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It has been veryÌýinspirational to see brilliant IPAS early and mid-career researchers’ major success in the last round of NHMRC Ideas Grants where the success rate was below 10% nationally! One third of the successful applications from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ were led by IPAS members. With talented leadership and creative research, these emerging IPAS leaders and their senior colleagues are undertaking innovative research to solve various medical problems, from aÌýdrug-free intervention to improve health outcomes after surgery, to reliableÌýdetection of high-risk plaques to reduce heart disease complications, a smart dressing to detect infection and neovascularization in burns, non-invasive diagnosis of embryo health to improve IVF success and the identification of host-directed, resistance-proofed drugs to kill malaria parasites.ÌýCongratulationsÌýto all:

• Katharina Richter, Roman Kostecki, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem,ÌýMarkus Trochsler, Roger Narayan - $999,581- Improving clinical outcomes of antimicrobial resistant infections with a drug-free intervention.
• Jiawen Li,ÌýJohan Verjans,ÌýRobert McLaughlinÌý - $992,112 - Serial imaging of molecular and microstructural changes in atherosclerosis: tracking plaques towards destabilisation.
• Dr Kylie DunningÌý(joint member with Robinson Institute) with international collaborators Kishan Dholakia and Ellen AnckaertÌý -Ìý $1,266,777 - A new light on diagnosing embryo health -Development of a novel and non-invasive diagnostic to improve IVF success.
• Dr Danny WilsonÌýin collaborationÌýwith RMIT, Monash and International partners -Ìý $989,043 -ÌýHost-directed therapy for malaria: host cell signalome as a target.
• Led by RMIT: B. Gibson,ÌýR. McLaughlin, A. Khalid, S. Rea - Ìý$899,877 - Next-generation smart wound dressings for real-time, non-invasive monitoring of infection and neovascularisation in burns.