2010 Annual Report - Institute for Molecular Bioscience - University ...

75 visiting speakers
Visiting speakers
Dr Alistair Chalk
Eskitis Institute
Griffith University, Brisbane
Stem cell bioinformatics in general and
approaches towards understanding
alternate splicing in stem cells and
Stem cell bioinformatics
Dr Paul Chambers
Research Manager
The Australian Wine Research Institute,
Urrbrae, South Australia
Lessons in winemaking: an example of
integrated ‘Omics at work
Dr Stephen Cohen
Deputy Director
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Singapore
MicroRNA functions
Dr Alex Cristino
Queensland Brain Institute, UQ
Unravelling brain networks associated
with cognitive disorders
Dr Robert James Dancer
H. Lundbeck A/S, Denmark
Re-examination of published procedures
for the resolution of Citalopram and
Didesmethylcitalopram
Nick Davis-Poynter
Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research
Centre, Herston, Brisbane
Constitutive endocytosis and signalling
of cytomegalovirus 7 transmembrane
receptor homologues: importance for
biological function
Professor Vojo Deretic
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
USA
Autophagy – biological paradigm for
everyone and
Autophagy in infection and immunity
Professor Simon Foote
Director
Menzies Research Institute
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Host response to malaria: a genetic
approach
Dr Yann Gambin
Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Combining single-molecule FRET and
microfluidics to explore protein folding
pathways
Professor Rex Gaskins
Visiting CSIRO Scientist
University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign, USA
On contributions of sulfate-reducing
bacteria to chronic disorders of the
human colon
Dr Arnaud Gaudin
School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ
Axonal guidance defects in the forebrain:
tracking down and identifying the
culprits
Dr Tanja Gesell
Center for Integrative Bioinformatics
Vienna (CIBIV)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL),
Vienna, Austria
Another view on RNA structure and
A phylogenetic structure (PS) and its
application to gene predictions
Clare Giacomantonio
Queensland Brain Institute, UQ
Creating the cortex: modelling the
patterns of gene expression underlying
cortical development
Dr James Godwin
Australian Regenerative Medicine
Institute
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
Characterising the immunological
response to wounding and regeneration
in the Salamander
Professor Christopher Goodnow
Director, Australian Phenomics Facility
Australian National University, Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory
Genes, failsafes and control systems to
avoid immunological catastrophes
Dr Albert Guskov
Nanyang Technical University,
Singapore
The crystal structure of Photosystem II at
2.9 Å resolution: role of lipids, quinones
and chloride ions
Professor John Hardy
Reta Lila Weston Institute of
Neurological Studies
University College London, UK
Genetic analysis of neurodegeneration
Dr Dirk Haussecker
RNAi Therapeutics Consulting Service,
Malaysia
RNAi therapeutics - where are we and
where are we going
Dr Jermone Korzelius
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Cell cycle entry in C. elegans
development
Professor Kurt Krause
Director
Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases
University of Otago, Dunedin, New
Zealand
Alanine Racemase as a template for
antimicrobial drug design
Dr Jens Krömer
Queensland Node Manager
Metabolomics Australia
Metabolomics and fluxomics: getting
closer to the metabolic phenotype
Professor Sharad Kumar
Institute of Medical & Veterinary
Science, Adelaide, South Australia
Expected and unexpected functions of
the canonical cell death machinery
Dr Lawrence Lee
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
The structure of the torque ring of
the bacterial flagellar motor and the
molecular basis for rotational switching