People

Bio21 Institute Leadership

Name Role

Prof Michael Parker

Director

Prof Frances Separovic

Deputy Director

Prof Malcolm McConville

Associate Director – Platform Infrastructure

Prof Spencer Williams

Associate Director – Commercialisation

Prof Sally Gras

Associate Director – Engagement

 

Administration & Operations Team

Name Role Contact details Contact for

Ms Calista Sim

Institute Operations Manager

calista.sim [at] unimelb.edu.au

(03) 834 40864

Strategic initiative implementation, operational guidance

Ms Fiona Watson

Institute Operations Officer

fkwatson [at] unimelb.edu.au

(03) 834 40553

Events, auditorium/atrium bookings, HR, website updates

Mr Joe Bryant 

Concierge

bio21-reception [at] unimelb.edu.au 

(03) 834 42220

Access, meeting room bookings, and general institute enquiries

Dr Jacinta Patti

Technical Compliance Officer

jacinta.patti [at] unimelb.edu.au

(03) 834 47350

All things Bio21 OHS & Compliance, including (but not limited to):

  • New Member and Visitor Management (Induction and Access Requests),
  • Laboratory Safety & Compliance (Biological/Chemical/Radiation, Waste Management, Permit related purchases or imports)
  • Emergency Control Organisation (Wardens/First Aiders), Safety processes (After Hours Work) & Equipment (First Aid Kits, Fire Extinguishers, PPE etc),
  • Research Support with a Safety/Compliance focus.

Mr Brendan McMahon

Facilities Officer, Infrastructure Services

mcmahonb [at] unimelb.edu.au

(03) 834 46000

All Bio21 related facilities maintenance requests submitted through ServiceNow.
Bio21 IT Resources  

 

bio21-it [at] unimelb.edu.au (subject: %5BBio21%20IT%20Support%5D)

 

 

General IT Support

 

IT Services (service-now.com)

(03) 834 40888

 

 

Laboratory Group Leaders

Name Department Email

Prof Gary Anderson

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

gpa [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Phil Batterham

Biosciences, Science

p.batterham [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Liz Bromfield

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

liz.bromfield [at] unimelb.edu.au

Professor Peter Crack

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

pcrack [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Karen Day

Microbiology and Immunology, MDHS

karen.day [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Paul Donnelly

Chemistry, Science

pauld [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Michael Duffy

Microbiology and Immunology, MDHS

mduffy [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Laura Edgington-Mitchell

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

laura.edgingtonmitchell [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Debnath Ghosal 

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

debnath.ghosal [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Paul Gleeson

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

paul.gleeson [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Paul Gooley

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

prg [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Sally Gras

Chemical Engineering, FEIT

sgras [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Michael Griffin

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

mgriffin [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Rhys Grinter

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

rhys.grinter [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Danny Hatters

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

dhatters [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Elizabeth Hinde

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

elizabeth.hinde [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Ary Hoffmann

Biosciences, Science

ary [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Craig Hutton

Chemistry, Science

chutton [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Guy Jameson

Chemistry, Science

guy.jameson [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr David Jones

Chemistry, Science

djjones [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Ivanhoe Leung

Chemistry, Science

ivanhoe.leung [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Megan Maher

Joint appointment - Chemistry, Science and

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

megan.maher [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Malcolm McConville

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

malcolmm [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Michael Menden

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

michael.menden [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Justine Mintern

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

jmintern [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Moira O'Bryan

Biosciences, Science

moira.obryan [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Richard O'Hair

Chemistry,  Science

rohair [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Stuart Ralph

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

saralph [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Gavin Reid

Joint appointment - Chemistry, Science and

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

gavin.reid [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Eric Reynolds

Dental Science, MDHS

e.reynolds [at] unimelb.edu.au 

A/Prof Isabelle Rouiller

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

isabelle.rouiller [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Frances Separovic

Bio21 Institute, Science

fs [at] unimelb.edu.au

Dr Elena Schneider-Futschik

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

elena.schneiderfutschik [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Diana Stojanovski

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

d.stojanovski [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof David Stroud

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

david.stroud [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Leann Tilley

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

ltilley [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Ian van Driel

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

i.vandriel [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Jose Villadangos

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, MDHS

joseav [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Jonathan White

Chemistry, Science

whitejm [at] unimelb.edu.au

Prof Spencer Williams

Chemistry, Science

sjwill [at] unimelb.edu.au

 

 

Platform Technology Contacts

Name Platform Technology Email

Prof Eric Hanssen

Electron Microscopy

ehanssen [at] unimelb.edu.au

Ms Yan Hong Tan

Melbourne Protein Characterisation

Bio21-WEHI Crystallisation Facility

ACRF Facility for Innovative Cancer Drug Discovery

yan.tan [at] unimelb.edu.au

A/Prof Nick Williamson

Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics

nawill [at] unimelb.edu.au

Ms Kirsty Turner

Metabolomics Australia

k.turner [at] unimelb.edu.au

 

 

Fellows and Affiliates 

Name Role  

Prof Ary Hoffmann 

Laureate Fellow

Environmental Stress and Adaptation Laboratories

Prof Michael Parker

Federation Fellow

Fellow of the Academy of Science

Structural Biology 

Prof Andrew Holmes

Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus 

Former President of the Australian Academy of Science

 

Prof Frances Separovic

Foreign Secretary and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

 

Prof Leann Tilley

ARC Laureate Fellow

 
Prof Andrew Wilks Honorary Enterprise Professor, The University of Melbourne

andrew.wilks [at] thepharm.bio