Seminar Series – Week Commencing 22 July 2019

Name of Presenter Title of Presentation Date Time Venue Further

Information Seminar Series

Biomedical Engineering Cluster Colloquium

Keynote Speaker: IAS Visiting Fellow, Professor Adam Gibson

Biophotonics – the use of light in biology and medicine

22 July 2019 8:30am – 1:30pm Cheryl Praeger Lecture Room – MATH (G17) The University of Western Australia

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Biomedical Engineering, UWA

ERBSWA Annual Symposium 2019

Plenary Speaker Prof Lois Salamonsen & Key Note Speakers: – Prof Alan Tilbrook, Dr Caitlin Wyrwoll & Dr Sanjay Patole

Endocrine and Reproductive Biology Society WA

Extracellular vesicles in embryo-endometrial interactions for implantation

Plenary & Key Note Speakers Plus student presentations and awards

23 July 2019 8am CSIRO, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences Floreat Site, Underwood Ave, Floreat

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Centre for Reproductive Health – Hudson Institute of Medical

Research

For more information and to register:

ERBSWA Annual Symposium 2019

A/Prof Fiona Pixley Taming the beast: restraining tumour associated macrophages to treat solid cancers

26 July 2019 9am – 10am McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Campus

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School of Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series 2019

For more info contact: nina.mccarthy@uwa.edu.au

The Bridgetech Program - Prof Fiona Wood, Graham Marshall, Mohinder Jaimangal, David Cannington

Early Design, Prototyping to Manufacturing

26 July 2019 4pm – 6.30pm CERI – The Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, 22 Stirling Highway, Level 1, Nedlands

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The Bridgetech

Program

UWA Accelerating Australia

The Bridgetech Program

UPCOMING SEMINARS

Dr Shripad Bangale

Multi-Modal Imaging in Preclinical Research

30 July 2019

12:00pm – 1:00pm

McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, North Campus

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CMCA – Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis

Prof Jonathan Hodgson, Dr Cathy Bondonno & Prof Kevin Croft

Food as medicine 1 August 2019 1pm – 2pm The City of Perth Library’s Auditorium, 573 Hay St, Perth

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Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation

Free community health event:

Food as medicine

Public Panel Talk – Valerie Verhasselt, Donna Geddes, Melinda Boss & Stuart Prosser

From evidence to empowerment – translating UWA breastfeeding research into practice

6 August 2019 6.30pm – 8pm Fox Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley (Map viewable on link)

CLICK LINK Public Panel

Talk

UWA Institute of Advance Studies

Free public health discussion

Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience Prof Roberto Cappai, Prof Sharon Naismith Prof Gary Housley & Michelle Harris–Allsop

SWAN Abstract submission by 15th August 2019 Registration closes 29th August 2019

12 September 2019 8.30am McCusker Auditorium & Foyer, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands Campus

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SWAN

14th World Congress on Inflammation - Sydney 2019 Various Plenary Speakers

15 -19 September WCI Program Themes:- Theme 1: New therapeutic targets in inflammation Theme 2: Mechanisms of inflammation (initiation resolution & signaling pathways) Theme 3: Organ-specific inflammation

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WCI

www.wci2019.org

Frontiers in Cancer Science - Singapore Keynote speaker Sir Gregory Winter Cambridge University & Various international speakers

4 – 6 November 2019 Frontiers in Cancer Science – Singapore 11th Annual Conference: – Converging the latest cancer discoveries around the world, FCS 2019 promises ground-breaking and innovative insights into cancer research. Join them to learn from the foremost cancer experts as they share their newest findings.

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FCS 2019

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FCS2019

2019 Child Health Symposium Keynote Speakers: Prof Lyn Beazley & Prof Tobias Kollman

Save the Date 6 - 8 November 2019 Plus:

Breakfast Sessions

Poster Evening Event See program updates at: Child Health Symposium 2019

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Telethon Kids Institute Government of Western

Australia – Child & Adolescent Health Service

Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation

WAHTN Clinical Research Support Service

The WAHTN are offering a Clinical Research Support Service for anyone currently involved in or interested in conducting clinical research in Western Australia.

To find out more or to make an appointment Email: CTDMC@curtin.edu.au or Telephone: 9266-1970

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WAHTN

Biomedical Engineering Cluster Colloquium

Biophotonics – the use of light in biology and medicine

Cheryl Praeger Lecture Room - MATH: [G17]

Monday 22nd July 2019

8:30 am to 8:55 am Arrival and Coffee

8:55 am to 9:00 am Welcome and Introductions

9:00 am to 9:45 am Keynote Speaker:

Prof Adam Gibson, Professor of Medical Physics. University College

London. Applications of Diffuse optical tomography to neonatal brain

imaging.

9.45 am to 10:30 am OBEL:

Michael Hackmann: Local optic axis mapping for airway smooth

muscle assessment in catheter-based polarisation sensitive optical

coherence tomography (PS-OCT)

Peijun Gong: Optical coherence tomography for label-free imaging of

tissue microvasculature

Hadi Afsharan: The effects of hypertension on blood vessels in the

human retina; a study performed with polarisation-sensitive optical

coherence tomography

Qiang Wang: Vasculature imaging based on laser speckle analysing and

optical coherence tomography

10:30 am to 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am to 11:00 am Spinal Cord Injury Unit:

Stuart Hodgetts: Photobiomodulation for spinal cord injury repair.

11:00 am to 11:25 am Terahertz and Optical Technology Group:

Nicholas Lawler: Relating Nanoparticle Geometry and Terahertz

Reflectivity

Sergii Romanenko: Millimetre wave radiation activates leech

nociceptors via TRPV1-like receptor sensitization

11:25 am to 11:50 pm BriteLab:

Ken Foo: Mapping attenuation and elasticity to enhance OCT contrast

in breast tumour margin assessment.

Rowan Sanderson: Finger-mounted quantitative micro-elastography

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11:50 pm to 12:05 pm Maloney Group:

Grace Goh: Optogenetics for thermal regulation

12:05 pm to 12:20 pm CMCA:

Ivan Lozic: Applications of Confocal Microscopy

12:20 pm to 12:35 pm Curtin:

Mark Hackett: Giving Silent Molecules a New Voice: Investigation of

Brain Biochemistry using Synchrotron Light

12:35 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch

Location: https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/contact/map?id=2343

ERBSWA 2019 Annual Meeting July23

CSIROCentreforEnvironmentandLifeSciences–Floreat

Registerat:https://erbswasymposium2019-event.getqpay.com Registra@onincludetea/coffeebreaks,lunchanddrinkstofinish

PlenarySpeaker:ProfessorLoisSalamonsenCentreforReproduc@veHealth-HudsonIns@tuteofMedicalResearch

Extracellularvesiclesinembryo-endometrialinterac5onsforimplanta5on

KeynoteSpeakers:ProfessorAlanTilbrookCentreforAnimalScience-TheUniversityofQueenslandHormones,stressandanimalwelfare

DrCaitlinWyrwollSchoolofHumanSciences-TheUniversityofWesternAustraliaDevelopmentoriginsofadultdisease

DrSanjayPatoleFacultyofHealthandMedicalSciences,Paediatrics–UWAGutmicrobiotainpreteminfants

Plusstudentpresenta@onsandawards

School of Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Series 2019 Friday, 26th July 9-10am in Harry Perkins North McCusker

Auditorium, with light refreshments to follow

A/Prof Pixley is a is physician scientist in the School of Biomedical Sciences, where she leads a group whose research interests and expertise include macrophage biology, cancer biology, cell motility and invasion, breast cancer, optical and super resolution microscopy. Dr Pixley’s laboratory investigates signalling pathways that regulate macrophage adhesion and motility using a broad range of microscopic and biochemical techniques. Tumour associated macrophages encourage tumour invasion and metastasis by activating cancer cell motility and digging tunnels for cancer cells to move through tissue barriers. Examination of macrophage-specific motility and invasion proteins should help to identify potential therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancer. Dr Pixley also collaborates extensively to investigate the regulation of macrophage differentiation, adhesion and motility. For more information, contact Nina McCarthy, nina.mccarthy@uwa.edu.au

A/Prof Fiona Pixley “Taming the beast: restraining tumour

associated macrophages to treat solid cancers”

Multi-Modal Imaging in Preclinical Research

Seminar Topics Include:

Seminar12pmJuly 30, 2019 | McCusker AuditoriumApplications for the Vevo® LAZR-X

Dr Shripad BangaleApplication Specialist, FUJIFILM VisualSonics

Cardiovascular Imaging &

Analysis

Cancer Imaging

Kidney, Liver & Other

Abdominal Organs

Reproductive, Embryo &

Neonate Imaging

Ophthalmic Imaging

Image-Guided Needle

Injections

Microvascular Perfusion

with Contrast Agents

Molecular Imaging

Techniques

Email diana.patalwala@uwa.edu.au or wayne.evans@fujifilm.com for further information.

High Frequency Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging System- Vevo LAZR-XNow available at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterization and Analysis!

The Vevo LAZR-X is available for use at the CMCA, Level 3, Harry Perkins Institute, QEII

The Vevo LAZR-X Multi-modal Imaging System combines ultra-high frequency ultrasound and photoacoustics into one platform for high resolution anatomical, functional and molecular imaging.

This preclinical imaging platform helps you visualize your data at high resolution like never before:

• Vessel walls appear sharper;• Pre-palpable lesions are clearly

delineated;• Rib shadows are reduced.

With a powerful combination of high frame rates and advanced image processing, the Vevo LAZR-X imaging system reduces speckle noise and artifacts while preserving and enhancing critical information for small animal in vivo studies.

McCusker AuditoriumHarry Perkins Institute of Medical ResearchQEII Medical Centre6 Verdun Street

Seeing More Matters | visualsonics.com

4D Image of the mouse left ventricle

Color Doppler showing tumor blood flow

Whole-body imaging with IGC accumulation

in the gut

Blood Signal in Mouse Brain

Mouse Brain Transverse Section

Food as medicine

Event InformationWHEN: Thursday August 1, from 1pm to 2pm.WHERE: The City of Perth Library’s Auditorium,

573 Hay St, Perth WA

COST: FREE

SIGN-UP: Via Eventbrite by visiting http://bit.ly/foodmedicine2019

Phone 9224 3494 or email sandra.peterson@health.wa.gov.au for more information.

Join some of Perth’s leading researchers at this free community health event as they discuss:

Our speakers

Prof Jonathan Hodgson, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Edith Cowan University. Jonathan is a nutritionist who has studied the effects of food components on cardiovascular health. He will talk about current dietary guidelines, risk factors for

disease and how food can help prevent chronic diseases.

How what we eat can help prevent chronic disease.

How our diet influences our gut health.

Dietary guidelines.

The chemistry of bioactive components in food. It’s time to rethink our ideas about ‘antioxidants’.

A panel discussion and Q&A session will follow.

Prof Kevin Croft, School of Biomedical Science, The University of Western Australia. Kevin is a biochemist and will discuss the chemistry of some food components and how they work in the body. We used to think some of these components were ‘antioxidants’ but we are beginning to understand their role is more complex.

Dr Cathy Bondonno, Research Fellow, Human Nutrition at Edith Cowan University and Chair of the Nutrition Society of Australia (Perth Group). Cathy will share the findings of studies carried out at the RPH Research Foundation, including how eating apples and green leafy vegetables can improve vascular health.

Did you know eating an apple a day really can keep the doctor away? Find out why at this FREE event. Complimentary blood pressure checks will also be available.

Free Community Event proudly brought to you by the RPH Research Foundation

ORAL or POSTER PRESENTATIONAbstracts: 300 words, unformattedbit.ly/2019swanabstract

Registrationbit.ly/2019swanreg

Further informationlindy.fitzgerald@curtin.edu.au

12th September 2019 │8:30 am Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Abstract submission by 15th August 2019Registration closes 29th August 2019

NEURODEGENERATIONPROF ROBERTO CAPPAI

The University of Melbourne

COGNITIVE AGINGPROF SHARON NAISMITH The University of Sydney

Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience

SENSORY NEUROSCIENCEPROF GARY HOUSLEY

The University of New South Wales

CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCEMS MICHELLE HARRIS-ALLSOP

Care Partnerships Australia

STUDENT AND ECR PRESENTATIONS

14th World Congress on Inflammation Sydney 201915-19 September 2019 www.wci2019.org

Meet our Plenary Speakers

Key Dates

Call for Abstracts closes 15 April 2019

Early bird registration deadline 17 June 2019

WCI 2019 Congress 15-19 September 2019

Janelle Ayres The Salk Institute, USA

Elaine Holmes Imperial College London, UK

Daniel Cua Merck, USA

Paul Kubes University of Calgary, Canada

Vishva M. Dixit Genentech, USA

Michael Mosley Journalist, BBC, UK

Ana Domingos University of Oxford, UK

Michal Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Luke O’Neill Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Florent Ginhoux Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Singapore

Carola Vinuesa Australian National University, Australia

Koh Gou Young Center for Vascular Research, Republic of Korea

Program Themes

Gold Partners Silver Partner Bronze Partners

Sponsors

Thank you to our Sponsors

Theme 1: New therapeutic targets in inflammation• Ageing – inflammaging• Biomarkers• Emerging therapeutics and clinical trials• Immunotherapy• Infectious diseases• New anti-TNF/IL-1 strategies• New challenges for human health• Pain

Theme 2: Mechanisms of inflammation (initiation, resolution & signalling pathways)• Cell Metabolism• Cell Trafficking• Epigenetic control of inflammation• Immunological control of inflammation• Leukocyte biology• Pattern recognition receptors• Regulation and Resolution

Theme 3: Organ-specific inflammation• Dermatological diseases• Fibrosis• Gastrointestinal diseases• Genetics of susceptibility and responses• Metabolic diseases• Microbiota• Neuroinflammation• Respiratory disease• Rheumatological diseases• Vascular determinants of inflammation

Abstract submission open now!

Contact UsCongress Secretariat: info@wci2019.org Sponsorship & Exhibition Enquiries: sponsorship@wci2019.org www.wci2019.org

Symposia sessions will provide slots for more than 80 talks selected from submitted abstracts!

Child Health Symposium2019

6 – 8 November 2019

Perth Children’s Hospital Auditorium and Telethon Kids Institute Seminar Room

PLUS breakfast sessions and poster evening event

MAJOR SPONSOR

Keynote Speakers

Professor Lyn Beazley

Professor Tobias KollmannSee program updates at pch.health.wa.gov.au/childhealthsymposium

Need help with Clinical Research ? The WAHTN are offering a Clinical Research Support Service for anyone currently involved in or interested in conducting clinical research in Western Australia.

This service is provided by the Clinical Trial and Data Management Centre (CTDMC) who will be visiting WAHTN member partners.*

We will provide advice on various aspects of clinical research including • how to get started with clinical research • navigating the regulatory environment • where to find training and networking with other researchers • setting up essential documents for a clinical trial • data management and database design • review of protocols and other research related documents

Site: Harry Perkins Institute, QE2, Room SR 612 Dates Times

Tues 19th February 2019 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Tues 30th April 2019 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Tues 18th June 2019 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Tues 20th August 2019 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Tues 22nd October 2019 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

To find out more or to make an appointment Email: CTDMC@curtin.edu.au or Telephone: 9266-1970.

*WAHTN Member Partners Curtin University - Department of Health WA - Ear Science Institute - Edith Cowan University - Fiona Stanley Hospital - Fremantle Hospital - Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research - Institute for Respiratory Health - King Edward Memorial Hospital - Lions Eye Institute - Murdoch University - PathWest - Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science - Princess Margaret Hospital - Ramsay Health Care - Royal Perth Hospital - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - St John of God Health Care - Telethon Kids Institute - The University of Notre Dame - The University of Western Australia