Professor Fabienne Mackay’s laboratory has received a generous £200,000 grant from the prestigious Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) to study the causes of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and potential new therapeutic strategies. CLL is the most common adult leukaemia in the developed world and still has no cure. Affected patients have severely compromised immunity, leaving them vulnerable to recurrent infections, which are a major cause of death. The underlying cause of CLL remains elusive, limiting current treatment options.
25 Oct 2013
2014 NHMRC grant announcements at AMREP by the Prime Minister
"What am I looking at?" |
Prime Minister, the Hon. Tony Abbott, Federal Health Minister the Hon.
Peter Dutton and Victorian Health Minister, the Hon. David Davis
announced the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
grants across eight schemes in Melbourne on Wednesday 23 October at the AMREP
Precinct. See Gallery. Mr Abbott (pictured with Prof David Curtis) did a tour of Central Clinical School laboratories prior to the announcement. CCS was awarded $5m in project grants and $2.1m in Fellowships. Please see below summary of successful NHMRC applications from CCS which will begin in 2014.
24 Oct 2013
Video: Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc)
The Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre has created a suite of videos describing their research. Pictured is Professor Susan Rossell, a cognitive neuropsychologist who researches the cognitive and neurobiological processes involved in psychosis. See the MAPrc playlist at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77QJnB61-H4mAV1ABlkL7uoZHqaX_4Ag
23 Oct 2013
Review: Head injury prevention for bicyclists - helmets make a difference
Peter Cameron, Frank McDermott and Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld write in the 21 Oct issue of the MJA how wearing helmets does improve cyclists' safety in the event of accidents. "There is good evidence that preventing head injuries in cyclists will prevent most major morbidity and mortality... [H]elmet wearing appreciably lessens the risk of serious injury and death in bicycle crashes..." Link.
Congratulations: Andrew Guirguis wins Baikie Medal at Australian Haematology Conference
Congratulations to Andrew Guirguis, a PhD student in Prof David Curtis's lab in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, won the Baikie Medal and $3000. The HSANZ Albert Baikie Memorial Medal is given for the best oral presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting by a new investigator. It was awarded on Wednesday 23 October at the Australian Haematology Conference (known as HAA, which stands for HSANZ / ANZSBT / ASTH) held this year in the Gold Coast. See more:
http://www.hsanz.org.au/resources/documents/2009HSANZAlbertBaikieAward.pdf
http://www.hsanz.org.au/resources/documents/2009HSANZAlbertBaikieAward.pdf
21 Oct 2013
Lancet review: The end of AIDS:HIV infection as a chronic disease
Professor Sharon Lewin |
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