Virginie Lam, School of Public Health has officially been conferred her PhD. Virginie completed a substantial PhD which included five first author publications and eleven co-authored publications. The title of Virginie’s thesis was: “An investigation of a vitamin D, ionised calcium and parathyroid hormone regulatory axis of cerebral capillary function: Implications for cognitive performance in […]
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CHIRI People – Congratulations to Dr Lam
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CHIRI-FC Champions of Curtin 5-a-side Outdoor Soccer
The CHIRI-FC have been named champions of the Curtin 5-a-side Outdoor Soccer Tournament, after winning the final 5-3 on Wednesday this week. Team members include Abhijeet Deshmukh, Mohammed Yaro, Marco Falasca, Amy Black, Waheed Alrehaily, Mohd Sheeraz, Jordan Rowlands, Dorji, Kevin Keane, José Antonio Caparrós, Ricky Lareu, and Sam Siem. This is the second trophy […]
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Welcome
Dear colleagues, welcome to the first CHIRI-Newsletter Blog. We have been eagerly anticipating this launch as it provides us with an effective and efficient way of keeping each other better informed. Please feel free to submit to Kerrie information that you would like shared via the CHIRI-Newsletter blog and if available, photographs by emailing chiri@curtin.edu.au. […]
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Metabolomics adventures
Thank you to Dr Rodrigo Carlessi for leading discussions with others on developing some in-house metabolomics capability linked to the CHIRI-mass spec capability. Some appropriate columns have been ordered to expand pilot investigations underway. In 2018, WA will launch a centralised phenomics capability of which CHIRI is partnering. However, compementary capabilities are being encouraged by […]
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The Raine Study…
… recently held their annual scientific meeting and several presentations were presented by Faculty of Health Science Curtin staff. Keep in mind the Raine Foundation welcomes research enquiries nationally and internationally to access this extraordinarily cohort. There seems multiple opportunities for biomedical focussed studies.
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Are you keeping abreast with the NHMRC?
Please consider subscribing to NHMRC Research Tracker [https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/media/subscription-service?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NHMRC%20Research%20Tracker%20%2030%20September%202016&utm_content=NHMRC%20Research%20Tracker%20%2030%20September%202016+CID_6c1ee83dea0bda1f5f698cfbfadd8115&utm_source=Mailbuild&utm_term=Subscribe
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CHIRI People
Dr Evelyn Deplazes, School of Biomedical Sciences, won the New Investigator Award at the Combined Biological Sciences Meeting held at UWA on 26 August 2016. The title of Dr Deplazes’ presentation was ‘Phospholipid Binding Activity of the Spider Venom Peptides ProTx-I and ProTx-II and its Relevance to the Inhibition of the Analgesic Target NaV1.7’. Felipe […]
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2nd CHIRI-Focus on Microscopy Workshop
Save these dates! Wednesday 16th November – Presentations Thursday 17th November – Master Classes using CHIRI-based equipment This workshop will combine technical talks on confocal microscopy as well as emerging and complementary techniques from around WA. These presentations will provide an overview of different applications to enable you to best design and run experiments. This […]
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CHIRI Image of the month – September
Congratulations to Miheer Sabale for winning the latest ‘Image of the Month’! Fluorescent ICC staining in stably transfected Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (Mef) cells Cells have been stained with a Presenilin antibody (green) and an anti-FLAG antibody (red). The yellow colour of this composite image is indicative of a significant overlap between the two antibodies. Nuclei are stained […]
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CHIRI Seminar Series – 29/9/16
Prof Michael Kassiou, The University of Sydney Thursday 29th September – 1.00pm to 2.00pm Building 302:001:LT “Neuroinflammatory Targets in CNS Drug Discovery” Irrespective of the phenotype, e.g. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) or schizophrenia, the most consistent finding in brain diseases is pronounced changes in the functional state of microglia – the cells responsible […]
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