• Dissecting the mammary stem cell hierarchy and its molecular regulators - Jane Visvader
• The Molecular Control of Vascular Remodelling - Steven Stacker
• Vascular Remodelling and Anti-Cancer Therapy - Ruth Ganss
• Regulation of vasculogenic mimicry in melanoma - Lisa Ebert

• Stem Cells inside a Diffusion Chamber as a Therapy for Insulin Dependent Diabetes - Allan Robins
• Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells in spinal surgery – vertebral fusion or regeneration of the intervertebral disc? - Peter Ghosh
• Cellular-based therapies for Kidney Repair and Regeneration - Sharon Ricardo
• Some Lessons from Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - Luen Bik To

• Dermal absorption in humans and mice from sunscreens containing zinc oxide particles - Maxine McCall
• Weighing up the known risk of excessive ultraviolet light exposure with a perceived risk of using nanosunscreens - Paul F.A. Wright
• How to determine the Immune Balance Rating (IBR) when formulating sunscreen products - Terrence J Piva
• CeO₂ nanoparticle photoprotection of skin cells: An antioxidant or UV absorption effect? - Catherine Carnovale
• Environmental Particulates as Triggers for Acute Exacerbations of Allergic Asthma - Alexander M Shadie

• Variation in the human placental epigenome in response to environmental, genetic and gestational effects: implications for the study of adverse pregnancy outcomes. - Richard Saffery
• Placental imprinted genes and environmental factors that affect epigenetic state - Claire T Roberts
• Methylation and hydroxylmethylation of CpG display dynamic landscapes in early embryo development and define differentiation into embryonic and placental lineages.  - Chris O'Neill
• Placental DNA is a source for clinical diagnostics and a cause of maternal diseases. - Cees Oudejans

• Notch signaling in the intestinal epithelium - Freddy Radke
• Full-length APC is required for formation of colon cell protrusions - Maree C Faux
• Alterations of Hedgehog and Sox9 disrupt homeostasis in the gastric and intestinal epithelia. - Fred Hollande
• The phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway in gastrointestinal cancer - Wayne Phillips

• Endometriosis, Infertility and Progesterone Resistance: Ontogeny and Resolution  - Bruce Lessey
• Genetic risk factors for endometriosis - Grant W Montgomery
• Brain Pain : Pelvic Pain - A new look at Endometriosis and Pain - Susan Evans
• Endometriosis: new directions in diagnosis, treatment and prevention. - Louise M Hull

• Molecular Imaging in Inflammation: A Target for All Diseases - J.James Frost
• Neurotropic HIV: Impact on Cognition and Mind - Ian Paul Everall
• The Neuroimaging of Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation - Bernhard T Baune
• Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (¹H MRS) in HIV infection: past, present and future directions - Lucette Cysique

• Intrinsic and extrinsic control of stem cell properties - Connie Eaves

• CIGARETTE SMOKING AND THE RISK OF BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS - Juliana Andrici
• META-ANALYSIS: ORAL BISPHOSPHONATES AND THE RISK OF OESOPHAGEAL CANCER  - Juliana Andrici
• HOT FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION AND THE RISK OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: A META-ANALYSIS - Juliana Andrici
• microRNA expression in Barrett’s oesophagus mucosa from patients treated with medical vs. surgical anti-reflux therapy - Alfiya Ansar
• Reconstitution of both squamous and Barrett’s epithelium from BAR-T cells – support for a common cell of origin. - Nicholas J Clemons
• Characterisation and validation of a new oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell line - Nicholas J Clemons
• DNA copy number variations of a novel gene JS-1 in colorectal adenocarcinomas - Vinod Gopalan
• VEGF expression in colorectal tumours with microsatellite instability and its association with BRAF mutation status - Vinod Gopalan
• Mutagen-induced aberrant crypt foci formation in mouse colon is increased in response to prior inflammation.   - Tamsin Lannagan
• The cost-effectiveness of endoscopic surveillance of non-dysplastic Barrett’s oesophagus with or without biomarker testing  - George C Mayne,
• DETERMINATION OF BIOMARKERS OF COLON CANCER STEM CELLS - Ranjani Rajenthiran
• Improved Engraftment of Oesophageal Patient-Derived Tumour Xenografts Using a Novel Intramuscular Technique. - Matthew Read
• Outcomes of Salvage Oesophagectomy following Definitive Chemoradiotherapy – A Systematic Review and Analysis. - Lincoln Rothwell
• EFFECT OF ESTROGEN ON GROWTH AND APOPTOSIS IN ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS - Olga A Sukocheva
• Next Generation Sequencing of Multiple Families with Familial Barrett’s Oesophagus  - Henry To
• Identification of biomarkers of chemoradiotherapy-induced toxicity in upper gastrointestinal cancers - Imogen A White
• Origins of Barrett’s Esophagus: Targeting Stem Cells in Precursors of Cancers - Wa Xian

• Endometrial and endometriotic lesion immune cell populations in a baboon model of endometriosis - Alison J Hey-Cunningham
• Growth differentiation factor-9/bone morphogenetic protein-15 synergism: mechanism and significance. - David G Mottershead
• Utilising Quantitative Sensory Testing to assess Endometriosis-Associated Pain - Kathleen M. Peters
• Evaluating Pelvic Pain in Women with Endometriosis - Kathleen M. Peters
• The association of AGT2R polymorphisms with preeclampsia and uterine artery bilateral notching is modulated by maternal BMI - Ang Zhou

• Creating artificial vascular graft scaffolds using electrospinning and their potential for endothelialisation  - Furqan Ahmed
• Dynamic remodelling of the lymphatic vasculature during postnatal mouse mammary gland morphogenesis is mediated via epithelial-derived lymphangiogenic stimuli. - Kelly L Betterman
• Urine proteome analysis reflects atherosclerotic disease progression and allows the discovery of new biomarkers in mouse and human atherosclerosis - Yung-Chih Chen
• A Critical Role for Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (TXNIP) in Diabetes-Related Impairment of Angiogenesis - Louise L Dunn
• Acquired activation of Axl and Insulin receptor tyrosine kinases in a melanoma cell line selected for resistance to the ^V600EBRAF inhibitor, PLX4720 - Cara Fraser
• Broad-Spectrum Chemokine Inhibition Blocks Inflammation-Induced Pathological Angiogenesis - Anisyah Ridiandries
• Sphingosine kinase-1 regulates adhesion molecule expression for neutrophil trafficking during allergic inflammation - Wai Yan (Kiwi) Sun
• The importance of 3D imaging when studying tube formation. - Emma J Thompson
• Levels of the Activating FcgRIIa Receptor on Platelets Vary with Receptor Polymorphisms - Jianlin Qiao

And during the evening

• Characterisation of T-cell modulating cytokines in relation to mycobacterial-associated pathology in macropod species. - Jenifer C Alsemgeest
• Efficacy and mechanism of action of a novel anti-cancer agent EBC-46 on human and mouse tumors. - Marjorie M. A. de Souza
• An optical pharmacology toolkit: measuring peptide diffusion and receptor binding kinetics - Yvette C DeGraaf
• Dermal fibroblasts promote epidermal repair and regeneration in a 3D skin equivalent model. - Tara L Fernandez
• AUTOMATION OF THE BUCCAL CYTOME AND NEUTRAL LIPID ANALYSES IN HUMAN BUCCAL CELLS BY LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY - Maxime François
• Uptake of Silver Nanoparticles by THP-1 Human Immune Cells - Andrew S Hastings
• E2F7 regulates sensitivity to the cytotoxic actions of anthracyclines in squamous cell carcinoma - Mehlika Hazar-Rethinam
• Immunosuppressive effects of Vitamin D₃ on IgE + specific Ag-mediated mast cells - Natasha Kolesnikoff

• Pre-vascularising liver progenitor cell spheroids in vitro to increase survival in vivo - Aaron M Dingle
• Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) promote engraftment of transplanted pancreatic islets - Claire F Jessup
• In vitro characterization of human lymphatic malformation endothelial cells and the development of a mouse model of human lymphatic malformations - Zerina Lokmic
• Endothelial progenitor cell differentiation: A role for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ - Kate A Parham
• Defining the role of the Nedd4 ubiquitin ligase during lymphatic vascular morphogenesis in the mouse embryo - Genevieve A Secker
• Generation of biomolecular surface gradients with accurate counting of immobilised molecules for study of endothelial haptokinesis - Liyuan Wang

• What does an Australian community think about the use of tissue in science? - Sheryl L de Lacey
• Stem cell products and the clinical trial process - Catherine Waldby
• Stem Cell Tourism to China - Jane Kotey
• Unproven stem cell treatments in our own backyard -  Why stem cell “tourism” is not the only ethical concern. - Megan Munsie
• Use of Placental MSCs in Human Tendon Conditions - Mark Young

• Cell cycle checkpoint defects as therapeutic targets in melanoma - Brian Gabrielli
• Imaging Intracellular ZnO Nanoparticles Using Synchrotron Radiation and Focused Ion Beam Ablation - Bryce N Feltis
• Neuroimaging of Major Depression and Response to Treatment - Bernhard T Baune

• A natural copy number variant in the GAEC1 oncogene is associated with breast cancer susceptibility - Robert A Smith
• Molecular responses of breast cancer tissues to vitamin D treatment - Rachel J Suetani
• Dissecting the Cooperation between oncogenic KRAS, oncogenic beta-Catenin and the WNT-Pathway in Intestinal Tumorigenesis - Michael Buchert
• Mechanisms underlying prostate cancer cell death induced by combinatorial treatment with an HDAC inhibitor and an antiandrogen. - Sarah L Carter
• Obesity and drug resistance: insulin confers resistance of melanoma cells to chemotherapeutic drugs via activation of PI3K/Akt pathway - Jiezhong Chen
• The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis and function of endometriosis - Cecilia H. M. Ng

• Predicting absolute risks for oesophageal adenocarcinoma - Aaron P Thrift
• SOX9 drives columnar differentiation in squamous oesophageal epithelial cells – a putative mechanism in the development of Barrett’s oesophagus - Nicholas J Clemons
• Evaluation of plasma exosomal microRNA-21 as a circulating biomarker in oesophageal adenocarcinoma - Tingting Wang
• Serum glycoprotein biomarker discovery for Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma – towards the development of diagnostic blood tests - Michelle M Hill
• VICTORIAN BARRETT’S EXPERIENCE: OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING COMBINATION ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY FOR DYSPLASTIC BARRETT’S OESOPHAGUS - Andrew Taylor
• HER2 STATUS IN BARRETT’S OESOPHAGUS AND OESOPHAGEAL CANCER: A META ANALYSIS - Ashwini Gowryshankar
• ANALYSIS OF THE EXPRESSION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTORS ALPHA AND BETA IN OESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA - Olga A Sukocheva
• Variation in the surgical management of oesophageal carcinoma in NSW, 2001-2007 - Jason P. Bentley
• MEAT CONSUMPTION AND RISK OF DEVELOPING OESOPHAGEAL CANCER: A META-ANALYSIS - Guy D. Eslick

• Treatment of pregnant spiny mice at mid-gestation with a synthetic glucocorticoid has sex-dependent effects on placental glycogen stores - Bree A O'Connell
• Pregnancy-associated cancer: incidence and outcomes  - Yuen Yi (Cathy) Lee
• Repeated exposure to male seminal fluid expands uterine and lymph node regulatory T cell populations during early pregnancy in mice - Bihong Zhang
• Telomerase reverse transcriptase expression marks a rare population of endometrial cells with epithelial differentiation potential. - James A Deane
• PLACENTAL OXIDATIVE STRESS, PREECLAMPSIA AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SELENIUM. - Tony Perkins
• Seminal Plasma Promotes Lesion Growth in a Mouse Model of Endometriosis - Jonathan T McGuane

• Development of Adult HSCs and the Dynamic Involvement of Gata2 - Elaine Dzierzak
• Vascular Adventitia is an Enriched Source of Postnatal Tissue Macrophage Precursor Cells - Peter Psaltis
• Ccbe1 is required for Vegfc/Vegfr3 signaling in zebrafish - Ben Hogan
• Phosphatase mediators of vascular development - Quenten Schwarz

• The mTOR Signaling Circuitry and Cancer: New Molecular-Targeted Therapies - Silvio Gutkind
•  The dynamism of human melanoma progression - Mark J Shackleton
• Insights into intra-cellular tension and the inter-cellular microenvironment in tumourigenesis - Michael S Samuel
• A mathematical model to simulate tumour cell interactions, motility and invasion. - J. Guy Lyons
• Gene interaction leads tumour progression in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) - Vanisri Raviraj

• PPARg and human trophoblast differentiation - Thierry Fournier
• Models to study different aspects of trophoblast biology in the early human placenta.  - Larry Chamley
• Decidual cells are not passive players in human trophoblast function. - Evdokia Dimitriadis
• Migration of breast cancer cells: Understanding the roles of volume exclusion and cell-to-cell adhesion - Matthew J Simpson

• Barrett Esophagus - What a new mouse model can teach us about human pathologies - Michael Quante
• Cloning Barrett’s Stem Cells: Insights into Patient Stratification, Tumorigenesis, and Strategies of Preemptive Therapy  - Frank McKeon
• Gp130/Stat3 regulates Wnt Induced Intestinal Regeneration and Tumor Initiation/Growth - Toby Phesse
• Regulation of colorectal cancer by dietary factors - Richard Le Leu

• Not available at time of print - Thierry Vancaillie
• Not available at time of print - Peter Rogers
• Pelvic nerve fibres and pain mechanisms in endometriosis - Ian Fraser
• Endometrial Stem/Progenitor Cells and Endometriosis - Caroline E Gargett

• New & emerging live cell imaging techniques for quantitative measurements of molecular dynamics. - Jennifer N Clarke
• HIV-1 entry into astrocytes - Melissa Churchill
• Super-resolution on T cells: what the distribution of single molecules tells us about T cell receptor activation - Jeremie Rossy
• Imaging in AIDS: The Emerging Importance of Immune Senescence - J.James Frost

• Oxytocin: shifting the balance between drug and social rewards? - Femke TA Buisman-Pijlman
• Lipopolysaccharide and Immune Modulation - Brian Coppin
• Huntingtin-Associated Protein 1 (HAP1) Regulates both Exocytosis and Endocytosis - Michael D Duffield
• A mouse model of paternal obesity alters gene expression and methylation status of the testes and germ cells, subsequently impairing the metabolic health of two generations. - Tod Fullston
• A novel cell therapy for stress urinary incontinence, short-term outcome - Daryoush Hamidi Alamdari
• A Novel Method For Iatrogenic Vesicovaginal Fistula Treatment : Autologous Platelet-Rich-Plasma Injection And Platelet-Rich-Fibrin-Glue Interposition - Daryoush Hamidi Alamdari
• Regenerative Therapy In Chronic Wounds: Platelet-Derived Growth Factors, Scaffold And Stem Cell - Daryoush Hamidi Alamdari
• Identification of Placental Dendritic Cell Subsets - Tristan Hardy
• The role of Methyltransferase Ezh2 in Stem Cell growth and multi-differentiation - Sarah E Hemming
• A role of BARD1 and its isoforms in lung fibrosis: signaling from TGF-β towards apoptosis and proliferation - Irmgard Irminger-Finger
• Bioengineering stents with proactive biocompatibility - Thamarasee Jeewandara
• Indirect near infrared light treatment induces neuroprotection: a ‘bottom-up’ approach - Dan Johnstone
• Characterisation of brain iron accumulation in mouse models of systemic iron overload - Dan Johnstone
• Suppression of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system may contribute to a nephron deficit following short-term maternal corticosterone administration - Anselm Koning
• Effect of dietary calcium on vitamin D related genes in mouse kidney and placenta - Jessica A Laurence
• Impact of embryo number and maternal undernutrition in the periconceptional or preimplantation period on insulin signalling molecules, gluconeogenic factors and microRNAs in the liver of fetal sheep - Shervi Lie
• The Characterisation of Ro/SSA and La/SSB autoantigens in exosomes derived from Hep2000 cells - Thilini Mendis
• Wnt signalling cross-talk between trophoblast and decidual cells in co-culture - Sarmah B Nayeem
• Vitamin D metabolism in cutaneous tumours - Natalie Nemazannikova
• ^{Comprehensive cell health analysis on a novel multiparametric Cell Analyser} - Cathy Noone
• Peripheral immune function in methamphetamine users - Maja Pajcin
• IL-6 AND IL-11 INDUCE STAT3-MEDIATED LUNG FIBROSIS - Cecilia Prele
• Regulation of the Human Intrauterine Renin Angiotensin System by DNA Methylation - Kirsty G Pringle
• FETAL DEATH AND REDUCED SURVIVAL LINKED TO LOSS OF THE SLC13A4 SULFATE TRANSPORTER - Joanna Rakoczy
• Human Cytomegalovirus Immune Modulation within the Placenta and the Implications for Placental Function and Pregnancy Outcome - William D Rawlinson
• Diagnosis of latent pneumocystis jiroveci in sputum samples of patients under chemotherapy via Nested PCR - babak rezavand
• Ontogenic Changes in Human Placental Sodium Iodide Symporter Expression - Kerry Richard
• Potential co-regulatory role of VEGF-A and VEGF-C in angiogenic event in thyroid cancer - Ali Salajegheh
• The impact of maternal magnesium deficiency on developmental outcomes - Richard N Schlegel
• Left atrial inflammation and platelet reactivity: a comparison of atrial arrhythmia and underlying substrate - Carlee D Schultz
• Short-term hypoxia in mid-gestation causes growth restriction and reduces nephron number in the mouse offspring - Reetu R Singh
• VALIDATION OF PREDICTIVE BIOMARKERS OF RESISTANCE TO ANTI-EGFR IN WILD TYPE KRAS/BRAF COLORECTAL CANCER CELL LINES - Shalini Sree Kumar
• Pregnancy Outcomes in Mice with Fusobacterium nucleatum Based Experimental Periodontitis - Justine Stamford
• Diagnosis of Atypical Iron Disorders: Clinical application of Next Generation Sequencing - Daniel F Wallace
• A central role for Hfe and Transferrin Receptor 2 in the non-parenchymal cell-derived Bmp6-mediated regulation of hepcidin  - Daniel Wallace
• Prolonged maternal hypoxia in mid-late gestation causes growth restriction and reduced nephron number in the mouse offspring - Sarah L Walton
• Growth inhibition and apoptosis induction of different human cancer cell lines by extracts of marine sponges collected from the South Australian Coastline - Jing Jing Wang
• Autoantibody-mediated inhibition of neurotransmission in narcolepsy - Ruiqi Wang
• Transcriptional and protein markers for predicting radiotherapy response in prostate cancer. - Arabella Young
• Using Modified Early Warning Scores to predict patients at risk of chorioamnionitis following Premature, Prolonged Rupture of Membranes - Kurtis Zapasnik
• The association of maternal ACE A11860G with SGA is modulated by environments and fetal sex - Ang Zhou

• Enhanced fracture healing of heterozygous Twist-1 knockout mice. - Lachlan Cooper
• Cardiomyocytes injection into infarcted murine heart improves heart function. - Irina Kulina
• Resident Cardiac Stem Cells (RCSCs) enhance myocardial repair in ischemic heart when modified with Wnt16 - Jason Seow
• The stem cell homeobox factor Barx2 regulates canonical Wnt signalling and myoblast differentiation - Julie-Ann Hulin
• Epithelial origin and specific differentiation potential of Endogenous renal MSC-like cells - Joan Dr. Li
• Construction of Gene Therapy Vectors for Corneal Transplantation - Lauren Mortimer*
• Induction of stem/undifferentiated cells from human periodontal ligament cells by Sema3A - Naohisa Wada
• An Assessment of the Regenerative Potential of Allogeneic Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells in a Rodent Periodontal Defect Model - Danijela Menicanin
• Culture and Characterisation of Rat Oral Mucosal Epithelial Cells on Nanostructured Porous Silicon for Transfer to the Eye - Yazad Irani
• An adipoinductive role of inflammation in adipose tissue engineering: key factors in the early development of engineered soft tissues - Keren M Abberton
• Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations from Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes – Sorting Out the Cardiac Conduction System.  - Benjamin A Finnin
• Identification of unsafe hIPSC lines using a robust surrogate assay for pluripotency - Juan Carlos Polanco
• mRNA-mediated efficient non-integrated reprogramming of T1D patient fibroblasts to pluripotent stem cells - Jun Liu
• Nuclear reprogramming of mature hematopoietic cells induces reversal of the haematopoiesis pathway - Christian M Nefzger
• Isolation of parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells from heterozygous porcine parthenogenetic embryos - Anders B Tsui
• Addressing the safety bottleneck for use of human pluripotent stem cells in clinical applications: Generation and validation of novel antibodies that allow enrichment of live human pluripotent stem cells. - Carmel M O'Brien
• Ectopic Expression of Wnt-1 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Leads to Dose-dependent Divergent Phenotypes - Joseph Y Chen
• Development of integrin inhibitors as haemopoietic stem cell mobilisation agents - Benjamin Cao
• Effects on adult olfactory stem cells following the X-ray irradiation of the mouse olfactory neuroepithelium - Kharen L Doyle
• Stemformatics: stem cell gene expression       1 - Rowland Mosbergen*
• Diverse roles for Wnt7a in ventral midbrain neurogenesis and dopaminergic axon morphogenesis - Jonathan C Niclis
• Functional analysis of human ESC derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons during differentiation - Brad Watmuff
• Proteomic analysis of neurodifferentiated Huntington’s disease affected human embryonic stem cells - Anushree Balachandran
• Human mesenchymal stem cells suppression of activated T-cells is mediated through EphB/ephrinB interactions - Thao Ms Nguyen
• In vivo GSK-3beta Inhibition Promotes T-cell Reconstitution in Bone Marrow Reconstituted Mice - Sylvie Shen
• Interferon-gamma and interleukin-17A modification enhance the immunomodulatory function of Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Kisha N Sivanathan
• Preterm human amnion epithelial cells have greater proliferative capacity but reduced differentiation potential - Jean Ling Tan
• Human amnion epithelial cells mediate lung repair by directly modulating macrophage recruitment and polarization - Jean L Tan
• The role of prospectively isolated megakaryocytes in murine haemopoietic stem cell regulation - Yi Shen
• SCREENING OF FOUR COMMON LEUKAEMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTS IN NORMAL CORD BLOOD SAMPLES USING TAQMAN PROBE-BASED MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME PCR - Ngaire J Elwood
• Aldehyde dehydrogenases and their potential role in protecting mesenchymal stem cells from oxidative stress in preeclampsia - Gina Kusuma
• Viability of human placental cord blood CD34+/45+/ALDHbright mononuclear cells after - Jeffrey Y J Looi

ASMR Indigenous Health Forum

ASMR Indigenous Health Forum: Better Health Outcomes for Mums and Bubs

The ASMR presents an Indigenous Health Forum to explore issues surrounding women’s and children’s health within the context of the broader health and social issues faced by Australian Indigenous people.  The Forum will produce a set of practical, realistic recommendations designed to achieve better health outcomes.

Speakers:

Where:  Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia

When:   Monday, November 26th, 6:45pm – 8:30pm

Who:     This forum is open to all members of the public with an interest in Indigenous health

Attendance is free, but registration is essential! To register please click here