Victorian members page

Please contact the Victorian ANS representative, Dr. Joanne Britto for information on local neuroscience activities.

Market of the Mind

Friday 13th August 2010 5–9.30pm QV square, central Melbourne

BRAIN SCIENCE exhibitors WANTED: Following on from the success of Hypothesis in 2009, Science Week Victoria is creating another opportunity for 15–35yr olds to socialise with science. Join University of Melbourne, Museum Victoria & CSIRO Education partners to make this a fun and cerebral experience. We will provide the space if you can provide a stimulating, mind-blowing brain science experience, not a conventional display. We want to create an opportunity for neuroscientists to demonstrate what they do to young people wandering around QV on a Friday night.

Conditions: Exhibits will be flexible according to needs and will not be branded, the only marketing your group can do is through a hand-out for event-goers which is also stimulating and part of the brain experience – this may have your logo and brand on it, but must be approved by our Committee beforehand.

Contact: Beth.Askham@gmail.com

ANS Victoria Committee members

We have established a state committee to encourage more member activity within the Society. Feel free to contact your local or state representative if there are any matters relating to neuroscience research that ANS can assist in.

• Joanne Britto (ANS Victorian State Representative, Howard Florey Institute)
• Richard Anderson  (University of Melbourne)
• Nicole Bye (Monash University)
• James Duce (Mental Health Research Institute)
• Lisa Hutton (Monash University)
• Heath Pardoe (Brain Research Institute)
• Juliet Taylor (Murdoch Childrens Research Institute)
• Michael Williams (University of Melbourne)

          

Some of the Vic Committee L-R: Lisa Hutton, Richard Anderson, Heath Pardoe, Nicole Bye, Joanne Britto, Michael Williams

Brain Awareness Week 2010

 

Radio RRR Broadcast- Einstein a go go Sunday 14th March

 

Brain Awareness Week 2009

Brain Awareness Week was on the 16th – 22nd March, 2009. ANS and the Brain Foundation organized a number of events during the week to promote interactions between researchers and highlight to the public the benefits of undertaking brain research. This included visiting schools and a radio broadcast on the Einstein a go go science show on RRR.

Radio RRR Broadcast- Einstein a go go

Joanne Britto, Stephen Robinson and Michael Williams were interviewed about their lives in science on March 15th 2009. To download the 15th March podcast, go to http://rrrfm.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=Einstein%20A%20Go%20Go

          

The Einstein a go go broadcast: L-R back: Dr Shane, Michael Williams, Joanne Britto, Stephen Robinson; front: Jerm, Dr Andi and Danger Mouse.

Victorian Neuroscience Network

An informal gathering of over 100 neuroscience researchers from around Victoria was held on Friday 20th March, 4-6pm, in the Executive Lounge, 1st Floor Alan Gilbert Building, The University of Melbourne.

This opportunity was used to catch up with friends, discover the wide range of research undertaken in our state and create new collaborative opportunities. Posters were presented and created a lot of general interest..

         

        

Public Seminars

"Tips to a Healthier Brain"

Stephen Robinson is Chairman of Brain Foundation Victoria, and an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine at Monash University. For almost thirty years he has investigated the ways in which brain cells interact with each other and how these interactions change in dementia, stroke and other diseases. He has published widely in acclaimed scientific journals, and has acquired an international reputation in his field of research.

Monash University

University of Melbourne

Both of these seminars had excellent attendance, with a combined total of over 200 people in the audience.

Australian Brain Bee Challenge (www.abbc.edu.au)

Online quiz open to Victorian Year 10 and 11 high school students from around Australia and New Zealand. Research scientists will visit schools involved with the Brain Bee during Brain Awareness Week.

 

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