Cores 2021 professional development conference
Join us as we bring together Core Facilities professionals for the inaugural CORES 2021 Professional Development Conference at TRI. We invite you to network, collaborate, keep up to date with the latest technology and hear from industry leaders on servicing the scientific community.
All Scientific Core disciplines are invited: from Microscopy to Mass Spec, Biological Resources to Flow Cytometry and everything in between. If you work in a Core Facility, Scientific Platform or Shared Resource Services Lab, this conference is for you!
Time and Location
9:00am - 5:00pm, 7 October 2021
TRI Auditorium, 37 Kent St Woolloongabba
Costs
Conference Attendance (in-person) - $55
Conference Attendance (online) - $15
Conference Dinner (night prior - 6 October) - $60
Program
Session 1: 9:05-10:40am |
Leadership in Science: supporting individuals, teams and collaborations | Prof Margaret Sheil AO Vice-Chancellor and President, QUT |
Moving from Research to Core | A/Prof Nigel Waterhouse, Facility Manager, QIMR Berghofer |
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Customer Service: Promoting a client-centric culture in cores | Dr Jane Fitzpatrick Chief Operating Officer, ANFF |
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Session 2: 11:10am - 12:50pm |
Recruiting, retaining and developing talent | Adj Prof (UQ) Sach Jayasinghe Chief Investigator, Australian Digital Observatory - ARDC Platform Project, QUT |
Professional Development of core staff | Prof Linda Lua Director, Protein Expression Facility |
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Academic Leadership at TRI | A/Prof Raymond Steptoe and Dr David Sester Principal Research Fellow, UQDI , Senior Flow Cytometry Scientist, TRI |
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Publishing, acknowledgement and grantsmanship as a member of a core (Talk) | Dr Brian Tse, Senior Preclinical Imaging Scientist, TRI | |
Publishing, acknowledgement and grantsmanship as a member of a core (Panel) | Dr Brian Tse Senior Preclinical Imaging Scientist, TRI; Professor Stephen Blanksby, Acting-Pro Vice Chancellor (Research infrastructure), Principal Research Fellow (Mass Spectrometry), Professor of Chemistry, QUT; Dr Nicholas Condon, Senior Microscopist & CZI Imaging Scientist, ACRF, IMB, UQ; Dr Michael Batzlof, Research Leader, Griffith University |
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Session 3: 1:40pm - 4:00pm |
"My Journey" through Science and Research | Prof Ian Frazer AC FRS Affiliate Professor, UQDI Faculty of Medicine; NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Faculty of Medicine; Afflil Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience |
Finding your Core Strength | Kylie Price, Head of Research Technology and Senior Staff Scientist, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | |
How to engage with industry and external clients Managing a National Core Facility – Rules of Engagement |
Dr Derek Smith, Senior Manager, Griffith University Rebecca Lang, Operations Manager, Compounds Australia, GRIDD, Griffith University |
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The means, mechanisms and considerations for the acquisition of research infrastructure | Dr Jodi Clyde-Smith, Director Research Office, UQ | |
Core facility financial sustainability (Panel) | Kylie Price, Dr Derek Smith, Dr Jodi Clyde-Smith, Sach Jayasignhe | |
Drinks and Networking in the TRi Atrium 4:00 - 5:00pm |
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