News
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Read about Justine Mintern, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Head of Vaccine Biology Lab
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Major landmark development will significantly increase CSL’s presence in the Parkville biomedical precinct and cement Melbourne’s place as a world-class research destination
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Capitalising on the revolution brought about by structural cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a Bio21 team led by Dr Mike Griffin and Prof Leann Tilley has generated molecular movies of a sophisticated nano-machine, called the proteasome.
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Professor Karen Day has secured almost US$3 million funding from the NIH to further her world-leading malaria research at the Bio21 Institute.
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Read Bio21's Ary Hoffmann's piece published in Pursuit about how the Wolbachia bateria may hold the key to controlling the spread of dengue fever, the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases.
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Art meets Science in this new exhibition at Quantum Victoria by artists Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim's displaying artworks with a unique interpretation of the periodic table of chemical elements. Read this piece by Professor Frances Separovic published in The Conversation.
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Ineke Muir heads the Vascular Biophysics team, CSL Research. She investigates the effects of shear forces on preclinical drugs and therapies, to predict how they will behave in the bloodstream. She’s also a mum, an avid bike rider and an occasional bookworm.
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Michael Parker and Craig Morton, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research (SVI) in Melbourne Australia, and Bio21 Institute are part of an international team of collaborators that has made a discovery that may lead to more effective treatment and less side effects for a number of cancers including neuroblastoma, a cancer that occurs most commonly in infants and children under 5 years of age.
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A phase 1 human clinical trial of a compound developed by Paul Donnelly, School of Chemistry and Kevin Barnham (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health) whilst at the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute and Anthony White, University of Melbourne and is showing promise in alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
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Bio21's Professor Emeritus Frances Separovic, Deputy Director of the Bio21 Institute has been honoured with the appointment as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia (General Division) announced in the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours List on 10 June 2019.
Frances has been awarded an AO for her distinguished service to science education, particularly to biophysical chemistry, as an academic, and to young women scientists.