Seminars

Prince Henry’s Institute and Monash Institute of Medical Research conduct weekly joint seminars as part of their staff and student education programs. Staff within and outside the institutes are welcome.

MHTP Seminars

Thursday 1 July, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, MMC
Associate Professor Mary Wlodek
Head, Fetal, postnatal & adult physiology and disease laboratory
Department of Physiology
The University of Melbourne
"Solving the Developmental Programming Puzzle – Windows of Opportunity for Offspring Born Small"

Friday 9 July, 11-12pm
Technical Seminar
MHTP Board Rooms Level 3
Life Technologies will be providing lunch for all attending.
Livia Vo
Technical Sales Specialist, Cellular Analysis and Immunology Systems,
Life Technologies
“From Chaos to Order: Introducing the Attune
The First Acoustic Flow Cytometer and its Applications”

Tuesday 13 July, 12:30pm
Research Students Seminar
PHI Seminar Room, Level 4, Block E, MMC
Ms Phyllis Di Palma & Dr Jennifer Scott
Research Degrees Office, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
“Confirmation of Candidature and Progress Reviews”

Thursday 15 July, 4:00– 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, MMC
Dr Tony White
Senior Research Fellow
Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre
“Cardiac regeneration: Realistic possibility or pipedream?

Thursday 22 July, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, MMC                         
A/Prof Lea Delbridge
Head, Cardiac Phenomics, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne
“Perinatal origins of adult primary cardiac hypertrophy – a story of angiotensin II and cardiomyocyte autophagy”

Thursday July 29 July, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Dr Matt Sweet
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
The University of Queensland
“The good, the bad and the ugly of innate immunity: macrophage inflammatory and anti-microbial pathways”
Sponsored by Life Technologies

Thursday 5 August, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Professor Andrew Sinclair
Early Development and Disease
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
“Insights into disorders of testis development using whole genome analysis”

MHTP Technical Seminar
Friday 6 August, 11am – 12pm
MHTP Boardrooms Level 3                      
Dr Lyn Airey
Project Officer Vic, CSIRO Education
“Science in Schools”

Tuesday 10 August
Research Students Seminars
2 - 3.00pm:
Ms Kangi Donaldson & Dr Jennifer Scott
Research Degrees Office, Faculty of Medicine, Monash Univ.
"Scholarships & Awards"
3 - 4.00pm:
Ms Phyllis Di Palma & Dr Jennifer Scott
“Confirmation of Candidature and Progress Reviews”
Venue: Level 3 Boardroom, de Kretser Concourse, MIMR, 21 Wright St, Clayton

Thursday 12 August, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Professor Claude C.A. Bernard
Head, Neuromimmunology Laboratory
Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) Monash University
"Neuroregenerative and immunological approaches for the treatment of
multiple sclerosis"

Thursday 19 August, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Dr Christine Gicquel
Epigenetics in Human Health and Disease Laboratory
The Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Tuesday 26 August, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Dr Xiao-Jun Du
The Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
“The Link between the reproductive hormone relaxin with
cardiovascular diseases”

Thursday 2 September, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Professor Henry Burger
Emeritus Director, Prince Henry’s Institute
“Clinical Research - A Cautionary Tale”

Thursday 9 September, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Professor David Handelsman
Director, ANZAC Research Institute
“Androgens and Male Ageing”

Friday 10 September, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Technical Seminar
MHTP Level 3, Board Room
Dr Anne Thompson
Executive Officer, Victorian Biobank
Dr Zdenka Prodanovic, Tissue Bank Manager, Southern Health
"Digital microscopy to support biomarker analysis"

Thursday 16 September, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, MMC                        
Professor Charles Mackay
Monash University
“New roles for chemo-attractant receptors in inflammation, metabolism and fibrosis”