Congratulations to Sara Mokhtar on her PhD completion!

Sara Mokhtar won the CCS 3MT thesis heat
in 2014. See video

Congratulations to Sara Mokhtar, who has fulfilled the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Her thesis is titled: "The amyloid-beta-dependent phosphorylation of CRMP-2 and its contribution in Alzheimer's disease". Sara was supervised by Dr Steven Petratos (Medicine CCS) and Professor Richard Boyd (ARMI).

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. AD causes loss of memory, cognition, language and emotional stability and has currently no known cure. The aim of Sara's project was to find a novel target to stop the progression of the disease in order protect our aged population. It is well known that AD is caused by the accumulation of a normal protein in the brain called beta amyloid (Aβ).

Congratulations Liz Gardiner on ANU Associate Professorship

A/Prof to be Liz Gardiner and fellow researcher & collaborator,
A/Prof Rob Andrews.

Congratulations to Dr Liz Gardiner, who has accepted an Associate Professorial appointment at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU in Canberra. She plans to relocate to Canberra in March. The School and particularly the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) have greatly appreciated Liz's contribution to academic life here since 2008 and wish her every success for her career in ANU.

Liz was pivotal in setting up ACBD's bleeding disorder investigation platform, making it one of the few sites in the world where detailed platelet functional analysis could be performed.

30 Mar deadline: Fresh Science and $50,000 stem cell prizes

Both Fresh Science and the $50,000 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research have been extended to Wednesday 30 March.

Still thinking about nominating? We're giving you the Easter break to complete your nominations - get it in by Wednesday, 30 March.

16 April 2016 Monash Medical Orchestra - The Chamber of Music concert

A chamber music group of MMO at CCS's Translational
Research Symposium, Sept 2015

It is with great pleasure that the Monash Medical Orchestra invites you to our first concert of the year, The Chamber of Music! We would love to share this concert with you, which features various solo and group performances of vocal as well as instrumental pieces.

• Date: Saturday April 16th
• Time: 5pmVenue: The Armadale Uniting Church, 86A Kooyong Road, Armadale
• Tickets: $15 (purchase at the door or online at https://mumus.iwannaticket.com.au/event/mumus-presents-the-chamber-of-music-monash-medical-orchestras-charity-chamber-concert-MTA4MDc)

11 April deadline for FMNHS Gender Equity Travel Support Grants applications

The 2016 Monash Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Gender Equity Travel Support grants are open for applications and will close on Monday 11 April, 2016.

Application guidelines and application forms can be accessed on our Diversity and Inclusion Intranet site :

• www.med.monash.edu.au/diversity-inclusion/

Guidelines

• www.med.monash.edu.au/med/diversity-inclusion/docs/gender-equity-travel-support-grant-guidelines2016.pdf

Photo of the week: Welcome to our new CCS Honours students!

Welcome to our 2016 Central Clinical School Honours students!

L-R Back row: Associate Professor Margaret Hibbs (Honours coordinator (Immunology)), Mohammad Qureshi, Michael Keating, Osezua Oseghale, Ethan Oxley, Samuel De Jong, Nicholas Johnson, Angus Gill, Muthu Mohan, Jack Jerome, Gerard Pernes, Dr Justin Hamilton (Honours coordinator (Human Pathology)
L-R Middle row: Anivartha Herur, Osanna Wong, Heidi Fettke, Michelle Steeper, Josephine Slifirski, Lucinda Green, Eliza Watson, Hovey Lu, James Marijanovic
L-R Front row: Cassandra Castelino, Lakshanie Wickramasinghe, Lavika Gupta, Fiona McCutcheon, Anne Tran, Michelle Flynn, Eliza Davidson
Absent: Madelynne White, Sofia Vorontsov, Thiruni Fernando 

See more about the Honours students' projects at www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/current-honours.html

Forthcoming CCS events: Seminars, public events, general notices

Abhirup Jayasimhan

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 Graduate Research Student 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 this coming week: 21-25 Mar 2016

Wed	►	23-Mar	11:30	PhD Confirmation Seminar: Ms Sin Ki Ng
Thu	►	24-Mar	12:00	Cutting Edge Journal Club - Abhirup Jayasimhan