Congratulations Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa and Dr Rhys Brady!

Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa

Congratulations to Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa and Dr Rhys Brady for their respective awards from the American Epilepsy Society and the Scientific Program Committee.

Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa was awarded the 2018 Suzanne and Peter Berry International Travel Award, whilst Dr Rhys Brady received the 2018 Young Investigator Award.

Welcome to Professor Meng Law, Department of Neuroscience!

Professor Meng Law, new research
group leader in Dept of Neuroscience

Welcome to our new research group leader, Professor Meng Law!

Meng undertook his undergraduate and specialty training here but has been working in the USA for almost 20 years.  He comes to us most recently from the USC Keck Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where he has been since 2009.  He is the Director of Neuroradiology, Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Director, Director of NIA USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Neuroimaging Core and Medical Director of the Stevens Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics there and also the Professor of Radiology, Neurology & Neurological Surgery USC Keck School of Medicine as well as Professor of Biomedical Engineering USC Viterbi School of Engineering. 

Improving gender imbalance at The Conversation

Could your research be the next big thing on
The Conversation?

The Conversation is hoping to improve a gender imbalance in the authors of their stories. They recently reported that less than 30% of pitches for their Science and Technology section came from women.

Photo of the week: Motherhood and scholarship

MAPrc PhD student Elizabeth Thomas with her baby daughter

Does having a baby mean your ambitions have to go on hold? Not as far as Elizabeth Thomas, a PhD student at Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) is concerned.

What's on at CCS 10-14 September 2018

Dr Carolyn Breadon, PhD candidate
at MAPrc,11.30 am Mon 10 Sep

Central Clinical School (CCS) has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. Event notices are posted on the CCS Events calendar.

CCS staff and students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and Graduate Research Student calendars) and deadlines, at the CCS intranet's Announcements page.

See CCS seminar index:  www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/headlines/events-calendar

What's on at CCS 10-14 September 2018

Mon	10/09/2018	►	11:30	PhD confirmation milestone - Carolyn Breadon
		►	12:00	Neuroscience seminar series CANCELLED
Tue	11/09/2018	►	11:00	MPhil Confirmation Milestone: Ing Tiong
Wed	12/09/2018	►	11:30	Seminar: Christina Begka
Thur	13/09/2018	►	11:30	Journal Club: Jade Jaffar
			12:00	Alfred Grand Rounds: Controversies in aged care

Save the date! 12 November 2018 CCS graduate research symposium

You are invited to attend a symposium held by, and for, PhD and Masters students at the Central Clinical School’s 2018 Annual Graduate Research Symposium - the 11th in the annual series - and be a part of the most interactive, student run event of the year.

Join us for a variety of presentations from postgraduate students around Central Clinical School.

Recent CCS publications: 1 - 7 September 2018

ACBD research group working on leukaemia stem cells. L-R: Ms Loretta Cerruti, A/Prof Stephen Ting, Ms Jacqueline Boyle, A/Prof David Curtis,  Dr Cedric Tremblay,   Dr Stefan Sonderegger, Dr Emma Toulmin, Dr Christina Tebartz,   Ms Jesslyn Saw, Mr Andrej Terzic, Ms Michelle Karlik,  Ms Ashlee Conway.  The bolded names are co-authors on a recent paper investigating pre-leukaemia stem cell mutations. 

Cure rates for acute leukemia have not improved over the last 20 years. One explanation for this lack of progress is the existence of rare leukemic cells that escape chemotherapy. Using genetically modified mice that can track cells according to their cycling kinetics, we found that dormant leukemic cells are essential for the progression of the disease. Most importantly, we show that these dormant cells escape chemotherapy and lead to recurrence of the disease in acute leukemia. This work will identify new ways to eliminate these therapy-resistant cells and improve cure rates for patients with acute leukemia.

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the following departments. Note, browse down this entry for complete publications list. Linked headings for each section are to the departments' home pages.

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases

Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)

Diabetes

Infectious Diseases

Medicine

Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)

Surgery (including CORE)

National Trauma Research Institute (Trauma)