Video of the Week: Diabetes and its complications - 2017 CCS Public Lecture by Professor Mark Cooper

2017 Central Clinical School public lecture by Professor Mark Cooper AO, on "Changing the way we treat diabetes and its complications". See more:

• Video: https://youtu.be/GpHEQgyDKs8 (53:15 mins)
• Lecture description: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/headlines/events-calendar/2017-public-lecture-cooper
• Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/ccsmonash/changing-the-way-we-treat-diabetes-and-its-complications-public-lecture
• Department of Diabetes: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/diabetes/about-us
• Photo gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VMvzSDrnw9U8bkdv1

What's on at CCS

Paul Gill is presenting on
Thursday 9 Nov

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.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on at CCS 6-10 Nov 2017

Mon	06/11/2017	►	cob	Monash Micro Imaging photo competition close
Tue	07/11/2017	►	14:30	Melbourne Cup afternoon teas - various
Wed	08/11/2017	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar- Erica Brodie
Thur	09/11/2017	►	11:30	Cutting Edge Journal Club: Paul Gill
		►	12:00	The Alfred Grand Round: Dr Evan Symons
Fri	10/11/2017	►	all day	ACBD Symposium

Recent CCS publications: 28 Oct-3 Nov 2017

Prof Wendy Brown in theatre.
Wendy has two publications
this week on bariatric surgery

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.

• Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRMed)
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) 
• Centre for Obesity Research and Education
• Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)
• Medicine
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)
• Neuroscience
• Surgery 

Cancer drug may aid diabetic complications

Dr Haloom Rafehi

by Anne Crawford

Developing new drugs is an expensive, time-consuming and labour-intensive process.

As costs skyrocket, drug repurposing or repositioning – a process by which existing, clinically approved drugs are repurposed for different conditions – is attracting increasing interest.

A new study by Monash University scientists from the Department of Diabetes investigated the approach and found a group of such drugs that could potentially be used to help counter diabetic complications.

Teaching an old molecule new tricks; study a potential game-changer for MS research

Drs Jae Young Lee and Steven Petratos, first and last authors
respectively on the paper

by Anne Crawford

Monash University researchers have developed – and patented – a small molecule that holds promise as a drug to help treat diseases affecting motor control, including Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Led by Dr Steven Petratos, the researchers investigated the molecule, called DITPA, in a rare disorder called Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). The condition, which starts developing before birth, causes psychomotor retardation, whereby the person cannot control movement in their body and can have severe intellectual disability. It is inherited via a genetic mutation and only affects males.

CCS Postgraduate Symposium - 17 November, All invited!

Professor Paul Zimmet competing in the No-Bell prize
competition at the 2016 Postgraduate symposium

You're invited to attend the 9th annual Central Clinical School Post Graduate Symposium. The event aims to improve the visibility of students and their research projects on a larger scale and celebrate their achievements. They not only make the presentations, they run the show!

The day involves oral and poster presentations by postgraduate students, as well as fun activities for supervisors. There is an audience voted winner as well. Make sure you come along and support our students!

For more information about the day, see here.

2017 Symposium details
Date:  Friday 17th November, 2017
Time: 10am - 3pm (includes morning tea and lunch)
Venue: Lecture Theatre, level 5, Alfred Centre
Enquiries: Student services ccs.hdr@monash.edu
RSVP to attend by 10 November
Abstract submission by 10 November

Congratulations to 2017 Data Innovation Award Winner, Professor Helmut Butzkueven

Prof Helmut Butzkueven receiving Research
Australia's Data Innovation award

Professor Helmut Butzkueven is joining the new Monash Department of Neurosciences. His work was recently recognised in  Research Australia's annual awards in the category of Data Innovation. Professor Butzkueven is an academic neurologist specialising in management of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and real-world MS outcomes research.  

See full story at:
researchaustralia.org/2017-data-innovation-award-winner-professor-helmut-butzkueven/