“In science most things fail” Nobel Laureate, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn told an auditorium full of Year 11 and 12 students from the school named in her honour, the Elizabeth Blackburn Science School, University High School, on Friday morning 31st July 2015.

“Challenge is the name of the game and you get resilient. Keep persisting, but also know when to give up,” she said.

A precious cargo arrived from Bruker at Bio21 Institute in wooden-sealed boxes on the 7 February 2015.

Period 1 – Maths; Period 2 – Chemistry; Period 3 - Cure Ebola; Period 4 - English. It’s not a typical class schedule. But then, the Elizabeth Blackburn School of Science (EBSS) is not a typical high school.

From cell to tissue biopsies and soft materials, cell biologists, engineers and physicists, will soon be able to obtain high resolution, three dimensional images from large sample volumes at the Bio21’s Advanced Microscopy facility.

The ARC Linkage Project funding outcomes were announced 7 July 2015.

Professor Philip Batterham, Faculty of Science, has been awarded the 2015 MJD White Medal from the Genetics Society of AustralAsia.

Renowned scientist and Bio21 Institute researcher Professor Michael Parker was recently published in Scientific Reports for his research into antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease.

"Transforming Biology", written by Juliet Flesch, details the rich history of the staff, students and scientists at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and was, fittingly, officially launched by Professor Suzanne Cory at the Bio21 Institute on April 1st.

The Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs Linas Antanas Linkevičius and his delegation toured Bio21 Institute, 24th March 2015.