Events Archive
2017 Early-Mid-Career Biomedical Research Symposium
This is a 1-day symposium for Biomedical Early and Mid-career researchers based at UNSW or UNSW affiliated medical research institutes at the establishment phase of their careers. Other interested researchers are more than welcome to attend.
Invited speakers will cover challenges, advice and opportunities targeted at both at ECRs (postdocs) and MCRs ((starting) lab heads). In the afternoon sessions 15 EMCRs will give 10-minute research talks to promote their research done at UNSW and its associated medical research institutes.
Confirmed speakers:
Bridging the Gap - 'Grow a pair! Insights from a basic science-clinical collaboration on ovarian cancer'
Dr Caroline Ford is a cancer researcher within the School of Women's and Children's Health at the Lowy Cancer Research Centre. She leads the Gynaecological Cancer Research Group, which aims to understand why gynaecological cancers develop, how and why they spread throughout the body, and how best to treat them. “Gynaecological cancer” encompasses all cancers of the female reproductive system, her current research focuses on ovarian and endometrial cancer.
Invitation: Inspired Learning Summit, 24th November 2017
The Pro Vice Chancellor Education is pleased to invite you to the Inspired Learning Summit 2017. The event will showcase and celebrate the achievements and the strong partnerships with faculty staff and students, as we approach the end of Year 1 (of 5) of the Inspired Learning Initiative.
Program highlights include:
Targeting alternative splicing as novel therapeutic approaches in cancer
SoMS, BABS and GSBE Cross-Faculty Seminar Series
David Bates, University of Nottingham
How Tropomyosin 4 regulates the formation of blood platelets
Dr Marloes Tijssen, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge,
and NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Predicting response and resistance in melanoma
Professor Helen Rizos, Head of Department & Professor Cancer Cell Biology Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University
Beyond Antimitotic Effects To Complex Changes In Tumour Biology
Lowy Seminar Series 2017
Prof. Bruce A Littlefield, Distinguished Scientist and Head, Translational Medicine Global Oncology Medical Affairs, Eisai Inc. Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Randwick Precinct Cancer Genomics Roundtable [October 2017]
A light lunch will be provided from 12:00pm prior to the interactive discussion facilitated by
Medicine Learning L&T Forum
The Medicine L&T Forum showcases a variety of leaning and teaching practices as well as stunning innovations. It provides an opportunity to discuss the “nuts and bolts” of learning changes with the actual teachers involved. Posters include reports on established changes, experimental use of learning technologies and works in progress.
This once a year event brings together teachers and educationists from across the faculty for a networking occasion and a chance to make links with like minds.
The Medicine L&T awards and Dean awards will be handed out at the forum.
Revolution in Breast Cancer - Diagnosis and Treatment
NSW Health Pathology East
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
TIME: 9am – 2pm
The focus of the symposium will be talks from specialists in Histopathology, Clinical Chemistry, Genetics and Oncology relating to the latest diagnosis, research and treatment.
Professor John Pimanda – ‘Ageing and clonal blood disorders’
A/Professor Rosemary Balleine - 'Proteomic profiling of breast cancer'
Professor Boon Chua – ‘Recent advances in Radiation Oncology management of breast cancer’