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Biomedical Science and Biochemistry Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry.
07
Jul
2022
3pm 7 July 2022
Dr Bart Eijkelkamp, Senior Lecturer and Group Leader, Flinders University
Nutritional deficiencies are a leading cause of human susceptibility to infectious diseases and antibiotic treatment failure. Specifically, our intake of dietary lipids has changed dramatically, yet microbe-lipid interactions during infection are poorly understood.
22
Jul
2022
1pm 22 July 2022
Dr Diana Stojanovski, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, The University of Melbourne
Mitochondrial diseases (MDs) are the largest and most common group of inherited metabolic disorders. They comprise over 350 monogenic diseases and affect at least one child born each week in Australia.
04
Aug
2022
1pm 4 August 2022
Dr Ailie Marx, Israel Institute of Technology
One of the most fundamental assumptions in biology is that the amino acid sequence defines protein structure and that this sequence carries no memory of the specific mRNA codon sequence from which it was translated.
25
Aug
2022
3pm 25 August 2022
Professor Ian Paulsen, Macquarie University
Developing novel synthetic microbes for the sustainable production of biochemical, biofuels and bioplastics is critical for the emergence of a new global bioeconomy.
Past events
22
Jun
2022
BSB Seminar: The structure of a tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter provides the molecular basis for function »
Bacterial infections remain a global public health challenge and there is a critical need for the identification and molecular understanding of new targets for antimicrobial design.
09
Jun
2022
BSB Seminar: Metabolomics and proteomics approaches to enhance drug discovery for malaria »
Current treatments for malaria are threatened by drug resistance, and new antimalarials are urgently required to ensure the continued ability to treat malaria infections into the future.
02
Jun
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Expression studies and pharmacology of neutral amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19) - A potential target to treat metabolic diseases »
B0AT1 (Slc6a19) is a sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter catalyzing the secondary active transport of neutral amino acids across the brush border membrane of the kidney and intestine.
02
Jun
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Characterising aspects of the CoA biosynthesis pathway in P. falciparum and T. gondii »
Malaria is an ancient disease leading to the death of more than half a million people every year.
26
May
2022
BSB Seminar: Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body »
Bacterial flagella self-assemble a strong, multi-component drive shaft that couples rotation in the inner membrane to the microns-long flagellar filament that powers bacterial swimming in viscous fluids.
28
Apr
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Amodiaquine resistance in the malaria parasite – revealing the How »
The antimalarial drug amodiaquine has been around for nearly 60 years during which time it has been deployed as a monotherapy, then removed from recommendations due to toxicity fears, re-instated, and is now deployed in artemisinin-based combinations therapies to combat malaria.
17
Feb
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Elucidating and exploiting the mitochondrial electron transport chain of T. gondii parasites »
As you read this abstract, your lungs are (I hope!) bringing live-sustaining oxygen into your body. Oxygen is required by our cells for one key purpose – to act as the final electron acceptor in the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC).
20
Jan
2022
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Study of the functional roles of hypothetical proteins in the virulence of Shigella flexneri serotype 1c »
Shigella flexneri is an entero-pathogen that is considered a significant public health risk, causing shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, and accounts for the highest percentage of diarrheal deaths annually.
02
Dec
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: A study of cellular amino acid homeostasis identifies novel combination therapies for cancer »
Scientific and technological advancements in the field of cell physiology over the last thirty years have uncovered the identities and functions of over sixty solute carriers which participate in the transport of amino acids in mammalian cells.
18
Nov
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Structure-function studies of multidrug resistance transporters of the malaria parasite »
Many genes that have been recently identified as determinants of drug resistance in the malaria parasite encode membrane transport proteins (also known as transporters).
15
Jun
2021
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Study of O-acetyltransferase B (oacB) and three novel orfs encoded by Sf101 bacteriophage of Shigella flexneri »
In my project, I explored how oacB gene was acquired in these strains and the mechanism by which OacB modifies O-antigen. Using bioinformatics tools, I investigated the distribution of oacB gene in whole-genome sequences of over 80 clinical isolates of S. flexneri.
20
Oct
2020
Australian Synthetic Biology Challenge: The Final Showcase »
National undergraduate synthetic biology challenge.
08
Oct
2020
MicroED for Biological Samples: Requirements, Sample Preparation and Data Processing »
Seminar by Mathieu Coincon, Senior Researcher – MicroED specialist Swedish CryoEM Facility, Stockholm
24
Sep
2020
The role of nutrient balance in lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Drosophila »
The role of nutrient balance in lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Drosophila, Matthew Piper, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
27
Aug
2020
"Poly(sodium acrylate) - Branching out from standard delivery systems." »
PhD exit seminar by Elizabeth Whitty of the Callaghan Group. Research School of Biology - Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemisitry.
