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Conference Program

Sunday 20th - Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Conference Handbook Proceedings (v52)

Please note that the program is subject to some changes.
Speakers will be notified via email if a change in time or session is required.



Program Overview

Sunday 20th November 2022

Student and ECR registration opens at 1:30pm

Location: TBC

A new addition to the Student and ECR programme for Hobart 2022 is the Welcome Event. The afternoon will incorporate a mixture of a social gathering, mentoring, and an open discussion of the issues which matter most to students and ECRs. Discuss the next steps and the support you need to build a bridge from ECR to a successful career in research!


Visit the Student and ECR page for more information

Registration opens at 4pm

Register your attendance and collect your registration pack at the Welcome Desk upon entry to the Medical Science Precinct (17 Liverpool Street, Hobart). Enjoy a drink before the official conference opening and invited talk at 5pm

Chair: Robyn Murphy MS2 115 LT
17:00 Seeing the baby grow: MRI to measure placental and cardiac function in the fetusProf Janna Morrison1I

The Invited Talk will be followed by a cocktail reception with drinks and canapes

Monday 21st November 2022

Chair: Jim Bell MS2 115 LT
08:30 Acetylation of myofilament proteins modulate diastolic function Kathleen Woulfe
University of Colorado 		2S
09:00 Cardiac protein phosphatases: more than an 'off' switch for protein kinases Kate Weeks
University of Melbourne 		3S
09:30 Adiponectin signalling as a therapeutic target for diabetic cardiomyopathy and heart failure Miles De Blasio
Monash University 		4S
10:00 Physiological Society NZ, New & Emerging Researcher Award - 2022 Winner:
Reinstating heart rate variability restores cardiac function in chronic heart failure sheep 		Julia Shanks
University of Auckland 		5S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Renee Ross & Dino Premilovac MS1 105 LT
08:30 The role of pericytes in the regulation of brain blood flow and their dysfunction in dementia Brad Sutherland,
University of Tasmania 		6S
09:00 Transcriptomic profiling of the mouse aorta to identify novel cellular drivers of aortic stiffening in hypertension Maria Jelinic,
La Trobe University 		7S
09:30 Harnessing non-invasive ultrasound to understand brain blood flow regulation following stroke Dino Premilovac
University of Tasmania 		8S
10:00 Muscle microvascular flow regulation in health and disease Michelle Keske
Deakin University 		9S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Saffron Bryant MS2 158/159
08:30 Mechanotransduction in Neutrophils Sara Baratchi 85O
08:50 Structural mechanisms of human Aquaporin-1 ion channel gating and block by divalent cations, analysed by histidine scanning mutagenesis. Andrea Yool 86O
09:10 Development of a multiplexed biophysical method of analysis for quantification of DNA repair factor dynamics. Shikun (Tony) Ma 87O
09:30 A novel triglyceride tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM) architecture Upeksha Shashikala (Randunu) Mirissa Lankage 88O
09:50 Hyper-phosphorylation induces structural alterations and exacerbates the cytotoxicity of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's Disease pathogenicity Minal Chaturvedi 89O
10:10 A molecular mechanism for the lupus causing mutation in the RNA receptor TLR7 Ben Corry 90O


10:30 Morning Tea

Chair: Mark Febbraio MS2 115 LT
11:00 AD Instruments Presentation
11:05 The gut/liver axis: a novel therapeutic approach to treat NASH Michael Karin
UCSD 		10S
11:35 Using single Nucleus RNA sequencing of pre-malignant liver to predict NASH driven liver cancer Nina Tirnitz-Parker
Curtin University 		11S
12:05 Identification of a blood biomarker to predict NASH driven liver cancer Benoit Smeuninx
Monash University 		12S
12:35 Mouse strain-dependent variation in the NASH lipidome - Novel therapeutic avenues for NAFLD Magda Montgomery
University of Melbourne 		13S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Justin Hardee & Adam Trewin MS1 105 LT
11:00 Interrogating the biological roles of dystrophin and utrophin in dystrophic muscle adaptations to exercise Justin Hardee 15O
11:15 The effect of gestational stress on behavioral and physiological phenotypes in the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse Saba gharibi 16O
11:30 Muscle stem cell function is maintained in mouse models of type 1 diabetes Jin Chung 17O
11:45 Fibre type-specific abundance of dysferlin in rodent skeletal muscle Stefan Wette 18O
12:00 Isolated Extensor Digitorum Longus muscles from old mdx dystrophic mice show little force recovery 120 minutes after eccentric damage Leonit Kiriaev 19O
12:15 Phosphorylation of C18ORF25 regulates skeletal muscle function Ronnie Blazev 20O
12:30 Biomechanical properties of dysferlin-deficient skeletal muscle and the impact of muscle type and age Erin Lloyd 21O
Chair: Donna Whelan & Matthew Baker MS2 158/159
Machine learning approaches for the discovery and optimization of oxazolidinones with therapeutic potential McKenna Buckley 170P
The mechanism and structural basis of ion conduction in an inward rectifier potassium channel Ruitao Jin 171P
Investigating molecular dynamics and sequence dependency of invading DNA strand in Homologous recombination double strand break repair Cheree Fitzgibbon 172P
Cardiac forces regulate zebrafish heart valve delamination by modulating Nfat signaling Wei-Yan Chow 173P
Elucidating mitochondrial dynamics and localisation upon T cell activation through advanced microscopy Sofia Alfonso 174P
Benchmarking biophysical readouts of nanoscale chromatin compaction in live cells. Kedi Wang 175P
Super-Resolution Analysis of Bisphenol A Effects on Meiotic Recombination in spermatocytes Lynette Mirembe 176P
Application of super resolution microscopy to visualise immune activated interactions between lipid droplets and STAT proteins Abbey Milligan 177P
Imaging changes to the membranes of live fungal cells caused by exposure to gold nanoparticles Rowan Penman 178P
Identifying Lipid Mixtures for Optimal Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membrane Sensing of Lipase Activity Samara Bridge 179P
Structure-function insight into the two-component DNA repair system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Joydeep Baral 180P
IP3R activity increases propensity of RyR-mediated Ca2+ sparks by elevating dyadic [Ca2+] Joshua Chung 181P
Simulating the effects of delipidation on the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance MscS Yiechang Lin 182P
Image correlation spectroscopy of DNA double strand break repair foci structure Niall Karunaratne 183P
Structure-activity relationship of a-conotoxin Mr1.1 at the human a9a10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Han-Shen Tae 184P
Involvement of Alpha-Subunit N-Termini in the Mechanism and Regulation of the Na+,K+-ATPase Milna Chennath 185P
A hybrid approach to membrane disruption based intracellular delivery William Hansen 186P
Single-molecule genotyping of thousands of variants Stefan Mueller 187P
Binding modes of diverse sodium channel inhibitors inside the pore Elaine Tao 188P
How the world lost one of its most effective anti-malarials to mutations in a Malarial multi-drug resistance protein: a molecular perspective John Tanner 189P
Controllable liposome binding interactions using PEG-mediated DNA nanostructures James Gaston 190P
Susceptibility of leukemia cells to synergistic treatment with vitamin C and select flavonoids Suganeya Soundararajana 191P
Isoform specificity of Na+, K+-ATPase regulation by protein kinase C Emma-Lucille Blayney 192P
Authors in attendance 13:15-14:50 Level 1 Foyer
A multiscale model of calcium release reveals a novel mechanism for calcium wave initiation Derek Laver 138P
The relationship between muscle mass and function with bone remodelling markers in older adults: effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise Cassandra Smith 139P
LncRNA Tug1 regulates expression of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex in myotubes and cardiomyocytes. Adam Trewin 140P
Subtype-specific block of glioblastoma motility through dual inhibition of water and ion flux Alanah Varricchio 141P
Learning from skeletal muscle to treat metastatic cancer Alastair Saunders 142P
New insights into assessment of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in preclinical models of diabetic cardiomyopathy Alex Parker 143P
Differential responses in muscle atrogene expression in a mouse model of critical illness Amy Bongetti 144P
Effects of sex on skeletal muscle phenotype in heart failure patients Annabel Critchlow 145P
The role of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in reducing pathological skeletal muscle fibre branching in an mdx mouse model of human Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Asma Redwan 146P
Is near-infrared spectroscopy a valid method for measuring skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow? Emily Wordie-Thompson 147P
Response of circulating miRNAs to acute exercise: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Danielle Hiam 148P
Establishing a platform mediated avoidance paradigm in female rats Elise Cleary 149P
The cardiovascular effects of mechanical ventilation Ella Smalley 150P
Establishing a platform mediated avoidance paradigm in male rats Fergus Scott 151P
Sex differences in cardiovascular risk factor responses to resistance and endurance training in a primary prevention cohort Hannah Thomas 152P
What to do when Westerns go wild Heidy Latchman 153P
Can an old dog learn new tricks? Novel applications of Microdialysis for detecting skeletal muscle reactive oxygen species and assessing microvascular endothelial function in hypertensive populations Hollie Speer 154P
Integrative transcriptomic and proteomic analysis show circulating osteoprogenitors to have a mixed immune and mesenchymal progenitor function in humans Jack Feehan 155P
Calcium release-activated channel activity in the uterus - CRAC-ing labour contractions Jawaher Alfaidi 156P
A single session of high intensity interval exercise in hypoxia modulates changes in mitochondrial biogenesis related gene and protein in human skeletal muscle Jia Li 157P
Metabolic regulation of skeletal muscle regeneration after injury John Nguyen 158P
High-glucose ingestion and acute exercise elicit dynamic and individualised responses in systemic markers of redox homeostasis. Lewan Parker 159P
Characterising the opposing impact of obesity and exercise training on the cardiac phenotype in mice Nimna Perera 160P
Thyroglobulin antibodies impair fertility and litter parameters and impact fetal survival in a rodent model of Autoimmune Thyroiditis Rebecca Brady 161P
Targeting Prostaglandin D2 in Treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Sai Yarlagadda 162P
Regeneration of mouse skeletal muscle after myotoxic injury is impacted by fucoidan supplementation Samantha Kucewicz 163P
Utilizing a "four core genotypes" rat model to investigate sex differences in human disease Shanie Landen 164P
Regular insulin administration increases muscle mass and exercise performance in otherwise healthy Sprague Dawley rats Sophie Mayne 165P
Vascular RAGE and AGE binding protein expression and function in gestational diabetes. Timothy Murphy 166P
Autophagy Flux in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in the 24 h Fasted and Fed State Vicky Kuriel 167P
The urothelium and lamina propria as an alternative target for clinical antimuscarinics Vineesha Veer 168P
What makes a good B0AT1 (SLC6A19) inhibitor? Yashan Jiang 169P
Chair: Kate Weeks MS2 115 LT
15:00 MicroRNA-205: a novel epicardial regulator of cell cycle and cardiac growth in the perinatal heart Patrick Burgon 22O
15:15 Bitter Taste Receptors (T2Rs) in the Heart - a New Cardiovascular Physiology? Walter Thomas 23O
15:30 Inactivation of the local cardiac renin angiotensin system improves cardiac performance after myocardial infarction Zunha Lu 24O
15:45 AAV-directed expression of Neuregulin 1-b1 drives cardiac enlargement in neonatal mice - a critical role for Neuregulin 1-b1 and ErbB4 in postnatal cardiomyocyte survival Hui Yi Khoo 25O
16:00 MiR-558 inhibitor induces cardiac proliferation after myocardial infarction Catherine Dimasi 26O
Chair: Magdalene Montgomery MS1 105 LT
15:00 Post-weaning early life dietary macronutrient balance variably affects biometric and metabolic outcomes in adulthood Adam Rose 27O
15:15 The designer cytokine IC7Fc promotes weight loss by decreasing digestive efficiency in obese mice Gideon Kang 28O
15:30 Pericyte characterisation in healthy and type 2 diabetic skeletal muscle microvasculature Emily Attrill 29O
15:45 Ceramide metabolism in skeletal muscle - questioning previous models Sarah Turpin-Nolan 30O
16:00 Loss of Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member (ACAD10) does not alter whole-body metabolism or metformin action Darren Henstridge 31O
Chair: Gary Bryant MS2 158/159
15:00 Using Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to test Phospholipase A2 Activity as a Biomarker for IBD Flare Events Harry Clarke 91O
15:20 Nanotechnology and biopharmaceutics: molecular engineering of self-assembling therapeutic peptides for intrinsic nano-formulation Celine Valery 92O
15:40 The synergy of a Lactoferrin-derived peptide with the antifungal drug Amphotericin B is lipid-mediated Lissy Maike Hartmann 93O

Location: TBC

The 'Savant Thakur ECR Workshop' is intended for junior researchers (honours, PhD and up to 10 years post-PhD).
The topic of this year's workshop is Science Communication, which will be run by Dr Shane Huntington OAM.


The student and ECR mixer will follow the workshop

(Purchase your ticket to the Mixer through the registration process - you will receive your ticket to enter the venue in your conference registration pack). Meet in the MSP foyer after the workshop and walk to the venue


Visit the Student and ECR page for more information

Tuesday 22nd November 2022

Chair: Adam Rose MS2 115 LT
08:30 Vectorbuilder Presentation
08:35 Control of metabolism by proglucagon-derived hormones from the gut Damien Keating
Flinders University 		32S
09:05 The role of a bile acid-GLP1 axis in the regulation of glucose metabolism Tongzhi Wu
The University of Adelaide 		33S
09:35 Integration of glucose and amino acid metabolism by glucagon Clinton Bruce
Deakin University 		34S
10:05 Hepatic glucagon action in obesity and type 2 diabetes: insights from mouse models Yuqin WU
Monash University 		35S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Glenn Wadley & Severine Lamon MS1 105 LT
08:30 Why retractions are growing so fast - and why there still aren't enough Ivan Oransky
Retraction Watch 		36S
09:10 Research Quality: you should be worried! Simon Gandevia
NeuRA 		37S
09:50 Freezer Study: An Investigation of the Stability of Skeletal Muscle Proteins after prolong freezer storage Noni Frankenberg
La Trobe University 		38S
10:10 Technical considerations when assessing gene expression in human skeletal muscle using quantitative real-time PCR Jujiao Kuang
Victoria University		 39S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Lisanne Spenkelink MS2 158/159
8:50 Perfringolysin O pore formation dynamics: monomeric interactions, membrane tracking and membrane composition effects Conall Mc Guinness 94O
9:10 Spatiotemporally Mapping Thermal Dynamics of Lysosomes and Mitochondria using Cascade Organelle-Targeting Upconversion Nanoparticles Qian (Peter) Su 95O
9:30 A fluorescently-tagged peptide toxin, Cy5-HsTX1[R14A], as a tool for KV1.3 visualisation Dorothy Wai 96O
9:50 3D super-resolution imaging of whole nuclear lamina Ashley Rozario 97O
10:10 Investigating biological noise: building a tuneable model system with DNA nanotechnology and droplet hydrogel bilayers Alexander Mason 98O
Chair: Andrew Moorhouse and Renee Ross MS1.206
08:30 Welcome and overview
08:40 Australia wide consensus on Core Concepts in Physiology Kathy Tangalakis115E
09:00 Breakout groups
10:00 Discussion and Review

Workshop Overview


10:30 Morning Tea

Chair: Andrew Moorhouse MS2 115 LT
11:00 2020 Prize Winner:
Empowering student ownership through flexibility, authenticity, and co-creation 		Dr Charles Sevigny
University of Melbourne 		40I
11:30 2021 Prize Winner:
The school of hard knocks: what did not work when introducing technology-enhanced learning to physiology lectures, labs and workshops. 		A/Prof Christian Moro
Bond University 		41I

Speaker Overview

Chair: James Cuffe MS2 115 LT
12:00 Characterising brain inflammation during pregnancy in a new mouse model of metabolic syndrome Abdiweli Warsame 42O
12:15 Thyroglobulin antibody positivity induces maternal hyperglycaemia and increases placental weight in a Lewis rat model Nykola Kent 43O
12:30 The Effects of Maternal Hyperglycaemia During Pregnancy on One-Carbon Metabolism Dayna Zimmerman 44O
12:45 Metabolic syndrome in pregnancy causes fetal growth restriction and attenuates placental leukocyte populations Maral Baghaei 45O
13:00 Transthyretin binds to soluble endoglin: a possible role for transthyretin in the prevention of preeclampsia? Melanie Young 46O
Chair: Noni Frankenberg MS1 105 LT
12:00 The abundance of cell-free mitochondria are increased in human blood following an acute bout of endurance exercise Glenn Wadley 47O
12:15 Preliminary results from an investigation of exercise timing to mitigate postprandial hyperglycaemia and vascular dysfunction in healthy adults Laura Smith 48O
12:30 C18ORF25 is a novel exercise-regulated AMPK substrate regulating skeletal muscle function Kit Ng 49O
12:45 Metabolomic analysis of mouse skeletal muscle and liver responses to acute exercise and disruption of AMPK-glycogen binding Mehdi Belhaj 50O
13:00 The role of testosterone in skeletal muscle adaptation to resistance training in pre-menopausal females Sarah Alexander 51O
Chair: Toby Bell MS2 158/159
12:00 From Superbugs to tBLMs: increasing the complexity in model membrane systems. Ingo Koeper 99O
12:20 Effect of membrane composition on lipid packing and solute permeability. Lauren Lowe 100O
12:40 Rational design of potent ultrashort antimicrobial peptides with programmable assembly into nanostructured hydrogels Priscila Cardoso 101O
Chair: Melissa Cameron MS1 206
12:00 Re-creating an introductory physiology unit in the Core Concepts form Sarah Etherington 116E
12:15 Incorporating planetary health concepts into physiology. Christian Moro 117E
12:30 Clinical and Translational Physiology: Student perception of processed based learning to create an Authentic learning experience Yossi Rathner 118E
12:45 Alumni graduate career pathways as a learning tool to assist career planning Caroline Taylor 119E
13:00 A journey to BSEEN: bringing career pathways to the Biomedical Science experience Judit Kibedi 120E


13:15 Lunch

Chair: Robyn Murphy MS2 115 LT
14:00 FBP1 is a nonenzymatic safety valve that prevents insulin hyperresponsiveness Prof Michael Karin
UC San Diego 		52I
Chair: Matt Watt MS2 115 LT
15:00 APAC Scientific Presentation
15:05 Obesity and the brain- how disrupting neural networks causes diabetes Garron Dodd 53S
15:35 Obesity and cancer- metabolic reprogramming and cancer progression Renea Taylor
Monash University 		54S
16:05 Obesity and reproduction- oocyte quality and fertility Rebecca Robker
University of Adelaide 		55S
16:35 Defining adipocyte sub-types in humans: implications for adipose tissues function and obesity Matthew Watt
University of Melbourne		 56S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Jennie Cederholm + Nathan Absalom MS1 105 LT
15:00 Novel primary afferent auditory and vestibular neuron phenotypes in the mouse inner ear resolved using peripherin promoter-driven transgene reporters and subtype-selective immunofluorescence Lily Pearson 57O
15:15 Maintenance of hearing sensitivity in an ultraquiet environment requires olivocochlear efferent feedback Jennie Cederholm 58O
15:30 Impaired neuromuscular signalling is a feature of Motor Neuron Disease Peter Noakes 59O
15:45 Single point mutation of miRNA-873 and the synaptic protein neurexin induce autism-like behavioural changes and hippocampal dysfunction in a mouse model. Helena Parkington 60O
16:00 Epileptic Encephalopathies associated with gain-of-function GABAA receptor variants are more severe than loss Nathan Absalom 61O
16:15 Microglia Associate with the Vasculature and Pericytes in the Healthy and Inflamed Brain Catherine Foster 62O
16:30 Ablation of pericytes impedes motor function, induces blood-brain barrier leakage, and stimulates glial cell activation Jake Cashion 63O
16:45 Insulin infusion increases brain blood flow in healthy Sprague Dawley rats Nicole Sumargo 64O
Chair: Liz Hinde MS2 158/159
15:00 Single-molecule genotyping of thousands of variants Lisanne Spenkelink 102O
15:30 Deep eutectic solvents for cryopreservation Saffron Bryant 103O
16:00 Brightness cross correlation spectroscopy quantifies protein dynamics as a function of stoichiometry within live cells. Ashleigh Solano 104O
16:30 Developing C-reactive protein modulators as new treatments for inflammation Steffi Cheung 137O
Chair: Kay Colthorpe MS1 206
15:00 Redesigning a subject: What do students think of pre-recorded videos and high-stake team projects? Angelina Fong 121E
15:15 The use of online resources to explain difficult physiological concepts by medical students at a Middle Eastern university - shouldn't we do something about this? Sean Holroyd 122E
15:30 Curating student learning in virtual galleries Craig Campbell 123E
15:45 Predicting Physiology Student Performance from LMS Data in the Post-COVID Era Ari Pinar 124E
16:00 To Quitch or not to Quitch: Using a gamified mobile app to increase student performance and engagment Iris Lim 125E
16:15 Can an anatomy and physiology bridging program impact first year University science engagement? Puspha Sinnayah 126E


The conference dinner starts at 6:30pm
(Your ticket to the dinner is included in your registration)

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Join us for breakfast at the Medical Science Precint from 8:15am

Chair: Ashley Meakin and Janna Morrison MS2 115 LT
9:00 Characterisation of placental-specific cytochrome P450 enzyme activity in response to fetal growth restriction Ashley Meakin
University of South Australia 		65S
9:30 Placental one carbon metabolism and complications of pregnancy James Cuffe
University of Queensland 		66S
10:00 Oxidative stress and the placental renin-angiotensin system Sarah Delforce
University of Newcastle 		67S
10:30 The Placenta: A Window into Maternal Disease Rebecca Simmons
University of Pennsylvania 		68S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Gregory Gauthier-Coles and Stephan Broer MS1 105 LT
9:00 Transciptome analysis of the effects of polarized photobiomodulation on human dermal fibroblasts Nicholas Tripodi 69O
9:15 Identification and characterization of a novel SNAT2 (SLC38A2) inhibitor reveals synergy with glucose transport inhibition in cancer cells Stefan Broer 70O
9:30 Sulforaphane attenuates cancer-induced muscle wasting in C2C12 myotubes Wenlan Li 71O
9:45 A combination screen finds inhibition of GCN2 sensitises growth of MDA-MB-231 and HPAFII cancer cell lines to CDK inhibitors Gregory Gauthier-Coles 72O
10:00 Treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with the designer cytokine IC7Fc Jingjing Zhao 73O
10:15 Urinary bladder contractions and the influence of extracellular calcium Charlotte Phelps 74O
10:30 Novel role for protein kinase D in cardiac extracellular matrix signalling Mark Renton 75O
10:45 Liver-derived small extracellular vesicles regulate glycemic control through increased insulin secretion and enhanced glucose effectiveness Paula Miotto 76O
Chair: Ashleigh Solano MS2 158/159
9:00 Ultra-resolution in the cell nucleus with single molecule expansion microscopy Toby Bell 105O
9:20 Behavior of citrate-capped ultrasmall gold nanoparticles on a supported lipid bilayer interface at atomic resolution Rashad Kariuki 106O
9:40 Tracking the nuclear wide dynamics of live cell nucleosome proximity by fluorescence Elizabeth Hinde 107O
10:00 How Do Steroids Impact Batten's Disease? Trang Do Le 108O
10:20 Interrogating the biophysics of protein cage nanoreactors Eric Jenner 109O
10:40 Behaviour of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles at biomembranes - atomic insight at supported lipid bilayer and liposome interfaces. Aaron Elbourne 110O
Chair: Andrew Moorhouse MS1.206
09:00 AD Instruments Presentation
09:05 The pleasures and perils of virtual undergraduate biomedical industry placements Julia Choate
Monash University 		127E
09:30 Building career awareness and skills throughout the Health Sciences Degree Brianna Julien and
Louise Lexis
La Trobe University 		128E
09:55 Enriching a WIL experience by fostering habits of head, heart and hand Dr Chris Adams
University of Tasmania 		129E
10:20 Employability for Science Degrees: foundations, challenges and options Liz Johnson
Deakin University 		130E

Symposia Overview


11:0 Morning Tea

Chair: Lea Delbridge MS2 115 LT
11:30 Strange species-specific sugar metabolic adaptations yield cardiac pathophysiology insights Dunja Aksentijevic
Queen Mary University of London 		77S
12:00 The atypical Alpha Kinase 3 regulates sarcomeric protein metabolism in cardiomyopathy James McNamara
Murdoch Children's Research Institute 		78S
12:30 Lipid dysregulation and cardio - vascular implications Anna Calkin
Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute 		79S
13:00 Reinstating heart rate variability improves cardiac output in heart failure - novel metabolic insights from proteomics David Crossman
University of Auckland 		80S

Symposia Overview

Chair: John Power & Andrew Moorhouse MS1 105 LT
11:30 Optogenetic approaches for the modulation of membrane excitability and synaptic plasticity John Lin
University of Tasmania 		81S
12:00 Neuromodulation of striatal neurons and the encoding of goal-directed learning Chelsea Goulton
UNSW Sydney 		82S
12:30 Remapping neural circuits to mediate cross modal plasticity between seeing and feeling Hiroaki Wake
Nagoya, Japan 		83S
13:00 Neural circuits that mediate drinking Bowen Dempsey
Macquarie University 		84S

Symposia Overview

Chair: Matt Baker MS2 158/159
11:30 A multi-scale kinetic and spatial model of yeast replication and prion transmission Damien Hall 111O
11:50 How an acid trip saves malaria: a proton-transfer mechanism for the malaria lactate-proton transporter PfFNT Ciara Wallis 112O
12:10 Computational modelling of metabolism within the ageing heart Michael Pan 113O
12:30 Utilising Enhanced Sampling to Resolve a Conducting Conformation of the CFTR Ion Channel Miro Astore 114O
Chair: Angelina Fong MS1.206
11:30 How equipped are first year undergraduate students in navigating common teamwork challenges? Nilushi Karunaratne, Emilee Molcik & Betty Exinataris 131E
11:45 Evaluating students' awareness of their group work capabilities in physiology laboratory classes Kay Colthorpe 132E
12:00 Students designing for students - using a "deteriorating patient" to teach second year physiology Melissa Cameron 133E
12:15 Comparing student and academic grading of assessment tasks in an introductory neuroscience course Jennie Cederholm 134E
12:30 Too many is not enough: exploring effective motivation strategies in nursing and midwifery students Luli Faber 135E
12:45 Introducing learning workshops into the biosciences: A student-staff partnership Louise Ainscough 136E


13:30 Lunch

Chair: Robyn Murphy MS2 115 LT
Join the panel discussion as senior researchers from AuPS and ASB discuss one of the most contentious topics in research - publication costs. Who should pay and does price reflect research quality?

TBC

AuPS AGM and Prize presenations
(including Publication Prizes for ECRs and students, and conference presenation prizes)
Location: MS2.115 LT

ASB AGM and Prize presenations
Location: MS2.158/159


16:30 Meeting Close

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