Entries by Jennifer Huynh

Revealed: our cellular guardians

October 24, 2017 in /by

Everyone has a unique identity and awareness of ‘self’ – and this identity has a biological counterpart at the cellular level. This cellular ‘awareness’ is mediated by genes in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) family, and these genes are the reason, for example, that transplanted organs are rejected unless efforts are made to match HLA […]

Sweet success for A/Prof Stephanie Gras

October 24, 2017 in /by

Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute researcher Associate Professor Stephanie Gras has been honoured with a Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science for excellence in the field. Group leader and Monash Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, she was one of three women who won the award, which […]

Jamie Rossjohn elected into the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

October 21, 2017 in /by

Monash University researcher Professor Jamie Rossjohn has been formally inducted into the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). Being elected as a Fellow honours the important contribution Professor Rossjohn has made to health and medical research in Australia. Professor Rossjohn, ARC Laureate Fellow, is recognised internationally for being at the […]

Prima Biomed and Monash University receive funding grant for LAG-3 research project

September 4, 2017 in /by

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Prima BioMed Ltd (ASX: PRR; NASDAQ: PBMD) (“Prima” or the “Company”) announces that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded Prima and research partner Monash University a A$360,000 grant under its Linkage Project scheme to help fund a research project into the role of LAG-3 in immune responses. In collaboration with Prima, […]

Turning back the tide of Rheumatoid Arthritis

August 14, 2017 in /by

Evolutionary changes in genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be responsible for higher incidence and earlier onset in Indigenous North American populations. An international team of scientists, co-led by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute(BDI) and University of Queensland researchers, embarked on research to look at why RA is more prevalent and severe in Indigenous populations. Monash […]