Department of Immunology
Summer Vacation Scholarships 2010/2011
4 weeks in duration between
Nov ‘10 to Feb ‘11
$300 per week
Purpose:
The intention of the Summer Vacation Scholarship is to provide
students interested in undertaking a research career in Immunology
with some laboratory experience and interaction with Immunology
researchers. This would be especially attractive for students planning to
undertake an honours program in the Department of Immunology.
Award:
 Four Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and
applications are open to 3rd year students.
 The duration is 4 weeks and the student can negotiate with the
Lab Head the timing of the scholarship (between Nov to Feb).
 Awardees will receive $300 per week for a maximum of 4 weeks.
What happens if you don’t receive an award?
Don’t worry. It may be possible to negotiate with individual Lab Heads
for you to spend a short time in their laboratory as a volunteer. Many
students find this experience worthwhile.
Location: (Melways map reference 2L D9)
Level 2 Monash University Research Laboratories Building
Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP)
Commercial Road, Melbourne
More information can be found at:
www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology/contactus.html
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To apply:
Contact Prof Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka by Friday October 22nd, 2010
Jennifer.Wilkinson-Berka@monash.edu
Include in your email:
 Contact details including telephone/mobile number.
 A copy of your academic record to date.
 A brief paragraph about why you are interested in a research career in
Immunology.
 Your laboratory preference (1st, 2nd and 3rd) – choose from below and also
read the current projects offered for Honours. See the Honours/PhD
projects link on the Department’s home page.
Note:
 The Immunology Vacation Scholarships are directly administered by the
Immunology Department and are separate to the Vacation Scholarships
advertised by Monash University.
 The top student for 2010/2011 will be awarded the Stephen Zanon
Memorial Prize.
Immunology Laboratories
www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology
 Allergy Laboratory (Prof Robyn O’Hehir and Prof Jenny Rolland)
 Autoimmunity Laboratory (A/Prof Frank Alderuccio)
 B lymphocytes, BAFF and Autoimmunity Laboratory
(Prof Fabienne Mackay, Head of Department)
 Diabetes Research Laboratory (A/Prof Robyn Slattery)
 Diabetes/Microvascular Complications Laboratory
(Prof Jenny Wilkinson-Berka)
 Immunology, inflammation and therapeutic antibodies
(Prof Charles Mackay) – Clayton Campus
 Leucocyte Membrane Protein Laboratory (A/Prof Mark Wright)
 Leukocyte signalling/telomerase Laboratory (A/Prof Margaret Hibbs)
 Molecular Immunodulation Laboratory (Dr Di Yu) – Clayton Campus
 Molecular Signalling Laboratory (A/Prof Jun-Ping Liu)
 Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Laboratory
(Prof Magdalena Plebanski)
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