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Visitors to ARMI

ARMI has been host to numerous prestigious national and international visitors, as shown below.

 

 Date  Distinguished Guest(s)
  2009
 
23 Oct

Delegation from Cuba visit and tour ARMI.  They are hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani and Prof Peter Currie.  Members of the delegation include:

Prof Castro Diaz-Balart, Fidel - Scientific Adviser of the President, Republic of Cuba
Padron, HE Abelardo Curbelo - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba
Valdes, Lic Lazaro Gustavo Diaz - Personal Assistant to Scientific Advisor's Office
Languiller, Telmo, MP - Member for Derrimut, Parliament House, Melbourne
8 Oct

DIIRD Delegations of Consuls-General visit and tour ARMI and FishCore Facility.  They are hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani and Prof Peter Currie. 
7 Sept Four Researchers (Dr Andre Choo, Dr Ling Ling, Dr Valerie Ng and Dr Lim Chin Yan) from the Australian Singapore Emerging Research Leaders Exchange Program present their research involving stem cell biology and cell signalling in ARMI Seminar Series, and are hosted by Prof Peter Currie.
19 Aug Dr Michael O'Connor of Terry Fox Laboratories in Canada presents 'Studies in regenerative medicine: from in vitro lenses to novel pluripotency factors' and is hosted by Prof Peter Currie.
17 Aug Mr Leon Kempler - Chairman of Questacon, Canberra - visits and tours ARMI and is hosted by Prof Nadia Rosenthal.
17 Aug Vice-Chancellor Prof Ed Byrne tours and visits ARMI and is hosted by Prof Nadia Rosenthal, Prof Peter Currie and Mr Silvio Tiziani.
3 Aug Dr Rodrigo Lopez and Dr Maria J Martin from EMBL-EBI in the UK, present 'Bioinformatics: The Services, Tools and Know How - an EBI Perspective', and are hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani.
9 July Dr Julian Heng, PhD - CJ Martin Research Fellow, Brain Development Group, Howard Florey Institute, presents 'Transcriptional factor control of neuron migration during brain development' and is hosted by Prof Peter Currie.
1 July Prof Graeme Clark - inventor of the Bionic Ear, visits ARMI for discussion and tour of research facilities.  He is hosted by Prof Peter Currie and Mr Silvio Tiziani. 
29 June Delegation of Chinese Biotechnology / Nanotechnology Scientists and Government visit ARMI for discussion and tour of research facilities.  They are hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani.  Members of the delegation include:

Nanotechnology
Lan, Minbo - Director, Centre of Analysis and Test, East China University of Sciences and Technology
Liu, Tingting - Project Manager, Shanghai Centre for Scientific and Technological Exchange with Foreign Countries
Shen, Jun - Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics, Tongji University

Biotechnology
Ke, Ying - Assistant President, Central Research Institute of Shanghai Pharmaceutical (Group) Co Ltd
Song, Yang - Project Officer, Division of International Cooperation, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Yu, Ying - Project Officer, Division of Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality 
17 June Prof Peter Rigby, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK, presents 'Transcriptional regulation of complex genetic loci during verterbrate development', and is hosted by Prof Peter Currie.
29 May  Defence Science and Technology Organisation visit ARMI for tour of research facilities, and are hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani. 
9 April  Professor Howard Jacob - CEO of PhysioGenix (biotechnology company he founded in 1997) visits ARMI for tour and discussion of research facilities, hosted by Prof Peter Currie. 
9 April  Professor Nick Baker  - Department of Genetics, Chief Division of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, presents 'Using Drosophila to study neural development and growth', hosted by Prof Peter Currie. 
9 April  Sir Magdi Yacoub,who has performed more transplants than any other surgeon in the world and heads a research program at Harefield Hospital, visits ARMI for a discussion and tour of research facilities.  Sir Magdi Yacoub also attended the launch of ARMI and was hosted by Mr Silvio Tiziani.  
30 Mar Professor Lila Solnica-Krezel, PhD - Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, presents 'Genetic regulation of forebrain development in zebrafish' and is hosted by Prof Peter Currie. 
 
  2008
20 Nov Professor Tiziano Barberi - Assistant Professor, Head, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Development, Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute, presents 'Directing ES Cells towards specific mesoderm and ectoderm fates' and is hosted by Prof Nadia Rosenthal.