9th Brisbane Cell and Developmental Biology Meeting

Fri 28 Sep 2018 8:00am–5:30pm

Venue

Translational Research Institute, 37 Kent St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102

Room:

Auditorium

Keynote speakers include:

Prof. Valerie Weaver, Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF
Prof. Hayden Homer, Centre for Clinical Research, UQ
Dr. Rosina Giordano-Santini, Queensland Brain Institute, UQ
Dr. Jatin Patel, Diamantina Institute, UQ
Dr. Julia Pagan, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ

Program:

8.30 am – 8.35 am – Opening remarks (Prof. Paul R. Clarke)

SESSION I (Chair: Dr. Linda Gallo)

8.35 am – 9.05 am –PLENARY I- Dr. Jatin Patel, UQDI

9.05 am – 9:20 am: Dr. Dubravka Skalamera, MMRI, TRI, UQ

9:20 am – 9:35 am: Mr. Mohanan Maharaj, IHIB, QUT

9:35 am – 9:50 am: Ms. Kinga Duszyc, IMB, UQ

9:50 am – 10:05 am: Dr. Rodrigo Suarez, QBI, UQ

10:05 am – 10:30 am: MORNING TEA

SESSION II (Chair: Dr. Mark Adams)

10:30 am – 10:35 am: PLENARY II – Introduction by Dr. Samantha Stehbens

10:35 am – 11:20 am: PLENARY II – Prof. Valerie Weaver, Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF

11:20 am – 11:25 am: Dr. Ivar Noordstar, IMB, UQ

11:25 am – 11:30 am: Ms. Bahar Sahin, IHIB, QUT

11:30 am – 11:35 am: Ms. Sheena Daignault, UQDI, TRI

11:35 am – 11:40 am: Ms. Sonja Meier, QBI, UQ

11:40 am – 11:45 am: Ms. Elise Matuzelski, SBMS, UQ

11:45 am – 12:15 am: PLENARY III - Dr. Rosina Giordano-Santini, QBI, UQ

12:15 pm – 12:20 pm: Awarding of Best Image Competition prizes

SESSION III

12:20 pm – 1:45 pm:LUNCH & POSTER SESSION

SESSION IV (Chair: Dr. Srikanth Budnar)

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm: PLENARY IV - Dr. Julia Pagan, UQDI

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Dr. Lachlan Harris, Francis Crick Institute

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Ms. Smrita Chaudhury, IMB, UQ

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Mr. James Dight, UQDI

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Ms. Alessandra Donato, QBI, UQ

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION V (Chair: Dr. Ramon Martinez-Marmol)

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Dr. Iris Wang, QBI, UQ

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Mr. James Frazer, SBMS, UQ

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm: PLENARY V - Prof. Hayden Homer, CCR, UQ

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Awarding of talk and poster prizes, and sponsorship passport prize

Closing remarks (A/Prof. Brett Collins)

BCDBM 2018 Handout

PLENARY TALKS:

1. Prof. Valerie Weaver: Forcing tumor risk and progression

2. Dr. Jatin Patel:Repair and regeneration of the circulatory system: Endovascular Progenitors

3. Dr. Rosina Giordano:Cell-cell fusion in the nervous system

4. Dr. Julia Pagan: PLK1 and SCF-bTRCP mediated removal of Cep68 maintains centrosome homeostasis

5. Prof. Hayden Homer:Dividing with extreme asymmetry

Institutes:

Translational Research Institute: https://www.tri.edu.au/

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, QUT: https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-of-health-and-biomedical-innovation

Institute of Molecular Bioscience, UQ: https://imb.uq.edu.au/

Queensland Brain Institute, UQ: https://qbi.uq.edu.au/

Mater Research: https://www.materresearch.org.au/

Faculty of Science, UQ: https://science.uq.edu.au/

School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ: https://biomedical-sciences.uq.edu.au/

Diamantina Institute: http://www.di.uq.edu.au/

Companies:

Coherent Scientific: http://www.coherent.com.au/

DKSH Australia: http://direct.dksh.com.au/lab

Australian Biosearch: https://www.aust-biosearch.com.au/

Event contacts

Dr Larisa Haupt, larisa.haupt@qut.edu.au

Dr Samantha Stehbens, s.stehbens@uq.edu.au

9th Brisbane Cell and Developmental Biology Meeting