Prof Peter Nestor was recently appointed Conjoint Professor of Neuroscience between The University of Queensland and Mater and has started his appointment by establishing a memory clinic at Mater.

A group of Mater researchers have discovered a key part to the bone marrow regeneration process which has the potential to improve outcomes for patients who require bone marrow transplants.

Mater Research in collaboration with Mater Health, Mater Pathology, the Feel Teal initiative and MOCRC are making strides towards a better understanding of ovarian cancer.

Mater Research’s Professor Josephine Forbes has recently published a review in Nature Reviews Nephrology investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic kidney disease.

Professor Geoff Faulkner and his lab recently published a paper in Genome Research that furthers the understanding of the role of jumping genes in liver cancer.

Results from the Ridstress trial show there is close to a 50 per cent reduction in women requiring an emergency caesarean or a forceps delivery for fetal distress when they take Sildenafil in labour.

Newly appointed Director of Operations at Mater Research Aimee Catalan has recently accepted the title of Adjunct Associate Professor at MRI–UQ.

The AAMRI Research Impact Working Group, which includes Mater Research, recently secured funding from the Ian Potter Foundation to develop a framework for identifying and measuring research impact.

Postgraduate research students at Mater recently presented their research projects at the Mater Research Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

The Equity Trustees’ Cancer Research Travel Grants have been awarded to Mater Research PhD student Johanna Erbani and Research Officer Dr Kavita Bisht.

In March 2018, Dr Erin Wilson won the “Outstanding new presenter” award at the Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society XXVIII Annual Scientific Meeting.

Congratulations to Helen Liley for her promotion to Professor by The University of Queensland.