Mission statement:
To integrate immunology and stem cell research
for the development of novel clinical treatments and the understanding
of basic biological systems
Recent Awards & Achievements of MISCL researchers
January 2012 - Monash researchers lead creation of heart cells. Dr David Elliott, Prof. Andrew Elefanty and Prof. Ed Stanley's research into the development of ES cell-derived heart cells is featured in the latest M3 magazine. (pdf, 893 Kb)
December, 2011 - Winner of the Kay Patterson Award for 2011 - Ms Jacqueline Schiesser.
Winner of the Ridolfo prize for 2011 - Ms Sally Caine.
15th December, 2011 - MISCL group leaders and Stem Cell Awareness Day featured in Issue 15 of Biomed Benchmark. (pdf, 1.18 mb)
November, 2011 - The riddle of the sphinx: the stem cell solving the MS enigma. Read about Prof. Claude Bernard's research in the November issue of M3 magazine. (pdf, 811 Kb)
24th-25th November, 2011 - MISCL holds its 5th Annual Student Symposium at the Monash Law Chambers
Best PhD Presentations awarded to Kahlia Wong, Jessica Morison and Jonathan Niclis
29th October, 2011 - Fundraiser Ball hosted by Darebin City Council raised over $110,000 for MS Research at MISCL.
25th October, 2011 - PhD Awarded to Natalie Payne: "Stem cell transplantation as a novel cell-based approach to treat autoimmune-mediated demyelination"
17th October, 2011 - NHMRC Career Development Fellowship awarded to Dr. Jose M. Polo: Determining the events that occur during the reprogramming of different adult cells into embryonic stem-like cells and the capacity of becoming another spcific adult cell during this process.
7th October, 2011 - Stem Cell Awareness Day was held at BMW Edge, Federation Square and featured outstanding talks from research leaders. Visit www.stemcellawarenessday.com for more.
30th May, 2011 - ARC Linkage Project results released
Grant awarded to Dr Tracy S Heng, Prof Richard L Boyd and Prof Silviu Itescu. Dissecting the physiology of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells to develop vaccine candidates for respiratory disease
16th May, 2011 - Winding back the clock with kidney stem cells
A/Prof Sharon Ricardo shows human stem cells can be created from healthy adult kidneys. Read news story
A/Prof Sharon Ricardo appears on ABC News Breakfast and National Radio Australia to discuss the breakthrough of kidney stem cells. Watch and listen here
9th May, 2011 – A call to defrost “frozen zoo” funding
7th March, 2011 – Monash University welcomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia. View news story
12th April, 2011 – MISCL joins the Discoveries Need Dollars Rally in Melbourne
11-12th April, 2011 – CIRM-Australia Workshop held at WEHI
November, 2010 - Winner of the Kay Patterson Award for 2010 – Ms Chew-Li Soh
CIRM Awards $25 million to overcome immune rejection of stem cell transplantation therapies
Two Victorian Government - CIRM grants for MISCL
Monash in national search for cause of MS
A team of Australian researchers including Monash professors Claude
Bernard (MISCL) and Ian
Smith are collaborating on a new research project in an effort to discover
the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis.
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