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RSVP: By June 25th, to paul.lewandowski@deakin.edu.au
Monday, 22 June 2015
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and epigenetics: a reciprocal relationship, 29 June
Hudson Seminar, Thursday 25 June "MYST histone acetyltransferases in healthy development, congenital disease and cancer"
4pm-5pm,
Lecture Theatre 1, Monash Medical Centre
The speaker will be A/Professor Anne
Voss- Head, Development and Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
Light
refreshments to follow presentation outside the Lecture Theatre.
Flyer with details here.
Immunology Group of Victoria Winter Seminar, 26 June
Alan Baxter from James Cook University will present ‘A
transcriptional network approach to immune regulation and autimmunity’
Friday 26 June, 4.00
– 5.00pm, The Castle, North Melbourne
Free registration Meredith@burnet.edu.au
Prof Baxter will be able to meet with
scientists for 1/2 hour sessions during the day. He will be based at the
Doherty Institute with ASI members from other institutes able to make use of a
meeting room at the Doherty if necessary. If you would like to meet with
Prof Baxter contact Nicole La Gruta (nllg@unimelb.edu.au).
Appointments will be allocated on a first in first served basis.
Infectious Diseases Research Symposium - hosted by the Burnet Institute 26 August
Wednesday, 26 August, 2015, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - AMREP Lecture Theatre, 75 Commercial Road, Alfred Centre, Prahran
Come and hear from Australia’s leading researchers about their latest advances in the fields of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis.
With recent significant progress towards better prevention, treatment and cure of these conditions, these are exciting times for researchers and the broader community.
Speakers will share their latest advances from basic science, epidemiology, population health and translational science towards vaccine, diagnostic and therapeutic development.
Online registration will open soon! More information here.
Small, medium, large, extra-large or supersize…too much choice or not enough?
Increased portion size of foods is contributing to the rise in obesity prevalence and subsequent health risks. When adults and children are served larger portions they consume more energy, and we believe that educating consumers about what to eat or not eat is clearly not enough.
Researchers in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics are conducting a study about consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours to portion size, modelled on the Irish and USA Portion Size Distortion Quizzes.
If you would like to participate in our study, please go to the survey here. It will only take 10-15 minutes of your time and will test your current knowledge and practices around portion control.
Thank you! Please contact Tracy McCaffrey if you have any questions about this research.
Become a STM Digest research ambassador for Elsevier
STM Digest is a
collection of lay summaries that are published next to original research
articles. Elsevier are seeking the help of early- and mid-career researchers to
write these summaries, which have the potential to make research more
accessible, improve engagement in science and benefit wider society. You
can find out more and apply to become a research ambassador on
the Elsevier website.SCS ECRs - Faculty Travel Grant 2015 mid-year round - deadline extended
All eligible staff are STRONLY encouraged to apply. There is one grant left, worth $1000!! Deadline for applications has been extended to 31 July.This grant is to be used to support early to mid-career researchers (Levels A-C) for their international conference travel, and allocation is contingent upon abstract acceptance.
Please read the attached guidelines, and submit your application by 31 July to jinleng.graham@monash.edu.
(The SCS travel grant report form is also attached, if required by last year's travel grant recipients.)
Applications will be jointly assessed by the SCS Executive and you will be notified of the result of your application.
Note: Hudson Institute employees are not eligible to apply.
Nominate your best early-career researchers for Fresh Science
Fresh Science are
looking for the best and brightest early-career researchers who have made a
peer-reviewed discovery and as-yet received little or no media attention for
it.Successful applicants will participate in Fresh Science NSW: First, a day of media and communication training, learning how to find the key, compelling ‘story’ in their research, and how to tell that story. Then, in the following pub night, the challenge of explaining their research in the time it takes a party sparkler to burn out.
Applicants can be researching in any field of science – from medicine to mathematics, from environmental science to computer science.
Nominations are now open and close 25 June.
Fresh Science are looking for:
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early-career researchers
(from honours students to no more than five years post-PhD)
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a peer-reviewed discovery
that has had little or no media coverage
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some ability to present
ideas in everyday English.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Environment Fund
The
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Environment Fund (“the Fund”) is a grant program
which aims to realise sustainable development by supporting various activities
and research projects that contribute to solving global environmental problems.
The grant programs consist of:-
- Activity Grants which support activities by NPOs and
other organisations to contribute to the environment; and
- Research Grants which support environmental research
by universities, research institutions, and other organisations.
Please refer to more information here.
Since its launch in 2005, the Fund has
provided a total amount of 5,169 million yen (about AU$52 million) to a total
of 492 environmental activity/research projects.
Unfortunately, no grant has been
provided to a project undertaken by Australian organisation so far. Therefore,
we at Mitsui & Co. Australia are very keen to partner with an Australian
university to identify/develop a suitable research project for which we could
put forward an grant application.
Attached is the 2014 applicationguidelines for research grants for your information.
NHMRC Targeted Call for Research into Engaging and Retaining Young Adults in Interventions to Improve Eating Behaviours and Health Outcomes (Preventing Obesity in 18-24 year olds)
This is a reminder that the NHMRC Targeted Call for
Research into Engaging and Retaining Young Adults in Interventions to Improve
Eating Behaviours and Health Outcomes (Preventing Obesity in 18-24 year olds) is
open for application in RGMS.
This Targeted Call aims to support research that addresses
the following research question:
How can young adults be engaged and retained in
successful interventions that lead to healthy eating and a reduced risk of
obesity for Australians?
Funding Rules and application requirements for the call are
on the NHMRC
website here
Key Dates:
Minimum Data Due in RGMS
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1 July 2015
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MRO internal close for
compliance check
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8 July 2015
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Close of Submissions in
RGMS
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22 July 2015
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All queries about this scheme
should be directed to the Medical and Health Sciences Team at MRO (mhs@monash.edu).
ARC Discovery Project (DP16) Rejoinders now open in RMS
The ARC has released
the Assessor reports for DP16 and
the Rejoinder Process is now open in RMS.
All applicants are strongly urged to submit
a rejoinder. This is your final opportunity to engage with the ARC College
and advance your case for funding. If you require advice or assistance, please
contact us.
If you would like to receive feedback from MRO on your
response, please submit your written rejoinder draft as a Word document
(maximum 5000 characters, including spaces) to arc@monash.edu
no later than 9am, Wednesday 24 June.
Invitation to Nominate - Australian Harkness Fellowships in Health Policy and Practice
The Commonwealth
Fund is pleased to invite you to nominate a candidate for the 2016-17
Australian Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice. Established
in 1925, the Harkness Fellowships were modeled after the Rhodes Scholarships
and aim to produce the next generation of health policy leaders in
participating countries.
Please complete
and email the nomination information below to Robin Osborn, director of the
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice, at ro@cmwf.org as
soon as possible, and application materials will be emailed
directly to your nominee. The deadline for receipt of applications from Australia is 8 September 2015.
Fulbright Specialist Grants - Applications Opening in Two Weeks
The Fulbright Specialist
Program (FSP) supports Australian universities and other educational and
research institutions to host U.S. Specialists for 2-6 week visits as guest
speakers, lecturers and/or collaborative researchers. FSP aims at the
development of curriculum, the building of research links and the establishment
of ongoing cooperation between Australian and U.S. educational and research
institutions.
The FSP grants fund an international
economy airfare and a US$200 per diem honorarium. Accommodation, meals and
in-country travel are provided by the host institution. Universities with
projects comprehending a vast variety of disciplines are eligible for this
grant.
Applications will open 1 July and close 30
September 2015.
For more details on this program click
here.
Note: The FSP grant is awarded to Australian
educational institutions (not to U.S. Specialists directly). U.S. Specialists
must register with the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
on the
CIES roster to become eligible for a potential invitation from a FSP
grantee (an Australian educational institution).
Sore back? This Australian smart office chair could soon fix that
Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) and Monash Health research developing 'smart chair' technology.Read The Sydney Morning Herald article here.
Comparison of Self-Expanding and Mechanically Expanded Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prostheses
Ian Meredith et al. published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsRead article here.
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutic Agents in the Treatment of Granulosa Cell Tumors of the Ovary.
Peter Fuller et al. published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.Read article here.
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