Staff and Presenters

LECTURES CONDUCTED FOR VICTORIAN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BY EMINENT RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

2000

Professor Dick Wettenhall
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Melbourne
The Diverse Vocabulary of Chromosomes

Dr Sue Forrest
Head Gene Discovery Group, and Dr Julian Savulescu, MCRI

From Genes to Therapy: Scientific and Ethical Challenges

Dr Frank KoentgenHead
Embryonal Stem Cell Laboratory, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Learning How Genes Work by Manipulating the Mouse Genome

Professor Roger Short
Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital

The Human Cloning Debate

Dr Simon Foote
Deputy Director, Australian Genome Research Facility

The Human Genome Project and the Hunt for Disease Susceptibility Genes

Dr Clare Scott
Cancer and Haematology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
From the Lab Bench to the Clinic: Prospects for Cancer

Dr Rick Roush
Director, Centre for Weed Management Systems, Waite Institute, University of Adelaide
Forum on Transgenically Modified Plants and Food

Professor Colin Masters
Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne

A Tale of Mad Cows and Demented People

Dr Dick Strugnell
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne

The New Era of Vaccine Development

Andy Fleming
Computer and Bioinformatics Services, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Navigating the Net for Science Teaching Resources

Dr Richard Strugnell
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
Basic Manipulations of DNA

Dr David Tribe
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
Ten Thousand Years of Sowing Seeds, One Hundred Years of Harvesting Genes

Dr Doug Hilton
Director, CRC for Cellular Growth, Factors, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Case Study 1 on an application of gene technology - Blood Cell Cytokines: From Discovery to the Clinic

Professor Emeritus Nancy Millis
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
Case Study 2 on an application of gene technology in medicine - Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project

Dr Katie Allen
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Haem Screen: The First Population-based Genetic Screen in Australia

Dr Graham Mitchell
Foursight Associates
Biotechnology: Good Science, Good Fun, Good Career, Good Money!

Associate Professor Ian Holmes
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
Hunting Rotaviruses: From Electron Microscopy to RT-PCR

Dr Tony Kyne
Bioinformatics Services, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Associate Professor Dick Strugnell
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
Bioinformatics and Web Resources

Tania De Koning-Ward and Nathan Martinez
A Career in biomedical research ?

 

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