UWS Symposium on MRI and Diffusion 2012

Friday 30th November

Lecture Theatre 5, Building 21

UWS Campbelltown Campus

This symposium will showcase recent theoretical developments and new applications of MRI and NMR Diffusion measurements. It will bring together leading domestic and international experts on topics ranging from medical applications to porous materials. The symposium is open to all including students. Researchers who would not normally think to include MRI and MRI diffusion measurements in their research are especially encouraged to attend.

Attendees are invited to display a poster of their research and the best student poster will be awarded a prize.

Invited Speakers:

Professor Graham Galloway	The University of Queensland	MR Microscopy – Exploring Inner Space
Professor Mike Johns	The University of Western Australia	Emulsion characterisation using low field NMR
Professor Shingo Matsukawa	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan	Application of gradient NMR to studies on polysaccharide gel systems
Professor Magnus Nydén	University of South Australia	A new theory for interpreting NMR diffusion experiments of restricted motion
Professor Roger Ordidge	University of Melbourne	Imaging of sub-voxel microstructure in biomedical MRI
Professor Lindy Rae	The University of New South Wales	It pays to increase your brain power: MR studies of transcranial direct current stimulation.
Professor Peter Stilbs	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	Some recent progress in PGSE NMR - information content from spectral data correlation and forced electrophoretic transport
Dr Petrik Galvosas	Victoria University of Wellington, NZ	NMR with high pulsed field gradients: nuts and bolts
Dr Roger Bourne	University of Sydney	Multi-scalar characterization of diffusion in prostate tissue
Dr Allan Torres	University of Western Sydney	Singlet state NMR diffusion measurements
Dr Klaus Zick	Bruker Biosciences Corporation, Germany	Micro imaging and diffusion news from the Bruker micro imaging group
Dr Bahman Ghadirian / Dr Tim Stait-Gardner / Dr Gang Zheng	University of Western Sydney	New developments in MRI and diffusion NMR at UWS

Venue

Lecture Theatre 5, Building 21, UWS Campbelltown Campus(opens in a new window).

Time

The symposium and poster session will be held on Friday, 30 November 2012, 9:00am - 5:30pm.

Registration

All participants are required to register (Register here) (opens in a new window) for the symposium.

Full registration is $100 but bona fide students are able to register for $55. Registration includes the Symposium, lunch, morning and afternoon tea.

Please indicate if you will be presenting a poster and if so provide the details (title, authors and affiliation). There will be a prize for the best student poster.

For further information about registering, please contact Renee Mackin renee.mackin@worldtravel.com.au

Getting to Campbelltown

The UWS Campbelltown campus is less than 1 hour from Sydney and the Airport by road or rail.

Driving: If you are driving from Sydney on the Hume Highway (M5 South West Motorway/Freeway; toll $4.40), take the second Campbelltown exit (i.e., Narellan Rd) and head toward Campbelltown. Then turn right at the 1st set of traffic lights. There is ample parking adjacent to the symposium venue (Building 21) at $6 per vehicle per day. Please park in the spots marked in yellow. A map of the campus and surrounding roads is accessible from: Campbelltown Campus Map (opens in a new window)

Rail: From Central station take the Airport and East Hills line to Macarthur station (other variations and timetables can be found through CityRail Ticket Information (opens in a new window). It is a 15 minute walk from Macarthur Station to Lecture Theatre 5 in Building 21.

Accommodation

The registration site has options to arrange your accommodation at special rates for either the Rydges (opens in a new window) or Maclin Lodge (opens in a new window) at Campbelltown. Rydges Campbelltown is within walking distance of the Symposium venue.

Please keep in mind

The 36th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics (opens in a new window) which will be held jointly with AuPS and PSNZ, on the 2nd - 5th December at the Kensington Campus of the University of New South Wales.

Diffusion Fundamentals V Conference (opens in a new window) - Basic Principles of Theory, Experiment and Application to be held on August 26th - 29th, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany.