News & Events

Latest News

• How do we identify genes that control the identity of a cell?

  22 February 2019

  Dr Nathan Palpant has devised a novel computational analysis strategy that helps researchers to understand what controls each cell's function and purpose. His achievements were recognised by a recent award.
• Professor Tam recognised for outstanding contribution to understanding our genome

  20 February 2019

  Professor Patrick Tam was awarded the prestigious Julian Wells Medal at the 2019 Lorne Genome Conference earlier this week.
• 'Cellular barcoding' reveals how breast cancer spreads

  18 February 2019

  A cutting-edge technique called cellular barcoding has been used to tag, track and pinpoint cells responsible for the spread of breast cancer from the main tumour into the blood and other organs.

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.
• Public Event: At the Frontier of Tomorrow's Medicine

  19 March 2019

  Join us at this FREE event to learn about how Australian research is at the forefront of tomorrow's medicine and have your questions answered.
• 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.