Neuroscience@Monash Career pathways - what are my post-PhD options?

Neuroscience@Monash Career pathways - what are my post-PhD options? presenters. L-R, top to bottom: Dr Bridgette Semple, Department of Neuroscience was MC; Panellists Dr Karen McConalogue, Dr Brittany Howard, Dr Anthony Filippis, Dr Bernd Merkel, Professor Terry O'Brien (who closed the session together with Professor James Bourne), Dr Heidi Nicholl, Dr Wee-Ming Boon. 

The Neuroscience@Monash Career pathways - what are my post-PhD options? event held yesterday was very successful, with over 200 registrants and 156 attending. 

Shifting focus on Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout

by Michael Lydeamore
Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred, and Central Clinical School

Reproduced from Monash Lens 3 August 2021

Australia’s vaccine rollout has been the topic of much criticism. Having one of the lowest coverages among high socio-economic countries, many have been asking when the marathon will end – although it’s “not a race”.

Award for Master Surgeon Educators Jonathan Serpell and Tony Buzzard

A/Prof Anthony Buzzard

Prof Jonathan Serpell

Congratulations to Associate Professor Tony Buzzard and Professor Jonathan Serpell, who were elected into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.

This very prestigious Academy is limited to Surgeon Educators who have demonstrated leadership and outstanding surgical educational contributions at a local, national and international level. 

Taking 'trial and error' out of epilepsy treatment

Neural architecture of an organoid. Neuronal cell bodies are red,
dendrites are green, axons are white, blue labels the nucleus of
astrocytes and senescent cells.
Image: Ben Rollo, PERSIST Associate Investigator

Enabling innovative research that cuts across multiple scientific and clinical disciplines in order to address urgent unmet health care needs is what the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) scheme was designed to do, and is doing exactly that with its recently announced funding for a project to help patients with epilepsy.

By combining their expertise in  human stem cell biology, clinical epilepsy and artificial intelligence scientists from the University of Queensland and Monash University will identify effective treatments for people with epilepsy more efficiently.