Congratulations to our CCS travel grant recipients!

2019 travel grant CCS recipients.  L-R top: Drs Tiffany Phillips, 

Zhibin (Ben) Chen, Matt Snelson, Gemma Sharp
Bottom: Drs Carlos Rosado, Jessica Borger, Tiffany Bouchery,

Matthew Hudson

Congratulations to our eight CCS recipients for this round of travel grants!

• Dr Tiffany Phillips (MSHC): Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth
• Dr Matthew Hudson (Neuroscience): SFN Neuroscience 2019 conference, Chicago, USA
• Dr Zhibin (Ben) Chen (Neuroscience): American Epilepsy Society 2019 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA

Monash CCS researchers receive Tall Poppy science awards!

Dr Doyle pictured fifth from the right and
A/Prof Abbott represented in photo, (centre)

A/Prof Anne Abbott and Dr Joseph Doyle have been honoured in the 2019 Victorian Tall Poppy Science Awards from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, awarded on 10 October.

A/Prof Abbott is a neurologist in Central Clinical School's Department of Neuroscience. She has been at the forefront of medical research regarding how to best prevent stroke, particularly associated with carotid arterial disease.

Tall Poppy award for Dr Joseph Doyle!

AIPS Board Member, Associate Professor Sarah Meachem,
Chair of the Selection Panel, Professor Mark Hogarth
 present Dr Joseph Doyle (centre) with his Tall Poppy award

(Image: courtesy Matt Irwin)

Dr Joseph Doyle, head of the viral hepatitis research group in The Alfred and Monash Department of Infectious Diseases, and Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination at Burnet Institute, has been honoured with a prestigious Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) Tall Poppy Award.

Dr Doyle, who is also a practising infectious diseases physician, won a Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award for his community engagement and leadership in the epidemiology, management and prevention of blood-borne viruses – HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B.

Applications for 2020 Alfred Research Alliance Honours Scholarships close on 6 November 2019

Applications for 2020 Alfred Research Alliance Honours Scholarships close on 6 November 2019.

There are two scholarships available (each valued at $6000) for eligible students to undertake Honours research at the Alfred Research Alliance.

Position vacant: Senior Technical Officer at Central Clinical School

Applications for the position of Senior Technical Officer at Central Clinical School close 25 October 2019. 

• Job No.: 598419
• Location: The Alfred Centre
• Employment Type: Part-time 0.8 fraction
• Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment
• Remuneration: Pro-rata of $87,249 - $95,695 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 9.5% employer superannuation)
• Enquiries: Dr Michelle Zajac, Research Manager, Central Clinical School, Michelle.Zajac@monash.edu

See more: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/598419/senior-technical-officer-central-clinical-school

12th CCS Graduate Research Symposium success!

Winners of the CCS graduate research symposium. L-R: Ms Rosie Latimer, Mr Rishabh Sharma, Professor Helmut Butzkeuven (judge), Ms April Raftery, Ms Alexandra Dimitropolous, Mr Martin Ezeani, Ms Erica Plummer, Mr Will O'Brien, Dr Robb Wesselingh, Professor Nicola Harris

Central Clinical School held its 12th CCS GR Symposium on Monday 7 October 2019. The day's presentations and fun sessions were respectively informative and entertaining. Congratulations to our winners! (See below). For detail of presenters and sessions, see the program booklet or web page.

Monash researchers develop new gene therapy tool

Dr Hannah Pearce, first author, and
A/Prof Christoph Hagemeyer, last author

by Anne Crawford

Gene therapy – the insertion of genes into cells to treat disease – holds great potential for conditions such as cardiovascular disease and cancers. Yet efficient and safe delivery of the genes to the right cells remains a significant, longstanding challenge.

Associate Professor Christoph Hagemeyer from the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) has led a team that has developed a way of improving targeted gene transfer.