veski fellows in the media

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

2021

March

Professors' Andrew Holmes AC FRS FAA and Mark Dawson received Australian Academy of Science honorific awards for their outstanding contributions to science.

February

Professor Emily Nicholson author of First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems to enable coordinated conservation efforts: Global Ecosystem Typology - Deakin University

January

Professor Ben Marsland publishes research in Nature Immunology; Protection against asthma from gut metabolism by-product - Monash University

2020

December

Dr Vihandha Wickramasinghe receives two NHMRC Ideas Grants for research into mRNAs and circRNAs- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Associate Professor Ethan Goddard-Borger receives NHMRC Ideas Grant; Repurposing and re-optimising drugs that disrupt glycoprotein folding to treat COVID-19 - WEHI

Associate Professor Seth Masters receives NHMRC Ideas Grant - WEHI

Professor Roger Pocock receives NHMRC Ideas Grant - Monash University

Professor Ben Marsland receives NHMRC Ideas Grant - Monash University

Professor Natalie Hannan publishes 'Nanoparticles in pregnancy: the next frontier in reproductive therapeutics' in Human Reproduction Update - The University of Melbourne

Professor Colby Zaph publishes 'The Methyltransferase DOT1L Controls Activation and Lineage Integrity in CD4+ T Cells during Infection and Inflammation' in Cell Reports - Monash University

Professor Emma Sciberras publishes 'Social and Economic Costs of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Lifespan' in the Journal of Attention Disorders - Deakin University

November

Professor Kenneth Crozier receives ARC Discovery Project funding - The University of Melbourne

Associate Profesor Timothy Scott receives ARC Discovery Project funding - Monash University

September

Professor Colette McKay speaks to David Astle on ABC Evenings on The auditory breakthrough that could help newborns hear for the first time - Bionics Institute

October

Professor Mark Dawson receives a prestigious Prime Minister's Prize for Science, the 2020 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year - PeterMacCallum Cancer Centre

Associate Professor Seth Masters publishes a paper in Cell 'TDP-43 Triggers Mitochondrial DNA Release via mPTP to Activate cGAS/STING in ALS' - WEHI

Dr Vihandha Wickramasinghe publishes 'RNA in Cancer' paper in Nature Reviews Cancer - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

August

Professor Cameron Simmons: The World Mosquito Program announced an extremely promising result from a gold-standard Randomised Controlled Trial conducted over 3 years in Yogyakarta City. The result shows a 77% reduction in dengue incidence in Wolbachia treated communities - Monash University

July

Professor Ben Marsland publishes 'Microbes, metabolites, and the gut–lung axis', the 5^th most read paper in the journal Mucosal Immunology in 2020 - Monash University

Professor Cameron Simmons: The World Mosquito Program selected as one of 6 finalists in the global competition for the $US100 million 100&Change grant - Monash University

June

Australian Government injects MRFF funding into STEM cell research - Prof Mark Dawson - The University of Melbourne

Assoc Prof Seth Masters publishes in Nature Communications - The University of Melbourne

May

Prof Mark Dawson, veski innovation fellow and Dr Sarah Jane Dawson, veski connected community member receives NHMRC funding - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Assoc Prof Emma Sciberras recieves MRFF Investigator Grant - Deakin University

Lifesaving trial moves to Tasmania - Prof Mark Shackleton - Alfred Health

Associate Professor Ethan Goddard-Borger publishes paper 'Trefoil factors share a lectin activity that defines their role in mucus' in Nature Commincations - WEHI

March

Professor Ben Marsland publishes paper 'Skin emollient and early complementary feeding to prevent infant atopic dermatitis (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial' in The Lancet - Monash University

February

Prof Mark Dawson - Australia-First Winner of Global Haematology Award - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

January

#1 most read paper of 2019 - Prof Marsland's Nature Mucosal Immunology publication - Nature Mucosal Immunology

Associate Professor Matthew Call publishes paper 'Novel drivers and modifiers of MPL-dependent oncogenic transformation identified by deep mutational scanning' in the journal Blood - WEHI

2019

12 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 recieves ARC Discovery Project and NHMRC Ideas Grant.

3 December

Important research understanding why men get more cancer than women - Dr Sue Haupt, Franco Caramia and Dr Ygal Haupt, published in Nature Communications - Peter MacCallum.

25 November

Making things with light: Engineer returns home to develop 'genuine 3D printing' - Associate Professor Timothy Scott - @AuManufacturing

20 November

veski innovation fellow Richard Sandberg awarded an INCITE project - the University of Melbourne & Oakridge National Laboratory US.

16 October

Professor Kenneth Crozier is Chief Investigator for New ARC Centre of Excellence - University of Melbourne.

9 September

Professor Ben Marlsand publishes a paper in Nature Immunology, 'The influence of the microbiome on respiratory health' - Monash University.

August

Professor Cameron Simmons recieves an NHMRC Investigator Grant.

16 August

Assoc Prof Natalie Hannan announced as Associate Dean, Diveristy and Inclusion - The University of Melbourne

8 August

Assoc Prof Ross Dickins publishes a paper in Cell Stem Cell identifiying an important new concept relevant to clinicians involved in the diagnosis and treatment of AML patients - Monash University.

16 July

Associate Professor Timothy Scott receives an NHMRC Future Fellowship - Monash University

Assoc Prof Emma Sciberras develops a new podcast on practical classroom adjustments to ensure inclusion of children with ADHD - Deakin University.

14 June

Assoc Prof Natalie Hannan recognised with two prestigious awards

6 June

Protecting the proteins that protect us from cancer - CSIROscope and PeterMacCallum Cancer Centre

4 June

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.