Graduate Research Symposium
Central Clinical School's (CCS) annual postgraduate symposium aims to improve the visibility of students and their research projects on a larger scale and celebrate their achievements. PhD students throughout the Alfred Research Alliance (A+) precinct (including Baker & Burnet Institutes and CCS) have the opportunity to explain their research to peers and colleagues. By participating, they can foster collaborations, networking and a greater awareness of the ARA based expertise and research. Students can make either oral presentations, which are judged by a panel of senior academics and postdocs. Attractive monetary prizes are awarded for outstanding work.
2023 Symposium winners
The 2023 CCS postgraduate symposium was held on 27 October, 2023 at The Innovation and Education Hub, Alfred. See booklet.
Congratulations to our prize winners!
Oral presentation
- 1st - Emily Cockle, Department of Neuroscience, An individualised approach to neurocognitive risk in stereo-EEG'
- 2nd - Yanie Tan, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Overexpression of long non-coding RNA OIP5-AS1 using CRISPR activation promotes myotube formation and myogenic gene expression in C2C12 cells.
- 3rd - Lin (Kathy) Hsin, Department of Immunology, Accurate determination of house dust mite sensitization in asthma and allergic rhinitis through CytoBas
- People's Choice - Shannen Walker, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Mice with polygenic mitochondrial complex I insufficiency display motor deficits and white matter degeneration.
Poster Presentation
- 1st - Jack Edwards, Department of Immunology, Response and resistance to combination immune checkpoint blockade associate with distinct baseline and on-treatment blood T-cell profiles in melanoma patients.
- 2nd - Judy Choi, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Selectively targeting the Gasdermin-D pore formation to attenuate diabetes associated cardiovascular diseases
- 3rd - Lauren Evans, Department of Neuroscience, Associations between in-match head acceleration events measured by instrumented mouthguards and post-match serum GFAP and NFL levels in amateur male Australian football players.
- People's Choice - Judy Choi, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Selectively targeting the Gasdermin-D pore formation to attenuate diabetes associated cardiovascular diseases