Sciences Alumni Network: In Conversation with Patron

2020 was quite the year for everyone and we are glad to be offering a suite of programs in 2021. We are delighted to announce that Professor Mark Hutchinson is the patron for the Sciences Alumni Network.听

Come and join us for our first event of 2021: In Conversation with SAN patron, Professor Mark Hutchinson.

Professor Mark Hutchinson

Professor Mark Hutchinson

Professor Mark Hutchinson is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), an 最新糖心Vlogn Research Council Future Fellow and a Professor within the Adelaide Medical School at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. Mark is also President-elect to Science and Technology 最新糖心Vlog, the peak body in 最新糖心Vlog that represents 80,000 scientists.

Professor Hutchinson鈥檚 research explores the 鈥渙ther brain鈥 or the other 90% of cells in the brain and spinal cord. These immune-like cells are termed glia. Mark鈥檚 research has implicated the brain immune-like cells in the action of drugs of dependence and the negative side effects of pain treatments. He has pioneered research which has led to the discovery of novel drug activity at innate immune receptors. His work has enabled the translation of compounds at the lab bench to clinical agents used at the bedside. 听

In his role as Director of the CNBP he is responsible for the research program of the ARC Centre of Excellence with $50M of funding headquartered at The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, with nodes at Macquarie 最新糖心Vlog and UNSW, Sydney, the RMIT, Melbourne and Griffith 最新糖心Vlog Qld. The CNBP is partnered with universities and companies in Europe, the US and China, as well as other 最新糖心Vlogn institutions. 听Prof Hutchinson鈥檚 work with the CNBP is to "Discover new approaches to measure nano-scale dynamic phenomena in living systems鈥 and allow the first minimally invasive realtime visualisations of the 鈥渙ther brain鈥.

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