Theses Accepted
- Quannah Hudson, Molecular Development
“Analysis of genes expressed in the embryonic chicken gonad” - Chris Poon, Arthritis Research
“The role of keratan sulphate in the modulation of aggrecanase activity” - Dr Naomi Baker, Cell and Matrix Biology
“The collagen VI Muscular Dystrophies: Molecular and Biochemical Characterization” - Dr Alex Gason, Genetics Education
“An Evaluation of School-Based Genetic Screening Programs” - Dr Sonja McKewon, Embryology and Craniofacial Development
“The genetic control of neural crest development in early craniofacial morphogenesis” - Dr Denise Kirby, Mitochondrial Research
“Respiratory Chain Complex I Deficiency”
Theses Handed In
- Justin Allen, Cell and Matrix Biology
“Characterisation of WARP, a novel extracellular matrix protein in skeletal tissues” - Faten Zaibak, Cell & Gene Therapy
- Alice Jacques, Public Health Genetics
“Evaluation of prenatal screening services in Victoria”
Other Awards and Achievements
- Bianca Bernardo, Cell and Matrix Biology, was awarded the Dennis Lowther Award for Best Student Poster, 1st Place, at the 29th Annual Meeting of Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand.
- Charlotte East, Arthritis Research, was awarded the Dennis Lowther Award for Best Student Poster, 3rd Place, at the 29th Annual Meeting of Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand.
- Dayna Swiatek from Enteric Viruses has been awarded a travel scholarship of $1,650 from the Faculty of Land and Food Resources to help her attend the International Association for Food Protection 2006 Conference in Calgary, Canada.
- Dr Sebastian King from Gut Motility has been awarded the 'Nate Myers Clinical Research Prize' at the Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons Conference.
- Joseph Wagner from Pituitary Research has been awarded $500 from the Company of Biologist's to attend the International Society of developmental Biology conference in Sydney in September.
- Arthritis researcher Charlotte East won a Young Presenters Award at the Australian Science & Medical Research annual conference.
- Michael Hildebrand from Gene Identification and Expression was awarded an Australian Stem Cell Centre conference grant, to attend the third annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research conference in San Francisco.
- Joseph Wagner from Pituitary Research has received travel awards from MCRI, Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship and the Australian Stem Cell Centre, to fund his trip to a conference in San Francisco and a field trip in London.
- Hsiao Voon (PhD student with Jim Vadlos & Panos Ioannou) and Charlotte East (PhD student with Amanda Fosang, Fraser Rogerson & Heather Stanton) both received awards from the Melbourne University Dean's Honours list this week. The awards were made at a formal presentation at the University for academic excellence in BSc Honours.
- Kerry Ann O'Grady was awarded the Australian Academy of Science Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship for Medical Science. The award is for a NHMRC PhD scholar in the field of Indigenous or Primary Health Care and is for the duration of her PhD.
- Canny Sugiana (Mitochondrial Research) received a travel scholarship from the ASIEM Committee of $562 towards travel, registration and accommodation costs for the HGSA Conference in Newcastle.
- Bennett Foddy received a Premier Postgraduate Research Scholarship from the Australian Stem Cell Centre.
Student Publications 2005
Andrea Harrington, Gut Motility Research- Harrington et al Immunohistochemical localisation of substance P NK1 receptor in guinea pig distal colon. Neurogastroenterology and Motility (2005)
- Ren H, Francis W, Boys A, Chueh AC, Wong N, La P, Wong LH, Ryan J, Slater HR and Choo KH. BAC-based PCR fragment microarray: high-resolution detection of chromosomal deletion and duplication breakpoints. Human Mutation 25(5): 476-82 (2005)
- Chueh AC, Wong LH, Wong N and Choo KH. Variable and hierarchical size distribution of L1-retroelement-enriched CENP-A clusters within a functional human neocentromere. Human Molecular Genetics 14(1): 85-93 (2005)
- Jaques A, Sheffield L and Halliday J. Informed choice for first trimester screening for Down syndrome. Prenatal Diagnosis Feb (2005) (accepted)
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