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

Seminar: Scientific Writing

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

Are you currently trying to write a scientific paper?  Do you find it hard to get started, write efficiently or write well?  This one hour seminar will provide a practical overview of scientific writing including how to negotiate authorship and publication. Presenter: Associate Professor Sue Skull  Dr Sue Skull is a paediatrician, epidemiologist, public health physician … Continued

Free

Lions Eye Seminar Series: Seeing Eye to Eye

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

Some of the doctors and their area of expertise include: Prof David Mackey - Hereditary and genetic eye diseases Prof Bill Morgan - Glaucoma A/Prof Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney - Ocular infections and inflammation Dr Fred Chen - Retinal diseases More information can be found at: http://www.scienceweek.net.au/events/ Contact Details: Livia Carvalho or Seyhan Yazar liviacarvalho@lei.org.au or seyhanyazar@lei.org.au

Free

Perkins Seminar Series: “The SPARK Approach to Biotech Development in Academia”

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

Presenter: Associate Professor Kevin Grimes Co-director of the SPARK Program in Translational Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine Seminar will be streamed live to Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, South Building, Seminar Room G39

Free

Perkins seminar series: Poly-arginine and Arginine-rich Peptides and Neuroprotection

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

Presenter: Adjunct Associate Professor Bruno Meloni Head, Stroke Laboratory Research, Western Australian Neuroscience Research Institute (WANRI) Seminar will be streamed live to Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, South Building, Seminar Room G39

Health Informatics Society of Australia Event: The imperative to address better management of human disease through e-health & data science

HISA Event on Technology and Human Disease Speakers: Professor Matthew Bellgard, Dr Jing Pang & Jacqueline Ryan For more information go to: https://ccg.murdoch.edu.au/news/2016/07/19/HISA-Event/ Venue: CSC Level 1, 516 Hay Street Subiaco, Western Australia 6008 Cost: This event is free for HISA member and $25.00 for non-members Registration information: Online registration is available until: 26/08/2016 Contact Details: … Continued

WAHTN’s Cutting Edge of Knowledge Translation workshop series

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

Professor Iona Novak (Head of Research at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, The University of Sydney) will be presenting as part of WAHTN's Cutting Edge of Knowledge Translation workshop series. Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September 2016 Workshop 1: How to Improve Your Success in Grant Knowledge Translation Workshop 2: Implementation- Knowledge Translation into … Continued