Seminars@CBMS


Seminar Schedules

SCHEDULE Semester 1, 2008

All seminars are from 12:00 Thursdays in Rm F7B322 (unless otherwise stated); all welcome.

This semester we highlight local talent in the Sydney region relevant to the depth of research in the new Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences as well as some distinguished overseas visitors.

Time & Date

Speaker

Seminar title

6 March

CBMS Honours students

CBMS Honours seminars

13 March

Dr Tom Roberts
CBMS, Macquarie University

"DNA Damage Responses in Plants and their Regulation by Serpins"

27 March

Dr Nikki Verrills
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle & Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

"Protein phosphatases in cancer: the crucial role of PP2A and its potential as a novel anticancer target"

3 Apr

Prof. Ed Nice
Protein Biosensing Department, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne

"Biosensors, biomarkers, micropurification and cancer"

10 Apr

Prof. Mark Willcox
School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW

"Tear Film in Health and Disease"

17 Apr

Dr. Heung-Chin Cheng
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne

"CSK-homologous kinase (CHK) an endogenous inhibitor targeting all active conformations of the Src-family protein tyrosine kinases "

8 May

Prof. Marc Wilkins
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences University of New South Wales

"The Dynamics of the Interactome "

22 May

Daniela Stock
Department Structural and Computational Biology Division Affiliation Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

"Structure, function and regulation of proton translocating ATPases"

5 June

Dr. Robert Moritz
Director, Australian Proteomics Computational Facility Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research, Melbourne Victoria

"The Australian Proteomics Computational Facility - Utilising a large computing resource for your Proteomics research "

12 June

Dr Xavier Franck
CNRS, University Rouen, France

"Synthesis of natural products and analogues: From cytotoxicity to fluorescence "

19 June

Peter J. Hudson PhD, FTSE.
CSIRO Fellow and HUPO-Human Antibody Co-Chair. CEO (and Co-founder) of AviPep Pty Ltd and Co-founder of EvoGenix (now Arana Ltd).

"Engineered antibodies are high-value Biopharmaceutical and Diagnostic reagents and also validate novel proteomic biomarkers"

26 June

Associate Professor Maria Kavallaris
Pharmacoproteomics Program, Children’s Cancer Institute Australia

"Cytoskeletal Proteins and Drug Resistance in Cancer"

Please e-mail Nicki Packer (nicki.packer@mq.edu.au) for the 2008 seminar schedule or to make enquiries about presenting a seminar.

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