Congratulations to our recently completed PhD students!

Dr Bridgette Semple with recent PhD graduate
Rishabh Sharma, in the Department of Neuroscience

Congratulations to our four graduate research students, Mr Rishabh Sharma, Dr Bradley Gardiner, Ms Anna Beale and Mr Martin Ndubuisi Ezeani on their PhD completions on 17 February 2022!

Mr Rishabh Sharma in the Department of Neuroscience was supervised by Dr Bridgette Semple, Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa, and A/Prof Sandy Shultz. His thesis is titled, Systemic Inflammation after Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Consequences for Acute and Chronic Outcomes.

Developing improved non-invasive imaging for assessing heart damage

Ex vivo scans of hearts from fibrotic (left) and control mice which
were administered a unique fluorescent peptide that targets collagen
type I. A striking enhancement of the damaged heart ventricles
is observed. Image: Figure 5 in study

A Monash University team has led the development of novel imaging tracers that could advance non-invasive assessment of heart damage. 

Cardiac fibrosis is a scarring process causing excess deposition of collagen in the heart, leading to distortion of its architecture and function. It is a significant disease feature in many cardiac conditions, including heart failure, atrial fibrillation (AF) and myocardial infarction (MI).