Forthcoming CCS events: PhD seminars, public events, general notices

Baker IDI doctoral student Aliki Rasmiena
presenting at the 2014 EMCR@AMREP
conference. Follow Aliki at @ARasmiena

Central Clinical School has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendar  CCS staff & students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and HDR calendars) and deadlines, at the Intranet's Announcements page.  Various Departments have their own calendars, see CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on for next week (9-13 March)

Mon 9 Mar all day ► Labour Day (holiday for Alfred staff)
Tue  10 Mar  11:00AM  ► PhD confirmations: Mr Dominik Draxler (ACBD) followed by Mr Jay Hocking
Wed 11 Mar  8:00AM ► PhD Mid-candidature review: Ms Evelyn Lindsay (Neuroscience)
                     10:00AM ►PhD Orientation
                     11:30AM ► PhD Mid-candidature review: Ms Pin Shie Quah (Immunology)

Vote for Mindfulness video to help win a "Thinkable award" for Neil Bailey's research

Vote for Neil's "Thinkable Award" video

Dr Neil Bailey, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, describes how mindfulness changes our brain to prevent mental illness.

Vote on Neil's video for the 2015 Thinkable Award: http://thinkable.org/submission/2037 to help fund the research. If Neil's video gets the most number of votes he'll win $5000!

RRR community radio: "Radio Therapy", where doctors say what they really think

Radio Therapy

Explores the lighter, more eccentric side of medicine. A team of irreverent doctors lampoon sacred medical cows, and shed light on a range of medical and psychiatric conditions.
...with Dr Mal Practice, BabyDoc, McZiff, Dr Malice, Dr SK, Dr VooDoo, Dr Autonomy and The Tallman.
Broadcast 10 am Sundays on Community Radio Triple R, frequency 102.7FM. To listen to podcasts, see the Triple R website: http://www.rrr.org.au

Photo of the week: Photomicroscopy

Cell Press: Cell Picture Show: "Beauty in Disease". The exhibition features 16 images of microscopic elements including cells, vasculature, DNA, neurones, various tissue types and pathologies. All spectacular. See: http://www.cell.com/pictureshow/beauty-in-disease

Forthcoming CCS events: PhD seminars, public events, general notices

Justin Chen at the 2014
EMCR@AMREP conference

Central Clinical School has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendar  CCS staff & students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and HDR calendars) and deadlines, at the Intranet's Announcements page.  Various Departments have their own calendars, see CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on for next week (2-6 March)

Mon 2 Mar 12:30PM ► Psychiatry Professorial Grand Round
Tue  3 Mar  8:30AM  ► Media training for scientists workshops
Fri  6 Mar  10:00AM ► 2015 BMedSc(Hons) orientation 
                     1:00PM ► PhD Pre-submission review Mr Brendan Elsworth

Welcome to Dr Dan Andrews, Department of Immunology

Dr Daniel Andrews is a Senior Research Fellow and laboratory head for the Natural Killer (NK) Cell Biology Laboratory in the Department of Immunology. He heads the newly formed NK cell Biology Laboratory focuses on the interaction between NK cell receptors and non-classical MHC. The focus is on understanding the biochemistry, cell biology and immune responses associated with these interactions.

Immune detection and eradication or control of cancer and cancer immunotherapies are based in part on the idea that tumour-specific white blood cells can protect the body from tumour development, growth and metastases. While strong evidence supports this, the means by which these white cells first recognize the cancerous tissue is largely unknown. We are studying a new family of white blood cell receptors that may be important in this recognition, either naturally or following therapy.
See more: www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology/staff/andrews-dan.html

Medical research graduates to be more industry oriented: Prof Stephen Jane

Prof Stephen Jane: The gap between
medical industry and research can be
bridged more effectively with training.

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) published an opinion piece (23 Feb 2015) by Professor Stephen Jane on the need for medical graduates to think beyond academia for their future career paths, and describing Monash University's new Translational Research PhD and graduate certificate. "This new educational stream offers scientists and clinicians an opportunity to develop skills specifically aimed at getting basic research to practical outcomes - in clinical practice, biotech and pharma, commercialisation, medical devices and regulation - in multidisciplinary environments." See more:

• AFR link (paywalled)
• Translational Research PhD and graduate certificate