Last updated: 10 Feb 2012
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Co-Directors' Message
We're looking forward to continuing to collaborate with our partners in research and education in the community. Our statewide flagship projects on the Tasmanian Healthy Brain and Teaching Aged Care Facilities will continue to expand over the coming months, producing data of great value towards a better understanding of the trajectory of dementia and improved care of people with dementia.
Feature Project
Dr Anna King investigates the cell biology of nerve processes or axons, determining the causes of their dysfunction and degeneration in diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. Anna uses novel cell culture models to investigate how nerves' cell processes respond to pathological conditions in disease and in developing therapeutic agents to protect them, and how the protective nerve process sheath, myelin, is involved in AD.
News
Neuroscientists from the Wicking Centre attended the 32nd Australian Neuroscience Society meeting on the Gold Coast in January 2012. Plenary speaker Dr Feng Zhang, a leader in the field of optogenetics, shared his work on utilising the genetic power of microorganisms to enable us to probe the secrets of neuronal circuitry and understand the workings of the brain.
Upcoming Events
As we put together a calendar of events for the year, we continue to seek opportunities to collaborate with professionals working in the field of dementia research and education. Australian Association of Gerontology Tasmania is a valued partner of the Wicking Centre and a 23 March social evening is planned in Hobart. Please contact Di Carter or phone the Wicking Centre 1800 982 600.
Profile
Dr Anna King became a Wicking Centre Research Fellow in 2011 having been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship funded by Alzheimer’s Australia Research. A graduate from the University of Durham in the UK, and having worked in the molecular biology unit of the Heart Research Institute in Sydney, Anna began her postdoctoral studies at UTAS in 2004 in the Department of Pathology.
How Can You Help?
Do you want to make a difference? You can consider us when writing your will. However small or large your legacy to the UTAS Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre Trust, every dollar goes to support important dementia research and education, as we prepare Tasmania for the increased number of people with dementia. For more information please contact Di Carter on 0418 540 558.
