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Congratulations to JCSMR staff

Congratulations to the JCSMR staff members who received Vice-Chancellors Awards at a ceremony at University House last Thursday.

The BRF Team of Stephanie Palmer, Stephen Ohms, Peter Milburn, Kerong Zhang, Angela Higgins, Kaiman Peng, Cameron McCrae, Simon Moore and Kerry McAndrew received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation & Excellence in Service Quality. Mrs Anne Prins received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Community Outreach.
Congratulations also go to those staff members who received their 25 year medallion for continuous service to The Australian National University.

The Australian National University acknowledges the financial contributions made by the ACT Government and the Australian Commonwealth Government towards the construction of the new John Curtin School of Medical Research building.


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Membrane Physiology and Biophysics Laboratory

The human brain is a very complex organ, containing around 1011 neurons, which combine to form inestimable neuronal circuits. All of these share the common feature of inhibitory modulation that prevents the brain from experiencing gridlock. Our group is deciphering this basic feature of neuronal signalling by investigating some of the functional and structural properties of the specific proteins that generate these inhibitory electrical signals in the brain.