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Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?
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Gold has traditionally been a safe haven in tumultuous times. But even as gold investors are taking comfort from the recent rise in price in response to geopolitical tensions, the price movement of gold has been weaker than would have been expected from historical models. Many attribute the difference to the growth of crypto-currencies which has become an alternative safe haven to gold.
The most popular form of digital currency has been Bitcoin. Bitcoin was designed as open-source software in 2009 to minimize transaction costs and deregulate currency. It was supposed to revolutionize the way we buy and sell things online, making it faster, cheaper, and safer. But the ride has been rocky for a currency that its creators thought would become as commonly used as credit cards and PayPal.
Yet, the cost of a bitcoin has skyrocketed in 2017. Earlier in the year, the price of one bitcoin was just a shade under $1,000. By August, the price of bitcoin had soared past $4,000. This huge increase in price has led some investors to wonder if they should invest in bitcoin. But how does one even invest in bitcoin in the first place?
The interest in digital currency and Bitcoin has now spawned other forms of cryptocurrencies – Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple, and has large mutual funds and ETF companies looking to launch their own crypto funds and ETFs. Needless to say, the SEC is not happy with the concept of creating funds and ETFs based on virtual currencies. None have got the nod from SEC so far.
While there is a compelling case to be made for digital currency to eliminate the middleman, such as banks or other financial institutions, in transactions, and save costs to the consumer and eliminate the need to share sensitive information (like credit card numbers, names, addresses, etc.), we believe, at the present time, there is no advantage with digital currencies other than the anonymity of transactions.
Furthermore, at Future Wealth, we struggle to even the understand the concept of digital currency, forget looking at it as investment vehicle. Companies have assets. Cash is printed. Gold is minted. These are physical objects. The math and science behind creating a Bitcoin is so complex that even the Bitcoin Foundation, which promotes the currency, struggles to explain the concept.
Given all the characteristics of the current forms of digital currencies – unpredictable pricing, lack of safety net, reports of hacking, ties to organized crime and not regulated by any government entity – it is no surprise that the first merchant in Las Vegas to accept Bitcoin is the strip club – The Legends.


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Star Citizen Gets New Videos Showing Talon & Upcoming Content as Crowdfunding Passes $336 Million
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a pair of new videos focusing on upcoming content for the growing space simulator.
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Home » News » Star Citizen Gets New Videos Showing Talon & Upcoming Content as Crowdfunding Passes $336 Million
First of all, we get to see the new Talon fighters that will appear in the upcoming Alpha 3.12.
The same video also showcases weapons (including a really spiffy crossbow), the work-in-progress interior of the Aegis Redeemer, new shield effects, more on the planetary homesteads, and effects like buoyancy and vegetation bending.
The second video features Star Citizen live director Todd Papy and core gameplay director Richard Tyrer as they talk about all the goodies that we'll get in Alpha 3.12.
You can watch both below.
In other Star Citizen news, the crowdfunding total is currently at
$336,513,514, having passed $336 million.
The number of registered accounts has also recently passed 2.9 million and it's currently at 2,913,959.
As usual, you should keep in mind that it's known that not all of them are paying players. The number includes free accounts created for a variety of reasons, including Free Fly events and more.
If you want to learn more, we recently got a sizable update on the progress of the single-player campaign Squadron 42 and a really lovely cinematic trailer. On top of that, we recently heard that a new studio has been opened to create new systems and content for Star Citizen.
For the sake of full disclosure, the author of this article has been a Star Citizen backer since the original Kickstarter campaign several years ago, so you should keep that in mind while reading.
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Film: The Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writer: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer and Michael Shannon
This film begins with showing us an apartment that is filled with water. It is accompanied by a voice-over narration done by Richard Jenkins. It then comes to a woman who is asleep in it; she is played by Sally Hawkins. The apartment then returns to normal, having Hawkins on the couch as her alarm clock goes off. We then see her going about her daily routine. She draws a bath, hard boils eggs, pleasures herself when she gets into the bath and then shines her shoes. She makes lunch and gives half of it to Jenkins, who is her neighbor. He is a closet homosexual artist, who as he states, is starving. It should be pointed out that she is a mute and has to use sign language. Their apartment is above a movie theater as well.
Hawkins heads off to work. She takes a bus and she works at an aerospace laboratory. She is late frequently and her friend as well as co-worker holds her spot in line to ensure that she punches in on time. This friend is played by Octavia Spencer. As they go about their day, a new asset is brought in. They are not allowed in the room with it. The man who is overseeing it is played by Michael Shannon. He is a jerk who is quite arrogant. Also working on this is a doctor who is played by Michael Stuhlbarg, and an assistant to Shannon who is played by David Hewlett.
The following day Shannon comes out of the sealed room. He is missing two of his fingers as whatever they have in there has bit them off. Hawkins and Spencer are told to clean up the room. Hawkins finds his fingers and puts them in her sandwich bag. She turns them over to Stuhlbarg.
These two women are then tasked with cleaning this room every day. Hawkins sees what the it is and it is like the Creature from the Black Lagoon. He is played by one of the masters of creature/body movement, Doug Jones. He is tortured by Shannon and his cattle prod. Hawkins brings him hard boiled eggs and befriends him. She teaches him sign language and lets him hear music.
She becomes concerned when a general, played by Nick Searcy, comes in and wants to know what is to be done. Shannon believes they have learned everything they can from it so now they need to kill it to do an autopsy. He believes it has the key to space travel within his body. Stuhlbarg is against this thinking there is more to learn from it. Hawkins has fallen in love with him and wants him free.
Hawkins goes to Jenkins with her plan and he tells her that she can't do this. He is struggling with a painting to sell to Jello and depressed with having no place in society due to his sexual orientation. On the other side, Stuhlbarg is actually a Russian working with the Soviets secretly. They want the killing of the asset delayed or it killed and taken away from the US before it can be studied.
Can Hawkins get Jones out of the lab before it is too late? If she can, can she get it away from everyone before it is too late? Shannon will stop at nothing to maintain his place he has built.
I had been excited to see this film from the first trailer I had seen. Director/co-writer of this film is Guillermo del Toro, so I knew two things coming in. Visually this film was going to be amazing and it was probably going to have a mythical like storytelling. It definitely was both of these. Jones' character is very similar to the Creature. I even like his back-story that he was found in the Amazon where he was worshipped as a god. As the film goes on, we see why that is the case. You feel back for Jones as Shannon doesn't look at it with any sort of humanity. It is an interesting dynamic that the Soviets want it dead as well. The film does have a couple of odd interactions that are too surreal to be real. I do feel these take you out of the story, but do have some amazing visual aesthetics. I do personally feel that it had a little too much romance. It does make a lot of sense in the end though. I wasn't a huge fan of the twist, but it doesn't hurt the movie. I do like how everything gets tied up in the end. There was also a great allegory that Shannon uses with Spencer and her middle name being Delilah
The acting in the film was great. Hawkins did very well as playing a mute. It really establishes that her life is the same every day and boring. Jones changes that when he comes into her life and gives her a reason to live. With that said, Jones is amazing at playing characters like this. He moves and acts so real. Shannon is great as this jerk that has to be in control. I love his relentless nature. Jenkins and Spencer were both very solid in their supporting role. Stuhlbarg was very interesting aspect of the film as well.
The effects for this film were a blend of CGI and practical. The scenes that were CGI were some of the best I had ever seen so I had no problems there. Examples here are when Jones is swimming in some water or when the bathroom is flooded. For the latter I know it couldn't possible happening, but Toro gets me questioning myself how it plays out. There is a scene that made me cringe with Shannon and his dying fingers. Those both looked to be practical and quite real. The editing of the film was pretty good. I did have an issue in the middle. The film runs slightly over two hours. I do feel that it stalled a bit and I found myself slightly bored. It does build the tension it needs for the climax, which was good. The score was solid. I felt it help set the tone for what the scene needed to be. I could feel it bring my anxiety up as the tension of a scene built which is what I look for.
Now with that said, this is a beautiful love story of a woman and a creature that hasn't been seen before. Del Toro does a solid job at presenting this tale in a way that is surreal while also being grounded in realism. Visually the film is great looking. I thought the acting was great. The effects are a good blend of CGI and practical that works. The editing has some pacing issues, but overall is still okay. The score is good. The film delves into a lot of issues and has some allegorical points that are still relevant even today. I do feel that this film deserves a viewing and I would recommend it. I do feel that this film will benefit for me with another viewing or two for sure.


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Churning out safe and organic food on the platter is what excites chef Ajay Anand, Director of Culinary, Pullman & Novotel, New Delhi.
It was his dream to have an organic garden within the restaurant, where he could pick up the ingredients just before dishing out a meal that inspired him to create the concept of farm to table. Speaking to, FFT, Ajay shares his journey of creating this concept and its viability.
FFT: What inspired you to come up with the concept of farm to table?
The rise in usage of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers in farming is not healthy for daily consumption, and tackling this, a lot of emphasis is being laid on organic farming, producing fresh and safe food to serve our guests. I learned the farm to fork concept in France, where I worked for Chef Georges Blanc, and his idea of making his own kitchen garden inspired me to introduce this concept of "Farm To Table".
FFT: What makes your concept stand exclusive?
This concept excels as it gives fresh and healthy produce on the table to eat. I think we are the first hotel to have an in-house farm where guests get to see where their greens come from. This transparency delights them and keeps them coming back for more.
FFT: Who is your target customer and How do you plan to keep up with the ever changing mind of the consumer?
Our target customers are the guests staying at the hotel and the residents of Delhi NCR. As the in-house farm supplies the vegetables and greens to Pluck, the menu is seasonal, which is locally focused and globally artistic. This helps in maintaining variety, and hence interest in the mind of the consumer that wants something new.
FFT: What kind of consumers (background, age etc.) are you able to draw ? How difficult or how easy is it with a so called "concept"?
Our guests are a mix of business and leisure. The concept has universal acceptance as people are now becoming more aware of what they eat. Initially it was difficult as the soil of the farm didn't support me, but after working with inputs from farmers in Himachal Pradesh, we were able to get the desired results.
FFT: How has the changing world cultures changed the food & beverage business?
With globalisation playing a huge role on the variety of food people are experiencing, I feel, we are witnessing a big trend towards quality food with emphasis on freshness, organic and locavore food.
However, authentic, and ethnic cuisine will never fade away because the ultra-modern people are now so well versed with food around the world that they want to have something, " Modern", and that's why Modern Indian cuisine will be the next big thing.
FFT: What experience or thought would you want your customer/consumer to leave with after dining at the restaurant?
I would want my guest to leave with a feeling of contentment with the assurance of having eaten fresh and 100% organic produce.
FFT: What kind of food do you grow, depending on season, menu or something else altogether ?
Our in-house farm produces organically grown vegetables for Pluck, which is maintained by me and my chefs. When we started the restaurant in November 2015, we planned to sow the winter vegetables by August in the garden, which had cauliflower, cabbages, spinach, radishes etc. When summers were approaching, we planned in February, and sowed bottle gourd, bitter gourds, pumpkins, watermelons, herbs like mint, parsley, etc. Now I have them ready to be served in my restaurant. Hence my menu revolves as per the produce of my farm. Vegetables keep changing as per the season but the herbs like basil, lemon grass, thyme, oregano, mint etc will be seen throughout the year.
FFT: What defines Delhi for you? How important is Delhi in the global food scene ?
Delhi is a city of celebration. Every festival of India is celebrated here with the same mirth and joy as it is done in that particular state. This attribute makes it a good platform to showcase the global food scene. Here, one can see the confluence of cultures and flavours under one roof.
FFT: Future of farm to table and its viability in a city like Delhi ?
Even though we have many good Indian restaurants around in Delhi, consumers are now more daring to try different things, be it Pulled Tandoori Chicken Cannelloni at Pluck, Pullman New Delhi Aerocity, which infuses flavours from west and our own favourite Tandoori Chicken, there has been a huge transformation to cooking styles from "dum" preparations being now replaced with Sous-vide, even for Indian dishes. Combination of traditional styles of cooking like Kebas finished on Tawa/Tandoor/Angeethi, are now being incorporated through molecular Gastronomy.
Guests in Delhi now have begun to favour fresh foods over fad diets and tasting menus with grazing portions over large portions of food. Farm to table or locator or zero kilometre food is the new in thing.
Location: Pluck, Pullman Aerocity, New Delhi.
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Neuroscience seminars at the QBI play a major role in the advancement of neuroscience in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary goal of these seminars is to promote excellence in neuroscience through the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations and augmenting partnerships already in place.
While seminars in the QBI Auditorium have been suspended due to COVID-19, we will still be holding seminars via Zoom. The days and times of these seminars will vary depending on the time zone of the speaker. Please see each seminar listed below for details.
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Professor Anthony J Hannan, VIC : "Gene-environment interactions informing therapeutic approaches for cognitive and affective disorders"
2 February 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
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Professor Anthony J. Hannan
NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
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9 February 2022 10:00am–11:00am
Dr. Carsen Stringer
HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Neuroscience Seminar TBA
16 February 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Dr Sarah Gordon, VIC
Dr Sarah Gordon
Head, Presynaptic Physiology Laboratory
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Professor Sebastian Jessberger, Switzerland :
2 March 2022 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Sebastian Jessberger,
Director, Brain Research Institute
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Shiqing Cai, China
9 March 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Professor Shiqing Cai
Institute of Neuroscience (ION)
Neuroscience Seminar TBA:
16 March 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Rinie Bajracharya, UQ
Rinie Bajracharya
Queensland Brain Institute
6 April 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
13 April 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
A/Professor Lucy M. Palmer, VIC
A/Professor Lucy M. Palmer,
Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellow
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
4 May 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
11 May 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Dr Lachlan Harris, QIMR :
Dr Lachlan Harris
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD
Neuroscience Seminar:
1 June 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
15 June 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
6 July 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
13 July 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
A/Professor Timothy Bredy, UQ
3 August 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
A/Professor Timothy Bredy
Queensland Brain Institute,
10 August 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
A/Professor Irina Voineagu, NSW
7 September 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
A/Professor Irina Voineagu
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
The University of New South Wales,
14 September 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
5 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
12 October 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Professor Jennifer Cornish, NSW
Professor Jennifer Cornish
Centre for Emotional Help (CEH), Macquarie University, Sydney
2 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
16 November 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
7 December 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
14 December 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
Professor Irina Vetter, UQ : "The pain-causing principles of stinging nettles are sodium channel-targeting peptides"
Professor Irina Vetter,
Institute for Molecular Bioscience and School of Pharmacy
Professor Kate Schroder, UQ : "Inflammasomes: from fundamental biology to new therapeutics"
Professor Kate Schroder
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Biological Psychiatry Australia Plenary Speaker, Professor John Cryan : "Gut Feelings: Microbiome as Key Regulator of Brain & Behaviour Across the Lifespan"
27 October 2021 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor John Cryan,
Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience,
University College Cork
Professor S. Thomas Carmichael, USA : "Smart Mice to Smart Humans: 5 stories from discovery science to clinical trials in stroke recovery"
20 October 2021 9:00am–10:00am
Professor S. Thomas Carmichael
Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Nishita Bhembre, UQ : "Synaptic compensation following oligomeric Aβ induced-dendritic spine loss"
Nishita Bhembre
Associate Professor Andy Shih, USA : "Optical dissection of brain capillary function"
29 September 2021 9:00am–10:00am
Associate Professor Andy Shih
Seattle Children's Research Institute, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Dr Alexander Lim, ACT : "Problem solving in Psychiatry: Gaps in Guidelines"
Dr Alexander Lim
ZedThree Specialist Centre
Deakin ACT 2600
Professor Ole Jensen, UK : "Three misconceptions about the human alpha rhythm: the inhibition hypothesis revised"
15 September 2021 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Ole Jensen
Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Professor Kang Shen, USA : "Establishing and Maintaining Neuronal Polarity"
8 September 2021 10:00am–11:00am
Professor Kang Shen
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator
Professor Casper Hoogenraad, Genentech, USA : "Mechanisms of cargo trafficking: cytoskeleton organization and motor regulation"
Professor Casper Hoogenraad
Vice President (Neuroscience)
South San Francisco, USA
Professor Warwick Bowen, UQ : "Quantum light allows image clarity beyond the limits of conventional technology"
Professor Warwick Bowen
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland
Neurocience Seminar TBA:
Professor Jürgen Götz, UQ : "Merging pathomechanistic studies of Alzheimer's disease and the response of the brain to therapeutic ultrasound"
Professor Jürgen Götz
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Dr Erika Ross, USA : "An Integrated Remote Programming Platform for Neuromodulation Systems: From Identified Unmet Patient Need to First FDA Approval"
Dr Erika Ross
Director of Research & Development
Abbott Neuromodulation, Austin, Texas, USA
Dr Jie Liu, Monash University, VIC: "Development of C. elegans Locomotion: Finding Balance in Imbalance"
Dr Jie Liu
Sensory Perception and Ageing Laboratory
Biomedical Discovery Institute, Monash University, VIC
Professor Stephen Maren, USA : "Covert Capture and Attenuation of a Hippocampus-Dependent Fear Memory"
30 June 2021 9:00am–10:00am
Professor Stephen Maren
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
Professor Andrew Dillin, USA : "Orchestrating aging across a troubled soma"
23 June 2021 10:00am–11:00am
Professor Andrew Dillin
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
A/Professor Anthony White, QIMR Berghofer, QLD : "Understanding and Harnessing Neuro-Immune Interactions to Improve Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases"
A/Professor Anthony White
Group Leader, Cellular and Molecular Neurodegeneration
Herston, QLD
Professor Ottmar Lipp, QUT : "Strengthening the extinction of human fear: How to prevent the return of fear?"
Professor Ottmar Lipp
Faculty of Health, QUT
Professor Erik Jorgensen, USA : "Forever young: neurons that refuse to grow up"
26 May 2021 9:00am–10:00am
Professor Erik Jorgensen,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), University of Utah, USA
Professor Magdalena Götz, Germany : "Novel mechanisms of neurogenesis and neural repair"
19 May 2021 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Magdalena Götz
Biomedical Center, University of Munich and Institute for Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
Professor Yulong Li, China : "Spying on neuromodulation by constructing new genetically-encoded fluorescent sensors"
Professor Yulong Li
Peking University/McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Professor André van Zundert, RBWH : "Delivering a safe and effective clinical anaesthesia service"
Professor André van Zundert
Chair of The University of Queensland Centre of Excellence & Innovation in Anaesthesia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland
Professor Justin Marshall, UQ : "Are Neuroscientists Nero?"
Professor Justin Marshall
Dr Marlene Hao, VIC : "Development and plasticity of the enteric nervous system"
Dr Marlene Hao
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience,
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010
A/Professor Kai-Hsiang Chuang, UQ : "Understanding Resting State Networks of the Brain"
A/Professor Kai-Hsiang Chuang
Dr Reuben Rideaux, UK : "Exploring and explaining biological motion processing with neural networks"
Dr Reuben Rideaux
A/Professor Evandro Fang, Norway : 'Targeting on the NAD+ - mitophagy/autophagy axis for Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging'
Associate Professor Evandro F. Fang
Department of Clinical Molecular Biology
University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, 1478 , Lørenskog, Norway
Dr Paul Marshall, UQ : "Dynamic DNA structure states and memory"
Dr Paul Marshall
3 February 2021 5:00pm–6:00pm
Professor David Bredt, USA : "Getting a handle on neuropharmacology by targeting receptor-associated proteins"
16 December 2020 10:30am–11:30am
Professor David Bredt
Johnson and Johnson San Diego R&D Site Leader Global Head Discovery Neuroscience
Dr Zhitao Hu : "Functional study of synaptotagmins in synaptic transmission"
Dr Zhitao Hu
Professor Peter Nestor, UQ : "How degenerative dementias affect the cortex in humans"
Professor Peter Nestor
Dr Steven Zuryn, UQ : "Mitochondrial genome mosaicism and resistance to damage"
Professor Jason Mattingley, UQ : "Understanding the role of prediction in sensory encoding"
Professor Jason Mattingley
Queensland Brain Institute & School of Psychology
Professor Jozef Gecz, University of Adelaide : "Movement in the genetics of neurodevelopmental disabilities"
Professor Jozef Gecz
Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability
NHMRC SPRF, The University of Adelaide
Dr Jess Taubert, National Institute of Mental Health, USA : "The neural basis of social intelligence in primates"
5 August 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Jess Taubert
Laboratory of Brain & Cognition
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA
Professor Gwyneth Card, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Virginia, USA : "Small brains, big decisions: uncovering neural mechanisms for real-world choices"
8 July 2020 9:00am
Professor Gwyneth Card
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Virginia, USA
A/Professor Lea K Davis, Vanderbilt University, USA : "Beyond biomarkers: Mining clinical lab data from the Electronic Health Record to advance psychiatric genomics"
1 July 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
A/Professor Lea K Davis
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN37235, USA
Professor Ashley Bush, Melbourne Dementia Research Centre, The Florey Institute : "Ferroptosis, iron and neurodegenerative disease"
Professor Ashley Bush
Director of the Melbourne Dementia Research Centre
The Florey Institute, Parkville VIC
A/Professor Paul Dawson, Mater Research Institute and UQ : "Sulfate deficiency and adverse neurodevelopment"
A/Professor Paul Dawson
Mater Research Institute and University of Queensland
A/Professor Sonja Hofer, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, London, UK : "Making sense of what you see: cortical and thalamic circuits for vision"
A/Professor Sonja Hofer
Group Leader, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
JOINT QBI AND UQ PHYSICS SEMINAR: Professor William Bialek, Princeton University and The CUNY Graduate Center, USA : "Statistical mechanics for networks of real neurons"
20 May 2020 10:00am–11:00am
Professor William Bialek
Princeton University and The CUNY Graduate Center, USA
Professor David Hume, Mater Research Institute and UQ : "Life without microglia?"
Professor David Hume
Professor Larry Abbott, Dept of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center : "Multi-layer network learning in an electric fish"
30 April 2020 9:30am–10:30am
Professor Larry Abbott
Dept of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University, New York
Professor Claudia Clopath, Imperial College London, UK : "Temporal backbone for rapid compressible learning in hippocampus"
22 April 2020 5:00pm–6:00pm
Professor Claudia Clopath
Computational Neuroscience Laboratory
Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London, UK
A/Professor Tim Bredy, UQ : "Long Noncoding RNAs and Memory"
A/Professor Tim Bredy
Professor Matteo Carandini, University College London : "Organization of neural activity across the brain"
8 April 2020 5:00pm–6:00pm
Professor Matteo Carandini
A/Professor Peter van Wijngaarden, Centre for Eye Research Australia : "The eye as a window to the brain: retinal imaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease"
Associate Professor Peter van Wijngaarden
Deputy Director and Principal Investigator
Centre for Eye Research Australia & University of Melbourne
Professor Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany : "Functional correlates of hippocampal synaptic plasticity".
Professor Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Ruhr University
Bochum, Germany
Professor Subhojit Roy, University of California, San Diego : "Unusual trafficking Routes in Axonal Transport"
10 December 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Subhojit Roy
Departments of Pathology and Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
La Jolla CA92093-0626, USA
Assistant Professor Mazen Kheirbek, UCSF : "Encoding of emotionally relevant stimuli in hippocampal circuits"
6 December 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Assistant Professor Mazen Kheirbek
Center for Integrative Neuroscience
Professor Hollis Cline, Scripps Research Institute, USA : "Brain development and plasticity: using developmental plasticity mechanisms to rehabilitate the injured brain"
27 November 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Hollis Cline
Hahn Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Neuroscience Co-Chair
Scripps Research Institute, California Campus, USA
Professor Oliver Hobert, Columbia University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York : "Homeoboxes build the C. elegans nervous system"
Professor Oliver Hobert
Columbia University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York
Dr Adam Walker, UQ : "Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in motor neuron disease and frontotemporal dementia"
Dr Adam Walker
Professor Fred Meunier, UQ : "Dynamic nanoscale organisation of the neurotransmitter release machinery"
Professor Fred Meunier
Dr Zhaoyu Li, UQ : "Functional Connectomics: understanding neural network integration in C. elegans"
6 November 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Zhaoyu Li,
Professor Steven Petrou, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health : "Precision medicine in genetic epilepsies: Are we there yet?"
30 October 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Steven Petrou
Director, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC
9 October 2019 2:15pm–3:15pm
Professor Naomi Wray, UQ : "Progress in ALS genomics research from the Ice Bucket Challenge Grant"
9 October 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Naomi Wray
Program in Complex Trait Genomics
Institute for Molecular Bioscience & Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Dr Asheeta Prasad, University of New South Wales : "Neural modulation of dopamine networks"
Dr Asheeta Prasad
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr Victor Anggono, UQ : "Molecular Mechanisms of Glutamate Receptor Trafficking"
25 September 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Victor Anggono,
Dr Rodrigo Suárez, UQ : "Clues from the past: marsupials reveal new principles of evolutionary, developmental and systems neuroscience"
Dr Rodrigo Suárez
Professor Warwick Bowen, UQ : "Quantum and precision sensing: advances and applications in the biosciences"
Dr Eva Hoch, Germany: "Cannabis: Potential and Risks. A scientific analysis"
4 September 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Eva Hoch
Professor Gordon Fishell, Harvard University: "Making up your mind, the specification and integration of interneurons into the cortex"
Professor Gordon Fishell
Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School and the Stanley Center at the Broad
220 Longwood Ave. MA 02115, USA
A/Professor Zachary Knight, USA : "The Neurobiology of Homeostasis"
28 August 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
A/Professor Zachary Knight
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor Geoff Goodhill, UQ : "The development of neural coding in zebrafish, and a new method for analysing calcium imaging data"
Professor Geoff Goodhill
Professor Jürgen Götz, UQ : "From basic mechanisms to antibody- and ultrasound-based therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's disease"
31 July 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Director of Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research
Professor Amparo Acker-Palmer, Germany : "Neurovascular interactions during CNS development"
Professor Amparo Acker-Palmer
Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Professor Alice Pebay, VIC: "Modelling neurodegeneration using patient induced pluripotent stem cells"
Professor Alice Pebay
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | School of Biomedical Sciences
The University of Melbourne, VIC
Professor Tod Kippin, USA: "There's an Ap(tamer) for that! A generalizable biosensor platform for evolving pharmacological and neuroscience research"
28 June 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Tod Kippin
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor Helen Cooper, UQ : "Understanding the molecular origins of cortical malformations"
Professor Helen Cooper
A/Professor Jared W. Young, USA : "Delineating potential mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder using cross-species testing"
A/Professor Jared W. Young
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr Dimitri Perrin, QUT : "Whole-brain 3D imaging and quantitative analysis"
Dr Dimitri Perrin
Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Data Science Group
Dr Albert Lee, NSW : "Application of proteomics to characterise mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases"
5 June 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Albert Lee
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales
Dr Tim O'Shea, USA : "Bioengineering neural repair in the central nervous system"
Dr Tim O'Shea
Departments of Neurobiology and Bioengineering, David Geffen School of Medicine,
Dr Michael Lazarou, VIC : "Culling Bad Mitochondria: The Molecular Mechanisms of PINK1/Parkin mitophagy"
29 May 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Michael Lazarou
Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Monash University VIC
Professor Michael Hausser FRS, UK : "All-optical closed-loop manipulation of neural circuits in vivo"
Professor Michael Hausser FRS
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, UK
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Nancy Kanwisher, USA : "Functional Imaging of the Human Brain: A Window into the Architecture of the Mind"
Professor Nancy Kanwisher
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Dr Matilde Balbi, Canada : "Activity dependent neuroprotection in the acute phase after stroke"
Dr Matilde Balbi
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
A/Professor Tom Burne, UQ : " The role of vitamin D in the adult brain"
8 May 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
A/Professor Tom Burne,
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Elly Nedivi, USA : "Visualizing molecular events in synapse formation in vivo"
Professor Elly Nedivi
Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139, USA
Professor Preben Bo Mortensen, Denmark : "iPSYCH: studying nature and nurture in mental disorders in Denmark"
10 April 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor Preben Bo Mortensen
National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor John Nurnberger, USA : "Emerging themes in the genetics of bipolar disorder"
27 March 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Professor John Nurnberger
Professor of Psychiatry
Dr Graham Murray, UQ : "From dopamine to delusions: mechanisms of psychotic symptom formation"
Dr Graham Murray
Visiting Academic
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
Dr Dorit Kliemann, USA : "Functional brain networks in hemispherectomy"
14 March 2019 4:00pm–5:00pm
Dr Dorit Kliemann
Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Ralph Adolph's Emotion and Social Cognition lab
Professor Luis Puelles, Spain : "An introduction to the prosomeric model"
Professor Luis Puelles
Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology
University of Murcia, Spain
Dr Laura Gumy, New Zealand : "MAP2-dependent regulation of axonal transport"
Dr Laura Gumy,
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
A/Professor Naotsugu Tsuchiya, VIC : "Conscious perception and its neural substrate: integration and dynamics"
20 February 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
A/Professor Naotsugu Tsuchiya
School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC 3168
Dr Martin Smith, NSW : "Going beyond the basepair with nanopores"
12 February 2019 3:00pm–4:00pm
Dr Martin Smith
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Victoria Street, New South Wales
Dr Alexandra Grubman, VIC : "Distinct microglial phenotypes in Alzheimer's disease are controlled by amyloid plaque phagocytosis"
6 February 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Dr Alexandra Grubman,
Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Kiaran Lawson, UQ : "From bugs to bots: examining insect flight behaviour for potential robotic applications"
30 January 2019 11:00am–12:00pm
Kiaran Lawson (PhD Exit Seminar)
A/Professor Bruno van Swinderen, UQ : "Understanding general anaesthesia: why loss of consciousness is interesting"
A/Professor Bruno van Swinderen
A/Professor Jeremy Dittmann, USA : "Molecular Control of Synaptic Vesicle Fusion"
A/Professor Jeremy Dittmann
Cornell Medical School, New York, USA
Professor Valentin Nägerl, France : "Super-resolution microscopy for neuroscience: new methods & applications"
Professor Valentin Nägerl
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, University of Bordeaux
Adjunct Professor Pirta Hotulainen, Finland : "Vital role of the tropomyosin decorated actin filaments in the the structure and function of the axon initial segment"
Adjunct Professor Pirta Hotulainen
University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr Shankar Sachidhanandam, Switzerland : "Neural dynamics of sensory perception and decision making in the mouse posterior parietal cortex"
Dr Shankar Sachidhanandam
Sensory Perception Group, Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Switzerland
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Yale : "Statistical learning in the hippocampus"
21 November 2018 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Nicholas B. Turk-Browne
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven CT06520, USA
Professor Matthew Lambon-Ralph, UK: "Semantic representation and its disorders"
Professor Matthew Lambon-Ralph
Director, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Sylvain Baillet, Canada : "Perception as prediction: network architectures of brain perceptual inferences"
Professor Sylvain Baillet
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Professor Peter Visscher FRS, UQ : "The genetics of educational attainment"
Professor Peter Visscher FRS
Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci, UK : "The conscious phenotype"
Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci
Dean of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Professor Urs Meyer, Zurich : "Epigenetic and transgenerational mechanisms in immune-mediated neurodevelopmental disorders"
Professor Urs Meyer
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Zurich – Vetsuisse Faculty
Dr Susannah Tye, UQ : "Insulin Signalling Moderates the Rapid Antidepressant Actions of Ketamine in Treatment Resistant Depression"
Dr Susannah Tye
Professor Darryl Eyles, UQ : "The troubled journey of a dopamine neuron towards psychosis"
Professor Darryl Eyles,
Professor Brandon Wainwright, UQ : "Diseases of the cerebellum – genomics drives new therapeutic paradigms"
Professor Brandon Wainwright
Director, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
UQ Research Data Manager Presentation
Ms Sandrine Kingston-Ducrot, UQRDM Project Manager
Dr Rebecca Deuble, UQRDM Project Officer
A/Professor Andrew Crowden, UQ : "Neuroethics: The ethics of neuroscience and the neuroscience of ethics"
A/Professor Andrew Crowden
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland
Dr Yee Lian Chew, UK : "How a worm thinks: lessons from C. elegans neuropeptide signalling"
Dr Yee Lian Chew
MRC Investigator Scientist
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Dr Frank Jacobs, The Netherlands : "Human-specific NOTCH2NL genes: Possible contributors to human's evolutionary increase in brain size"
Dr Frank Jacobs
University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)
Science Park 904, The Netherlands
Professor Jian Yang, UQ : Finding genetic and modifiable risk factors for common diseases
Professor Jian Yang
Queensland Brain Institute and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
Professor Bryan Mowry, UQ: Genetic analyses of schizophrenia in Tamil Nadu, India
Professor Bryan Mowry
A/Professor Gail Robinson, UQ : "Frontal lobe functions in health and disease: evidence from neuropsychology"
A/Professor Gail Robinson
School of Psychology, University of Queensland
Professor Jianyuan Sun, China: "Quantal transmission at single central synapses displays large variation in size with subunit"
20 August 2018 3:00pm–4:00pm
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Florian Engert, Harvard : "Neuronal mechanisms of evidence accumulation and decision making in the larval zebrafish"
8 August 2018 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Florian Engert
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, USA
Dr Eric Kim, USA : "Cortical pathology of Huntington's disease in the human brain & Nanoparticle-based sensors for neurobiology"
Dr Eric Kim
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Dr Karly Turner, UK : "Shifting roles of the dorsal striatum in action sequence learning"
Dr Karly Turner
CJ Martin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, England.
Jessica McFadyen, UQ : "Shortcuts for fear, conscious perception, and surprise in hierarchical visual systems"
Jessica McFadyen
Professor Margaret McCarthy, USA : "Microglia, Maleness and Marijuana: How Endocannabinoids Sculpt Brain Sex Differences"
18 July 2018 4:00pm–5:00pm
Professor Margaret McCarthy
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
5 July 2018 9:45am–10:45am
A/Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones, UCI : "Using Human iPSC-derived Microglia and Chimeric Mouse Models to Study Alzheimer's Disease"
A/Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones
Department of Neurobiology and Behaviour, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine.
Professor Elizabeth Coulson, UQ : "The cholinergic basal forebrain and Alzheimer's disease: from obstructive sleep apnoea to the p75 neurotrophin receptor"
Professor Elizabeth Coulson
School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Professor Richard M. Gronostajski, USA : "NFI genes in CNS development"
Professor Richard M. Gronostajski
Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo
Dr Alessandra Martini, USA : "Amyloid-beta impairs interleukin-1β signaling: impact on Alzheimer's Disease."
Dr Alessandra Martini
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California - Irvine (UCI)
Dr Alice Stamatakis, Inscopix : "Catalyzing discovery through next generation miniature microscopes for circuit neuroscience"
Dr Alice Stamatakis
Lead Scientist, Inscopix
Dr Michael Hodges-Langford, UQ : "WNT signalling in choroid plexus development"
Dr Michael Hodges-Langford (PhD Exit Seminar)
Asad Amanat Ali, UQ : "Developmental vitamin D deficiency rat model of Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Asad Amanat Ali (PhD Exit Seminar)
Professor Anthony J Hannan, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health : "Gene-environment interactions mediating experience-dependent plasticity in the healthy and diseased brain"
Professor Anthony J Hannan
Marge Maallo, UQ : "Neural correlates of visual function in agenesis of the corpus callosum"
Marge Maallo (PhD Exit Seminar)
Professor Jonathon Howard, Yale : "Dendritic Branching Morphogenesis: Motors and Cytoskeleton"
Professor Jonathon Howard
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Yale University, USA
Suhailah Ali, UQ : "Maternal Immune Activation adversely affects the ontogeny of dopamine neurons. Is Vitamin D neuroprotective?"
Suhailah Ali
Dr Asami Oguro-Ando, University of Exeter Medical School, UK : "CNTN4, a candidate gene for autism spectrum disorders, affects hippocampal neuronal function and behaviour"
Dr Asami Oguro-Ando
University of Exeter Medical School
Exeter, UK
Dr Tara Walker, Germany : "Cell death in adult hippocampal neurogenesis is ferroptotic and rescued by selenium"
Dr Tara Walker
Senior Research Associate, Kempermann Group
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany
Katie Drummond, VIC: "Influence of Psychological Stress on Fear Extinction during Development"
Katie Drummond
The Florey Neuroscience Institute of Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC
A/Professor Adam Vogel, VIC : "Who cares about speech and what can it tell us?"
A/Professor Adam Vogel
Centre for Neuroscience of Speech, The University of Melbourne, VIC
Dr Nathalie Dehorter, ANU : "Molecular Control of Interneuron Identity"
Dr Nathalie Dehorter
Group Leader at the Eccles Institute for Neuroscience,
The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
YeJin Chai, UQ : "A highly Munc18-ocentric Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
4 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm
YeJin Chai (PhD Exit Seminar)
Adekunle Bademosi, UQ : "Lateral trapping of syntaxin1A in nanodomains: key to neuroexocytosis?"
Adekunle Bademosi (PhD Exit Seminar)
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Marcel Kool, German Cancer Research Center : "Molecular characterization of pediatric brain tumors and preclinical models"
Professor Marcel Kool
German Cancer Research Center, Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
A/Professor Ethan Scott, UQ : "Whole-brain imaging of sensory processing in larval zebrafish"
A/Professor Ethan Scott
Head, Laboratory for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
Casey Linton, UQ : "Function and regulation of the fusogen EFF-1 during axonal repair"
7 March 2018 11:00am–12:00pm
Casey Linton (PhD Exit Seminar)
A/Professor Sajikumar Sreedharan, National University of Singapore : "The p75 neurotrophin receptor is a necessary mediator of synaptic and behavioral changes induced by sleep deprivation"
A/Professor Saji Kumar Sreedharan
Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597
Shanzhi Yan, UQ : "NMDA Receptors in the Neural Circuit Underlying Fear Learning"
Shanzhi Yan (PhD Exit Seminar)
International Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar : Professor Dame Linda Partridge, Max Planck Institute Germany and University College London : "The ageing fly nervous system"
Professor Dame Linda Partridge
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany and Institute for Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, UK
Dr Lin Kooi Ong, University of Newcastle : "Modulating the trajectory of brain recovery after stroke from bench to bedside"
Dr Lin Kooi Ong
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Professor Mike Cousin, Edinburgh University : "Activity-dependent bulk endocytosis: presynaptic function and dysfunction in Huntington's Disease"
Professor Mike Cousin
Chair of Neuronal Cell Biology, Centre for Integrative Physiology, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh,
Professor Josh Kaplan, Harvard : "From compost to the clinic: using C. elegans to study psychiatric disorders"
Professor Josh Kaplan
Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115 USA
Dr Rachel Templin, UQ : "Circular polarization vision in stomatopod crustaceans"
PhD Exit Seminar by Dr Rachel Templin, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
in the Physiology Lectures Theatres (Building 63), Room 358
Professor Mandayam A. Srinivasan, USA : "Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications"
Prof. Mandayam A. Srinivasan
TouchLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Dr James Daniel, Germany : "Wrestling with SUMO at the synapse"
Dr James Daniel
Molecular Neurobiology Group, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen 37075, Germany
Dr Jean-Baptiste Sibarita and Professor Daniel Choquet, University of Bordeaux : "Pushing the limits of SMLM toward deeper, more colours and more throughput imaging" and "The interplay between synapse nanoscale organization and function"
Dr Jean-Baptiste Sibarita and Professor Daniel Choquet
Professor Rena Li and Professor Yong Shen, China : "Sex-specific targets to Alzheimer's disease" and "Why is a single molecule, BACE1, involved with multiple types of brain disorders?"
Professor Rena Li, Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China and
Professor Yong Shen, Neurodegenerative Disorder Research Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Jenny Pavlides, UQ : "Integrating genome-wide association study data with gene expression to understand complex traits and common diseases"
30 November 2017 10:15am–11:00am
MPhil Exit Seminar by Jenny Pavlides, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
in the IMB (Building 80), Level 3 Large Seminar Room (3.142)
Dr Melissa Sharpe, Princeton : "The contribution of dopamine to the model-based world"
Dr Melissa Sharpe
Princeton Neuroscience Institute & National Institute on Drug Abuse
Princeton, New Jersey
Professor Stephen Williams, UQ : "Cholinergic modulation is an essential component of neocortical circuit computations"
Professor Stephen Williams
Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri, UQ : "Regulation and function of distinct neurogenic precursors in the adult brain"
Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri
Mater Research Institute and Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Dr Melvyn Yap, UQ : "Electrophysiological Analyses of Sleep States in Drosophila"
Dr Melvyn Yap (PhD Exit Seminar)
A/Professor Tim Bredy, UQ : "Evolving insights into the qualitative nature of RNA and its functional diversity in the brain"
Professor Pankaj Sah, UQ : "Anxiety and depression – the search for better therapeutics"
Professor Pankaj Sah
Director, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Professor John McGrath, UQ : "Convergent evidence implicates vitamin D deficiency and voltage-gated calcium channel function in schizophrenia"
Professor John McGrath
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia, and Niels Bohr Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
Dr Iris Wang, UQ: "Neuronal Trafficking - Linking mechanisms to functions in live neurons"
Dr Iris Wang
Dr Justin Wong, U Sydney : "Intronic nonsense: Why we should stop ignoring them?"
Dr Justin Wong
Head, Gene Regulation in Cancer Lab, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology, University of Sydney, NSW
Professor Barry Dickson, UQ and Janelia Farms : "The Neurobiology of Drosophila Mating Behaviour"
Professor Barry Dickson
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland and Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Virginia, USA
A/Professor Frini Karayanidis, U Newcastle : "Age-related decline in cognitive control: Role of CV risk factors"
A/Professor Frini Karayanidis
Director, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308
Professor Alison Goate, Mount Sinai: "Rare and Common Genetic Variation implicates microglial function in Alzheimer's disease risk"
Professor Alison Goate
Director, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Dept of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, UWA. "The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases"
Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Laboratory Head, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, WA
Professor Michael Milford, QUT : "Navigation, Neuroscience and Neural Networks: A Quest to Understand Intelligence and Build Better Robots"
Professor Michael Milford
Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Garden Point Campus, Brisbane
Professor Christian Haass, LMU, Munich : "TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease – from microglial dysfunction to human patients"
Professor Christian Haass
Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Professor Sunil Gandhi, USA : "Rewiring the circuits of high acuity spatial vision"
Professor Sunil Gandhi
Department of Neurobiology and Behaviour, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA
Professor David Tremethick, ANU : "What do reproduction and memory have in common? The epigenetic regulator H2A.B"
Professor David Tremethick
Head of the Department of Genome Science, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601
Professor Loren Frank, UCSF : "Neural substrates of memories and decisions"
Professor Loren Frank
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
Dr Jeehyun Kim, VIC : "Understanding the development of emotional memory to treat anxiety and addiction"
Dr Jeehyun Kim,
Lab Head, Developmental Psychobiology Laboratory –Behavioural Neuroscience, The Florey Institute, Parkville VIC 3052
Anthony Harris, UQ : "The role of neural oscillations in human visual attention and awareness"
Anthony Harris (PhD Exit Seminar)
Professor Michael Nilsson, Hunter Medical Research Institute : "Emerging avenues in stroke rehabilitation – focus on recovery and secondary neurodegeneration"
Professor Michael Nilsson, MD, PhD
Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health, Newcastle, Australia.
Dr Hari Subramanian, UQ : "The midbrain periaqueductal gray: A novel circuit for treatment of intractable neurogenic autonomic disease via neuromodulation"
Dr Hari Subramanian
Research Leader - Systems Neuroscience & Neuromodulation Laboratory, Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Dr Susannah Tye, USA: "Metabolic Deficits in Antidepressant Resistance are a Functional Target for Neuromodulation"
Director, Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Depression Center, Rochester, MN, USA
Dr Jana Vukovic, UQ : "Understanding the role of microglia as regulators of adult neurogenesis in the intact and injured brain"
Dr Jana Vukovic
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland
Robert Maier, UQ : "Improving genetic risk prediction in psychiatric disorders and other complex traits"
Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal, UQ. "Organisation of a reverberating cell assembly in the basolateral amygdala"
Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi Perumal (PhD Exit Seminar)
Professor Linda Richards, UQ : "Interhemispheric axonal plasticity in developmental brain disorders"
Professor Linda Richards PhD FAA FAHMS
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Professor George Augustine, Singapore. "Optogenetic mapping of novel cerebellar circuits"
Professor George Augustine, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr Vincent Daria, ANU : "Understanding brain circuits using nanotechnology and photonic tools"
Dr Vincent Daria
Group Leader (Neurophotonics Group)
ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
Professor Geoff Faulkner, UQ. "Somatic L1 mosaicism: 'dark matter' in the mammalian brain"
Professor Geoff Faulkner
Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland
Professor Brenda Gannon, UQ. "Connecting health economics and brain research"
Professor Brenda Gannon
Mater Research Institute Chair in Health Economics, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland
Professor Lars Ittner, UNSW : "On the molecular role of Tau in regulating post-synaptic toxicity"
Professor Lars Ittner
School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales
Lacey Atkins, UQ : "An investigation of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in obstructive sleep apnoea patients"
18 April 2017 10:00am–11:00am
PhD Exit Seminar by Lacey Atkins, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
In the Ritchie Meeting Room (Building 64A)
Dr Christian Winterflood, Zurich : "Applications of supercritical angle and single-molecule fluorescence''
Dr Christian Winterflood, Zurich, Switzerland
Reuben Strydom, UQ. "Bio-inspired Strategies for Autonomous Aerial Navigation, Guidance and Interception"
Reuben Strydom, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Dr Andrew Higginson, Exeter : "Learning to be ill? Adaptive decision-making systems with limited information may cause ill health"
Dr Andrew Higginson, Senior Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Exeter, UK.
Professor Scott Tyo, UNSW Canberra at ADFA : "Do You see What I See? Exploiting advanced properties of light and mimicking biological vision systems to develop new imaging and sensing methods"
Professor Scott Tyo, Head of the School of Engineering and IT, The University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra ACT 2600
A/Professor Zhiyi Wei, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Guangdong Sheng, China. "Structural Insights into Presynaptic Active Zone Assembly"
Eco-Oncology: Applying principles of ecology to improve outcomes in oncology
Professor Brent Reynolds, Lillian S Wells Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Tong Wu, UQ : "Functional brain network study on wild type and DISC1 transgenic mice"
Tong Wu
Jing Zhao, UQ : "Role of EphA4 in regulating adult hippocampal neurogenesis and motor neuron disease"
22 February 2017 11:00am
Dr Jing Zhao
Investigating the disease mechanisms of MND and frontotemporal dementia related to TDP-43 pathology
Dr Adam K. Walker, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Macquarie University, NSW
Somatic L1 mosaicism: 'dark matter' in mammalian genetics
Professor Geoff Faulkner, Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland
Innovative genetic and chemical genetics approaches to understand and treat motor neuron diseases
Dr Jean Giacomotto, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of sensorimotor integration in C. elegans
31 January 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm
Dr Zhaoyu Li, Research Investigator, Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Encoding and storing experience in hippocampal-cortical networks
Dr Jai Yu, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Using patterned neural activity to modify Alzheimer's disease pathology
Professor Li-Huei Tsai, Professor and Director - Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Deconstructing fear
Professor Andrea Lüthi, Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
Reverse replay during human problem solving
Professor Peter Dayan, Director, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK
Activation of a latent hippocampal precursor population
Dr Tara L Walker, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Germany
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Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold says it is suspending work at a site in northern Greece and laying off 600 workers following protests by local residents and a spat with the country's left wing government.
The Vancouver, Canada-based company said Tuesday that it was suspending operations at a gold mine at Skouries, one of four major Greek sites where the company is involved.
Eldorado Gold CEO Paul Wright said 500 more jobs were also likely to be cut later in the year.
Wright accused the government of using the mining project as a "political toy" but insisted the company had no plans to pull out of Greece.
Elected a year ago, the leftwing government has expressed support for resident protest groups near Skouries who oppose the project on environmental grounds.
Wright said the company might suspend works in the Olympias site in Chalkidiki if the license is not approved within three months. Eldorado Gold has also frozen the projects in Perama Hill and Sapes in Thrace. They are also considering freezing the expansion of the mine at Stratoni.
"We invest in many countries but in Greece, our investment became politicized, it turned into a political game," Wright said. "Greek finance ministers invite foreign investors to come to Greece. We are an example for foreign investors. We need to be partners with the government and have good cooperation to achieve the investment for our own benefit and for the economy." He also added that the company has asked to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but he has not yet responded.
This is the first and perhaps the largest private investment of foreign capital in our country, totaling 1.2 billion euros, say financial analysts.
"We operate in good faith and Hellas Gold has complied with all contractual obligations, however, due to unfavorable conditions it is prudent to reduce capital investment in Greece at the time," said a company statement addressed to the Athens Stock Exchange.
Wright clarified that the investment has great prospects and Eldorado Gold is willing to continue the investment. However, he said, the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy creates significant risks and obstacles that leave no other choice but to reduce activities and staff.
In Skouries 600 workers will lose their jobs. This will be done gradually, as the company will maintain the workers who are essential for the basic functions for a period of 3-4 months, which has set a timeframe for the company to get license approval from the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
In Olympias 500 workers are at risk of losing their jobs. In this case the project continues and is awaiting approvals that will determine whether or not the investment will continue.
Wright will meet with New Democracy president Kyriakos Mitsotakis, PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata, Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis, and Centrists Union president Vassilis Leventis to discuss the situation.
The government does not succumb to blackmail, Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis on Tuesday said in statements to Praktorio 104.9 FM following "Eldorado Gold" announcement that it partly suspends its construction works at Skouries.
Skourletis expressed his disappointment over the fact that CEO of the Canadian company, Paul Wright, decided to cancel their scheduled meeting on Tuesday.
Skourletis sternly criticized those who accuse the government that 2,000 people will lose their jobs after the retirement of Eldorado from Northern Halkidiki and cleared out that the decision will affect around 830 workers.


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M. Karen Thompson
Editor: Congratulations on being named one of N.J.'s leading women in law and business. Please tell us about your accomplishments.
Thompson: Admitted in N.Y. and N.J., I have been practicing law for 25 years. For most of my legal career, I have been with Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, where I became an equity partner in 1987. I've also been certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court since 1987. I was privileged to be appointed by Governor Whitman to the N.J. State Commission of Investigation. Created by statute, the Commission's role is to investigate corruption in government and public office, as well as investigate activities of organized crime. My six years on the Commission was a fascinating experience.
I have been selected to serve on a number of N.J. Supreme Court Committees. Currently I am on the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, which investigates complaints against sitting judges for improper conduct or violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Fortunately, because we have a good judiciary in N.J., most complaints are quickly resolved.
Editor: Please share a few of your reflections about the ethical issues that in-house lawyers face today.
Thompson: In the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley, one could speak volumes about ethical concerns that in-house lawyers now face related to corporate governance, but I think it would be more prudent to leave such discussion for the experts in that area.
I will say that in-house counsel, like many of us, often may not have time to reflect adequately upon ethical issues because they are assaulted by so many other concerns in their day-to-day practice. One issue comes to mind which repeatedly surfaces in my employment litigation practice. It arises in situations in which both the company and one or more of its supervisors or managers are sued, which occurs regularly in discrimination or wrongful discharge cases.
Frequently it is beneficial for the company to adopt a joint defense with its employees in such cases. It falls to in-house counsel to hire outside counsel, investigate the matter and help develop the defense strategy. It has surfaced in more than one case that I have seen that the supervisor or manager who is sued perceives that the in-house counsel is also representing his or her interests, which may include individual liability or loss of employment. The ethical problem arises because the supervisor or manager may share confidential information with the in-house counsel, or may feel that counsel should act to protect the employee's individual interests, oblivious to the fact that the in-house counsel's sole obligation is to represent the corporation.
I have seen claims of unethical conduct and malpractice brought against in-house counsel by disgruntled employees, especially where a case started with a joint defense, but then the company opted to separate its defense from the employee's after the investigation was completed. In light of such potential civil liability, in-house counsel needs to have a heightened awareness of the ethical issues associated with joint defenses. In-house counsel should make it clear from the outset, preferably in writing, that he or she does not represent the employee, even if the company and that employee are represented by the same outside counsel. Then, if the investigation reveals a problem in a joint defense, in-house counsel can be reasonably certain that there truly is no conflict between the corporation's and the employee's interests.
Editor: Can you tell us something about your firm's history?
Thompson: Since its founding in 1953, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus has evolved into a full-service firm for the business community. Last year was particularly exciting because the firm celebrated its 50th anniversary with gala events for all employees and alumni attorneys. Our growth over the past 25 years has been phenomenal. When I started with the firm in 1979, I was only its 13th attorney. We now have more than 80 attorneys working at our offices in Somerville and Manhattan. Our growth plan contemplates more than 100 attorneys over the next three years, most notably in our burgeoning intellectual property practice, as well as commercial litigation. In addition, the firm is the N.J. member of an international consortium of law firms, called Meritas, which is comprised of 192 firms in 66 countries. This expands our base from which to draw in helping our Fortune 500 clients address complex multi-jurisdictional problems. It is exciting to be part of such a wonderful group of people.
Editor: What doors have been opening for women since you began practicing?
Thompson: Since I was admitted to the bar in 1978, I have seen tremendous advances for women in the profession. One example that has been particularly obvious to me as a litigator has been the increase in women in the judiciary.
Twenty-five years ago, no women had ever served on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Only one woman was on its appellate court and a mere handful of women sat in the trial courts around the state. Now, our Chief Justice is a woman, and there are two female Associate Justices. The head of our appellate court for the past 10 years or so has been a woman, and a number of women serve in the Appellate Division. Women serve as assignment judges and the numbers on the trial bench have grown.
In addition, opportunities for women both within corporate law departments and law firms have grown tremendously. We have also seen more women in leadership roles in bar associations and other professional associations. For example, in 1980, we had our first woman president of the N.J. Bar Association. She then became the first woman to be appointed as a Justice on the state's Supreme Court.
One of the positive factors contributing to these enhanced opportunities has been the recognition that women often have dual goals of pursuing a career and raising a family, and a willingness to accommodate those dual goals, such as those firms which have created "mommy-tracks" for female associates with children. While there is a still a long way for women to go, and we still see statistics that women do not advance to equity partnership as rapidly as men at many firms, it's been gratifying to see that progress is finally being made.
Editor: Have government procurement policies and corporate commitments to diversity contributed to opening doors for women?
Thompson: First, let me emphasize that a woman must be just as qualified as a man. All things being equal in terms of qualifications, I believe that the current focus on diversity does play a positive role for women, particularly if there is a government contract involved or an entity has an expressed goal to diversify. I know that I have benefited personally when female CEOs and female in-house counsel have gone out of their way to hire women to handle litigation for their companies, whether due to a corporate commitment to diversity, or their own personal commitment to advance women in key roles.
Editor: What practical tips do you have for a woman entering the legal profession?
Thompson: My advice is not limited to women. For anyone who is just starting out, "Be Yourself" is the best advice that I can give. For women, I would add, "Don't approach things as a woman and then a professional. Approach them first as a professional."
It is also important for young attorneys to focus on where they want to go. One way to do that is to identify a mentor. Whether you are in a legal department at a corporation or working for a law firm, do an analysis of the attorneys who are where you want to be. If the corporation or firm does not have a formal mentoring program, arrange a meeting with the person who you think is a good role model and ask if he or she would be willing to mentor you.
We have a formal mentoring program at our firm, which has worked effectively for those who have availed themselves of it. I certainly wish that I had had the benefit of a more formal program when I started. I was helped, however, because our firm has always had an open door policy. I'm pleased to say that during all stages of my career I have always felt comfortable going into any partner's office to talk about not only a particular legal issue, but also my professional aspirations.
Editor: Would you encourage attorneys to participate in professional and civic associations and on judicial committees?
Thompson: If such activities are consistent with their career goals, absolutely. As a litigator, I greatly benefited from my service on Supreme Court Committees such as Civil Practice, Trial Attorney Certification Board, and ethics, as well as serving as president of the Somerset County Bar Association. More importantly, service on these committees allowed me to contribute in a meaningful way to a profession that has been very good to me. By drawing on my years of experience, I hopefully have facilitated the formulation of better rules of court, enhanced performance by our judiciary and improved criteria to become a certified trial attorney.
Of course, there are a variety of other ways that attorneys can serve the community. Providing legal services to victims of 9/11, to the needy or to non-profit enterprises are but a few examples. I would encourage each attorney to evaluate her goals, talents and interests and how best to use them in public service. Besides the benefit to the community, public service provides a forum to meet people who are either in influential positions or whom you can emulate, people who may be good for you to know professionally and personally. I have developed strong friendships through my involvement in public service.
Editor: Thank you for sharing your insights about opportunities for women in the legal profession. Please give our readers an example of gender-based issues in the broader context of labor and employment law.
Thompson: Gender-based issues are always arising in the labor and employment context. Sexual harassment is just one example. Litigation in this area is a big concern for corporate America. At least in N.J. and a number other jurisdictions, the courts have been extremely diligent in protecting and enhancing the rights of women who are subjected to gender bias, disparate pay or sexual harassment. While the statutes, of course, provide the letter of the law, in N.J. our judiciary has gone out of its way to interpret such statutes liberally (perhaps some would say have gone overboard) and thereby have enhanced the statutory protections afforded to employees.
This makes N.J. a challenging state in which to practice employment law, particularly on the defense side. In a climate where Supreme Court decisions interpreting the law against discrimination are pro-employee, it is very important to have an experienced attorney defend the matter.
The need for competent counsel does not start after the litigation hits. A prudent employer will already have sought counsel to help create and enforce corporate anti-harassment policies and to conduct the training that is now judicially mandated for management under recent Supreme Court rulings. An employer will not be deprived of certain defenses if it has such training, coupled with a good anti-harassment program and vehicle for handling employee complaints. So, a successful defense to an employee's complaint of discrimination starts a lot earlier than the day the company is served with the summons and complaint.
Questions about this article can be directed to her at mkthompson@nmmlaw.com.
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– A merger between BSNL and MTNL, both government owned entities, has been on the back-burner for quite a while, and Das has worked with both BSNL and MTNL.
– BSNL's biggest challenge in recent times has been its striking employees which don't want the company to be publicly listed, while the Government is looking to divest. Das had previously been Director of Human Resource Development at BSNL, and during his tenure, BSNL a massive corporate restructuring, which outgoing CMD Kuleep Goyal initiated.
Note: We see a public listing of BSNL as a means to price-discovery for defining a share swap ratio for a merger with MTNL. MTNL doesn't have scale or pace, but operates in two of India's richest mobile circles – Mumbai and Delhi.
BSNL's star has been on the wane: it was once the third largest wireless operator in India, and now with 71.68 million connections and a low rate of growth (1 million; seven telecom operators added more connections than BSNL in June 2010) it is likely to be pushed to number six by the end of the year, unseated by Tata Teleservices (72.53 million, 2.3 million added in June) and Idea Cellular (68.86 million, 2.1 million added in June).
BSNL reported a net loss – it's first ever since inception – of Rs. 1822.65 crore ($393 million) for the financial year 2009-10, on a 10.4 reduction in revenues (at Rs. 32,045 crore, down from Rs. 35,812 crore). The company was hit by both reduction in tariff (all telecom operators faced that problem) and higher expenditure due to wage revisions, amounting to an additional Rs. 2900 crore outgo, without which, according to outgoing CMD Kuldeep Goyal, the company would have recorded a profit of Rs. 703 crore.
As an aside, a faux pas from BSNL PR, on the appointment: "He is one of the few senior officials who command respect among close to three lakh employees of BSNL." So the rest don't, eh?
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