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• New Director appointed for University’s flagship biotechnology centre – the Bio21 Institute

  30 Oct 2009

  An Australian leader in plant biotechnology, Professor Tony Bacic has been appointed as the next Director of the University of Melbourne’s flagship biotechnology facility – the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute (Bio21 Institute).

• Women's Centre for Infectious Diseases launched at Bio21

  17 Sep 2009

  Centre of excellence fousing on women's health looking toward groundbreaking research at Bio21 Institute

• Bio21 Researchers each win highly prestigious ARC Future Fellowships

  10 Sep 2009

  Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne researchers Dr John Gehman, School of Chemistry; Dr Matt Perugini, and Dr Stuart Ralph Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology were among 25 Melbourne University recipients of the highly prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships.

• Girls in Science at Bio21

  08 Sep 2009

  Bio21 Institute hosts 140 girls from among eight secondary schools across Melbourne who took part in a ‘Girls in Science' event designed to encourage more females to consider a career in science.

• Nowhere to hide: some species are unable to adapt to climate change due to their genes

  08 Sep 2009

  Species living in restricted environments such as the tropics may lack adequate variation in their genes and be unable to adapt to climate change, according to a new study.