Congratulations to Saeed Alrashdi on his PhD completion!



L-R: Dr Devi Deliyanti, Mr Saeed Alrashdi
and Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka.
Jenny and Devi were Saeed's PhD supervisors.

Congratulations to Saeed Alrashdi on his successful completion of his PhD! Saeed's thesis is titled, "The pathogenic effects of Endothelin-2 in the retina: Interactions with angiotensin II and aldosterone".

Saeed was supervised by Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka and Dr Devi Deliyanti, formerly in the Department of Immunology and Pathology, and more recently in the Department of Diabetes. Jenny's research group has been working on diabetic retinopathy for a number of years.

 

Saeed's most recent publications are:

• Endothelin-2 Injures the Blood-Retinal Barrier and Macroglial Müller Cells: Interactions with Angiotensin II, Aldosterone, and NADPH Oxidase. (March 2018)
• Nrf2 Activation Is a Potential Therapeutic Approach to Attenuate Diabetic Retinopathy. (Feb 2018)

Congratulations to Prof Jenny Wilkinson-Berka on JDRF grant!

The diabetic retinopathy research group. L-R: Mr Jack Jerome,
Ms Osanna Wong, Mr Saeed Alrashdi, Dr Devy Deliyanti,
Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka

Congratulations to Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka on the award of almost 1 million dollars from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) New York to commence in October 2017. The grant is for 3 years and titled, Boosting the immune system to treat diabetic retinopathy.

The purpose of the JDRF award is to determine if boosting immunosuppressive T regulatory cells (Tregs) reduces the vision-threatening damage to the retinal vasculature that can occur in people with diabetes.

2013 AMREP Postgraduate Symposium winners

L-R: Prof Jenny Wilkinson-Berka, Jie-Yu Chung, Jodie Abramovitch, Marina Iacovou, Kieran Cashin, Louise Rowntree, Katharina Bohm

There were 13 oral presenters and 14 poster presenters from across the AMREP precinct at the 20 November postgraduate symposium hosted by CCS, providing stiff competition for prizes. Winners were:
Oral presentations
1st - Kieran Cashin (Burnet); Runner-up - Louise Rowntree (Immunology); Audience vote - Marina Iacovou (Gastroenterology)
Poster presentations
1st - Jie-Yu Chung (Immunology); Runner-up - Jodie Abramovitch (Immunology); Audience vote - Katharina Borm (Burnet)
Question prize - Melanie Voevodin
"No-Bell prize" - Dr Charbel Darido
See program detail and more at 2013 HDR symposium.