School of Translational Medicine News Blog

12 Feb 2020

4-10 Feb 2020 Central Clinical School recent publications

2019 Tarlinton group L-R: Mr Sean Lim, Ms Alexandra Dvorscek,

Dr Isaak Quast, Dr Erica Brodie, Ms Kristy O'Donnell,

Dr Zoe Ding, Professor David Tarlinton, Ms Cathy Pitt,

Dr Marcus Robinson, Ms Rohia Farighi, Ms Darshana Cherian,

Ms Penny Konstandopoulos, Dr Dimitra Zotos.

The bolded group members are authors of a publication

on B cell behaviour in Cell Reports.

Recent publications as notified by PubMed from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. This is not a comprehensive list:

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases
Diabetes
Immunology and Pathology
Infectious Diseases
Medicine - Alfred
Medicine - Peninsula
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Surgery

Congratulations to Dr CK Yao on her Angela McAvoy Research Scholarship

Dr CK Yao

Source: www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au/research/cca-grants-awards/angela-mcavoy-fellowship/

Congratulations to Dr CK Yao, an experienced research dietitian in the Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University, who has been awarded a prestigious three-year scholarship by the Crohn’s & Colitis Australia (CCA) national peak patient body.

A Research Scholarship of $25,000 per year for 3 years is offered in recognition of the pioneering work of Angela McAvoy AM, who founded CCA.

Dr Jyoti Prasad

Congratulations to Dr Jyoti Prasad on the award of her PhD on 5 February 2020! Jyoti was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for her thesis, "Defining clinically meaningful outcomes in Pulmonary Fibrosis".

Jyoti was supervised by Professor Glen Westall, Professor Anne Holland and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Ian Glaspole in CCS's Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, and of Medicine.

Participants sought: Balance development for Parkinson's patients using a Reviver

Dr Ben Sinclair supervising a participant

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) involves a range of motor deficits which can be treated with physical activity. The Reviver is an Australian-developed vestibular-stimulation, isometric-exercise machine which allows impaired individuals to perform isometric exercise far beyond their unassisted capacity.

We aim to test whether an intervention using the Reviver can improve the symptoms of PD, and to discern the physiological and neural underpinnings of any such improvement.

Contact Dr Ben Sinclair:
Email ben.sinclair@monash.edu, ph 02 95242188, Web www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/neuroscience/research/law-group/ben-sinclair

Participants sought: Have you been affected by miscarriage?

Seeking those affected by miscarriage for study on improving support

Have you been affected by miscarriage? Women, partners and family members affected by miscarriage more than 3 months ago but within the last 2 years are invited to participate in a research study to help gain a better understanding of what information, advice, support and resources would be most helpful after miscarriage. Participants are invited to be part of a community discussion on how we can improve miscarriage support. One on one interviews can also be arranged. Any information you provide to us is strictly confidential.

The National Drug Discovery Centre (NDDC) is open to the whole Australian medical research community, to increase Australian medical researchers’ ability to address critical early challenges in the drug discovery pipeline.

The NDCC is holding a free information session 11 am -12 noon Tuesday 18 Feb at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Clayton, and Q&A for researchers wishing to apply for highly subsidised (90%) high-throughput screenings to advance their drug discovery projects. Register for session.

10 Feb 2020

Position vacant: Research Fellow - Membrane Protein Biochemistry and Structure

The Hamilton Lab in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases are looking for a Research Fellow - Membrane Protein Biochemistry and Structure. Please see LinkedIn post for detail:

www.linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/1713565315