Video of the week: Cancer Therapeutics CRC receives award

Melbourne-based drug developer Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) has received an award for excellence in recognition of its work on novel oncology drug candidates, based on early research conducted at Monash University. The video features Monash researchers Professor Stephen Jane, Associate Professor David Curtis and Dr Paul Stupple. For more detail see award feature story.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTWGorPctys

What's on at CCS 29 May - 2 June 2017

Dimitra Zotos at the 2017 DoI

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

CCS staff & 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. Various departments have their own calendars.

See CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on

Mon	29/05/2017	►	12:30	Alfred Psychiatry Grand Round Presentation
Tue	30/05/2017	►	16:00	Department of Diabetes Student Journal Club
Wed	31/05/2017	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar: Dimitra Zotos
Thur	01/06/2017	►	11:30	Cutting Edge Journal Club: Mahtab Pavaresh
		►	12:00	The Alfred Grand Round: Dr Mark Voskoboinik

CCS Publications update: 19 – 26 May 2017

The incidence of diabetes mellitus is rising in youth in the USA.
Nat. Review Endocrinol. article. Image: Rinky Dink Images/Getty

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD), Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (APOM), Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed), Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Immunology and Pathology, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc).

Monash researchers urge more action on thunderstorm asthma

There is a confluence of meteorological and seasonal factors
in thunderstorm asthma. Harm can be minimized with alerts
and planning. Image: Better Health Channel

by Anne Crawford

Monash University researchers say there is an urgent need to highlight the physiological mechanisms underlying thunderstorm-related asthma to mitigate against an event such as last year’s catastrophic epidemic in Melbourne occurring again.

The freak asthma thunderstorm on 21 November 2016 left nine Victorians dead, caused more than 9,900 patients to present to hospitals, and overwhelmed ambulance and emergency services. It was the most lethal of its kind on record.

Cancer drug developer wins award for Monash-initiated protein research

Professor Stephen Jane first discovered
the importance of the enzyme PRMT5

by Anne Crawford

Melbourne-based drug developer Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) has received a sought-after award in recognition of its work on novel oncology drug candidates, based on early research conducted at Monash University.

CTx received the Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) Association’s Award for Excellence in Innovation, presented at the Association’s annual awards dinner at Parliament House in Canberra on 24 May.

Translational Research Symposium Speaker Spotlight: Dr C. Glenn Begley

Dr C. Glenn Begley

Monash University's 3rd annual Translational Research Symposium is being hosted by its three metropolitan clinical schools on 31 July 2017. The symposium will host a diverse group of medical researchers presenting their work into translational research. RSVP here.

Dr C. Glenn Begley will be speaking at the event. He has recently been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Biocurate, a joint venture between Monash University and the University of Melbourne in drug discoveries.

Welcome to our 2017 CCS PhD students!

Monash CCS new PhD enrolments for 2017. L-R: Anna Beale, Muthukumar Mohan, Gerard Pernes, Rose Brazilek, Michelle Flynn, Cassandra Castelino, Mary Ajamian, Amy Wilson, Laura Moffitt, Jaclyn Lange, Professor Robert Medcalf (Graduate Research Coordinator), Rania Hashad. Absent: Hassan Albargy, Robert Cooper, Sarah Gutman, Sarah Janssens, Michael Keating, Rosie Latimer,  Sourabh Mahta, Ethan Oxley, Larissa Ratten, Jeeva Sanjeevan, Amy Searle, Lakshanie Wickramasinghe, Abbey Willcox, Osanna Wong.

Welcome to our new CCS graduate students! We have a large group this year with 24 new PhD students so far enrolled. Please make them feel welcome. See 2017 details below, and more about all of our graduate research students: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/hdr-students.html