6 May 2016

Photo of the week: BMedSc(Hons) information night

MBBS students attending a workshop on diabetic feet for CCS's first 'Megaday' of 2016. See more photos of the day.
Central Clinical School (CCS) is hosting its inaugural Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) information night on Wednesday 29 June 2016. The night will showcase the clinical and translational research projects on offer, for both Honours and the translational research themed accelerated PhD. Intending students will have the chance to talk with researchers about possible research projects and also with current and recently graduated students about their experience. They can also see the Alfred site for themselves. RSVP here.

The Alfred clinical connections are strong and closely linked with an equally strong basic research environment provided not only by CCS but by the affiliated research institutes, BakerIDI and Burnet. Particular areas of expertise for the Alfred site are allergy, blood diseases (cancer and thrombosis), burns, cancer, gastroenterology, immunology, infectious diseases including HIV and STDs, chronic diseases (diabetes and cardiovascular problems), perioperative medicine, psychiatry, surgery and many more. See the 2017 BMedSc(Hons) project booklet for projects on offer. It's a guide rather than definitive, as projects can evolve from students and researchers' mutual interests.

See more about the night at www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/bmedsc-honours.html. Summary detail and links listed below.

2017 entry: Information night details and links

Forthcoming CCS events: Seminars, public events, general notices

 Qian Gao
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: 09-13 May 2016

Tue 10-May 14:00 PhD Mid-Candidature Review Seminar : Ms My-Nhan Nguyen
10-May 15:30 PhD Mid-Candidature Review Seminar : Mr Yow Keat Tham
Wed 11-May 11:30 PhD Pre-Submission seminar : Mr Qian Gao
Thu 12-May 12:00 Cutting Edge Journal Club
12-May 15:00 PhD Confirmation of Candidature Seminar : Ms Riya Palchaudhuri
Forthcoming events

Recent CCS publications: Week ending 6 May 2016

Prof Harshal Nandurkar with Dr Sarah
Kamel. See more about their research
Recent publications for CCS affiliated authors:

Ho PLim HYChua CCSleeman MTacey MDonnan GNandurkar H. Retrospective review on isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT) - A benign entity or not? Thromb Res. 2016 Apr; 142:11-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.04.003.


Tremblay CS, Brown FC, Collett M, Saw J, Chiu SK, Sonderegger SE, Lucas SE, Alserihi R, Chau N, Toribio ML, McCormack MP, Chircop M, Robinson PJ, Jane SM, Curtis DJ. Loss-of-function mutations of Dynamin 2 promote T-ALL by enhancing IL-7 signalling. Leukemia. 2016 Apr 27. 
doi: 10.1038/leu.2016.100. [Epub ahead of print]

Wright EKKamm MADe Cruz PHamilton ALRitchie KJKrejany EOGorelik ALiew DPrideaux LLawrance ICAndrews JMBampton PASparrow MPFlorin THGibson PRDebinski HGearry RBMacrae FALeong RWKronborg IRadford-Smith GSelby WJohnston MJ, Woods RElliott PRBell SJBrown SJConnell WRDesmond PVEffect of intestinal resection on quality of life in Crohn's diseaseJ Crohns Colitis. 2015 Jun; 9:452-62.
doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv058


Zou HTabrizi SNGrulich AEHocking JSGarland SMBradshaw CSCornall AMFairley CKChen MYAntibody responses following incident anal and penile infection with human papillomavirus in teenage men who have sex with menInt J Cancer. 2016 Mar (online).
doi: 10.1002/ijc.30093.

Congratulations to Smitha Georgy on her Platform Access Grant success!

Dr Smitha Georgy is in the CCS Epidermal/Development lab
Congratulations to Dr Smitha Georgy who has won Faculty Platform Access Grant (PAG) funding in 2016 for her project titled, "Identification of pathways responsible for BET inhibitor resistance in HNSCC". The funding will enable Smitha to use the platforms Micromon and Monash bioinformatics for her research on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Central Clinical School laboratory placements for medical students

Central Clinical School offers laboratory placements for undergraduate medical (MBBS) students. The placement activities are designed to give students experience with routine standard operational procedures in a laboratory. This is a great way to explore and gain an insight into current medical research. See laboratory details below, or at: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/translational/lab-placements.html.

Those who are interested please register your interest here (Registration form). For any queries, please contact Ms Sharmila Ramesh (ph 990 30368, email sharmila.ramesh@monash.edu).

8 May deadline to apply for Top 5 under 40: Giving a voice to Australia’s new generation of science thinkers

Applications open for #top5under40 — a national search for early-career researchers under the age of 40 who have a flair and passion for communicating their vital work.

UNSW and ABC RN are inviting applications from outstanding early-career researchers, who are working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical research, for Top 5 under 40, an exciting initiative to discover a new generation of science thinkers and give them a voice. See more: www.unsw.edu.au/top5under40

Participants sought: Anxiety and/or Depression and the experiences of Buddhism

Michael Ellem, is conducting a research project as part of a Master of Mental Health Science Degree, 1st Semester 2016, through Monash University.

The research project will be investigating two things:

1. Meanings of Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and spiritual practices for Buddhist practitioners with either a self- diagnosis or a clinical diagnosis of Anxiety and/or Depression.

2. The influence and dynamics of Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and spiritual practices on study participants.

Participants sought: Can a seaweed supplement reduce risk of diabetes?

We are looking for people to participate in a study to find out if eating a seaweed supplement can reduce your risk of diabetes.

· Are you between the ages of 18 and 65?
· Do you have a BMI less than 30 kg/m2?
· Are you interested in finding out about how your body handles sugar?

Perspective: Medical research key part of a healthy Australian economy

The federal budget 2016-17 announced on 3 May 2016 confirms continued building of the Medical Research Future Fund, says the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI).
See full article or excerpt below.
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