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Director's Seminar Series
Presentations take place on Friday afternoons at 12 pm in The Finkel Lecture Theatre
Upcoming events
13
Oct
2023
12pm 13 October 2023
Professor Anne K. Voss (WEHI) will present "Histone acetylation in the regulation of stem cell populations"
27
Oct
2023
12pm 27 October 2023
Professor Christoph Hagemeyer (Monash University) will present "Development of novel diagnostics and antibody-drug-conjugates using a combination of click chemistry and enzymatic ligation"
Past events
10
Nov
2017
New concepts in pre-clinical tumour immunotherapy »
Professor Mark Smyth, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, QLD
03
Nov
2017
Stromal Remodeling and the Immune Response to Cancer »
Professor Ruth Ganss, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research/University of Western Australia
27
Oct
2017
Genomic Medicine: What is its place in the Australian Healthcare system? »
Professor John Christodoulou FAHMS, Chair of Genomic Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, and Head, Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research Group, and Director of the Genetics Research Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC
20
Oct
2017
Heart regeneration: staying young at heart »
Associate Professor Enzo R Porrello, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC and School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD
13
Oct
2017
Mechanism for RNA-mediated regulation of the histone methyltransferase Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) »
Associate Professor Chen Davidovich, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, VIC, 3800, and EMBL-Australia and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Clayton, VIC, 3800
06
Oct
2017
O-glycosylation permits malaria parasites to infect both mosquito and human hosts »
Dr Justin Boddey, NHMRC CDF2 Fellow, Laboratory Head, Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC
22
Sep
2017
Ten rules for the presentation and interpretation of data in publications »
Professor David Vaux, Deputy Director and Joint Division Head, Cell Signalling and Cell Death, WEHI
18
Aug
2017
Mapping cells in the mammary gland to understand breast cancer »
Professor Jane Visvader, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC
11
Aug
2017
Mutational mechanisms and oncogenic switches in solid tumours »
It is now well established that a cancer’s mutational burden drives tumour formation, influences disease progression and can dictate sensitivity to chemotherapy.
04
Aug
2017
Identifying genetic and environmental causes of congenital malformation »
Professor Sally Dunwoodie, Head, Embryology Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research institute, Sydney, NSW
21
Jul
2017
Adding new oligodendrocytes to the mature brain - understanding the how and the why »
Dr Kaylene Young, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, TAS
30
Jun
2017
Exploiting the functional interplay between the epigenome and host immune system to devise new cancer therapies »
In 2008 Dr Johnstone and Dr Grant McArthur established the Cancer Therapeutics Program within the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to bring together a critical mass of researchers with the aim to translate fundamental research findings into clinical outcomes that will benefit cancer patients.
23
Jun
2017
An introduction to the world of high-throughput screening: technologies and applications »
Dr Amee George, Manager, ACRF Target and Drug Discovery Platform, JCSMR
16
Jun
2017
The potency of RNA binding proteins as regulators of gene expression in health and disease »
Dr Minni Änkö, Head - RNA Processing in Health and Disease Laboratory, Biomedicine Discovery Institute/Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
09
Jun
2017
Islet beta cell adaptation and failure during progression of type 2 diabetes »
Associate Professor Ross Laybutt, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW
