Today, Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino announced that all of Victoria will be subject to a “circuit-breaker” lockdown for seven days as a result of the most recent COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak currently contains 26 known cases, with health authorities expecting more to roll in over the next few days.
27 May 2021
Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdown: Getting ahead of the spread
by Dr Michael Lydeamore, Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Central Clinical School
18-24 May 2021 Central Clinical School recent publications
This week we have a feature story on Dr Sonika Tyagi's research on multimodal analysis of potential targets for SARS-CoV-2 |
Identifying likely targets for SARS-CoV-2 using multimodal data analysis
Dr Sonika Tyagi, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Infectious Diseases |
Because the biology of this virus is very complex, researchers are still working to identify drug target molecules. Dr Sonika Tyagi, Department of Infectious Diseases, is senior author on a paper published 24 May. She said, "We are a fair way off from developing a drug that can cure the COVID-19 disease. What we do know is that a new drug will need to stop the function of the virus, which is usually through a protein directly linked with the disease."
Congratulations to our 3MT contestants in the CCS heat!
Around 80 attended the CCS 3MT heat - congratulations to all involved - the speakers, the MC, the judges, and Sharmila Ramesh! |
25 May 2021
HPV vaccine shows success in gay, bisexual men
A study by Monash University and Alfred Health found a 70 per cent reduction in one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in gay and bisexual men after the implementation of the school-based HPV vaccination program.
The HYPER2 study, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, and led by Associate Professor Eric Chow, found there was a significant reduction in all four vaccine-preventable genotypes in gay/bisexual men aged 16-20 years following the introduction of the vaccine for boys in 2013.
International grant for getting to zero new HIV infections in Australia
A/Prof Jason Ong has received a Gilead 'Getting to Zero' grant for improving access to HIV PrEP for newly arrived overseas born men who have sex with men (MSM). |
24 May 2021
12 July 2021 Monash Translational Research Symposium
Monash University's 6th annual Translational Research Symposium, supported by its three metropolitan clinical schools will be held on 12 July 2021. The Translational research symposium is hosted alternately by Central Clinical School or this year's host, the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health. All welcome! Register here
World MS Day - Promoting connections
Did you know that Sunday 30 May is World MS Day?
World MS Day is a day that brings together the global MS community to share stories, raise awareness and campaign with everyone affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). You can follow or share activities and updates on global activities, including with our researchers (see detail below), using the hashtag #msconnections.
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