The genes that turn malaria into a killer

Bio21's Dr Duffy believes the key to combating the public health challenge of malaria is to focus on those people who are most susceptible to severe malaria – young children – and focus on those malaria strains that are most likely to cause death.

Frances Separovic: a Trailblazer for Women in Science

Bio21's Deputy Director, Frances Separovic is one of twenty outstanding Victorian women who have been inducted into the 2018 Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

On the ‘breadcrumb trail’ of aggressive lung cancer

Bio21's Dr David De Souza and Professor Malcolm McConville working together with Dr Kate Sutherland and Dr Sarah Best from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, have confirmed the mutations responsible for lung adenocarcinomas and identified unique diagnostic signatures.

Women of Bio21 - Diana Stojanovski

Diana Stojanovski, heads the Mitochondrial Biology laboratory group at the Bio21 Institute as part of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Women of Bio21

My name is Diana Stojanovski (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) and I am the Chair of a newly established "Women of Bio21" committee.

The tip of the CRISPR iceberg

Bio21 researchers use powerful CRISPR technology to understand the immune system and understand how insecticides work.

Grasshoppers: The new poster bug for insect conservation

Bio21's Ary Hoffmann explains why the ‘Key’s matchstick grasshopper’, Keyacris scurra, is in need of urgent conservation.

Conoco Philips ‘Science Experience’ at Bio21

Year 9 and 10 students gathered clues to diagnose malaria as part of the Conoco Philips Science Experience at Bio21.

Professor Suzanne Garland honoured in Australia Day awards

Professor Suzanne Garland, who directs the Centre for Women’s Infectious Diseases at Bio21 has received the prestigious title of an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).

NHMRC project grants awarded to Bio21 researchers

NHMRC Grants fund infectious disease, antimicrobial, cancer and basic cell biology research at the Bio21 Institute

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