Professor Alan Mackay-Sim: Stem cells as models for brain diseases and drug discovery (2021)
2017 Australian of the Year, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim is a neuroscientist and stem cell scientist. A global authority on the human sense of smell, Alan uses his knowledge of regeneration of olfactory sensory neurons to move from the lab to the clinic. In preclinical work, Alan and his team showed that transplantation of nasal cells […]
Panel: Early and mid-career clinician-scientist pathways and opportunities (2018)
Discover how our early and mid-career panel members got into research, the challenges and successes they have encountered and what motivates them. Panellists included: Dr Ruth Mitchell Dr Joseph Doyle Dr Kirsten Perrett Associate Professor Justin Denholm This panel discussion was part of the LACS VIC 2018 event and was chaired by Professor Ingrid Scheffer.
Professor Di Yu – 2021 Jian Zhou Medal winner
Professor Di Yu was awarded the 2021 Jian Zhou Medal in recognition of his landmark discoveries in revealing the differentiation and functions of T cells in human health and disease, research which has enabled new diagnosis and therapy for autoimmune, allergic and infectious diseases, and the improvement for vaccine efficacy. https://aahms.org/news/scientists-honoured-with-jian-zhou-medals/
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni: Psychiatry research, ready for a revolution (2016)
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni explains why psychiatry is so far behind many medical disciplines, and that mental health will continue to be a major health burden in Australia in the coming years. She also outlines why the lack of neurobiology thinking in the profession of psychiatry has led to some disasters for people in their quality […]