School of Translational Medicine News Blog

10 Jun 2016

Research highlight: Professor Elsdon Storey's neuroscience projects

Ms Volga Tarlac & Prof Elsdon Storey

Professor Elsdon Storey’s research involvement spans a broad spectrum of neuroscience, from the laboratory to large clinical trials. His laboratory work, conducted with the assistance of Ms Volga Tarlac, covers neurotransmitter and receptor analysis in mice bred to develop ataxia (incoordination), in a search for rational symptomatic treatments for patients with ataxias.

Prof Anton Peleg heads the Department of Infectious Diseases

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors on research areas including anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, blood diseases, gastroenterology, immunology, infectious diseases, medicine, psychiatry, surgery:

Coad BR, Griesser HJ, Peleg AY, Traven A. Anti-infective surface coatings: Design and therapeutic promise against device-associated infections. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Jun 2;12(6):e1005598. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005598. eCollection 2016.

Applications due 30 June for a PhD project scholarship in regenerative medicine: Development of an engineered skin substitute for the treatment of burn injuries

The prognosis for survival of burn injuries has improved significantly in the last 40 years. This has in large part been due to improvements in the critical care of patients with a severe burn injury, and patients now routinely survive injuries that were inevitably fatal in the 1970s. However, further improvements in burn care are currently significantly impeded by the lack of a true skin substitute that replicates the functions of intact skin. This is despite the development of biosynthetic dressings, temporary skin substitutes and dermal analogues that have provided adjunctive treatments to split skin grafts, which remain the gold standard for large wound closure in most settings.

The composition of 1 cup of milk: one cup of milk contains water, lactose,

fat, minerals and protein. Within the protein we find casein and whey. There

are various types of casein with beta-casein making up 2-3 grams of milk solids.

These beta-caseins are produced by different types of cows.

By Shirley Webber, Research Dietitian

With the milk industry in the limelight at the moment, many people are asking questions about what we are actually consuming. One question that we often get is “What is the difference between A1 and A2 milk?”

The Monash University team is conducting a study looking into the effects of these two different milks and what effects A1 vs A2 milks may have on gut transit time, behavioural/ psychological health and gastrointestinal symptoms.

Vaccinating men for HPV - will it help reduce HPV?

Prevalence of genital HPV infection in males following introduction of universal male Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination - IMPRESS

This study will find out how common HPV is among males aged 17 to 19 years. We will compare two groups: males who have been offered vaccination against HPV as part of the vaccination program and those who were not offered the vaccination.