veski fellows in the media

Our veski innovation, inspiring women and sustainable agriculture fellows, veski connection members and veski board members often appear in the media:

2023:

August

  • Professor Mark Dawson and team uncover a new type of immunotherapy to treat cancer – published in Cancer Discovery in collaboration with Storm Therapeutics.
  • Professor Roger Pocock – published a paper on “An intestinal sphingolipid confers intergenerational neuroprotection”, nature cell biology, August 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Mark Dawson – published a paper on “Discovery of a highly potent, selective, orally bioavailable inhibitor of KAT6A/B histone acetyltransferases with efficacy against KAT6A-high ER+ breast cancer”, Cell Chemical Biology, August 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Emily Nicholson – authored “Beyond the headline: roles of the Red List of Ecosystems in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, OSFPreprints, August 2023, Hyperlink
  • Professor Catherine Satzke – was invited to speak at the inaugural Centre for Pathogen Genomics Symposium, 15 August 2023
  • Professor Tu’uhevaha Katiu’u-Lino – received an ARC Future Fellowship in 2023

July

  • Prof Emma Sciberras has taken up a new role as Senior Clinical Psychologies at Alfred Health.

June

  • Prof Emma Sciberras – published an article on “Variation in sleep profiles in children with ADHD and associated clinical characteristics”, The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, June 2023, Hyperlink
  • Professor Pierluigi Mancarella – published a conference paper on “Analytical Discussion on Dynamics of Inverter- Based Resources under Small-Signal Conditions”, June 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Emma Sciberras – published a paper on “Variation in sleep profiles in children with ADHD and associated clinical characteristics”, The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, June 2023 Hyperlink
  • Dr Cara Doherty – published a paper on “New organic ionic plastic crystals utilizing the morpholinium cation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, June 2023 Hyperlink
  • Dr Cara Doherty – published a paper on “Micro-Scaling Metal-Organic Framework Films through Direct Laser Writing for Chemical Sensing”, Advanced Sensor Research, June 2023 Hyperlink
  • Dr Jessica Holien – won Cure Cancer – Research of the Year – Second place Hyperlink

May

  • Professor Benjamin Marsland– published a paper on “Butyrate regulates neutrophil homeostasis and impairs early antimicrobial activity in the lung”, Mucosal Immunology, May 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Mark Dawson – published an article “From little things big things grow”, Nature cancer, May 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Emily Nicholson – published an article “Weaving knowledges and methods for ecosystem science on the Tiwi Islands”, Conservation Science, May 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Emily Nicholson – commenced a new job at the University of Melbourne as Professor in Conservation Biology, 1 May 2023 – she was formerly employed by Deakin University.
  • Prof Catherine Satzke – published a paper on “A systematic review of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonisation density in children under 5 years of age”, Vaccine, May 2023 Hyperlink

April

  • Professor Pierluigi Mancarella – published a paper on “Grid-Forming Services From Hydrogen Electrolyzers”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, April 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Ethan Goddard-Borger – published a paper on “SA subfamily classification to choreograph the diverse activities within glycoside hydrolase family 31”, Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Natalie Hannan – published a paper on “Assessment of the tocolytic nifedipine in preclinical primary models of preterm birth”, Scientific Reports, April 2023 Hyperlink
  • Dr Jessica Holien – preprint of “Dysregulated expression of Hoxa1 isoforms in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells causes myelodysplastic syndromes”,BioRxiv, April 2023 Hyperlink

March

  • Prof Maria Liaskos – published a paper on “Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles”, Nature Reviews Microbiology, March 2023 Hyperlink
  • Prof Maria Liaskos – published a paper on “Planktonic and Biofilm-Derived Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Vesicles Facilitate Horizontal Gene Transfer of Plasmid DNA”, Bacteriology, March 2023 Hyperlink

February

  • Professor Seth Masters – published a paper on “G-CSF drives autoinflammation in APLAID”, Nature Immunology, February 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Benjamin Marsland – published a paper on “The skin microbiome in the first year of life and its association with atopic dermatitis”, Allergy – European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 2023 Hyperlink  
  • Professor Roger Pocock – among 94 new members appointed to ARC College of Experts to support the advancement of knowledge and contribute to national innovation.
  • Professor Pierluigi Mancarella – appointed to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fellow in 2023

January

  • Professor Mark Dawson – published a paper on “Targeting Menin disrupts the KMT2A/B and polycomb balance to paradoxically activate bivalent genes”, Nature Cell Biology, January 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Ethan Goddard-Borger – published a paper on “Structure, sequon recognition and mechanism of tryptophan C-mannosyltransferase”, Nature Chemical Biology, January 2023 Hyperlink
  • Professor Roger Pocock – receives NHMRC 2022 Ideas Grant for his research Characterization of the germline regulatory landscape Hyperlink
  • Professor Emma Sciberras – published a paper on “Practitioner Review: It’s time to bridge the gap – understanding the unmet needs of consumers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and recommendations”, The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, January 2023 Hyperlink

2022

December

  • Dr Cara Doherty, CSIRO Senior Scientist has developed a technique to address the challenge of transporting temperature-dependent vaccines. This could increase vaccine access in rural and remote communities in Australia and developing countries.
  • Professor Emily Nicholson – writes “Red List of Ecosystems as a headline indicator in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”, Red list of Ecosystems, December 2022
  • Professor Natalie Hannan – received the prestigious Dame Kate Campbell Fellowships in 2023 for her brilliant achievement in recognition of her research and leadership.

November

  • Professor Roger Pocock – published a paper on “Conditional Degradation of UNC-31/CAPS Enables Spatiotemporal Analysis of Neuropeptide Function”, The Journal of Neuroscience, November 2022 Hyperlink 
  • Professor Natalie Hannan – joins the veski board in November 2022

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November

  • Professor Kenneth Crozier receives ARC Discovery Project funding – The University of Melbourne
  • Associate Professor Timothy Scott receives ARC Discovery Project funding – Monash University

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June

  • Professor Mark Dawson – Australian Government injects MRFF funding into STEM cell research –  The University of Melbourne
  • Associate Professor Seth Masters publishes in Nature Communications – The University of Melbourne

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December

  • Associate Professor Ross Dickins, veski innovation fellow and Associate Professor Catherine Satzke, veski inspiring women fellow receive NHMRC Ideas Grant.
  • Associate Professor Roger Pocock, veski innovation fellow receives ARC Discovery Project and NHMRC Ideas Grant.
  • Important research understanding why men get more cancer than womenDr Sue Haupt, Franco Caramia and Dr Ygal Hauptveski innovation fellow published in Nature Communications – Peter MacCallum.

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June

  • Assoc Prof Natalie Hannan  recognised with two prestigious awards – awarded the 2019 Melbourne Medical School Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women, as well as the International Federation of Placenta Associations, Andrèe Gruslin Award for 2019.
  • Protecting the proteins that protect us from cancer – CSIROscope and PeterMacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Team led by Professor Christopher McNeill uncover an important breakthrough in fundamental physics that further paves the way for the development of next-generation flexible, wearable devices powered by ‘spintronics’ – Paper published in Nature Physics– Monash University.
  • Apoplasmic and simplasmic phloem unloading mechanisms: Do they co-exist in Angeleno plums under demanding environmental conditions? – Journal of Plant PhysiologyProfessor Luca Corelli Grappadelli

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