DINNER: ASMR MRW(R) Gala Dinner

The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)WA Branch invites you to share and enjoy the fellowship of the health and medical research community at our annual gala dinner to celebrate ASMR medical research week (MRW®)

Friday 10th June – 6:30pm for 7pm start Ballroom - Duxton Hotel Perth Cost: $110/head or $100/student ASMR member tables in settings of ten) includes three course meal with drinks Dress: Cocktail

The Keynote Speaker and ASMR Medallist for 2016 is Prof Theodore Berger of Viterbi School of Engineering,University of Southern California, USA

Theodore (Ted) Berger is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. He could be described as a ‘neuroprosthetics pioneer’, leading a multi- disciplinary collaboration to develop a microchip-based neural prosthesis for the hippocampus, a region of the brain responsible for long-term memory. Damage to the hippocampus is frequently associated with epilepsy, stroke, and dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease), and is thought to underlie the memory deficits characteristic of these neurological conditions.