Kolling Institute Seminar Program
Seminars take place on Wednesday from 12noon to 1pm, at:
Main Auditorium
Kolling Building, Level 5
Royal North Shore Hospital
St Leonards, NSW 2065
For enquiries, contact or the Kolling Institute at +61 2 9926 4500 or by .
Next Seminar - October 28th
Child and adolescent obesity: causes and possible interventions
Professor Louise Baur
Discipline of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
Schedule & archive
October 28th
Child and adolescent obesity: causes and possible interventions
Professor Louise Baur,
Discipline of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
October 21st
Regulatroy T cells in Renal Disease
A/Prof Stephen Alexander,
Paediatric and Child Health, Children's Hospital at Westmead.
October 14th
Three-Dimensional Biological Reconstruction
Dr Frank Manconi,
Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Sydney
October 7th
The machinery of cell migration in invasion and metastasis
Dr Geraldine O'Neill
Senior Lecturer, Paediatrics and Child Health, Children's Hospital at Westmead
September 30th
Innervation of the female reproductive tract: sensory signals and motor control
Dr Philip Jobling, PhD
Neuroscience Research Cluster, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle
September 23rd
Manipulation of the anabolic and catabolic responses of bone repair
A/Professor David Little,
Head of Orthopedic Research Biotechnology, Children's Hospital at Westmead
September 16th
Cardiac regeneration stem cells and an epicardial perspective
Dr James Chong
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
September 9th
Sticky Fingers - structural insights into transcriptional regulation by zinc finger proteins
Dr Roland Gamsjaeger
Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney
September 2nd
The role of BAFF and B cells in T cell-mediated autoimmune disease: novel therapeutic targets for type I diabetes?
Dr Shane Grey
Gene Therapy and Autoimmunity Group, Arthritis and Inflamation program, Garvan Institute
August 26th
Magnesium sulphate for mothers giving birth preterm: Should we use it and if so, when?
Professor Caroline Crowther
Director of the Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies
August 19th
Clinical and genetic aspects of muscle disease
Dr Merrilee Needham
Neurology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital.
August 12th
MicroRNA - mediated regulation in autoimmunity
Dr Di Yu
Immunology and Inflammation Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
August 5th
N-Arachidonyl-Glycine: a novel glycine transport inhibitor with analgesic properties
Prrofessor Robert Vendenberg
Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
July 29th
Oncogenes as the new tumour suppressors- a possible continuum from tumour predisposition to progression
A/Professor Jennifer Byrne
Oncology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead
July 22nd
Regenerative medicine for 2 and a cask of sherry
A/Professor Euan Wallace
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University
July 15th
Targeting immediate-early genes in cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Professor Levon Khachigian
Centre for Vascular Biology, UNSW
July 8th
Glucocorticoids and the osteoblast - a couple with a story to tell
Professor Markus Seibel
ANZAC Research Institute
July 1st
Mammalian zinc finger proteins in the regulation of gene expression.
Professor Merlin Crossley
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney
June 24th
TLR4 in Kidney Diseases
Professor Steve Chadban
Bosch Institute, University of Sydney and Royal Price Alfred Hospital
June 17th
'Endogenous cannabinoids: cellular mechanisms and analgesic actions'.
Dr Geoff Drew, CJ Martin Felloe
Pain management Research Institute, Kolling Institute of Medical Research
June 10th
Identifying aberrant mechanisms of self-tolerance that generate B cells with the capacity to contribute to the development of Type 1 Diabetes.
Dr Pablo Silveira
Head of the B cell tolerance and Autoimmunity Laboratory Immunology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
June 3rd
Tropomysins diversify the functions of the cytoskeleton and provide a target for chemotherapy.
Professor Peter Gunning
Head of the Oncology Research Unit in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales
May 27th
To be confirmed
May 20th
Safeguarding cells from mutations - quality control mechanisms and disease.
Professor John Bateman
Director, Musculoskeletal Disorders Theme Group Head, Skeletal Biology and Disease, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
May 13th
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Th1 Immune Responses in Pregnancy.
Kate Hadfield.
Postdoctoral scientist, Inflammation Group, Heart Research Institute
May 6th
Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumours: potentials for medical management - insights from scientific advances.
Professor Raj Thakker.
May Professor of Medicine at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK, a centre which combines clinical care, research and education. He is Head of the Molecular Endocrinology Research Group, investigating endocrine and metabolic disorders that affect calcium and phosphate homeostasis
