Wednesday seminars
These seminars explore various topics in medical research and are held every Wednesday at 1.00pm in the lecture theatre on Level 7 at the institute's Parkville campus. Members of the public are welcome to attend at no charge. To join our Seminars and Conferences mailing list email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
22 May 2013
New insights into Bcl-2 pro-survival protein functioning and therapeutic targeting
Dr Doug Fairlie
Structural Biology division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
29 May 2013
Plasma cells from beginning to end
Associate Professor David Tarlinton
Immunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
5 June 2013
Refining murine models of osteosarcoma
Dr Carl Walkley
St Vincent’s Institute
12 June 2013
On the road to death: novel insights into Bax and Bak activation and oligomerisation
Dr Dana Westphal
Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
19 June 2013
Thrombopoietin and the control of hematopoietic stem cells and platelets
Professor Warren Alexander
Cancer and Haematology division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
26 June 2013
Insights into “functional cures” for chronic and overwhelming human infections
Dr Marc Pellegrini
Cancer and Haematology division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
3 July 2013
Screening for epigenetic regulators of X chromosome inactivation
Mr Jamie Gearing
PhD Student, Blewitt Lab, Molecular Medicine division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
10 July 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Ueli Nachbir
Cell Signalling and Cell Death division
17 July 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Chris Bakal
The Institute of Cancer Research, UK
24 July 2013
Cell-cell communication between malaria-infected red blood cells via exosome-like vesicles
Dr Neta Regev-Rudzki
Infection and Immunity division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
31 July 2013
Epigenetic pathways and autoimmune disease susceptibility
Dr Yuxia Zhang
Molecular Medicine division
7 August 2013
The making and breaking of blood stem cells
Dr Sebastian Carotta
Molecular Immunology division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
14 August 2013
Title to be advised
Mr Yunshun Chen
PhD Student, Bioinformatics division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
21 August 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Tracy Putoczki
Cell Signalling and Cell Death division
28 August 2013
Title to be advised
Mr Akshay D’Cruz
PhD Student, Inflammation division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
4 September 2013
No seminar
11 September 2013
Title to be advised
Mr Tommy Liu
PhD Student, Inflammation division
18 September 2013
Title to be advised
Ms Belinda Phipson
PhD Student, Smyth Lab, Bioinformatics division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
25 September 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Emma Josefsson
Cancer and Haematology division
2 October 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Daniel Gray
Molecular Genetics of Cancer division
9 October 2013
Title to be advised
Dr James Murphy
Structural Biology division
16 October 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Brad Sleebs
Chemical Biology division
23 October 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Kieran Harvey
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
30 October 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Yifan Zhan
Immunology division
6 November 2013
Title to be advised
Associate Professor David Curtis
Monash University
13 November 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Gabrielle Goldberg
Inflammation division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
20 November 2013
Title to be advised
Ms Elizabeth Valente
PhD Student, Strasser Lab, Molecular Genetics of Cancer division
27 November 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Mary Ann Anderson
Chemical Biology division
4 December 2013
Title to be advised
Mr James Rickard
PhD Student, Silke Lab, Cell Signalling and Cell Death division
11 December 2013
Title to be advised
TBA
18 December 2013
Title to be advised
Dr Ian Street
Chemical Biology division




