Award winners for best poster presentations at VIIN

L-R: Rhiannon Grant, Liam Ta and Ebony Blight

Congratulations to Department of Immunology students Rhiannon Grant, Liam Ta and Ebony Blight, who won all of The Victorian Infection and Immunity Network poster presentation awards at the VIIN Young Investigator Symposium 2022. Well done!

Rhiannon Grant presented on "p-cresol sulfate acts on epithelial cells to reduce allergic airway inflammation"; Liam Ta on "Component-resolved diagnosis of peanut allergy through flowcytometric staining of basophils (CytoBas)"; and Ebony Blight on "Functional assessment of genetic variants affecting the NOD2 signalling pathway in patients with primary immunodeficiency".

See detail of posters here.

Photo of the week: 2017 Graduate Research Symposium

Central Clinical School's 10th annual Graduate Research Symposium was held on Friday 17 November 2017. With the aim of improving the visibility of students and their research projects, PhD students throughout the AMREP precinct (Baker & Burnet Institutes and CCS) had the opportunity to explain their research to peers and colleagues.

This year's winners were:

L-R: Ms Erica Kim (First Place Poster Presentation), Mr Matthew Snelson (Second Place Poster Presentation), Ms Ashlee Conway (First Place Oral Presentation), Ms Maria Selvadurai (Second Place Oral presentation), Ms Minhee Halemba (Third Place Poster Presentation) and Mr Paul Gill (Third Place Oral Presentation).

See More:

• 2017 Graduate Research Symposium photo gallery
• https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/education/current-students/hdr-symposium
• See detail of all presenters in the symposium booklet.

Translational Research (TR) Young Investigator Poster competition 30 Sep: calling for entries

Jodie Abramovitch presenting her poster at the 2014 CCS postgraduate symposium.

The Translational Research Symposium and Department of Medicine's 50th anniversary celebration is being hosted by the Central Clinical School on 30 September. The inaugural Young Investigator poster competition is open to graduate students and early career researchers, with a $500 first prize. The symposium will be held throughout the day and into the evening at the AMREP Education Centre. A diverse group of medical researchers, medical alumni, and representatives from associated industries will be there. See more:

• Submit an entry for the Young Investigator poster competition. Entries close Mon 31 August
• About the symposium: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/2015-tr-symposium.html
• RSVP to attend the symposium