Alumni
Research highlights from our post-doc and PhD student alumni
Dr Srgjan Civciristov, post-doc from 2013-2019
Civciristov et al. 2019 Journal of Biological Chemistry
Civciristov & Halls 2019 British Journal of Pharmacology
Civciristov et al. 2018 Science Signaling
Bursary to attend 2018 World Congress of Pharmacology (Kyoto, Japan)
Dr Cindy Pon, post-doc from 2013-2015
Pon et al. 2015 FASEB Journal
Chantel Mastos, PhD student (completed 2025), Honours (completed 2020)
Mastos et al. 2024 Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
Most Outstanding Oral Presentation at the 19th Annual Graduate Research Symposium (2024)
Best Oral Presentation at the Drug Discovery Biology Student Symposium (2023)
Student representative for the ASCEPT Drug Discovery Special Interest Group (2023-2024)
Fred Mitchelson Award for highest Honours mark in Drug Discovery Biology (2020)
Eleonora Comeo, PhD student (completed 2021)
Project based at University of Nottingham (UK) with Professor S Hill, Professor B Kellam, Dr L May, Professor P Scammells
Comeo et al. 2021 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Guest on Dr GPCR podcast (episode #29)
Guest on RRR Einstein A Go-Go
Maxine Roberts, PhD student (completed 2020)
Project based at University of Nottingham (UK) with Professor S Charlton
Roberts et al. 2021 Frontiers in Pharmacology
Travel award to attend 2018 Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs meeting (Melbourne, Australia)
Arisbel Batista-Gondin, PhD student (completed 2019)
Gondin et al. 2019 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Miess, Gondin et al. 2018 Science Signaling
Monash postgraduate travel award
Drug Discovery Biology travel award
Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) travel award
Madeline Fletcher, PhD student (completed 2019)
Project based at DDB with Associate Professor D Wootten and Professor P Sexton
Fletcher et al. 2018 Biochemical Pharmacology
Fletcher et al. 2016 Biochemical Society Transactions
Monash postgraduate travel award
Christina Lucato, PhD student (completed 2018)
Project based at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute with Dr A Ellisdon
2018 Monash BDI best thesis nomination
Lucato et al. 2017 Journal of Molecular Biology
Lucato et al. 2015 Journal of Biological Chemistry
Poster prize at Lorne Proteins 2015
Guest on RRR Einstein A Go-Go
Sheng Yu Ang, PhD student (completed 2017)
Project based at DDB with Dr D Hutchinson, Dr M Kocan, Professor R Summers
Ang et al. 2017 British Journal of Pharmacology
Monash postgraduate travel award