Symposium Speakers

Confirmed (Scientist) Invited Symposium Speakers for ESA Seminar 2012 are:

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  John Aitken

  University of Newcastle, VIC

  R. John Aitken is Laureate Professor of Biological Sciences and Co-Director of the Priority Research Centre in Reproductive Science at the University of Newcastle. His area of specialization is gamete biology with particular emphasis on the differentiation and function of......Read More>>

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  Iain Clarke

  Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria

  Prof Clarke obtained his PhD at Edinburgh University in 1976. He held a research position at Prince Henry’s Institute from 1999 until 2005, conducting research in neuroendocrinology....Read More>>

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  Robert Gilchrist

  Department Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University Of Adelaide, SA

  Dr Gilchrist completed his D.Sc.Agr. (Magna cum laude) in 1996 on oocyte maturation at the University of Göttingen in Germany, and then returned to Australia to take up a post-doctoral position at the University of Adelaide.  In 2006 he was......Read More>>

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  Catherin Itman

  Monash University, VIC

  Catherine Itman is an early career researcher who earned her PhD from Monash University in 2008.  Catherine is currently supported by her 2010 NH&MRC New Investigator Award and is pursuing investigations into the molecular mechanisms by which the activin and......Read More>>

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  Megan Lloyd

  University of Western Australia

  Dr Megan Lloyd began her research career in 1991 in the Bacteriology department of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital.  She worked as part of a team that isolated and characterised a novel Rickettsial species, Rickettsia honei, with Dr Brian Dwyer and......Read More>>

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  Gail Risbridger

  Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University, VIC

  Professor Gail Risbridger is a NH&MRC Fellow.  She graduated from, and taught at, Monash University until becoming a founding member of the Monash Institute of Medical Research.  She currently heads the Prostate and Breast Cancer Research Group in the Department......Read More>>

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  Ray Rodgers

  Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, SA

  Professor Ray Rodgers has a B.Agr.Sci., M.Agr.Sci. and PhD (1984) from the University of Melbourne and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.  He has held Queen Elizabeth II fellowship (1986-1988) and National......Read More>>

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  Lois Salamonsen

  Uterine Biology, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, VIC

  Professor Lois Salamonsen, PhD, is Senior Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), Head of the Uterine Biology Division at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and Hon....Read More>>

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  Jeremy Smith

  Monash University, Victoria

  Dr Jeremy Smith began his research career at The University of Western Australia, he then work as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Washington. Here, Jeremy worked extensively on kisspeptin, a novel neuropeptide, vital in the control of GnRH......Read More>>

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  Paul Thomas

  University of Adelaide, SA

  A/Prof Thomas completed his Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide in 1994. He then moved to the National Institute for Medical Research (London, UK) and completed a 3 year post-doctoral position with the late Dr. Rosa Beddington, FRS, who was......Read More>>

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  Patrick Western

  Centre for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, VIC

  Dr Patrick Western’s research is focused on understanding the molecular and epigenetic processes underlying establishment of the male germ cell lineage and the occurrence of pluripotent germ cell tumours....Read More>>