Platform Access Grants Success!

Jess Borger, Tiffany Bouchery and Emily Edwards

Congratulations to Emily Edwards, Jess Borger and Tiffany Bouchery who recently received Platform Access Grants  from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.  The scheme is an initiative to encourage research development through engagement with the FMNHS technology research platforms, with a view to strengthen researchers capability and international competitiveness. The seed funding also aims at attracting external national and international competitive grants.

Grant win for Dr Bridgette Semple

Congratulations to Dr Bridgette Semple, who has been awarded the 2019 Capstone Editing Grant for Mid-Career Researchers!

Dr Bridgette Semple (left)

Capstone Editing, an Australian academic editing company, supports one researcher annually to undertake an innovative research project with a view to gathering preliminary data that will lead to the development of a research council funding application.

Dr Semple is the Head of the Paediatric Neurotrauma Group in the Department of Neuroscience.  Her research focuses on traumatic brain injury, particularly during early childhood. The funds from this grant will assist with her collaboration with Associate Professor Margaret Hibbs from the Immunology Department.  They will investigate the role of the SHIP-1 enzyme, which is yet to be explored in the brain.

CCS Recent Publications 10th April - 29th April

Dr Be'eri Niego, ACBD, has a recent publication
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Recent publications for Central Clinical School feature affiliated authors in the following departments:

• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
• Peninsula Clinical School
• ACBD
• MAPrc
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• Neuroscience
• Diabetes
• NTRI
• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
• Surgery

Translational Research Symposium Speaker Spotlight:Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm

Prof. Karin Jandeleit-Dahm

Monash University's 5th annual Translational Research Symposium is being hosted by its three 21 June 2019. The symposium will host a diverse group of medical researchers presenting their work into translational research. RSVP here.
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Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm is a group leader in the Department of Diabetes at Central Clinical School.

No CCS News over Easter break

Due to the extended Easter / ANZAC Day break, the next CCS News will go out on Friday 10th May. Enjoy the break everyone!

Promising technology heads to Melbourne for Parkinson's Disease trial

The Reviver in action

Technology being brought to Melbourne as part of a trial by Neuroscience researcher Dr Ben Sinclair made the Sydney news recently. The Reviver is a device that tilts people and rotates them through the gravitational field, strengthening muscles with minimal conscious effort. In people with neuromuscular degenerative conditions like Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease, it stimulates remaining reflex pathways, providing better muscle tone and balance.

Inaugural Monash-wide immunology symposium

Dr Emily Edwards from our Department of Immunology and Pathology is on the organising committee of ImmuMon 2019, the first annual symposium to promote networking and collaboration among immunology researchers across Monash University. It will be held on 7th June 2019 at the former Alfred Research Alliance lecture theatre, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne.