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

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

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

CBE1 Paper accepted in Endocrinology

 Another success in project 1 has been achieved with the publication of the Christiane's paper "CBE1 is a manchette and mitochondria associated protein with a potential role in somatic cell". Well done!

PubMed PMID: 31504408

August 2019

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

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

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

Next success within IRTG!

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

July 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 44^th Annual Conference of the American Society of Andrology held 06-09 Apr 2019 in Chicago, USA. Congratulations!

April 2019

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

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.

Read more

April 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 JLU spokesperson becomes Visiting Professor in Bejing

The School of Basic Medicine of the Peking Union Medical College (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences) has conferred the title of Visiting Professor upon Andreas Meinhardt who feels very honoured as to this recognition.

Congratulations!

January 2019

Bea honoured with best poster award at the 30^th 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

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

Launch of the Australia-Germany Research Network

Together with Julia Volz, head of the JLU International Office, Andreas Meinhard attended this fantastic event held on 20 Nov 2018 at the Australian Embassy in Berlin and represented our IRTG.

November 2018

10^th 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

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

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