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Student Open Day
Prince Henry's Institute has a great reputation for postgraduate research and study, combining helpful and encouraging supervision with a high standard of research and expertise. We encourage you to come and meet our researchers and take a tour of our facilities. If you missed Student Open Day 2008, you may contact supervisors listed in the Student Handbook for project and enrolment details.
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Student Handbook 2008/09 (pdf)*
PHI Student Symposium
The 15th PHI Student Symposium was held in November 2008. This showcase, held over 2 consecutive days at Monash Medical Centre, offers students an opportunity to present their research in a formal environment to the wider research community. It also allows them to practise and develop their communication skills. Student awards at the Symposium were sponsored by our long standing partner Novo Nordisk. The presentations were judged by an independent panel of academic assessors comprised of PHI senior researchers.
Novo Nordisk Awards 2008
Honours / Masters Presentation
Courtney Simpson
"The role of GDF9 as a modulator of Sertoli cell function"
Supervisors: Dr Peter Stanton; Dr Craig Harrison
1st Year PhD Presentation
Peter Nicholls
"Hormonal Regulation of miRNAs in the Testis"
Supervisors: Dr Craig Harrison, Dr Peter Stanton
Overall PhD Presentation
Jason Liew
"Hormonal manipulation of the phenotype of the female ArKO mouse"
Supervisors: Dr Anne Drummond, Prof Jock Findlay
Special Commendation
Amanda Rickard
"Mineralocorticoid receptor signalling in endothelial cells is critical for monocyte recruitment in the mineralocorticoid/salt model"
Supervisors: Dr Morag Young, Prof Peter Fuller
Quantum Scientific Award
During their studies many PHI students also have opportunities to travel to national and international scientific meetings to present their research findings. These presentations are recognised by awards sponsored by Quantum Scientific Ltd.
Quantum Scientific Award for Scientific Excellence
Winner
Ken Walker
"Augmented nephron number and metanephric development in betaglycan heterozygous mice" presented at the Queenstown Kidney Biology Meeting, New Zealand.
Supervisor: Dr Kaye Stenvers
Highly Commended
Peter Nicholls
"GDF9 and BMP15 are germ-cell regulators of Sertoli cell function" presented at the Endocrine Society of Australia / Society for Reproductive Biology Joint Conference, Melbourne.
Supervisors: Dr Craig Harrison, Dr Peter Stanton
New PhD Scholarships Available!
A PhD Scholarship in Reproductive Biology is available in 2008 for studies of the factors that regulate the establishment, activation, development, and growth of ovarian follicles in a range of animal models that alter gene activity, follicle supply, and the actions of estrogens in the fetal and postnatal ovary. Chief Investigators/Supervisors for this project are Prof Jock Findlay (Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research) and Assoc Prof Jeff Kerr (Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University). Click here for further details
A Montgomery Foundation PhD scholarship is available for a talented and highly motivated PhD scholar in the Uterine Biology Laboratory to work on a project examining the role of a newly identified gene in the interface between aging and cancer. Click here for further details
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