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THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
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Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Seminar Program 2008

These seminars will be held on Fridays in the Seminar Room, N229, 2nd Floor, Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide at 4.00 pm.

Note: Seminars in the 4th week of each month will be held in the Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre on Level 1, Queen Victoria Building at the Women's & Children's Hospital

DateNameTitle
1 Feb

Dr Chris West
CEO Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Inc

Assisted reproduction in zoos

8 Feb

Dr Tam Varcoe
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide

The role of serotonin 2C receptors in the control of circadian rhythms

15 Feb

Ms Danielle Glynn
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide

Actions of seminal fluid signalling factors in the female reproductive tract and on pregnancy outcome

22 Feb at WCH

Dr Annabelle Chan
Head SA Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Department of Health SA

What's new in pregnancy outcome in South Australia ?

29 Feb

Dr Catherine Gibson
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide

Seeking antenatal causes of cerebral palsy
7 March

Prof Steve Charnock Jones
University of Cambridge , UK

Some of the causes and consequences of placental stress
14 March

 

 

Monday 17 March

Prof Ali Akoum
Faculty of Medicine
University of Laval Quebec

Prof Asgi Fazleabas
Center for Women's Health and Reproduction
University of Illinios Chicago USA

Abnormal responsiveness to IL1 in eutopic and ectopic endometrial cells. Role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis.

Implantation in the primate: cellular and molecular responses

21 March

Good Friday ( public holiday )

Tuesday 25 March

Prof William Ledger
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sheffield

Ovarian ageing, societal changes and the conundrum of the biological clock
28 March

Yr 5 OSCE exam

3 & 4 April Honours Proposal Seminars
11 April

Dr Nicolette Hodyl
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Adelaide

Prenatal programming of pain perception
18 April

Prof Ken McNatty
Professor of Cell Biology and Biotechnology School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand

Oocyte somatic cell communication in mammals regulating ovulation rate
25 April

Anzac Day ( public holiday )

2 May

Dr Kirk Jensen
Biochemistry and CMGD Senior Lecturer
University of Adelaide

The Hu family of RNA binding proteins: do they play a role in translational control?
9 May

Dr David Sharkey
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide

Secret men's business
16 May

Ms Kelly Banwell
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide

Oxygen concentration during oocyte maturation in the mouse
23 May at WCH

SA Highlights from PSANZ

Features 4 South Australian speakers from the PSANZ meeting
30 May

No Seminar
SSR World Conf , Hawaii , 24-30 May
Yr 5 OSCE exam

6 June

Mr Lachlan Moldenhauer
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide

Processing and presentation of paternal antigens by maternal antigen presenting ells during pregnancy
13 June

Dr Stephen Tong
Carl Wood Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Monash University and Centre for Cancer Research Monash Institute of Medical Research.

Developing bifunctional short interfering RNAs that silence genes and recruit the innate immune system to treat gynaecological diseases
20 June

Prof Kate Loveland
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Reproduction and Development
Monash Institute of Medical Research

TGFbeta superfamily signaling in the mammalian testis and male germline
27 June at WCH

Dr Bill Hague
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Women's and Children's Hospital

Diabetes and gestational diabetes; generating the new evidence and updating the clinical practice guidelines
4 July A/Prof Matt Gillman
Director Obesity Prevention Program
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Developmental prevention of obesity
11 July  No seminar  
18 July  No seminar  
25 July at WCH Ms Vicki Flenady
Australian and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance, Mater Mother's Hospital, Brisbane

Unexplained stillbirth - more than 5 times the rate of SIDS, or is it?

31 July and 1 Aug Honours Progress Seminars  
8 Aug Dr Zac Couper
Department of Civil Engineering (Biomechanics), University of Queensland
 Cuddle them don’t shake them:  the biomechanics of shaken baby syndrome
15 Aug Dr Kathy Gatford

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

University of Adelaide
 IUGR, insulin and islets - another side to fetal programming of diabetes
22 Aug Yr 5 OSCE Exam  

29 Aug

12 noon

Dr Ben Binder

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Melbourne

ESA & SRB Mtgs, Melb, 25-28 Aug
Neural crest cell colonization in the embryonic gut
5 Sept

Kylie Dunning

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide
 Functional characterisation of the cumulus oocyte matrix during maturation of oocytes
12 Sept Cadence Minge
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide
Obesity and female infertility: effects on oocyte quality and early embryo development
19 Sept Dr Carmela Ricciardelli

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

University of Adelaide
 Involvement of extracellular matrix proteins in cancer motility and metastasis
26 Sept at WCH Karen Glover

Director, Aboriginal Health,

Children, Youth and Women's Health Service
 'Closing the Gap' in Aboriginal health and quality of life through research
3 Oct Deirdre Zander

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

University of Adelaide
 The repercussions of an in vitro stress exposure on preimplantation embryo viability
10 Oct [Bradley Norman Scholarship Presentation 3.30pm]

 

Dr Megan Mitchell

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

University of Adelaide

 

Nutritional and metabolic determinants of oocyte and embryo quality

17 Oct

Prof Clive Prestidge
Ian Wark Research Institute

Nano-structured Materials: the next generation of pharmaceutical delivery systems
24 Oct Yr 5 OSCE Exam  
31 Oct Prof Robyn McDermott

Pro-Vice Chancellor Health Sciences,

University of South Australia

 Generational health change in Indigenous communities in northern Australia - some issues for research with greatest potential to improve outcomes
7 Nov Professor Jenny Couper

McGregor Reid Professor

Head, Discipline of Paediatrics

University of Adelaide
 Accelerated atherosclerosis in childhood
13 &14 Nov Honours Final Seminars  
21 Nov ASMR, Brisbane, 16-21 Nov  
28 Nov 24 Nov-5 Dec, Yr 5 Exam week