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2010 Research Projects
The research projects booklet for 2010 is available now (this includes Honours, PhD, AMS). Click on the PDF link for details. [ PDF 1017KB ]
Under the Coverslip
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Under the Coverslip is on again! It is our annual scientific microscopy competition open to all postgraduate students enrolled through the University of Melbourne, including students in affiliated institutes. The competition opening night will take place on Wednesday 25th November 2009 in the Gryphon Gallery of the 1888 Building at the University. All students are encouraged to submit their images before Monday 20th November. Prizes will be awarded to winning entries. Entry details are available here. Images from the 2008 competition can be viewed here. |
Cover Image by Dr Tony Chen
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Dr Tony Chen with an image from his thesis which won The James Stewart Bequest. The image was selected by Clinical Anatomy to appear on the front cover of its April issue. Photograph shows Dr Chen (AMS student in the JBRPSRU 06/07) holding a plaque of the image with Professor Martin Richardson and Associate Professor Chris Briggs. |
Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting 2009
Department members at ANS 2009 pictured below.
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Presentation of ANS Medallions to out-going Council members. Heather Young (centre front) was Secretary, 2006-2007. |
Richard Anderson (2L) and Michael Williams (R) with fellow ANS Victoria Committee members. |
Russell Medal
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Ian Gough, President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, presenting the Russell Medal to Marius Fahrer (Senior Fellow in the Department) who gave the Kenneth Fitzpatrick Russell Memorial Lecture at the 7th Biennial Cowlishaw Symposium, one of the College’s most prestigious events. |
Cover Image by Leni Rivera
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Leni Rivera, a PhD student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, has had an illustration from her paper High- and medium-molecular-weight neurofilament proteins define specific neuron types in the guinea-pig enteric nervous system featured on the cover of the March 2009 issue of Cell & Tissue Research (see image). The image is of neurons in the submucosal ganglia: neurofilaments are in red, neuropeptide Y in green.
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Congratulations Dr Richard Anderson!
Richard has won the American Association of Anatomists' Young Investigator “Herrick Award”, which recognizes “young investigators who have made important contributions to the field of comparative neuroanatomy and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments.” Richard will be flown to New Orleans to present a talk at the FASEB meeting in April 2009.
New Books: Wnt Signaling, Volumes 1 & 2, edited by Elizabeth Vincan.
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Since their discovery, Wnt signaling molecules have been shown to control key events in embryogenesis, to maintain tissue homeostasis in the adult and, when aberrantly activated, to promote human degenerative diseases and cancer, thus making them a vital area of study. Click here to read more. |
