ACDS AWARDS

ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs

Dr Caroline Holley is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology. Previously, Caroline completed her PhD and post-doc in the inflammasome lab at UQ,  studying the role of endosomal trafficking in inflammasome signaling. 

Check out Caroline's research here!

Professional Development Award (International)

Dr Stefanie Bader is a postdoctoral researcher in the Doerflinger group at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Her research focuses inflammation, cell death and the host immune response in the context of infections, including SARS-CoV-2, B. Pseudomallei and P. Aeruginosa.

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Professional Development Award (National)

Xiaohui Wang is a PhD student in the Inflammasome Lab (Labzin Team) at the Institute for Molecular Biosciences (UQ). Her research focuses on how macrophages detect infectious virions and immunostimulatory molecules released from neighbouring infected and dying cells. 

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ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs

Abigail Grootveld is a PhD student in Professor Tri Phan's Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Her research focuses on apoptotic cell clearance. Abigail's recent work on clearance of apoptotic fragments from germinal center B cells was published in March 2023 in Cell. 

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JAM Travel Awardee

Dr Kajioka is a postdoctoral fellow in the Morioka group at the University of Virginia.  His current research focuses on creating specialized genes and chimeric receptors for efferocytosis to uncover how efferocytosis prevents diseases and regulates tissue development.

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JAM Travel Awardee

 Grace Lawrence is a PhD student in Professor Kate Schroder's 'Inflammasome Lab', at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Her project investigates the role of macrophage mitochondrial dynamics in NLRP3 inflammasome signalling and pyroptotic cell death. 

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JAM Travel Awardee

Shin-Ichiro Yamaguchi is a PhD student in Professor Masafumi Nakayama's
'Laboratory of Immunology and Microbiology'
at Ritsumeikan University in Japan.
His research focuses on macrophage inflammatory responses to environmental particles. 

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ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs

Dr Horne is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, working with Prof James Murphy. Chris undertook his PhD at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand where he investigated sialic acid catabolism in bacteria. He is currently taking a structural and biochemical approach to untangling the mechanisms of necroptotic signalling. This award acknowledges the outstanding contribution Chris has made to the field of Necroptosis and his ongoing support of ECRs.

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International Travel Awardee

Marlene is a PhD student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, working with A/Prof Grant Dewson. Marlene did a MSc in Neuroscience at the University of Marburg (Germany) and University of Cambridge (UK) and now works on different brain cell models to study Parkin and Cell Death in Parkinson’s disease. The ACDS travel award will support Marlene to visit a collaborator’s lab in the UK to learn new methodologies and bring them back to Melbourne.

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Post-Doc Professional Development Awardee

Dr O'Donnell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Hypertension Laboratory at Monash University, working with A/Prof Francine Marques. Her research focuses on understanding the roles of cell death and inflammation during cardiovascular disease. She has published over 20 papers, holds an NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship and was a recent recipient of the Foundation of High Blood Pressure Research Early Career Transition Grant. 

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Student Professional Development Awardee

Cassandra is a PhD student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research working with Prof. Seth Masters. 

Primarily using mouse models of autoinflammatory disease, her work focuses on the NLRP1 inflammasome to better understand its regulation and consequences of its activation. Cassandra has been an author on 11 papers and takes a keen interest in improving institute life by sitting on the student and gender equity committees. 

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Student Professional Development Awardee

Jascinta is a PhD student at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, working with A/Prof Ivan Poon. Her research focuses on establishing models to investigate dying cell fragmentation, and the relationship between this process and immune cell recruitment. Jascinta has contributed to 4 papers and has a strong interest in promoting and sharing her passion for science through outreach activities.

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Student Professional Development Awardee

Elizabeth is a PhD student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, working with Prof. Andreas Strasser. Her research focuses on TP53, a tumour suppressor protein, with the aim to understand how cancer cells respond to chemotherapeutic drugs. Elizabeth has already published 7 papers, frequently contributes to outreach activities and was awarded a PhD scholarship by the Leukemia Foundation.

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Post-Doc Professional Development Awardee

Dr Baxter is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science working with A/Prof Ivan Poon. Using models of inflammation and cardiovascular disease, her research focuses on fragments generated from dying cells known as apoptotic bodies. Dr Baxter has published 25+ papers and received many awards including the ASBMB Fred Collins Award and a NHMCR Peter Doherty Fellowship.

Check out Amy's research here!