SEMINAR: �Membrane Trafficking in Skeletal Disease: Lessons Learned from Brain to Bone�

Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos completed his PhD (Cell Biology) at the University of Western Australia in 2005. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis USA and carried out his post-doctoral training in the Department of Neurobiology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany as a NHMRC CJ Martin (Biomedical) Research Fellow. He returned to UWA in 2010 and currently heads the Cellular Orthopaedic Laboratory within the Centre for Orthopaedic Research. His research interests include deciphering the membrane trafficking machinery of mammalian cells and their contribution to human disease with particular emphasis on bone-resorbing osteoclasts, which underpin several debilitating bone disorders such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and Paget’s disease.

His current research is supported by the NHMRC and has attracted several distinguished local and international awards including the Roger Merlick Young Investigator Award (ANZBMS), Webster Jee Young Investigator Award (ICHTS) and Raine Research Prize. He currently serves as Treasurer for the Australian Society for Orthopaedic Research and is a committee member for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society.