News & Events

Lecture series

Invited Lectures 2010

The POWMRI Invited Lecture series aims to attract leading national and international researchers from all fields of neuroscience.

Location

POWMRI Seminar Room

Hospital Rd

Randwick, NSW, 2031

Australia

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News

Volvo is worrying parents unnecessarily, say Australian researchers

Monday, 8 March 2010 - 9:00am

Australian researchers refute claims by Volvo that new child restraint legislation puts children in danger.

Neuroscience Research Precinct goes ahead

Friday, 5 March 2010 - 9:00am

The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute is on the way to creating a new Neuroscience Research Precinct, cementing it as one of the biggest research centres in Australia.

Car restraint guidelines – What’s safest for your child?

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 - 9:00am

Children up to the age of 12, travelling in the back seats of cars, are seven times more likely than teenagers to sustain serious spinal injuries.

Breakthrough in Motor Neurone Disease

Monday, 19 October 2009 - 9:00am

Researchers at the Institute are one step closer to unravelling motor neurone disease, and are working on new ways to treat it.

This groundbreaking research was recently featured on ABC News.

Media releases

Early Warning Test for Parkinson's Receives National Recognition

Saturday, 7 February 2009 - 5:30am

The research of Dr Kay Double, an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, has received the nation's highest commendation through her inclusion in the NHMRC's 2006 "10 of the Best" booklet.

This national publication will be launched by The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott at 10am, Friday 1 September in the Scientia Gallery, University of New South Wales.

Dr Double's research into Parkinson's disease looks at the function of neuromelanin, a pigment unique to human brains. In the brain cells of a person with Parkinson's disease, this pigment disappears. Based on her findings, Dr Double and her team have developed a new blood test which will provide early detection for the loss of neuromelanin and this may predict the onset of Parkinson's.

$30 Million Boost to Dementia Research

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 - 12:00pm

The Federal Government has announced a $30 million investment to establish a Neuroscience Research Precinct on the Prince of Wales Campus in Sydney.

Parkinson's Research Grant Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline

Thursday, 23 November 2006 - 12:00pm

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute student, Christine Song, has been awarded a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Post Graduate Support Grant for her work on improving the outcomes for people who have atypical forms of Parkinson's disease that cause the brain to degenerate.

Christine's innovative study focuses on a specific protein involved in the degeneration process.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Grant Success

Wednesday, 22 November 2006 - 12:30pm

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome grant success The Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation (The Mason Foundation) has awarded its first ever open round of medical and scientific research grants for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Alzheimer's disease research.

The Institute's Dr Janet Taylor has received a grant from the Foundation for her research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: 'Neuromuscular performance in post-infective fatigue syndrome'.

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