The AICC(WA) and Western Australian Health Translation Network (WAHTN) Annual Event

Guest Speaker: Professor Anne Kelso AO, Chief executive Officer of NHMRC – National Health and Medical Research Council speaking on: "Medical research in the 21st century” – the challenges and opportunities of health and medical research for Australia. Venue: Main Ballroom, Duxton Hotel, Perth Cost: Please see flyer Contact Details: diane@aicc.org.au

Seminar: Conducting Research with the Indigenous Community

Perth Children's Hospital, PCH Auditorium, Level 5 15 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Australia

Are you conducting or planning a research project that could involve indigenous participants?  This seminar provides an overview of important considerations for engaging Indigenous people in research, including understanding cultural differences, ethical considerations and the importance of community consultation. Presenters: Dr Michael Wright and A/Prof Sue Skull Dr Wright is a Yuat Nyoongar man from … Continued

Free

Cancer Prevention Forum

Cancer Council WA Seminar Room 15 Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park, Perth, WA, Australia

Venue: Cancer Council WA, Gordon Basford House, Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park

CMCA Seminar: “Optical coherence tomography: an imaging tool for mechanobiology research”

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become the optical modality of choice for label-free imaging of scattering biological tissues with resolution in the 1-10 mm range. This has facilitated widespread clinical application to the fields of ophthalmology, cardiology, oncology and dermatology; however, the application of OCT in the basic sciences is less developed. In this talk … Continued

Perkins seminar series: “Setting up screening systems for epigenetic modifiers and characterizing the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic control”

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research NORTH 6 Verdun St, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Presenter:  Dr Marnie Blewitt NHMRC RD Wright Fellow, Co-Chair of the WEHI Gender Equity Committee, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Please see attached flyer for more information   Venue: McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Building

Eye School Teaching

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research NORTH 6 Verdun St, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Please contact Jade Knapp for further information   Venue: Harry Perkins Institute, Level 4, Room 436

Free

Novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of high grade glioma

Telethon Kids Institute (Seminar Room) 100 Roberts Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia

Presenter: Professor Terrance Johns Research Group Head, Oncogenic Signalling Professor of Cancer Biology Monash University, Director, Brain Cancer Discovery Collaborative Contact: Marina.Stubbs@telethonkids.org .au

Perkins Seminar Series: “Brain stimulation in animal models: is it worth the effort?”

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research NORTH 6 Verdun St, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Presenter: Dr Jennifer Rodger NHMRC Senior Research Fellow School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia All welcome Followed by a light lunch courtesy of Pakair   Seminar will be streamed live to Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, South Building, Seminar Room G39

Free

Lions Eye Institute “Research / Clinic Quarterly Breakfast Meeting” Seminar Series: A unique inherited blinding disorder caused by mutations in a voltage-gated potassium channel

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research NORTH 6 Verdun St, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

This quarterly meeting is intended to provide new opportunities for scientists and clinicians to share their most novel and important findings. The Lions Eye Institute has a unique clinical interface that I hope will be further exploited, and these meetings are a great way to commence and/or strengthen interactions within the Institute. Presenter: Associate Professor Livia … Continued

Free

NCARD Seminar Series: Antigen cross presentation by dendritic cells

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research NORTH 6 Verdun St, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Presenter: Professor Sebastian Amigorena, Director of Immunity and Cancer,  Institut Curie, Paris   Venue: Harry Perkins Institute Nedlands McCusker Auditorium Contact Details: Tracy Hayward Tracy.hayward@uwa.edu.au