MONASH MEMO

9 May 2007

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University news

APEC Delegation Visits Monash University Accident Research Centre
Automotive specialists from across the Asia-Pacific region are learning from Monash University.

European open source community meets at Prato
International representatives from public and private sectors will gather at the Monash Prato Centre in July to promote the use of an open source database software system that's competing with major players like Microsoft and Oracle.

>>More University news

• Monash academic to head Victoria's Regenerative Medicine Institute
• Exchanging opportunities with Monash Abroad
• Monash joins the Big Walk

Faculty news

New research focuses on domestic violence prevention
Monash University researchers hope a new study will help reduce the impact and cost of domestic violence on families.

Aspirin discovery may improve cancer treatments
Scientists have uncovered the molecular pathways involved in the inhibition of protein synthesis in cells by aspirin; a discovery that may have implications for the treatment of cancer.

>>More faculty news

• Academic speaks on department store chains' foray into banking

Community news

Stem Cell debate reaches Gippsland
Professor Alan Trounson, pioneer of human in vitro fertilisation in Australia and Founder of the Australian Stem Cell Centre, will be the guest speaker at a Conversation Evening open to the public and hosted by Monash University Gippsland Student Union (MUGSU) tomorrow evening (10 May).

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Pete Lentini
In this weeks segment, Dr Pete Lentini discusses politics, teaching, the war on terror and rock music.

Monash partner in Australian launch of Visual History Archive
Internationally-acclaimed film maker Steven Spielberg will feature in a video broadcast message as part of a visual history archive launch at Monash University next week.