
Leigh Walker
@leighwalkerphd
neuroscientist studying sex and gender impact alcohol and substance use 🧠 |🏳️🌈
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12-08-2018 19:56:23
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We are extremely excited to announce this years BPA ECRN Plenary Awardees as Sidhant Chopra (ECR category) and Xavier Maddern (Student category)!! 🥳 Both awardees will deliver a 20 minute talk on their research at the Biological Psychiatry Australia conference in #Sydney ✨👏👏 #BPA2024

Applications for ACAN 2025 will open soon! The course will be held in Sydney from 19th Jan to 8th Feb, 2025. The international faculty consist of >40 experts from 16 institutions to teach electrophysiology, imaging & behavioral techniques. ans.org.au/acan Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS)

BPA2024 | FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT Decoding the Female Brain: Exploring Women’s Health in Psychiatry Chairs & Discussants: Leigh Walker & Robyn Brown Speakers: Dr Xavier Maddern, Prof Bronwyn Graham, Rachel Hill & Dr Evelyne Mu BPA 2024 | 3-5 November | Sydney






Females are not the exception to the rule Prof Bronwyn Graham powerful message to end on! #BPA2024 Biological Psychiatry Australia

Another great conference, thanks to LoC co-chairs Natalie Matosin and Christina Perry ! Very excited to be hosting #BPA2025 in Melbourne next year with Leigh Walker. Message us if you'd like to get involved

Monash spinout @PhrenixTx has secured significant funding from Curie.Bio & Brandon BioCapital. Led by Prof. Chris Langmead, Greg Stewart & A/Prof Jess Nithianantharajah 🧠👩🏾🔬 🇱🇰🇦🇺, Phrenix emerged as a spinout from Neuromedicines Discovery Centre to develop new therapeutics for cognitive disorders. mona.sh/xrjl50UTK7B




📢📢 BPA ECRN community we want to hear from you 📢📢 If you have any exciting news (publications, awards, etc.), we would love to promote these achievements on our platforms🏆🏆 To do so, reach out to us on X or email [email protected] 😎😎

Check out this fascinating new paper published in Nature Communications by the Walker Lab The Florey, revealing a novel brain mechanism to mediate alcohol intake in a sex-specific manner 🧠🧠 ‼️If you have any exciting news, please reach out so we can share it‼️ nature.com/articles/s4146…


A big congratulations to Prof. Alex Fornito (Alex Fornito), who will be presenting the Isaac Schweitzer Lecture at #BPA2025 👏👏 Don't forget to save the dates - 26-28th of October, 2025, The Florey



What’s in store for #ANA2025? • Interactive panel discussion on research translation, including input from individuals with lived experience 🧠🐀 • Speed networking ⚡️ • High energy data blitz 🎆 • Panel discussion on career pathways 👩🔬 Register now! url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Dy7lCk81N9t5…