The CBT Lunch Club events offer our HDR students and early career researchers an opportunity to give practice talks and be inspired by other researchers.
At the June Lunch Club Prof Travis Klein (left) shared stories from his academic journey. Dr Jacqui McGovern talked about her research and last to speak was Jonathan Gospos (right), PhD Student, who will present alongside Dr Nathalie Bock and Jacqui at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, Inc. World Congress, later this month.
Hoang Son Pham, PhD Candidate, received the June Outstanding HDR Award nominated by his supervisor A/Prof Laura Bray with the motivation:
Son is a third-year student, working towards improving breast cancer treatment with radiation therapy. Son always volunteers to assist with his colleagues’ research experiments, helping many to progress their projects faster and improve team productivity. Son has presented his work at six domestic and international conferences and has been awarded many prizes during his candidature, including an outstanding presentation award at the 2nd MMPE HDR Symposium, the best HDR Poster prize at the CBT Conference, a bronze award at the TERMIS – Asia-Pacific paper contest, and winner of People choice 6-word Summary Competition at the BioMed Link Conference.
The CBT Lunch CLub sessions are arranged by Dr Jacqui McGovern and Dr Nathalie Bock, CBT Internal Engagement Leads. Contact us if you have questions or would like to come as a guest speaker: https://research.qut.edu.au/cbt/
More information about the speakers:
Professor Travis Klein: My career journey
Professor Klein is the leader of the Cartilage Regeneration Laboratory. His research focuses on the development of functional biomaterials, 3D cell culture systems, biofabrication approaches, and mechanical stimulation technologies for a range of applications. Travis was the founding Director of the QUT Centre for Biomedical Technologies.
Dr Jacqui McGovern: Evaluating the efficacy of targeted vs non-targeted DOX nanoparticles in treating triple negative breast cancer bone metastases in a humanized mouse model
Dr Jacqui McGovern will be presenting this research at the prestigious TERMIS World Congress 2024. She is an interdisciplinary researcher who utilizes biomaterials and tissue engineering techniques to generate in vitro and in vivo models of bone metastatic cancers (e.g. breast and prostate cancer), as well as bone-resident tumours (osteosarcoma and multiple myeloma). She has expertise in 3D tissue models of complex organs, such as skin and bone. Her research aims to use these advanced models to study fundamental interactions between cancer cells and the human bone microenvironment, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for patients affected by metastatic cancer. Dr McGovern has received support from the International Myeloma Foundation, Cancer Australia and Advance Queensland
Jonathan Gospos (PhD Candidate): Dynamic assessment of a humanized bone tumour microenvironment reveals insights into osteosarcoma primary tumour remodelling and lung metastases
Jonathan is a dedicated PhD Candidate who will be presenting this research at the prestigious TERMIS World Congress 2024. He is a registered clinical radiographer and pharmacist who is combining his unique skill sets to study a PhD in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine for cancer research. Jonathan’s focus has created an advanced humanized rat OS model that converges tissue engineering and regenerative medicine principles to recapitulate the hallmarks of human disease within an immunocompromised rat.