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From heart development to bioinformatics, NHMRC grants advance stem cell science
10 December 2019

Ten researchers from across the Stem Cells Australia network were awarded NHMRC Ideas Grants totalling more than $7 Million, for their work in advancing our understanding of cancer, ovarian disease, diabetes and inflammation, as well as cellular identity.
New rules: Understanding how to balance our immune system and microbiome
10 December 2019

Professor Paul Hertzog, Professor Elizabeth Hartland and Dr Sam Forster from the Hudson Institute, in collaboration with Professor Christine Wells at the University of Melbourne were awarded a prestigious NHMRC Synergy Grant to understand the rules for maintaining a healthy balance between the immune system and microbiome.
New Melbourne research project launches major assault on age-related macular degeneration
10 December 2019

Melbourne researchers, including University of Melbourne's Professors Erica Fletcher and Alice Pébay, will lead the world’s most intensive investigation to uncover why some people with age-related macular degeneration are at much greater risk of losing their sight.
At the frontier of medicine: using stem cells to repair the heart
10 December 2019

Associate Professor James Chong from Westmead Institute and the University of Sydney is a practising cardiologist who's research is focused on the potential use of stem cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle tissue.
Australian Research Council grants advance stem cell research
09 December 2019

Stem Cells Australia researchers were awarded $3.6 million in funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant scheme, which supports excellent basic and applied research and high quality research training.
Helping crack the Alzheimer's code
06 December 2019

Monash University researchers, including Professor Jose Polo, have investigated the role individual cell types in the brain contribute to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia in older people and one of the leading contributors to the global disease burden.
At the frontier of medicine: mini-kidneys in a dish tell genetic story
02 December 2019

Professor Melissa Little and her Kidney Regeneration group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute are combining stem cells and gene editing to understand kidney diseases and their treatments.
Media and Conference Presentations
02 December 2019

SCA's 2011 - 2019 Media and Conference Presentations
At the frontier of medicine: fixing hearts by finding out what makes them tick
29 November 2019

Associate Professor Enzo Porrello is a stem cell scientist at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne. He is investigating using bioengineered heart tissue, derived from stem cells, as a potential therapy to correct heart defects in children.
At the frontier of medicine: Towards stem cells therapies for Parkinson’s
25 November 2019

Professor Clare Parish and Associate Professor Lachlan Thompson from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and the University of Melbourne, have long been at the forefront of discovery in brain repair, particularly for Parkinson’s Disease.

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