AMMS and AMAS Technical Meeting

The Advanced Material Characterisation (AMC) Facility is hosting a talk by Professor Bob Price as part of the AMMS and AMAS Technical Meeting.

Title:           

Some aspects of imaging in colon cancer research 
(Confocal and EM Research)

Speaker:      

Professor Bob Price,

Research Professor, Developmental Biology & Anatomy

Department Cell Biology and Anatomy 
School of Medicine 
University of South Carolina

When:        

Monday 10^th of February 2014

4.30pm-5.00pm Welcome drinks with Speaker

5.00pm-6.00pm Talk by Professor Bob Price
6.00pm to 6.30pm Drinks with Speaker

Where:    
University of Western Sydney
School of Science an Health
Parramatta North Campus
Building LZ.G.14
Cnr Pemberton Street and Victoria Road, Rydalmere NSW 2116
(Parking is available on the campus for $6)

RSVP: 

Friday 7^th of February 2014 to Richard Wuhrer (Richard.Wuhrer@uws.edu.au)

Some aspects of imaging in colon cancer research (Confocal and EM Research)

Abstract: Investigators in the Center for Colon Cancer Research at the University of South Carolina use the APC^Min/+ mouse model to address a number of questions concerning the development of tumors, organization of tumor vasculature, and structural changes in peripheral muscle as a result of weight loss (cachexia) associated with tumor development. In this presentation I will briefly address aspects of the confocal and electron microscopy studies we have performed to study this important model of colon cancer. The APC^Min/+ mouse is a genetic model of gastrointestinal tumorigenesis that involves the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. Mice that are heterozygous for this allele spontaneously develop multiple adenomatous polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract. This phenotype is similar to that found in humans with familial adenomatous polyposis, an inherited form of colon cancer. The same gene is mutated in a majority of sporadic human colorectal cancers [1]. Various forms of imaging are important in study of the model and ongoing microscopy projects examining the distribution of bone marrow derived cell (BMDC)  infiltration of intestinal tumors, vascular casting and in vivo confocal imaging of tumor vasculature, and ultrastructural changes that occur in skeletal muscle associated with cachexia in the model will be described.

Biography: Professor Bob Price is the Research Professor for the Developmental Biology & Anatomy within the Department Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina. Bob is also the Editor, Biological Applications, Microscopy and Microanalysis and the Editor-in-Chief, Microscopy and Microanalysis, The Journal of the Microscopy Society of America.

Dr. Price has managed core biotechnology facilities for more than 27 years and has extensive training and research experience in a variety of microscopy technologies including light, confocal scanning laser, and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. He has received a number of research and equipment grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association related to heart development, colon cancer, and various imaging technologies. He has also reviewed grants for NIH, the National Science Foundation, AHA and other granting agencies that involve imaging technology. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Microscopy and Microanalysis, the journal of the Microscopy Society of America and the Official Journal of AMMS, has recently co-authored a book on confocal microscopy “Basic Confocal Microscopy” published through Springer, and in 2012 was elected as a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America.

For further information regarding the AMC Facility Please visit our website http://www.uws.edu.au/innovation/home/instrumentation

Youth Science Forum

In January each year, the University of Western Sydney hosts a three day residential workshop that is a mixture of science, leadership development and fun, for high achieving science students entering Year 12.

This year the Advanced Materials Characterisation Facility (AMCF) will be assisting with the Youth Science Forum and providing a Scanning electron microscopy workshop.

Enter Natures “Nano World” using the Scanning Electron Microscope

Students will have the opportunity to get some hands on experience using the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), looking into the “nano world” of insects and plants. Students will be able to compare the magnification and resolution of the SEM with a normal light microscope and take some memorable pictures of such fascinating things such as the eye and antenna of an ant. These pictures will then be printed in both colour and 3D, and students can keep them as a memento of their visit to the “nano world”!

More information about the Youth Science Forum can be found at http://www.uws.edu.au/ssh/school_of_science_and_health/news/youth_science_forum_at_uws

UWS Innovation Inventor Awards

As a way of recognising and rewarding the University’s valued inventors, UWS Innovation hosted their third annual UWS Inventor Reward Function on Tuesday 17^th December.

Many of the rewards from patenting take quite some time to be realised, either in the form of granted patents and/or hopefully the commercialisation of the IP.

 

The UWS Inventor mug is given to recognise their contribution to the UWS intellectual property portfolio and be presented with the Universities gratitude.

The University would like to thank all of its inventors for their hard work and innovative ideas throughout 2013.

For more information about intellectual property or commercialisation within UWS please visit our website at 

www.uws.edu.au/innovate or contact UWS Innovation at ip@uws.edu.au.

UWS Intellectual Property Evaluation Panel

This year’s final Intellectual Property Evaluation Panel held on the 29^th of November was a great success. The best and brightest inventors within the University were able to present their inventions to an eclectic panel of experts, entrepreneurs and University representatives in the hopes of securing IP protection and/or funding for their research. The panel assesses the commercial potential of ground-breaking research coming out of the University, with the aim of aiding researchers to protect their ideas and take them to market.

We were fortunate to again have the expertise of UWS academics and industry to evaluate our research potential.  The diverse backgrounds of the panelists allowed for comprehensive understanding, analysis and recommendations. We would like to thank our generous panel members of the day David Adamthwaite (Adams Pluck), Jarred Shein (M.H. Carnegie & Co), Dr Jeremy Chrisp (Jeremy Chrisp & Associates), Assoc Prof Dennis Chang (School of Science and Health), Assoc Prof Terry Sloan (UWS School of Business), Debra Bailey (ORS), Fiona Montebello (UWS Lawyer), Peter Malecki (UWS Commercial Lawyer), Prof Deborah Sweeney (Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Health and Science) and Dr Kathryn Sunn (UWSI Chair).

This panel saw presentations coming out of the School of Science and Health, the School of Medicine and the MARCS Institute. We would like to congratulate all the inventors that took part in our IP panel for their outstanding presentations and for all winning the support of the University to commercialise their ideas.

This blog will keep you up to date with progress of the inventions as they continue along the exciting path to commercialisation.

Our Intellectual Property Evaluation Panels are held every quarter throughout the year and we will be announcing the dates for the 2014 IP Panels early next year.

In the mean time if you would like to let us know about a project you are working on that may lead to the development of Intellect Property feel free to contact us at ip@uws.edu.au

If you have invented something and would like to get patent protection or prototyping funds to develop your idea further please fill out our intellectual property disclosure form www.uws.edu.au/innovation/home/ip_management_and_investment

If you are interested in licensing or development opportunities please refer to our web site: 

UWS Innovation  or contact us on ip@uws.edu.au.