Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Wrobel for receiving his degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Wrobel for receiving his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Jeremy's thesis, "Pulmonary hupertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 11 March 2014. Jeremy was supervised by Professor Trevor Williams and A/Professor Bruce Thompson who both work at Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed).

Best wishes to PhD graduate Perdita Cheshire on receiving her degree

Congratulations to Dr Perdita Cheshire for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Perdita's thesis, "Is dysfunction of the serotonin system responsible for L-DOPA induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease?", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 4 March 2014. Perdita was supervised by Professor Elsdon Storey and A/Professor David Williams who both work in the Van Cleef Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases.

Congratulations to PhD graduate Chindu Govindaraj for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Well done to Dr Chindu Govindaraj for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Chindu's thesis, "The role of TNFR2+ regulatory T cells in cancer", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Wednesday 19 February 2014. Chindu was supervised by Professor Magdalena Plebanski, Dr Andrew Spencer (Associate), Dr Andrew Wei (Associate) and Professor Michael Anthony Quinn (External). Professor Magdalena Plebanski is head of the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Laboratory.

Well done to Danielle Michell for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Well done to Dr Danielle Michell for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Danielle's thesis, "Hypertension induced inflammation in the endothelium: The signalling pathways involved", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 28 January 2014. Danielle was supervised by Dr Jaye Chin-Dusting and Ms Karen Leanne Andrews who head the Vascular Pharmacology research group at Baker IDI.

Congratulations to PhD graduate Nigel Rogasch on the award of his degree

Well done to Dr Nigel Rogasch for receiving his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Nigel's thesis, "The relationship between depression and dysfunctional coordination of neural activity as measured by EEG Activity", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Monday 27 January 2014. Nigel was supervised by Professer Paul Fitzgerald who is the Deputy Director and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre.

Congratulations to Dr Amanda Au on the award of her degree

Congratulations to Amanda Au on being awarded her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Amanda's thesis, "Investigating the effects of platelet-released factors (PRFs) on the brain", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 7 January 2014. Amanda was supervised by A/Prof Robert Medcalf and Dr Andre Samson who head the Fibrinolysis and Gene Regulation Laboratory.

Congratulations to PhD graduate Devy Deliyanti on the award of her degree

Congratulations to Dr Devy Deliyanti, who has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Devy's thesis, "An evaluation of aldosterone's pathogenic role in the ischemic and diabetic retina", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 7 January 2014. Devy was supervised by Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka and Dr Antonia Miller who are based at the Diabetes and Vascular Biology Laboratory.

Congratulations to PhD graduate Nick Lam on the award of his degree

Congratulations to Nicholas Lam, who has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Nicholas's thesis, "Cardiac regeneration: effect of nerve growth factor", was accepted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 11 March 2014. Nicholas was supervised by Professor David Kaye, BakerIDI, who heads up the Heart Failure Research Group.

Simulating the blood-brain barrier in vitro to stop stroke drug side effects

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Dr Be'eri Niego and Professor Medcalf published an article in 2013 on a method for simulating the blood brain barrier (BBB), in particular to see how to prevent stroke drug side effects. They describe an improved technique for preparation of a contact BBB model, which permits coculturing of human astrocytes and brain endothelial cells on the opposite sides of a porous membrane. It has an associated video prepared by the Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE), interviewing the authors and showing the techniques - hands-on scientific research. Note: only subscribers can view the video. Article link:  http://ow.ly/uzEX0