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• Meetings & Visits

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German Research Foundation visiting Monash University

DFG delegation meeting IRTG at Monash

On the occasion of his visit to Monash University Prof. Dr. Peter Strohschneider, the president of the German Research Foundation, and his entourage met with IRTG members to discuss about our training group and its achievements.

October 2019

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JLU delegation travelling to Australia 2019

Andreas Meinhardt accompanying JLU president to Monash

As part of their Australia tour JLU president Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee and Julia Volz, Head of the JLU International Office, visited Monash University. With the objective of scheming future collaborative programme between both institutions, the meeting was supported by Kate Loveland and Andreas Meinhardt, the IRTG spokespersons of Monash and JLU.

September 2019

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JLU president visits Monash University 2019

JLU President Prof. Mukherjee travelling to Australia

Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee and Julia Volz, Head of the JLU International Office visited Monash to meet Monash Vice-Provost Ian Smith and other university and faculty leaders to enhance the collaboration between both institutions.

On this occasion Prof. Mukherjee also met Kate Loveland to award her the extension of her Liebig professorship.

January 2019

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JLU president visits Monash University 2017

JLU President & DAAD Vice President, Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee, travelling to Australia

Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee met with the Monash Vice Chancellor Margaret Gardner, Vice Provost Zlatko Skrbis and the IRTG team at Monash University to deepen the alliance between both institutions.

October 2017

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Patrick Western from Monash at JLU

Erasmus+ grant for international staff mobility

Patrick WesternHis visit offers a great opportunity to discuss prospective IRTG collaboration with Undraga Schagdarsurengin and Klaus Steger.
We are looking forward to welcoming him here and having him with us.

July 2016

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Kate Loveland and Mark Hedger to come in June

Monash supervisors visiting JLU

We are looking forward to welcoming Kate Loveland and Mark Hedger in Giessen to discuss their projects and plan the IRTG renewal application.

May 2016

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Milestone Meeting Melbourne 2015

Second plenary face to face meeting at Monash University - Nov 25-28

For many of us, it was an exciting venture flying halfway around the world to meet our partners at their home, in Australia.

We had a productive conference filled with project presentations, discussions and workshops as well as some highlights in between:

The keynote lecture of our invited speaker Jon Oatley from Washington State University for example or the exclusive YouTube message for our students sent by Prof. Joseph Penninger, scientific director of IMBA (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria).

On Nov 28, our Monash partner had invited clinicians to a Men's Health Symposium, a supplementary platform for scientific exchange on reproduction.

All in all, we spent some very intensive days together. Thanks again!

November 2015

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Gail Risbridger coming to Giessen

 Oct 06 - 09, 2015

We are pleased to welcome Monash investigator Gail Risbridger at JLU in the first week of October. She will be here to intensify project work with the groups of Florian Wagenlehner/ Undraga Schagdarsurengin and Ralf Middendorff and contribute to the HZRM Colloquium giving the talk" The epigenetics of the prostate carcinoma.

October 2015

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IRTG members meet in Shanghai

VI. Epididymis Workshop, Shanghai, Oct 31 - Nov 03, 2014

Vera Michel, Andreas Meinhardt and Mark Hedger met in Shanghai for a joint data presentation of P9.

P6 supervisor Ralf Middendorff also took part in the meeting.

November 2014

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JLU delegation travelling to Australia 2014

 JLU president Joybrato Mukherjee and Head of JLU International Office Julia Volz accompanied by Andreas Meinhardt visit Australia - Sep 21 - Oct 01

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Among Sidney and Canberra, the JLU delegation will also visit Monash University to enhance the relationship between both universities.

The visit includes several meetings with representatives of Monash University and DAAD as well as an awards ceremony. On this occasion, Kate Loveland will be awarded the JLU honorary Liebig Professorship and Andreas Meinhardt will be conferred the extension of his adjunct appointment as Professor at the Monash Institute of Medical Research and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.

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Andreas Meinhardt will also take the opportunity to meet the IRTG students, join the Monash journal club and give a lecture.

September 2014

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Inaugural Meeting Prato 2014

at Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Italy - May 08 - 10

Prato group photograph IRTG members from Monash and JLU finally came together in Prato. For many it was the first possibility to get to know each other. It turned out a very fruitful and lively conference, bringing up new ideas and intensified cooperation within each project and among the different projects. Further, the participants could benefit from several workshops, e.g. career development for the doctoral students and supervision development for supervisors.

The fascinating location (Palazzo Vaj) and the beautiful weather put the icing on the cake, so we had some really productive and enjoyable days!

 

May, 2014

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• Conferences & Talks

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"Andrology week" in Giessen, 23 - 27 Sep 2019

12th NYRA Meeting - 23-24 September 2019

6th International Molecular Andrology Workshop - 24-26 September 2019

50th anniversary of the Urology department - 26-27 September 2019

More than 200 researchers and clinicians from nearly 30 countries came together to exchange latest insights in Andrology/ Urology research during the three events mainly organised by IRTG members.

Constanze Maresch, alumna from IRTG and NYRA board member, set up the meeting for the Network of Young Researchers in Andrology. Andreas Meinhardt and Hans-Christian Schuppe hosted the Molecular Andrology Workshop. And Florian Wagenlehner as head of the Urology Department invited for the 50th anniversary symposium.

On this occasion we were happy to also welcome IRTG members from Monash, Kate and Bruce Loveland as well as alumna Rukmali Wijayarathna.

More information:

NYRA

MolAndrolMIBIE Summer School 2014

September 2019

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Oral presentations of Christiane Pleuger and Nils Nesheim

GGL (Giessen Graduate Center for the Life Sciences) conference held Sep 19 - 20, 2018

We are proud that both student talks in section 6 ‘Reproduction in Man and Animals’ were given by IRTG members, Christiane Pleuger (project 1) and Nils Nesheim (project 5).

Christiane Pleuger:
Molecular investigations of CBE1 (Ciliated broncial epithelium 1) in spermatogenesis

Nils Nesheim:
Prostate cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) promote macrophage CCL18 upregulation

September 2018

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IRTG speaker Dana Püschl

IRTG Melbourne Reproductive Health and Biology Workshop, Nov 29, 2017

Dana Püschl gave a talk with the title "Human testicular cancer and the functional
polarization of macrophage subsets" at this year's IRTG workshop on Nov 29th.

We are very proud of her to be one of the speakers at the Melbourne Workshop.

November 2017

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Oral presentation of Sivanjah Indumathy and Robert Kügler

GGL (Giessen Graduate Center for the Life Sciences) conference held Sep 27 - 28, 2017

We are proud of Sivanjah Indumathy (project 2) and Robert Kügler (project 6) who represented the IRTG by giving the doctoral talks for section 6 ‘Reproduction in Man and Animals’.

Sivanjah Indumathy:
Deciphering the Immune Cell Composition in the Adult Mouse Testis

Robert Kügler:
PDE5 Regulation in the Prostate: Relax your Way to Prostatic Health

September 2017

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Poster Presentation at the Conference of American Society for Reproductive Immunology

Dana Püschl held a poster presentation at the 37th conference of the American Society For Reproductive Immunology

Dana participated at the 37th ASRI Conference, September 17-20, with a poster presentation on "Human testicular cancer: Evidence of a functional polarization of macrophage and dendritic cell subsets" At the conference she was also nominated as an imaging competition finalist.

Congratulations on that Dana!

September 2017

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Betty Exintaris speaks at the 9th GGL Annual Conference

Co-Supervisor from Monash University is visiting Giessen - Sept 20 - 21

Betty Exintaris, Co-Supervisor in projects 5 & 6, has been invited as the speaker of section 6 for the "9th GGL Annual Conference". Her talk on "Spontaneous contractile activity in the human prostate gland: implications for a more personalised treatment approach for benign prostatic hyperplasia" will take place in the afternoon of September 20.

We are happy to welcome her here and wish her a pleasant stay.

 

September 2016

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Andreas Meinhardt at the Research Forum Berlin 2016

"Opportunities for German Australian Research Cooperation" on March 16, 2016

At this event, organised by the Australian Ebassy, Austrade and GOstralia!, Andreas Meinhardt was invited to speak about the "Research Cooperation with Australia: From the individual project via group funding to university partnership"
March 2016

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Stuart Ellem invited speaker at JLU - replaced by Sebastian Galuska

at the 8th GGL Annual Conference to be held Sep 30 – Oct 01, 2015

Much to our regrets, Stuart Ellem couldn't attend the GGL conference. In his stead Sebastian Galuska gave the keynote talk for section 6 "The role of glycocalyx in the reproductive system"

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Monash investigator Stuart Ellem will contribute to the 8th Annual Conference of the Giessen Graduate Center for the Life Sciences (GGL). Keynote speaker for section 6 ‘Reproduction in Man and Animals’ he will give the talk “Estrogen and Mast Cells are Key Components of the Prostate Cancer Microenvironment”.
We are happy that he will stay a couple of days more to intensify project work with Ralf Middendorff's and Florian Wagenlehner's/ Undraga Schagdarsurengin's group.

September 2015

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Oral presentations of Anna-Lena and Britta at the 8th Annual GGL Conference

GGL (Giessen Graduate Center for the Life Sciences) conference to be held Sep 30 - Oct 01, 2015

We are proud of Anna-Lena Hempfling (project 1) and Britta Klein (project 2) who will represent IRTG by giving the doctoral talks for section 6 ‘Reproduction in Man and Animals’.

Anna-Lena Hempfling: Identifying Localisation, Interactors and Function of HENMT1 in Mouse and Human Testis

Britta Klein: To What Extent Can Human Testicular Cancer Cells Actively Shape Their Immunological Microenvironment?


September 2015

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IRTG speakers Britta Klein and Brooke Pereira

IRTG Melbourne Reproductive Health and Biology Workshop, Dec 09, 2014

 

Instead of Brooke who unfortunately was unable to attend, Anna-Lena gave a talk at the IRTG workshop.

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We are very proud of Britta and Brooke who agreed to be speakers at the Melbourne Workshop!

 

Britta's talk:

Crosstalk in human testicular cancer - interaction between cancer cells, immune cells, cytokines and the Hedgehog signalling pathways

 

Brooke's talk:

3D in vitro models to investigate the role of the tumour microenvironment in localised prostate cancer progression

December 2014

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David de Kretser invited speaker at the 7th Annual GGL Conference 2014

Annual Conference of the Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)

Dater:  Sep 17-18

Venue: Physics Lecture Hall, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 14, 35392 Giessen

more information7th Annual GGL Conference 2014, Sep 17-18

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At this occasion, IRTG Monash supervisor David de Kretser will come from Australia to participate as invited speaker for section 6 "Reproduction in Man and Animals" organized by IRTG supervisor Ralf Middendorff.

Our doctoral students will also represent IRTG by submitting an abstract or a poster for the conference.

The programme

will comprise recent results presented by all doctoral researchers from the nine research sections of GGL. The sessions will be opened by invited speakers who are experts in their field and who will set the stage for the talks by the GGL members.

Further, GGL members will have the chance to get conference coaching, intensive training for the presentation of their poster or talk as well as for chairing sessions.

September 2014

 

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DGA Annual Conference 2014 with participation of David de Kretser and Peter Stanton

The German Society for Andrology (DGA) meets in Giessen - Sep 18 - 20

Venue: BFS Biomedizinisches Forschungszentrum Seltersberg , Schubertstr. 81, Giessen

more information

DGA Annual Conference of the German Society for Andrology, Sep 18 - 20, 2014

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IRTG

The DGA conference will be chaired by our IRTG investigator Klaus Steger. On this occasion we are very pleased to welcome the IRTG investigators David de Kretser and Peter Stanton from Monash.

Programme

The organizing team has assembled a very interesting lecture and course programme for scientific interchange and interdisciplinary advanced training. programme

September 2014

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MIBIE Summer School 2014

Male Infertility - MicroBiology and Inflammation in Urogenital Infections (MIBIE)

Date:    Jul 31 - Aug 02

Venue: Biomedical Research Centre (BFS), Schubertstr. 81, D- 35392 Giessen

more informationMIBIE Summer School 2014

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We are very happy to welcome the PhD students Brooke Pereira and Sophie Lee from Monash at the MIBIE Summer School!

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Registration deadline: May 31, 2014

For IRTG students registration is free of charge!

July 2014

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Andreas Meinhardt at the Australian Embassy in Berlin

Alumni Networking and Education Promotion Event on June 5, 2014

AAlumni Networking Event, June 05, 2014ndreas Meinhardt was invited to this event to speak about his experience as a postdoctorate in Australia in the 90s and to provide rationale to do research with Australia; especially with the setting up of the first programme grant in science between Australia and Germany, the IRTG Monash Giessen.

June, 2014

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• Travel Grants & Awards

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Anna Steinberger Trainee Merit Award for Dr. Rukmali Wijayarathna

Another prestigious ASA award for IRTG Monash - 3 in a row

We are happy for this

At the ASA conference 2023, IRTG Monash alumna Rukmali was awarded  the Anna Steinberger Trainee Research Excellence Award for her presentation titled "Interferon epsilon: a novel anti-viral agent in the maile reproductive tract."

Congratulations! We are happy for this recognition of IRTG members.
May 2023

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Poster Award for Shashika Kothalawala

Congratulations to Shashika, student of  P1, for her achievement!

Her poster was chosen for the best poster award at the 56th Annual Conference Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction and 48th Joint meeting of Human and Veterinary Medicine. Well done!

March 2023

 

 

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Best Poster Award for Christiane Pleuger

for her presentation at the 12th European Congress of Andrology, Barcelona

Congratulations to Christiane (IRTG project 9) who won this year’s  Best Poster Award with her poster titled "Strategically positioned resident immune cells shape distinct immunological landscapes along the murine epididymis". Bravo!

October 2022

 

 

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Best Talk Award for Miriam Figura and Jannis Heyer

IRTG Medical students  receive one of the two best talk awards at the DGA 2022

Congratulations to Miriam and Jannis, both medical students in IRTG P2 for this achievement.
Working on the same project, they jointly gave an oral presentation of  their research at the 34th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Andrology (DGA), held 08 -10 Sep 2022 in Giessen.

Title: "Immune characteristics of testicular germ cell tumors: A comparative study of seminoma and embryonal carcinoma".Good job!
September 2022

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Best Poster Award for Rashidul Islam

Best Poster Prize awarded at the DGA Annual Conference, Giessen 08-10 Sep 2022

Congratulations to Rashidul (IRTG project 2) who received the best poster award for his presentation titled "Tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes in human testis cancer – identification and functional analysis". Well done!
September 2022

 

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Another Award for Penny Whiley

Excellence Award to young researchers

At the ASA conference 2022, for her outstanding performance, Penny was awarded  the Anna Steinberger Trainee Research Excellence Award. Congratulations to this fantastic achievement!
May 2022

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Award for Penny Whiley

First place in 3 Minute Thesis Competition for 'Very 'Importin' Proteins make Very Important People!'

The competition asks PhD students to give a compelling presentation on their thesis in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Congratulations to Penny for her vivid presentation to win the 3MT of the SCS and also of the Faculty Final!

July 2021

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ETW 2021 Award for Christiane Pleuger

Best Selected Miniposters Talk at the virtual European Testis Workshop 30 May-03 June 2021

Congrats to Christiane ( IRTG project 9) who's miniposter "Caput and cauda epididymides react fundamentally different during actue bacteral epididymitis"was selected for one of five oral presentations. The best selected miniposters talks are awarded with 400 EUR each. Well done, Christiane!

June 2021

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NYRA Award for Rukmali Wijayarathna

Best Scientific Poster Award award at the 13th NYRA Meeting

Rukmali received the well-deserved award for her outstanding poster presentation  at the at the virtual meeting of the "Network for Young Researchers in Andrology" taking place 29-30 May 2021. The award is linked to a registration fee grant for the European Testis Workshop.

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Congrats, Ruki!

May 2021

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Poster Award for Rama Ravinthiran

Poster Prize awarded at the (virtual) 46th ASA Annual Meeting, 23-25 April 2021

Congratulations to Rama (IRTG project 9) who received the  Thomas S.K. Chang Merit Award for her poster entitled "Distribution and phenotypes of mononuclear phagocyte population correlates with differential immune environments in the adult murine epididymis". Bravo!

April 2021

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DGA Lecture Prize for Penny Whiley

Award from the German Society of Andrology for project 3

For her oral presentation "Activin A modulates the pace of germ cell development at the onset of spermatogenesis" at the 12th International Congress of Andrology, Penny Whiley from Monash, was awarded the Lecture Prize in the Experimental Field. Congratulations  for this notable achievement!

December 2020

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Young Researcher Award for Christiane Pleuger

IRTG postdoc receives the 2020 Von-Behring-Röntgen Young Researcher Award

The Von-Behring-Röntgen-Nachwuchspreis has been awarded for the twelvth time and recognises two junior scientists (one from Marburg and and from Giessen) who have demonstrated outstanding scientific research in their early career.

Christiane has been chosen for her excellent work in P1 and P9. The award will be conferred in a public ceremony in October.

It's a terrific achievement. Great job! Cheerio!

May 2020 /October 2020

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Poster Award for Rashidul Islam

Congratulations to Rashidul for winning a poster award

Rashidul (IRTG project 2) won a poster award with his poster entitled "Tumour infiltrating T lymphocytes in human testis cancer - identification and functional analysis" on th 53th Annual Conference Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction and 45th Joint meeting of Human and Veterinary Medicine - Congratulations!

February 2020

 


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Travel Grant for Rukmali Wijayarathna

HIMR Hudson/ Harold Mitchell Grant

Congratulations to Rukmali Wijayarathna, alumna of project 9 and associated IRTG member, who received that travel grant for attending the 6th International Molecular Andrology Workshop taking place Sep 24-26, 2019 in Giessen. Well done!

May 2019

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International Scientist Award for Andreas Meinhardt

Andreas Meinhardt receives the 2019 Fuller W. Bazer SSR International Scientist Award

The Fuller W. Bazer SSR International Scientist Award recognises an outstanding international scientist who has consistently demonstrated excellence in research and graduate education at an institution outside of North America and who demonstrates outstanding potential for leading and directing scientific research overseas.

The award will be conferred to Andreas at the SSR 2019 Annual Meeting to be held 18-21 July in San José, California, US.

It's a fantastic achievement for IRTG to have a second recipient of this reknown recognition.

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April 2019

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Two Travel Grants for Britta Klein

to attend the ASA Conference "Fertility and Men's Health"

Britta's successfully applied for the ASA Travel Grant and a travel grant from the funds of the JLU Postdoc Career and Mentoring Office (PCMO) which support her participation in 44th Annual Conference of the American Society of Andrology held 06-09 Apr 2019 in Chicago, USA. Congratulations!

April 2019

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Best Talk Award for Jessica Ott

Jessica Ott received one of the two best talk awards at the DGA

Congratulations to Jessica, the first medical student in IRTG to be awarded.
She had agreed to orally present her project at the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Andrology (DGA), held 29 Nov - 01 Dec 2018 in Giessen.

Title: "Molekulares Expressionsmuster von TOP2A und SF1 in normaler und gestörter Spermatogenese im humanen Hoden"

Well done!

December 2018

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Best Poster Award for Beatrix Stadler

Bea honoured with best poster award at the 30th DGA Annual Meeting

 Congrats to Bea who received an award from the German Society of Andrology for her poster presented at the Annual Meeting held 29 Nov - 01 Dec 2018 in Giessen

Title of poster: "Die Kontraktilität von Prostatadrüsen in Unterscheidung zu Prostatagängen und Oxytocins Einfluss hierauf".

Nice going!

December 2018

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Best Talk for Mathias Seidensticker

10th National Symposium on Advances in Gastrointestinal & Urogenital Research

Congratulations to Mathias who received an award for the best oral presentation in Glenelg, Adelaide
Well done!

November 2018

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Best Poster Award for Beatrix Stadler

3rd place Best Poster Award at the 11th GGL Annual Conference

Bea from project 12 was awarded for one of the best posters at the conference. Posters are evaluated by a specially compiled committee.

Well done Bea!    

Poster title:
The difference in contractility between prostatic ducts and glands, and how oxytocin is involved

September 2018

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• Papers & Publications

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First author paper of Samira Hosseini in P2

Paper accepted in Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Congratulations to Monash student Samira for her first first author paper "The changing landscape of immune cells in the fetal mouse testis" that has been accepted for publication,

 

June 2022

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Another publication of Hassan Kabbesh in P3

Paper to be published in Tissue Barriers

We are very pleased about Hassan's new publication for P3 "Transmigration of macrophages through primary adult rat Sertoli cells". Well done!

Pubmed PMID: tba

April 2022

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First author publication of Hiba Hasan accepted

Hiba's paper to be published in Frontiers in Endocrinology

Congratulations to Hiba for her first IRTG paper in P7 "Mechanisms of inflammatory associated impairment of sperm function, spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis". Congrats, Hiba. Good job!

Pubmed PMID: tba

March 2022

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First first author publication of Sneha Biniwale

Paper of Monash student in P10 accepted

We are happy to annouce that Sneha's paper "Regulation of macrophage number and gene transcript levels by activin A and its binding protein, follistatin, in the testes of adult mice" has been accepted by the Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Well done!

PubMed PMID: tba

March 2022

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Publication for Elena Berg

Paper published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

We are very proud of our medical student Elena, first author of the IRTG publication in project 5 "Chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome leads to impaired semen parameters, increased sperm DNA fragmetation and unfavorable changes of sperm protamine mRNA ratio". Well done!

July 2021

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First author publication for Hassan Kabbesh

Paper of project 3 published in Cells

Congrats to Hassan for his publication "Long-term maintenance of viable adult reat sertoli cells able to establish testis barrier components and function in response to androgens"
Great job!

September 2021

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Publication in P12

 Paper published in FASEB

 We are glad about Bea Stadler's new publication for P12 "Physiological and pharmacological impact of oxytocin on epididymal propulsion during the ejaculatory process in rodents amd men". Great job!

June 2021

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Joint publication of P4

Paper published in FASEB

We are very pleased about the joint publication of P4 "Sperm proteins and cancer-testis antigens are released by the seminiferous tubules in mice and men".

March 2021

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Publication of P6 Monash alumna Sophie Lee

Paper published in Science of Reproduction

Congrats to Sophie for her paper "Oxytocin receptor antagonists as a novel pharmacological agent for reducing smooth muscle tone in the human prostate".

March 2021

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Review paper in P9

Review published in Frontiers in Immunology

Another success for Christiane Pleuger is the publication of "Differential Immune Response to Infection and Acute Inflammation along the Epididymis"

November 2020

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First author paper of Siv Indumathy in P2

Paper published in Reproductive Immunology

Congratulations to Siv for her first first author paper Testicular immune cell populations and macrophage polarisation in adult male mice and the influence of altered activin A levels.

https://hudson.org.au/latest-news/learning-how-infection-and-inflammation-can-affect-male-fertility/

November 2020

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Another Publication in P12

Article published by Beatrix Stadler in Frontiers in Endocrinology

We are happy to annouce that Bea published an article about "Oxytocin in the Male Reproductive Tract; The Therapeutic Potential of Oxytocin-Agonists and-Antagonists". Congratulations! 

 October 2020

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Co-authorship of P12

Paper published in Reproduction

Beatrix Stadler ist co-author of "Contractions transport exfoliated epithelial cells through the neonatal epididymis".

July 2020

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Publication in P5

Paper published in Urology

Congrats to Hang Yan  for his paper The clinical application and potential roles of circulating tumor cells in bladder cancer and prostate cancer.

July 2020

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First first author publication of Beatrix Stadler in P12

Paper published by Beatrix Stadler

We are happy to annouce that Bea published an article about "Contractions transport exfoliated epithelial cells through the neonatal epididymis". Congratulations!

PubMed PMID: 32442962

April 2020

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Two publications of IRTG member Hiba Hasan

Publications of Hiba

We are glad to annouce that Hiba published two articles:

1. Western diet aggravates neuronal insult in post-traumatic brain injury: Proposed pathways for interplay (Pubmed PMID: 32574954)

2. Autoantibodies in central nervous system trauma: new frontiers for diagnosis and prognosis biomarkers in the book Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury 1st Edition

Congratulations - well done!

June and July 2020

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Another publication of Christiane Pleuger in P1

Review published in Human Reproduction Update

We are glad about Christiane Pleuger's new publication for P1 "Haploid male germ cells—the Grand Central Station of protein transport". Great job!

April 2020

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Joint Publication of P7 in cooperation with P9

Paper published in Cell and Tissue Research

We are very pleased about the new joint publication of the projects P7 and P9

"Region-specific immune responses to autoimmune epididymitis in the murine reproductive tract". 

April 2020

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Publication of Britta Klein in project 9

Paper published in Molecular Human Reproduction

Another success in project 9 has been achieved with the publication of the Britta Klein's paper IRTG publication "Differential tissue-specific damage caused by bacterial epididymo-orchitis in the mouse"

January 2020

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Publication of Pradeep Kumar Kudipudi in project 3

Paper of IRTG student Pradeep Kumar Kudipudi

We are very pleased about the next paper in P3 "Betaglycan (TβRIII) is a Key Factor in TGF-β2 Signaling in Prepubertal Rat Sertoli Cells". Well done!

December 2019

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• National & Joint Degrees

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13th Joint Degree for Julia Bender

Applause for the next degree completion

Julia is the thirteenth student to successfully complete the joint PhD degree achieving the merit "magna cum laude". We wish all the best for her very promising future.

May 2022

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12th Joint Degree for Raouda Sgaier

Congratulations to JLU based student Raouda to complete her Joint PhD

With a great performance via video conference Raouda passed her thesis defense. Applause to this excellent result! We wish her all the best for her promising future.

May 2022

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Doctoral degree in Medicine for Elena Berg

Congratulations to medical student in P5 for her outstanding performance

Elena completed her doctoral degree in Medicine with the merit "summa cum laude".
Applause! We are proud of her being part of IRTG and wish her all the best for her future.

April 2022

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Thesis submission Lachlan Cauchi

Monash thesis for joint award

Lachie submitted his thesis to both, Monash and JLU, in December 2022. Bravo!

Thesis title: Understanding the molecular mechanism of male intertility using flies, mice, and humans

December 2022

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Thesis submission by Raouda and Julia

Submission at Monash and JLU for Joint Award

Raouda Sgaier and Julia Bender, doctoral researchers in project 4 and project 10  have both submitted their thesis.
Well done, we're proud of them!

Nevember 2021

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Eleventh Joint Degree for Beatrix Stadler

Felicitations to Bea for the completion of her joint doctorate

With an outstanding performance at her oral defense, Bea achieved the best possible merit "summa cum laude". Applause and our best wishes for the new challenge!

September 2021

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Fourth JLU National Degree for Elham Savadi Shiraz

Congratulations to Elham who successfully completed her PhD at JLU

We wish Elham all the best for her future career.

October 2020

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Tenth Joint Degree for Nils Nesheim

Congratulations to Nils for successful degree completion

Nils achieved his PhD - congratulations! We wish him all the best for his future.

February 2020


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Ninth Joint Degree for Mathias Seidensticker

Mathias completed his PhD degree - Congratulations

Mathias is the ninth student to successfully finish his doctorate. Well done! Applause and all our best wishes for the new position!

January 2020

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Eigth Joint Degree for Christine Kauerhof

Congratulations for the next joint PhD

Christine is the eigth student to successfully complete the joint degree. We wish all the best for her promising future!

December 2019

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Thesis submission Elham Savadi Shiraz

Elham submitted thesis

Elham submitted her tesis in December 2019. Good job!

Thesis title:
Proteomics in seminal plasma as predictor of successful sperm retrieval in infertile azoospermic men

December 2019

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Thesis submission Nils Nesheim

Submission at Monash and JLU for joint award

Nils conducted his PhD research within project 5 and now has submitted his thesis. Well done! We're proud of him.

Thesis title:Inflammatory gene regulation in chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and prostate cancer.

August 2019

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Second Monash National Degree for Maciej Szarek

Next success within IRTG!

Congratulations to Maciej for the successful completion of his PhD at Monash.Well done!

July 2019

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Third JLU National Degree for Pradeep Kudipudi

Congratulations to Pradeep for the next doctoral degree

Pradeep is the eleventh student to successfully complete his degree within our IRTG. Applause and all the best for his new position.

June 2019

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Second JLU National Degree for Robert Kügler

Congratulations to Robert for successful degree completion

Robert achieved his doctoral degree in Natural Sciences Dr. rer. nat. We wish him all the best for his future.

April 2019

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Thesis submission by Christine and Mathias

Submission at Monash and JLU for Joint Award

Christine Kauerhof and Mathias Seidensticker, doctoral researchers in project 7 and project 6 both submitted their thesis.
Well done, we're proud of them!

March 2019

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First Monash National Degree for Sophie Lee

Congratulations to Sophie who successfully completed her PhD at Monash.

We wish her all the best for her promising future.

August 2018

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Seventh Joint Degree for Christiane Pleuger

Felicitations on the completion of her joint doctorate!

With an outstanding performance at her oral defense, Christiane achieved the best possible merit "summa cum laude".
Bravo! We take pride in her having been part in the IRTG.

February 2019

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Sixth Joint Degree for Dana Püschl

Congratulations for the next joint PhD

Dana is the sixth student to successfully complete the joint degree achieving the merit "magna cum laude". We wish all the best for her promising future as a postdoc in US.

January 2019

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Fifth Joint Degree for Rukmali Wijayarathna

 First Monash based IRTG student to complete her Joint PhD

With an outstanding performance via video conference Rukmali passed her thesis defense, achieving the merit "summa cum laude".

Congratulations on this excellent result! Nice going! We are happy that you will be staying with "us".

December 2017

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• Welcome and Farewell

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Three JLU students finally overseas for their research stay

Rashidul Islam, Magda Kuchta and Shashika Kothalwala at Monash

After nearly two years of travel restrictions due to the corona pandemic, Rashidul from P2 was the first student to be allowed to travel to Australia last November. He is working in Kate Loveland's group.

Magda, who is working in project 6 under supervision of Ralf Middendorff has started her research stay mid-February in the lab of Betty Exintaris.

Shashika, student in the group of  Daniela Fietz, is the third student to have left for Australia. She will be hosted by Liza O'Donnell and carry out research within project 1.

 

We wish you all a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia!

March 2022

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Farewell to Laura

Associated medical student in P9

After 7 months in Andreas Meinhardt's Laura Winter is returning to  in the clinic. It was a great pleasure to have you with us. We wish you success for your further studies.

April 2021

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Welcome to Jannis

Medical student in project 2

Welcome to Jannis who will spend the next months in Daniela Fitz's lab to carry out research for his thesis. We wish him a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

March 2020

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Welcome to Anika!

Medical student in project 10      

Welcome to Anika who will spend the next 6 months in Andreas Meinhardt's lab to carry out research for her thesis project under supervision of Sudhanshu Bhushan. We wish her a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

June 2020

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Welcome Hiba!

New doctoral student in the group of Monika Fijak

We cordially welcome Hiba Hasan, new student in project 7. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

February 2020

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Welcome to Minea!

Medical student in project 9

Welcome to Minea who will spend the next 6 months in Andreas Meinhardt's lab to carry out research for her thesis. We wish her a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

February 2020

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Welcome Shashika

New PhD student starting under supervision of Daniela Fietz

The IRTG cordially welcomes Shashika Kothalawala, new PhD student in project 1.

We are looking forward to a successful cooperation.

November 2019

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Welcome to Rashidul!

New PhD student to start in project 2

The IRTG cordially welcomes Rashidul Islam, PhD student in Dani Fietz's lab. Rashidul is succeeding Juliette whom we wish all the best for her future back in France. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

September 2019

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Welcome to Dirk

Medical student in project 6   

Welcome to Dirk who will spend the next 6 months in Ralf Middendorff's lab to carry out research for his thesis. We wish him a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

October 2019

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Welcome to Daniel!

Medical student in project 9       

Welcome to Daniel who will spend the next 6 months in Andreas Meinhardt's lab to carry out research for his thesis. We wish him a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

July 2019

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Julia heading to Australia

Next student to stay at Monash

Julia Bender from project 10 under supervision of Sudhanshu Bushan and Andreas Meinhardt will spend her research year in Mark Hedger's lab and carry out research on the "Regulation of immune responses in the normal and infected testis: role of Sertoli cell-derived activins.

We wish Jule a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia!

August 2019

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Welcome to Hang!

New PhD student to start in project 5

The IRTG cordially welcomes Hang Yan, PhD student in the group of Florian Wagenlehner/ Undraga Schagdarsurengin. Hang will take over from Tatjana whom we wish all the best for her medical studies. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

June 2019

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Farewell to Britta

Saying goodbye to postdoc in project 9

After six successful years in IRTG Britta is looking for new challenges and moving on to pastures new.

We want to say thank you for the good job, her continuous support and her outstanding team spirit.

All the best for your future, dear Britta!

May 2019

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Welcome to Ann-Catherine and Artem!

New medical students in P12 and P7

This spring, the medical students Ann-Catherine Gronau and Artem Kepsch have taken a 'one semester timeout' from their medical studies to do research work for their thesis within IRTG.

We wish them a successful stay in IRTG!

April 2019

 

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Beatrix on her way to Melbourne

Doctoral student n° 14  heading off to Australia

Doctoral student in Ralf Middendorff's group Beatrix Stadler will be hosted by Betty Exintaris and carry out research on her topic within project 12 "Role of oxytocin in the contractility of the male reproductive tract: implications for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia".

We wish Bea a successful and pleasant stay in Melbourne.

May 2019

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Welcome to Magdalena!

New student joining group of Ralf Middendorff

The IRTG welcomes Magdalena Kuchta in project 6 succeeding Mathias who just has submitted his thesis.

We are looking forward to a successful collaboration!

April 2019

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Welcome to Lachie!

Monash PhD student working in project 1 visiting Giessen

We cordially welcome Lachlan Cauchi of Moira O'Bryan's lab for his research year at JLU. Here, he will be hosted by Daniela Fietz and carry out research on "Molecular mechanisms of male infertility in flies, mice and humans"

We wish Lachie a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Germany!

March 2019

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Raouda in "down under"

PhD student of project 4 in Melbourne

Raouda, PhD student under supervision of Thorsten Diemer, Adrian Pilatz and Daniela Fietz has gone to Melbourne. Hosted by Peter Stanton and Liza O'Donnell she will be carrying out research on her project "Proteomics and male infertility: seminal lasma and blood biomarkers as predictors of successful sperm retrieval"
We wish Raouda a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia

November 2018

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Welcome to Tatjana!

New PhD student starts in the group of Florian Wagenlehner/ Undraga Schagdarsurengin


The IRTG cordially welcomes Tatjana Kuzenko, the new PhD student in project 5 (Andrology lab). We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

October 2018

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Welcome to Hassan!

New PhD student joining project 3 under supervision of Georgios Scheiner-Bobis and Lutz Konrad

The IRTG welcomes Hassan who has started his PhD in project 3.

We are looking forward to a successful collaboration!

September 2018

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Christiane Pleuger starting in Project 9

Membership within IRTG extended

After successful completion of her degree in project 1, Christiane will stay with the IRTG as a postdoc in project 9. She will be succeeding Britta who will be continuing on her career.

We are happy to accompany Christiane's next stage in resesarch.

March 2019

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Kate Loveland awarded second extension of JLU Liebig Professorship

Reapproval of Kate Loveland's outstanding contribution to the Monash-JLU relationship

Kate Loveland awarded JLU Liebig professorship

On the occasion of his short visit at Monash University JLU president Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee conveyed the new certificate to Prof. Kate Loveland.

With the award that reminds of the most famous researcher and eponym of the university, Justus Liebig, JLU wants to honour renowned scientists for their outstanding achievements and to intensify international scientific relationship.

January 2019

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Justus Liebig Medal for Zlatko Skrbis

Zlatko Skrbis visits Giessen to receive highest JLU recognition

 

Monash Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Zlatko Skrbis is awarded with the Liebig Medal for his outstanding contribution to the institutional partnership between Monash Universtity and JLU. In the presence of Dr. Lauren Bain deputy ambassadress of Australia he receives the award by Prof. Dr. Mukherjee president of the JLU.

March 2018

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Monash - Successful NHMRC Grant Applications

Various NHMRC grants for Monash investigators

Results of the 2017 NHMRC grant application round

Congrats to Gail Risbridger, Moira O'Bryan, Patrick Western and Rob McLachlan  for their successful acquisition of NHMRC project grants commencing in 2018.

November 2017

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Constanze Maresch to stay at Justus-Liebig-University

Constanze will stay in reproduction research at the JLU

We are happy to learn that Conni will stay in Giessen, starting her postdoc in Klaus Steger's lab at BFS next door.

July 2017

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IRTG to continue until 2022

Second funding period of IRTG granted by the DFG

We are glad to announce that our renewal proposal has been approved by the DFG.

IRTG is to be continued with a total of 11 projects giving the opportunity to train more junior scientists in the field of reproduction.

 

Thanks again to all for their tremendous support!

May 2017

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Andreas Meinhardt new ISA president

International Society of Andrology

At the occasion of the International Congress of Andrology, held May 07-09, 2017 in Copenhagen, Andreas Meinhardt has been elected new president for the next four years.

May 2017

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Kate Loveland awarded extension of JLU Liebig Professorship

Kate Loveland honoured at the dinner reception hosted by the JLU International Office

Kate Loveland awarded JLU Liebig professorship

Press Release JLU (in German)

In the presence of the Australian Ambassador  H.E. Lynette Wood and Monash University Vice-Provost Prof. Zlatko Skrbis,  JLU president Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee conveyed the new certificate to Prof. Kate Loveland.

With the award that reminds of the most famous researcher and eponym of the university, Justus Liebig, JLU wants to honour renowned scientists for their outstanding achievements and to intensify international scientific relationship.

This honour is reapproval of Kate's outstanding contribution to the Monash-JLU relationship. Great!

March 2017

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Successful IRTG On-site Review

 IRTG recommended for continuation

Many of the IRTG members did shoulder a long journey (from Australia, Paris, Northern Italy and all over Germany) and not one local missed the date. All for one goal: to back the important DFG on-site review.

Moreover, the cooperation was endorsed by Australian Ambassador Lynette Wood, who graced us with her presence, and Prof. Zlatko Skrbis, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education) of Monash University. 

 

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all for your commitment! Together, we made it a success!

Fingers crossed for the final decision to be taken May 12!!!

March 2017

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DFG Review of the IRTG 2017

DFG on-site review - March 22-23

 

The Monash partners have supported the IRTG office in Germany a great deal during review preparations during the past months. We want to thank them and are looking forward to welcoming them shortly!

March 2017

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HZRM now scientific centre

New scientific centre amongst faculties 10 & 11

The Hessische Zentrum für Reproduktionsmedizin is finally established as a scientific centre of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine of JLU

February 2017

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Professorship for Undraga Schagdarsurengin

Supervisor in project 5 has been appointed professor

Congratulations to Dr. Undraga Schagdarsurengin, who has been appointed Professor by the Institute of Genetics.

February 2017

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Britta starting in Project 9

Membership within IRTG extended

After successful completion of her degree in project 2, Britta will stay with the IRTG as a Postdoc in project 9.

We are happy to keep her with us!

January 2017

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GGL Graduation 2016

The first 5 IRTG Doctoral Students have graduated the GGL this year

Congratulations to Conni, Rukmali, Anna-Lena, Britta and Nour who have succefully completed the GGL curriculum!

November 2016

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IRTG Renewal Proposal

 

Aiming for the next round....

IRTG has submitted to the DFG the renewal proposal for a second funding period in time.

It was hard work, but feels good!

 

October 2016

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Position at Leibniz Institute for Sebastian Galuska

New position for Sebastian Galuska

One of our Supervisors in project 3 has obtained an attractive permanent position as a group leader in Glycobiology at the well-known Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology.
Though up in the far North of Germany he will continue supervision of doctoral student Pradeep Kumar Kudipudi.

All the best to Sebastian for this new position and his future!

May 2016

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New dean Wolfgang Weidner

First full-time dean at JLU's Faculty of Medicine

IRTG member Wolfgang Weidner, was elected new Dean of the Medical Faculty. Retired from his position as chief medical officer of the urology department, he accepted the office of the dean for three years (from October 2015). We wish him a successful tenure!

October 2015

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Adjunct Professorship for Andreas Meinhardt

 JLU spokesperson becomes honorary lecturer at Monash!

Andreas Meinhardt has been offered a new adjunct appointment as a professor with the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Monash University. He is very glad to accept this honour.

It's already the second Adjunct Appointment at Monash. His appointment with MIMR-PHI in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has just been extended until December 2017.

Congratulations!

October 2014

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Kate Loveland awarded JLU Liebig Professorship

Awards ceremony during  JLU delegation's visit at Monash University, Sep 25, 2014

Kate Loveland awarded JLU Liebig professorship

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Gießener Anzeiger, Oct 04,2014

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With the award that reminds of the most famous researcher and eponym of the university, Justus Liebig, JLU wants to honour renowned scientists for their outstanding achievements and to intensify international scientific relationship.

It's a great pleasure for us that IRG member Kate Loveland has been elected.

September 2014

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Press Release: New Collaboration

New International Research Training Group (IRTG)

between Monash University Melbourne, Australia, and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, funded by Monash and German Research Council.

July 2012

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New International Research Training Group (IRTG)

New International Research Training Group (IRTG) between Monash University and Justus‐Liebig‐ University Giessen, Germany funded by Monash and German Research Council  

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Next-generation infertility research

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HRZM Broschüre

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Information event medical students 27 Jan 2020

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Whiley, Penny - 3 minute competition

Whiley, Penny - 3 minute competition
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Wijayarathna, Rukmali Best Poster Award NYRA 2021

Wijayarathna, Rukmali Best Poster Award NYRA 2021
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NYRA Award for Rukmali Wijayarathna

NYRA Award for Rukmali Wijayarathna
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Poster Award for Rama Ravinthiran ASA 2021

Poster Award for Rama Ravinthiran ASA 2021
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Joint Award Bea Stadler

Joint Award Bea Stadler
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