9 Nov 2014

Photo of the week: Governor-General visits MAPrc

L-R: Lady Cosgrove, Sir Peter Cosgrove and Prof Jayashri
Kulkarni (Director of MAPrc)
The new Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, is also newly Patron of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre. He and his wife, Lady Cosgrove, visited MAPrc in September for a tour of the centre and to meet the researchers. He takes on the role from the previous Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce. See:
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2014 Postgraduate symposium





Marina Iacovou presenting
at the 2013 CCS symposium
Central Clinical School invites you to attend the 2014 Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium.
Date: Wednesday 19 November 2014
Time: 10am-5pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, level 5, Alfred Centre for oral presentations and hallway for poster presentations and refreshments.
Enquiries: Laisa Tigarea, hdr.ccs@monash.edu.
RSVP link
Students have the opportunity to explain their research to other students and by participating, will foster collaborations, networking and a greater awareness of the expertise and research being conducted at AMREP. Current PhD students will be running the program, including chairing the presentations: Ms Jodie Abramovitch (chair), Ms Kai Sin Lee, Ms Sara Mohktar, Mr Timothy Colgan and Mr Man Kit Lee, assisted by Ms Dussy  Kuttner.   Participants will be judged by a panel of senior academics and postdocs. Attractive monetary prizes will be given for outstanding work.  For more information, please visit: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/hdr-symposium.html
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Events: HDR seminars, public events, general notices

All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendars (including local events such as professional development and trade fairs and HDR calendars). For a consolidated view, details of events and to see all events and deadlines, see Announcements.

What's on for this week

Mon Nov 101:30 PM►Psychiatry Professorial Grand Round - Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni

2:00 PM►PhD Pre-submission reivew - Miss Melissa Kirkovski
Tue Nov 1111:25 AM►PhD Mid-candidature review - Ms Maha Bakhuraysah
Wed Nov 129:00 AM►ACBD Haematology one day symposium
Wed Nov 12
►The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation applications due

12:30 PM►PhD Pre-submission review - Ms Janet Gare



Forthcoming events

Mon Nov 17 1:30 PM ► Psychiatry Professorial Grand Round - Dr Amaryah Paul
Wed Nov 19 10:00 AM ► 2014 AMREP Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium

12:30 PM ► PhD Pre-submission review - Ms Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah
To save a particular event to your own calendar, please click on the "Google calendar" icon found near the event name.  Various Departments have their own calendars: See CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

Major CCS events

2014 Postgraduate symposium 

Marina Iacovou presenting
at the 2013 CCS symposium
Central Clinical School invites you to attend the 2014 Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium.
Date: Wednesday 19 November 2014
Time: 10am-5pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, level 5, Alfred Centre for oral presentations and hallway for poster presentations and refreshments.
Enquiries: Laisa Tigarea, hdr.ccs@monash.edu.
RSVP link
Students have the opportunity to explain their research to other students and by participating, will foster collaborations, networking and a greater awareness of the expertise and research being conducted at AMREP. Current PhD students will be running the program, including chairing the presentations: Ms Jodie Abramovitch (chair), Ms Kai Sin Lee, Ms Sara Mohktar, Mr Timothy Colgan and Mr Man Kit Lee, assisted by Ms Dussy  Kuttner.   Participants will be judged by a panel of senior academics and postdocs. Attractive monetary prizes will be given for outstanding work.  For more information, please visit: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/hdr-symposium.html
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Congratulations to PhD student Peter Tsirikis and to Prof Magdalena Plebanski

PhD student Peter Tsirikis
Congratulations to joint PhD student in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Immunology, Peter Tsirikis, who recently received the 2015 Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship. Peter is jointly supervised by Prof Magdalena Plebanski (Department of Immunology) and A/Prof Cordelia Selomulya (Department of Chemical Engineering). Read more

Professor Magdalena Plebanski and A/Prof Cordelia Selomulya, have won an ARC grant for their research on biodegradable nanoparticles. Read more
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Publication highlight: When in doubt, cut it out - the case for malignant melanoma treatment

A study that looks into the difficulty of diagnosing malignant melanomas has found that in the event of uncertain diagnosis or failed treatment of a lesion, an appropriate standard of care is full excisional biopsy if not previously performed, or referral of the case to an appropriate specialist or melanoma centre. The study is co-authored by the Director of the Victorian Melanoma Service, Alfred Health, Clinical Associate Professor John Kelly. Read more. 
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EMCR Times now calling for new items for the next issue! 14 Nov deadline

EMCR times is now calling for new items for the next issue!!!! 

Our newsletter, EMCR Times, profiles and highlights the achievements of our EMCRs, and disseminates the activities of the EMCR committee.
If you have potential stories, we'd love to hear from you. Have you recently published a paper, won an award or prize for your work or would you like to have yourself and your work profiled? Please email us at ecr.amrep@monash.edu  with the subject line containing "Newsletter" by 14 November  2014.

AMREP Early-Mid Career Researcher Committee
Email: ecr.amrep@monash.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmrepEcrsWeb: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/ecr
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Media mentions

03/11/2014 Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Direcor, MAPrc, said that the role of oestrogen in the development of mood disorders needs to be considered, especially in periods of vulnerability such as post-childbirth and menopause.Medical Observer



04/11/2014 Professor Peter Gibson, Head of the Department of Gastroenterolgy, spoke about the prevalence of gluten intolerance.
891 ABC Adelaide, Redland City Bulletin and 15 regional newspapers
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Social Media update: CCSMonash reaches 500 Twitter followers!

CCSMonash's social media channels are reaching a huge and diverse audience  interested individuals, scientists, doctors, peak bodies, industry, pharmaceutical companies, media and more. We feature CCS's researchers' news and needs: research highlights and publications, clinical trial and research study recruitment, advertising events
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Staff news

Welcome to the following new starters
  • Dr Dan Andrews joins the Department of Immunology and will be heading the NK Cell Biology Lab.  Dan is located on Level 6 of the Alfred Centre.
  • Dr Gennarino ('Jim') Rosella joins the Department of Gastroenterology.  Jim is a research scientist involved in clinical laboratory techniques.
  • Ms Nu Tran Joins the Department of Gastroenterology as the Social Media Assistant.
  • Vivian Monitto joins MAPrc's Women's Health Clinic Administration team
Ms Analin Baraniuk Joins MAPrc.  Her study and work interests include psychiatry, women's mental health, endocrinology, gynaecology and obstetrics. Analin is from Brazil and she enjoys physical exercise, cinema , ballroom dance and music.

Mr Jarrel Seah Joins the HealthMap project as their Technical Support Officer.  Jarrel is a CCS BMedSc(Hons) who, along with Jennifer Tang (SPHPM), recently won the Microsoft Imagine Cup.







Dr Beatriz Garcillan joins the Department of Immunology Beatriz is based in Prof Fabienne Mackay's lab.




Farewell and best wishes to

Kimberley D'Costa -Teaching Associate, Department of Immunology


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