Featured Speakers
Tim Sargeant
Tim Sargeant
Tim Sargeant
Dr Sargeant is the head of Lysosomal Health in Ageing (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute). His group focuses on how a recycling process called autophagy is linked to ageing and dementia, and how to measure this process in humans.
Lezanne Ooi
Tim Sargeant
Tim Sargeant
The Ooi lab researches mechanisms in neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and the control of neuronal function.
Dezerae Cox
Tim Sargeant
Dezerae Cox
Dr Cox is working to uncover the molecular drivers of neurodegenerative disease, with a current focus on novel applications of super-resolution microscopy for interrogating motor neuron disease-associated protein aggregates in patient-derived biofluids.
Paul Gleeson
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Research in the Gleeson lab is focused on the cell biology of stem cell-derived human neurons and the membrane trafficking defects associated with elevated amyloid beta production and Alzheimer’s disease.
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Dr Padmanabhan's team combines mathematical modelling and quantitative imaging techniques to discover pathomechanisms underlying several infectious and neurodegenerative diseases and to optimise treatments.
Yi Shen
Pranesh Padmanabhan
Yi Shen
Research in the Shen Lab is focused on fundamental protein aggregation, liquid-liquid phase separation and their applications in functional biomaterials by exploiting soft matter approaches and microfluidic techniques.
Charlie Bond
Charlie Bond
Charlie Bond
The Bond lab studies nucleic acid binding proteins and their interactions in vitro, with a focus on linking atomic resolution detail to cell-scale function.
Angela Laird
Charlie Bond
Charlie Bond
Research in the Laird lab focuses on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases including Machado-Joseph disease and motor neuron disease using a range of in vivo and in vitro models.
Grant Dewson
Charlie Bond
Grant Dewson
The Dewson lab focuses on understanding how defects in ubiquitin signalling and mitochondria drive neuronal cell death in Parkinson’s.
Amandeep Kaur
Amandeep Kaur
Amandeep Kaur
Research in the Kaur lab focuses on the design and development of fluorescent tools for imaging the morphology and environment of protein aggregates at the nanoscale.
Arne Ittner
Amandeep Kaur
Amandeep Kaur
Research in Arne Ittner’s lab aims to understand the molecular basis of memory loss in dementia with a focus on protein kinase-mediated mechanisms.