News & Events

Latest News

• Optogenetics: Using the power of light to understand and manipulate cell behaviour

  21 June 2019

  A recent review on optogenetics, led by Alexandra-Madelaine Tichy in the Janovjak Lab explored the opportunities and limitations of this research tool.
• Rita Leitoguinho receives Australian Society for Medical Research award for outstanding PhD presentation

  13 June 2019

  Rita Leitoguinho was awarded the Best Final Year PhD Presentation Award from the Australian Society for Medical Research.
• Improving gut function in Hirschsprung Disease by adding new neurons

  07 June 2019

  Drs Lincon Stamp and Marlene Hao have received a competitive international grant from the REACH Hirschsprung Disease Foundation.

Events

• Oz Single Cell 2019

  22 July 2019

  The third meeting of the Australian Cellular Panomics Consortium (ACPC) bringing together single cell scientists across Australia spanning computational, technical, and biological research.
• Engineering Organoids and Organs

  25 August 2019

  This meeting on Engineering Organoids and Organs will include a range of topics, including exploring biology with organoids, engineering complexity, new technology frontiers, and disease modeling and therapeutic discovery.
• ASSCR-AGCTS-ISCT ANZ 2019 Joint Scientific Meeting

  13 November 2019

  This Conference will highlight how stem cells and gene therapies can be used to understand development, create disease models and develop new treatments. These areas dovetail with new advances in cellular therapies and regenerative medicine, as well as current efforts to move these technologies into the clinic.