Invitation to the Hargrave-Andrew Library Discover It Expo, 8 May

Uncover the answers

Whatever your field, the Library has a world of electronic resources for you to discover. We have what you need when and where you need it, with the most up-to-date resources for research and education.

Come to our DiscoverIt Expo and get to know the new and leading electronic resources in Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and related disciplines. Experts will be on hand to provide advice on navigating these resources and making the most of their features and functionalities.

·  Explore ways to demonstrate your research impact using SciVal and Web of Science, and learn how to create a unique ORCID identifier.

·  Talk to experts about Figshare and copyright

·  Find new learning and teaching resources

·  Discover specialised databases for Medical and Health Research

·  View product demonstrations by Cortellis, Global Health, SciVal and more

Enjoy some barista coffee and go in the draw to win exciting prizes.

Date:     Monday 8 May 11am - 2pm

Venue:   Hargrave-Andrew Library, 13 College Walk, Clayton campus

Register here or visit the Discover It website to find out more.

Library information sessions for graduate students, 15-16 May

The library MNHS team has prepared a two-day series of seminars specifically designed for graduate students in the Faculty. The sessions will be held on 15-16 May at the Matheson Library.

The seminars address a range of advanced information research and communication skills, as well as skills relevant to developing research profile and output. 

Registrations: Online via the Library Booking system – use the search term ‘focus series’

Flyer with brief descriptions of the sessions is attached HERE. 

Take your data from 2D to 3D with Stereology, 4 May (registrations required by Tuesday 2nd May)

This Thursday at 11:00 am, the MHTP Histology Platform will be presenting a seminar on stereology to teach the basic principles of the technique. Everyone is welcome, but please register by Tuesday 2nd May if you would like to attend.  

MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme seminar "Overview of the nucleic acids and innate immunity lab", 2 May

Tuesday 2 May, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Seminar Room 1, TRF Building

Dr Michael Gantier

ARC Future Fellow

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases

The central aim of Dr Michael Gantier’s research is to define how nucleic acids modulate immune responses, in both homeostatic conditions and following infection. After joining Professor Bryan Williams’ laboratory in 2006, Dr

Gantier set out to investigate how endogenous and foreign nucleic acids controlled innate immune responses. Building on technical expertise on small RNAs acquired during his PhD (University College Dublin, Ireland), he

established this research theme in the Williams laboratory, and more broadly in Australia.

In 2015, following the award of an ARC Future Fellowship and several NHMRC project grants, he was promoted to lead his own research group in the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. The group’s research has important implications for our basic understanding of inflammation and the translational use of nucleic acids therapeutics in the clinic.

Amongst his scientific achievements are publications in the highest-ranking science and medical research journals, including Nature Immunology, Cell Host Microbe, Nucleic Acids Research, PNAS, Journal of Virology, Journal of Immunology, among others.

Research Services showcase, 8 May

Attention Researchers, professional staff in Research Services and all interested staff in the Monash community:  We would like to invite you to the first Research Services showcase for 2017.

Since launching myResearch in July 2016, the team has been bedding down the new systems and processes and helping ensure that everything went smoothly for the major grant rounds.

We are now excited to show you the first set of improvements to Pure, some of them made in response to researcher requests, and the new features in the latest Pure upgrade.

The showcase will give you demonstrations of the new Highlighted Content CV, the updated Activities and Prizes section, how to enhance publication matches using the Scopus Author ID, a new affiliations feature that allows you to link your work to centres and institutes, a preview of the new Pure Portal, and more.

Please register for this event on Monday 8 May from 10am - 12pm on Clayton campus.

Hudson Seminar Series - Professor Elizabeth Hartland, Thurs 4th May 12-1pm

This week's Hudson Seminar will be held, Thursday 4th May 2017 at 12.00pm-1.00pm in Seminar rooms 1 & 2, Level 2, TRF Building.

The speaker will be Professor Elizabeth Hartland, Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne.

She will be presenting "Cell death and bacterial diarrhoea"

A light lunch and refreshments will follow the presentation. 

CID Weekly Seminar Series: Invited Speaker - Tuesday 9 May - Dr Lisa Lindquist

Tuesday 9 May, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Seminar Room 1, TRF Building

Dr Lisa Lindquist, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow

Walter and Eliza Hal Institute, Division of Cell Signalling and Cell Death

Autophagy or “self-eating” is a vital catabolic process that recycles bulk cytoplasmic material but can also selectively degrade organelles such as mitochondria. While autophagy reduces autoimmune and inflammatory responses, aberrant autophagy is linked to cancer and neurological diseases. For the last 10 years there has been an enduring dogma that the pro-survival Bcl-2 family members inhibit autophagy by directly binding to the autophagy protein Beclin 1. However, Lisa’s work overturned this model by revealing that the pro-survival Bcl-2 family members absolutely require Bax and Bak, the effectors of intrinsic apoptosis, to regulate autophagy. She is currently investigating how these early stages of cell suicide initiate autophagy, which occurs independently of caspase activation and cell death. 

Lisa specialises at tackling questions at the interface of fields, such as between protein synthesis and apoptosis, and apoptosis and autophagy. Her research is largely focused on drug development for cancer therapy and characterizing the physiological effects of those inhibitors. She received her PhD from McGill University (Canada) and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Cell Signalling and Cell division.

Research gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa_Lindqvist/info

Please contact andrea.johannessen@monash.edu to schedule a meeting with Lisa after the seminar.

A light lunch is served prior to the seminar at 11:45am in the seminar room foyer, level 2, TRF Building.


Further information, including the link to add the seminar series to your google calendar, is available from CID Weekly Seminar Series website [http://www.med.monash.edu.au/scs/medicine/cid/seminar-series.html]

Cell Signalling and its Therapeutic Implications: 2017 Focus on Inflammation, 17-19 May

The Conference will be held at RACV Cape Schank, 17th-19th May 2017

Register now HERE  
Submit your abstract HERE.  Short talks will be selected from submitted poster abstracts.

International Speakers:  

• Derek Mann Newcastle UK 
• Manolis Pasparakis Cologne Germany         
• Jen Morton Glasgow UK

National Speakers: 

• Andrew Cox    
• Phil Darcy
• Matthias Ernst
• Mark Febbraio
• Paul Hertzog
• Fabienne Mackay
• Ashley Mansell
• Shaun McColl 
• Sandra Nicholson
• Meredith O’Keeffe
• Belinda Parker
• Mark Pelligrini
• John Silke
• Erica Sloan
• Katryn Stacey
• Joe Trapani
• Colby Zaph

More information here:  csti.com.au

Support for parents

In response to preliminary findings from Athena SWAN, we are piloting new workshops to support Monash staff with caring responsibilities. This includes group coaching sessions for women before and after parental leave and a workshop for new fathers. 

** NEW ** Managing Transition to Parental Leave 
Date: Wednesday 10 May, 1pm – 3.30pm
Audience: Suited to expectant mothers

Cost: FREE

** NEW ** Managing Transition from Work to Parental Leave
Date: Wednesday 10 May, 9.30am-12pm
Audience: Suited to academic women who returned from parental leave in the past year
Cost: FREE

** NEW ** Supporting New Fathers in the Workplace 
Date: Tuesday 30 May, 10am-12pm
Audience: Suited professional and academic staff whose partner had a child in the past year

Cost: FREE

The Working Parent Resilience Program
Date: Tuesday 6 June, 9.30am-4.30pm

Suited to all staff who are parents or carers

Cost: $270 (If staff are unable to secure funding, please contact gender-equity@monash.edu and we'll cover the fee).

All programs can be found on the University’s Gender Equity website:  www.monash.edu/gender-equity/parents including the Expectant and New Parents Guide.

Comparison of safety and efficacy of image-guided enema reduction techniques for paediatric intussusception: A review of the literature

Michael Ditchfield et al. published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

Read article here.

Accuracy of the paracetamol-aminotransferase multiplication product to predict hepatotoxicity in modified-release paracetamol overdose

Anselm Wong, Andis Graudins et al. published in Clinical Toxicology.

Read article here.

The benefits of clinical facilitators on improving stroke care in acute hospitals: a new program for Australia

Tara Purvis et al. published in the Internal Medicine Journal.

Read article here.

Observational studies and the chicken and egg issue in stroke

Tara Purvis, Dominique Cadilhac published in Nature Reviews Neurology.

Read article here.

Management of mineral and bone disorders in renal transplant recipients

Matthew Damasiewicz, Peter Ebeling published in Nephrology.

Read article here.

Viewing immune regulation as it happens-in vivo imaging for investigation of regulatory T cell function

Michael Hickey, Zachary Chow published in Immunology and cell biology.

Read article here.

Treatments for Latrodectism-A Systematic Review on Their Clinical Effectiveness

Andis Graudins et al. published in Toxins.

Read article here.

Sleep: A window into autonomic control in children born preterm and growth restricted

Rosemary Horne et al. published in Sleep.

Read article here.

Towards evidence-based resuscitation of the newborn infant

Stuart Hooper et al. published in The Lancet.

Read article here.

The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice

Frances Shawyer et al. published in BMC Psychiatry.

Read article here.

The Rise Study; measuring the increase in exhaled carbon dioxide in spontaneously breathing infants at birth

Douglas Blank et al. published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Read article here.