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Recent Awards & Achievements of MISCL researchers

  • Master of Biomedical Science awarded June 2009 to Junli Zhuang: SCUBE1, A Novel Developmental Gene Implicated in Renal Regeneration and Repair

  • PhD awarded 13th Jan 2009 to  Jarrod Dudakov: Enhancing post-natal regeneration of hematopoietic stem cells and lymphopoiesis following immunodepletion

  • PhD awarded 13th Jan 2009 to Jessica Reiseger: Sex steriod ablation enhances T and B cell function in aged and immunodepleted mice

  • PhD awarded  16th December 2008 to Linda Kenins: The role of Flt3 Ligand in Immune Reconstitution

  • Congratulations to Jarrod Dudakov who was awarded the Sydney Parker Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Cancer Council Victoria. The fellowship is for 12 months, commencing Jan 1st 2009 and is worth $64,750.

  • Australian researchers make kidney gene breakthrough
    Melbourne renal specialists have discovered a gene that helps the kidney develop in infancy and repair itself in older age. Dr Sharon Ricardo, who heads the renal regeneration group at Monash University says the findings have the potential to revolutionise the way organ disease is treated (Click title for article).

  • Melbourne in world first stem cell treatment for neck vertebral repair  
    Professor Graham Jenkin and neurosurgical registrar Dr Tony Goldschlager, together with Melbourne-based biotechnology company Mesoblast Limited, have pioneered a new treatment using a unique population of adult stem cells that has significantly increased the success rate and shortened recovery times of neck spinal fusion surgery in preclinical trials in animals (Click title for article).

  • PhD student Christina Jones won Best Poster at the 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), 8-10th September 2008, Newcastle, NSW.

  • PhD student Elizabeth Verghese won the poster prize at  the Polycystic kidney disease symposia held at the Florence McCreddie Day at Royal Melbourne Hospital, September 3rd 2008 .

  • Sept 2008 saw Natalie Seach awarded aPhD on:
    Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells: Characterization, Regeneration and Role of the Lymphotoxin Beta Receptor

  • Dr Orly Lacham-Kaplan - on Stem Cells and infertility
    Interview on 'Brains Matter'. Listen to the interview

  • Professor Richard Boyd speaks on ABC radio show, 'Australia All Over' with Macca
    Interview about stem cells, therapeutic potential (10Mb .wav)

  • PhD student Ezgi Ozturk won the Best Poster prize at the Brain Function and Repair Meeting, 2nd Symposium on Brain and Mind Research in the Asia/Pacific (BMAP), 6th Asia Pacific Symposium on Neuroregeneration (APSNR), Singapore, September 1-5, 2008.
    Click here to view the winning poster (jpg)

  • PhD student Jarrod Dudakov was awarded first prize for a new investigator talk, called the Dirk van Bekkum award, at the International Society for Hematology and Stem Cells conference in Boston, U.S.A., July 9-12 2008.

  • Professor Richard Boyd, Director
    May 23rd, 2008. Professor Richard Boyd  was appointed as the new Director of the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell laboratories, the latest event in his long relationship with the University.

  • New Professors: Andrew Elefanty and Ed Stanley

    May 2008 saw Andrew Elefanty and Ed Stanley awarded as professors. More info on their research here

  • DNA fingerprinting for viable embryos - Drs David Cram and Gayle Jones
    Senior research scientists at Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) believe that their findings will revolutionise IVF by improving pregnancy rates and eliminating multiple pregnancies

  • PhD's were recently awarded to Anne Fletcher and Richard Davis

    Anne Fletcher: Thymic Epithelial Cells: Post Natal Maintenance, Regeneration and Autoimmune-Associated Abnormalities
    Richard Davis: Genetic tagging of the MIXL1 locus enables isolation of human primitive streak-like cells from differentiating embryonic stem cells

  • January 2008: Anne Fletcher has won the inaugural Kay Patterson Award for Research Excellence for her work in identifying cells that could stop donor tissue rejection in transplant patients.

  • Emeritus Professor Alan Trounson, the founding Director of MISCL, has been appointed Director of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the wealthiest (three billion US dollars) and most prestigious benefactors of stem cell research in the world. Professor Trounson, not only established MISCL but he has been a driving force in the promotion of stem cell research in Australia, being instrumental in obtaining funding for the creation of the Australian Stem Cell Centre and being its first CEO. Professor Trounson has also been a major influence in development of infertility treatments; actively involved in the legislative process for permissive laws on assisted reproduction, human embryo research and research into nuclear transfer. His scientific knowledge has touched research areas as diverse as infertility, embryology, animal cloning technology and lastly stem cell therapies. Never shying from public attention, he has brought this controversial research to the public and in doing so has greatly influenced its wider perception. His research accolades and awards are numerous and his influence and mentorship to colleagues, more junior scientists and research students leaves behind his lasting legacy on the direction of stem cell research within Australia. His new position may forge new and influential collaborations between Australian Government, Australian stem cell research including MISCL and Californian stem cell researchers.

  • November 2007: Sue Mei Lim has just received her PhD for her thesis entitled "The consequences of misexpression of the Mixl1 homeobox gene on mesendodermal differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs)", under the supervision of Dr Ed Stanley and Associate Professor Andrew Elefanty.

  • Dr Anna Michalska was funded by the NHMRC to represent Australia at two workshops organized by the International Stem Cell Forum in Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, Maine: “ISCF, International Stem Cell Banking Initiative”  and “The 3rd International Human ES Cell Workshop” in October 2007. Anna was also nominated onto the European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry (hESCreg) advisory board and will speak at their launch symposium January 2008 in Berlin.

  • Dr Orly Lacham Kaplan has been recognised as the new BrainLink Women of Achievement winner until October 2008. See The Age article from October 18th for picture and story: Under the microscope

  • PhD student Jonathan Niclis was a recipient of the prestigious Junior Investigator Poster Award at the International Society for Stem Cell conference, held in Cairns in June 2007 for his work entitled “Characterisation of two human embryonic stem cell lines carrying the Huntington’s disease mutation” Click here to view the winning poster (jpg)

MISCL Awards and Thanks, 2008

  • Kay Patterson Award - Top 2008 PhD student: Adam Goulburn
  • Top Honours student - Julie Cao
    2008 Honours Best Seminar 2 - Andrea Wise
  • 1st PhD student - Courtney McDonald
    2nd Phd student - Christina Jones
    3rd Phd student - Mei Low
  • Special Recognition Award at MISCL - Jarrod Dudakov
  • Spirit of MISCL - Deshira Saiti
  • The Legend of MISCL Award  - Mark Malin
  • Certificate of Appreciation -especially contribution to OHS: Maree Hammett
  • Certificate of Appreciation - especially for all things animals: management, ethics and treatment: Jade Homann

    SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING:

  • Samantha Harris - Tireless support beyond the call of duty, SCAD and much more
  • Joanna Lim - Seminar Series
  • Jonathan Niclis - Seminar Series, Scad, MISCL Retreat
  • Elizabeth Verghese - Symposium
  • Rob Jenny
  • Rebecca Lim
  • Antonietta Guiduce
  • Hayley Dickinson