News & Events

Latest News

• Australian research advanced through significant NHMRC grants

  12 December 2018

  Congratulations to all Australian researchers who were awarded 2019 NHMRC Project Grants today, especially our Stem Cells Australia members.
• Child’s cells helping researchers develop customised treatments for inherited kidney disease

  05 December 2018

  3D modelling of a child’s kidney cells led by MCRI researchers is another step towards precision medicine.
• A/Prof Megan Munsie and Dr Claire Tanner awarded for best authored book in Australian Sociology

  30 November 2018

  Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope, authored by Associate Professor Megan Munsie, Dr Claire Tanner (Engagement, Ethics and Policy program) and Jane Brophy (PhD student, Monash) was awarded the 2018 Stephen Crook Memorial Prize for best authored book in Australian Sociology by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).

Events

• The NIH PCTC Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium

  01 March 2019

  This two day meeting will bring together a faculty of internationally leading scientists from North America, Europe, USA, Asia and Australia. We will cover a spectrum of fundamental and translational topics related to the fields of cardiac cell therapy, cardiovascular sciences, bioengineering and stem cell biology.
• ISCT 2019 Conference

  29 May 2019

  The 2019 program features state-of-the-art plenary sessions that include immunotherapy, tissue engineering, pluripotent stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells and a session focused on novel technologies.