Recent publications with EMCR authors

The EMCR Times no.14 included recent publications with EMCR authors, which if you didn't see there, you can see below. Congratulations to all our hard working graduate students and postdocs.

12 Nov 2014 ACBD Clinical Haematology symposium

The Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) is hosting a one day symposium with speakers on a broad range of topics. See flier for details and below.
Details

• Date: Wednesday 12 November 2014
• Time: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
• Host: ACBD 
• Location: AMREP Lecture Theatre (AMREP Education Centre)
• Speakers: ACBD researchers
• Topic: Clinical Haematology Symposium
• Twitter tag for following live tweets: #ACBD_Haem
• Cost: free
• Registration: not required

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Roisin Brisoe Ph: 9903 0122 Em: roisin.briscoe@monash.edu

Photo of the week: Dr Justin Hamilton's group

The Platelet & Megakaryocyte Cell Biology Lab, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases

L-R: Ms Claire Petitjean (Research Assistant), Mr Hammid Qayum (Honours student), Dr Jane Arthur, Dr Justin Hamilton (group leader), Ms Natasha Setiabakti (Honours student), Ms Joyce Zheng, Ms Shauna French (PhD student).  Absent - Jonathan McCafferty
See more: 

• Photo gallery
• about the Hamilton group, which is working on understanding platelet activation mechanisms in order to rationalise the development of novel anti-platelet agents for the prevention of arterial thrombosis.
• CCS photo galleries at CCS Google+ photos or indexed in the CCS Intranet Photo galleries.

Media mentions

14/10/2014 PhD student Marina Iacovou, Department of Gastroenterology, is recruiting breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding mothers with babies under eight weeks that have colic and those without it to test a diet therapy: Research study.

Herald Sun, Brisbane Courier-Mail, Adelaide Now and three other online publications.

14/10/2014 Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, is launching a “tool kit” on family violence for doctors. Herald Sun
19/102014 Our mental health system is failing people on the edge. Herald Sun

19/10/2014 3AW interview with Dr Sally Cockburn aka "Dr Feelgood"

14/10/2014 Emeritus Professor Hatem Salem, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, on a new study has revealed many Australians are unaware of the dangers of blood clots. 2CC Canberra, 936 ABC Hobart, ABC Southern Queensland and five other media outlets. 

http://www.9news.com.au/health/2014/10/13/00/08/clots-as-bad-as-heart-disease-experts

Media mentions

Image: Financial Review

06/10/2014 Bill Gates had met with two Monash students:  Jarrel Seah (CCS BMedSc(Hons) student) and Jennifer Tang (Pictured right) who developed an app that allows users to self-screen for anaemia by taking a ‘selfie’ of their eye.  Gates said that he could see a future version of Eyenaemia being used in developing countries, especially with pregnant women, since anaemia contributes to nearly 20 percent of deaths during pregnancy.

Dynamic Business and Sunraysia Daily

ACBD/Department of Medicine Photo Competition

Enter your research/clinical based photo for a chance to win a slab of Coopers Pale Ale!

Rules:

• Photo needs to be research or clinical focused. Creative entries highly sought!

• Entrants need to be from the ACBD or Department of Medicine.

• Photos may be used on Facebook - make sure there are no copyright issues (animal photos such as embryos can be submitted, but they will not be used/viewed outside the department)

Congratulations

2014 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant to Maithili Sashindranath

Congratulations to Dr Maithili Sashindranath, who has been awarded a 2014 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant for $10,500 by Monash University. The funds will complement funds that she received from the Dementia Research Foundation to investigate how traumatic brain injury leads to dementia. Maithili is a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Rob Medcalf's Fibrinolysis and Gene Regulation Laboratory (ACBD). See more about the scheme.
 

Congratulations for CCS researchers for their travel grants

CCS Travel grants were awarded to five staff members to visit institutions or attend conferences for presentations and posters on their research areas. Congratulations to:

• Dr Charbel Darido, Medicine (PTEN Pathways and Targets, New York, USA)
• Dr Devy Delante, Immunology (Angiotensin Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Conference (GRC), Tuscany, Italy)
• Dr Sebastian Dworkin, Medicine (11th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, Madison, Winconsin and invited seminars)
• Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon, MAPrc (Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, and Harvard University on non-invasive brain stimulation)
• Dr Rebecca Segrave, MAPrc (64th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting)

Publication: Simulating the blood-brain barrier in vitro to stop stroke drug side effects

Dr Be'eri Niego and Professor Medcalf published an article in 2013 on a method for simulating the blood brain barrier (BBB), in particular to see how to prevent stroke drug side effects. They describe an improved technique for preparation of a contact BBB model, which permits coculturing of human astrocytes and brain endothelial cells on the opposite sides of a porous membrane. It has an associated video prepared by the Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE), interviewing the authors and showing the techniques - hands-on scientific research. Article link:  http://ow.ly/uzEX0