Spotlight on: Phil Lewis, PhD student, Department of Surgery

Phil Lewis is a PhD student in the Department of Surgery, co-supervised by Professor Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld. Dussy Kuttner, CCS Communications intern, reports on the why and how questions of Phil's research. His thesis topic is 'Methodological considerations in cerebral autoregulation assessment'. See more:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/profiles/lewis.html

Spotlight on: Nigel Rogasch, PhD student, MAPrc

Nigel is a PhD student in the Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, supervised by Professor Paul Fitzgerald. Dussy Kuttner, CCS Communications intern, reports on the why and how questions of Nigel's research. His thesis topic is 'The relationship between depression and dysfunctional coordination of neural activity as measured by EEG activity'. See full interview at:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/profiles/rogasch.html

ACBD research: Glucose regulation, diabetes and cardiovascular protection

Radio 4BC interview with Dr Anthony Dear, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases with Gary Hardgrave.  Dr Dear's research group has found some promising potential of a new glucose regulating drug which could improve the condition of arteries for diabetes sufferers, possible protection them against heart attack or stroke. Dr Dear says they have some potentially exciting results on their hands for the millions of people who suffer from type 2 diabetes because their vascular health is very poor and drugs that are available today really don't address vascular health.

Department of Infectious Diseases research is top rated by international peers

A/Prof Edwina Wright

At the recent Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held in Denver, Sept 10-13 2013 two papers by members of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University were featured in the Literature Review Session. One was co-authored by A/Prof Edwina Wright and the other by Dr Orla Morrissey. These two papers were considered as amongst the best infectious diseases papers published in the 12 months to date.

A new role discovered for a familiar enzyme: PI3K and the regulation of cell survival

In recent studies headed by Dr Mark Guthridge in the Leukemia Research Laboratory at the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University and published in PLOS Biology, a new role was identified for the protein kinase activity of PI3K in regulating the “survival-only” response of human hematopoietic (blood) cells. These studies provide the first evidence that the protein kinase activity of PI3K can control cell survival and that this activity is a therapeutic target in cancer.

Congratulations: Dr Pete Enticott, MAPrc, wins the Brain Zone section of "I'm a scientist, get me out of here!"

I'm a Scientist, let me get on with it...

Congratulations to Dr Pete Enticott, who has won the Brain Zone section of "I'm a scientist, get me out of here!". This is a social media cum Big Brother eviction competition, designed to engage school students, answer their questions and be personable with it. We've come a long way from  Professor Julius Sumner Miller, "Why is it so?", who used to describe why it was so, never mind the grumpy manner. See more at http://braina13.imascientist.org.au/2013/09/06/im-a-scientist-the-final-two-are-2/.

Alfred Research Week 21-25 Oct

Alfred Research Week poster display is happening from Monday, 21 October to Friday, 25 October 2013. Alfred Research Day itself is Tuesday 22 October. The poster display showcases research on the Alfred campus and will be held in the main ground floor corridors of The Alfred. Staff members of The Alfred, Burnet Institute, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and Monash, Deakin and La Trobe University departments based at AMREP will be giving details of their research in the posters. Poster prize winners will be announced at midday on Friday, 25 October via http://www.alfredresearch.org/alfredweek.htm.