PROGRAM

VETERINARY SCIENCE IN THE NEW CENTURY - Wednesday, 28th July 2010


9.30  Early Coffee
10.00 

Opening Session; Welcome & Introduction 
Prof Rosanne Taylor, Dean Faculty of Veterinary Science
Prof Jill Trewhella, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research
A/Prof Peter Williamson, Faculty Associate Dean for Research

10.30  Tangible Solutions From Innovative Poultry Science (pdf)
Associate Professor Aaron Cowieson. Director, Poultry Research Foundation
11.00  Morning Tea
11.30 

Sydney Dairy Science: Integrating Sustainability Productivity and Health (pdf)
Associate Professor Sergio Garcia, Director, Dairy Research Foundation

11.50  Veterinary Public Health: Capacities and Opportunities (pdf)
Professor Michael Ward, Farm Animal and Veterinary Public Health
12.10  The Mysterious Case of Vanishing Drug Concentrations in Koalas (pdf)
Dr Merran Govendir, Thomson Fellow & Senior Lecturer Veterinary Pharmacology
12.30  Repair and Regeneration of Tissue (pdf)
Professor Ken Johnson, Director of Orthopaedics University of Sydney, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
1.00  Lunch 
2.30  Companion Animal Genetics and Genomics (pdf)
Professor Claire Wade, Chair of Animal Genetics and Computational Biology
2.50  From Simple to Complex and From Free Living to Parasitic (pdf)
Dr Jan Slapeta, Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology Veterinary Parasitology
3.10  Linking Clinical Practice & Research (pdf)
Associate Professor Vanessa Barrs, Small Animal Medicine, University Of Sydney teaching Hospital
3.55 The Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre: Achieving the Mission (pdf)
Associate Professor David Phalen, Director, Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre 
4.15 Wildlife Genomics: Advances and Advantages (pdf)
Associate Professor Kathy Belov, ARC Future Fellow. Australian Wildlife Genomics Group 
4.35  Livestock Health, Production and Welfare: a Ménage a Trois of International Opportunity (pdf)
Professor Peter Windsor, Livestock Health and Production 
4.55  Is Genomics Delivering on its Promises? (pdf)
Professor Herman Raadsma, ReproGen 
5.25  Closing Remarks
6.00  Evening Reception Followed By The JD Stewart Address
Professor Christopher Goodnow, John Curtin School Of Medical Research, Australian National University