monday 16th June, 2008    4:00 pm

Bedside monitoring of cerebral oxygenation in sick preterm infants

Dr Flora Wong
Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research
Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), Monash University

Monday 23rd June, 2008    4:00 pm

Stem cells meet immunology - a new therapeutic platform

Prof. Richard Boyd
Director, Monash Immunology and Stem Cell laboratories (MISCL)
Monash University

Monday 30th June, 2008    4:00 pm

Melatonin and melatonin agonists for circadian rhythm sleep disorders

Dr Shanthakumar Wilson Rajaratnam
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine
Monash University

Monday 7th July, 2008    4:00 pm

Transgenic RNAi and the development of an Avian Influenza resistant chicken

A/Prof. Timothy Doran
Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL),
CSIRO, Geelong

Monday 14th July, 2008    4:00 pm

Genomics of pulmonary-cardiovascular developmental defects - A murine model of pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Prof. Mala Chinoy
Director, Lung Development Research Program
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Monday 21st July, 2008    4:00 pm

Face recognition by miniaturised brains can develop configural processing and an ability to both bind and interpolate image features

Dr Adrian Dyer
Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 4th August, 2008    4:00 pm

Two genes one epilepsy syndrome: Is there a common physiological mechanism

Dr Steven Petrou
Ion channels and human disease group,
Howard Florey Institute

Monday 11th August, 2008    4:00 pm

Monash Sport and Physiology: Opportunities for Interaction

Martin Doulton                                 Andrew Robinson
Director of Monash Sport                       Monash Sports Performance Manager

Monday 18th August, 2008    4:00 pm

Proteomic approaches in reproductive biology

Prof. Gregory Rice
Baker IDI Research Institute

Monday 25th August, 2008    4:00 pm

Are we stuck? Physiology and treatment of intestinal motility disorders in children

Dr Bridget Southwell
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Monday 8th September, 2008    4:00 pm

Ten rules for the presentation and interpretation of data in publications

Prof. David Vaux
Department of Biochemistry
La Trobe University

Monday 15th September, 2008    4:00 pm

Oxygen therapies - the good & the bad

Dr Ian Millar
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Alfred Hospital

Monday 22nd September, 2008    4:00 pm

            Vision, from retina to cortex

Noninvasive recording of the electrical responses of human cone photoreceptor cells

Dr Richa Verma

Understanding how cells in the squirrel visual cortex analyze object borders

Dr Hsin-Hao Yu
Both, Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 29th September, 2008    4:00 pm

Ghrelin increases food intake: new insights

Dr Zane Andrews
Department of Physiology
Monash University

Monday 6th October, 2008    4:00 pm

Metabolic effects of HDL

A/Prof. Bronwyn Kingwell
Baker IDI Research Institute

Monday 13th October, 2008    4:00 pm

Activin in Pregnancy: Clinical lessons from the experimental classroom

Prof. Euan Wallace
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Monash University

Monday 20th October, 2008    4:00 pm

Therapeutic strategies for modifying Alzheimer’s disease: A-beta oligomers as therapeutic and diagnostic targets

Prof. Colin Masters
University of Melbourne

Monday 27th October, 2008    4:00 pm

Completed PhD students' seminars