Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour Collaboration
In June 2005 Newcastle University signed an agreement with Monash University in Melbourne Australia to establish collaboration and cooperation in biomedical sciences. One of the areas identified was neuroscience and under this agreement collaboration has begun between the Institute of Neuroscience in Newcastle and the Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour (MUCBB), part of the Monash University Neuroscience and Mental Health Network.
The MUCBB was established in 2003 and conducts leading-edge research and clinical investigation in key areas of neuroscience, including:
- Alzheimer's disease
- autism
- stroke and brain injury
- sensory physiology
- cognition
- control of movement
- bipolar affective disorder
- schizophrenia
The collaboration with the Institute of Neuroscience will focus on areas of psychobiology, particularly involving the application of PET imaging to determine dysfunctions in disorders, and in systems neuroscience, particularly in visual and auditory neuroscience.
In February 2006 researchers from Newcastle and Monash met at the Monash University Prato Centre in Italy for Planning Meeting. This identified neuroscience as a key area for an inter-University partnership. In July 2007 a joint conference entitled "Connecting the Hemispheres" was held in Marysville near Melbourne. This conference initiated a number of collaborative research projects which are now being pursued. View a brief conference report (PDF: 649KB).
