Monash BDI ECRs receive publication prizes
Two Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) early career researchers (ECRs) have received Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Publication Prizes for Laboratory Based Research. These prizes are awarded to ECRs who have published an outstanding piece of research.
Dr Garron Dodd, from the Tiganis lab, received the Robert Porter Early Career Researcher Publication Prize for Laboratory Based Sciences for his research on the Cell Metabolism paper titled ‘A hypothalamic phosphatase switch coordinates energy expenditure with feeding’.
“I’m incredibly grateful to have received this award and would like to acknowledge all the co-authors, especially Professor Tony Tiganis, for their enduring efforts throughout this project’s journey,” Dr Dodd said.
Dr Dodd will present this work at the upcoming Functional Neurocircuitry of Feeding and Feeding Disorders Keystone Symposia in Banff, Canada.
Dr Anja Knaupp, from the Polo lab, received the Early Career Researcher Fellows Publication Prize for Laboratory Based Research for her research on the Cell Stem Cell paper titled ‘Transient and permanent reconfiguration of chromatin and transcription factor occupancy drive reprogramming’.
“Being awarded the 2018 FMNHS ECR Publication Prize is a great privilege and honour. I am very grateful for this, as it is a recognition of not only my own but also the co-authors efforts to further our understanding of cell fate changes , which are essential to many physiological and pathological processes,” Dr Knaupp said.
“This prize will facilitate my ongoing career development and will assist with my plans to present my research findings at an international conference next year,” she said.
Congratulations to both Dr Dodd and Dr Knaupp on their prizes.
This year, eight prizes were awarded (six Early Career Researcher and two Early Career Research Fellows. You can find the full list of prize winners here (Intranet).
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Committed to making the discoveries that will relieve the future burden of disease, the newly established Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University brings together more than 120 internationally-renowned research teams. Our researchers are supported by world-class technology and infrastructure, and partner with industry, clinicians and researchers internationally to enhance lives through discovery.