DSB Executive
Professor Keith Stanley is the President and Professor Bryce Vissell the Public Officer
National Committee
A/Professor Richard Boyd
Professor Ian Dawes
Professor Brian Dean
Professor Michelle Haber
Professor Phillip Robinson
A/Professor Erik (Rik) Thompson
Professor Bryce Vissel
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Dr Brad Walsh
Professor Tony Weiss
Dr Marc Wilkins
Dr Bill Wilson
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Past conference committee
 Professor Zee Upton Program Leader, Tissue Bioregeneration and Integration, QUT Convenor |
Professor Zee Upton is a biochemist, an inventor, a tissue engineer and a dedicated developer of new intellectual property opportunities. Combining her expertise in growth factor protein and molecular and cellular technologies she discovered a new way to stimulate cell growth. Zee is leader of the Tissue Regeneration and Repair Domain in the QUT Science Research Centre and the QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. QUT's Tissue Repair and Regeneration Initiative brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of collaborators investigating disorders of the musculo-skeletal system, together with disorders of the skin and wound repair process. The consortium represents a unique integration of research excellence across the engineering, scientific and clinical disciplines. It is underpinned by existing and potential novel intellectual property opportunities that have clear commercial impact. Major Outcomes are focussed on:
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 Associate Professor Jenny Martin Group Leader, Protein Structure & Drug Design, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ Convenor
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Research We are interested in understanding the role of proteins in disease and developing novel compounds to modify the functions of disease-causing proteins. We use protein crystallography as the major biophysical approach to investigate protein structure and function, protein interactions, and as the foundation for inhibitor design. A world class protein crystallography facility has been linked to a high throughput protein expression facility for protein structure determination. Together these facilities can be used to examine proteins of prime importance to human health. This research will underpin the future development of new medicines. Research Projects
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 Professor Keith Stanley, UNSW, St Vincents Hospital and Corbett Research Laboratories Co-convenor |
Professor Keith Stanley was awarded his PhD from Cambridge
University. He
was a Group Leader at EMBL, Heidleberg, in the leading
Cell Biology Research program in Europe. During this time techniques
for cloning molecules of importance in cell biology were established
allowing them to be studied on the molecular level for the first
time. In Australia, Prof Stanley worked
on lipoprotein receptors, in the field of atherosclerosis, leading to the realisation that
cholesterol could be playing an important role in cellular signaling. Research has also been focussed on endothelial
cell biology and vascular inflammation. Most recently Prof
Stanley has taken the position of Director of Research at Corbett
Research Pty Ltd.
Keith's research interests focus on personalised medical treatment for cancer sufferers in Australia and internationally. |
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| Local Organising Committee | Professor Gilian Bushell Dr Sean Grimmond Dr Nick Hayward Dr David Leavesley Professor Deon Venter |