News and events for the Biosciences Research Domain:
It is more than twenty years since University of Melbourne graduate, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, made her Nobel Prize-winning discovery on the role of telomeres and telomerase in maintaining chromosome integrity, but her ground-breaking research continues to pave the way for a whole new generation of researchers.
Recently, Professor Paul Gleeson, Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and research group leader at the Bio21 Research In
Congratulations to honorary researchers of the University of Melbourne, whose research has been profiled in the National Health and Medical Research Council's book and accompanying series of podcasts "10 of the Best Research Projects 2009."
8 July 2009
Have you broken out in rashers yet? Is the a-pork-alypse imminent? Or has everyone been telling porkies and crying wolf? The Swine Flu seems to have turned into a bit of joke, but is it wise to let down our guard?
Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, debilitating and painful disease where the body's own immune system mistakenly turns on its own joints, progressively destroying cartilage. Cytokines are pro-inflammatory molecules that are responsible for wreaking the destruction and in the case of Rheumatoid Arthritis, the responsible cytokine is TNF.
Liyen Loh, a PhD candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Anna Proietto, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, have received high
Two new gene regions in people with MS are helping us understand autoimmune diseases
The Faculty is pleased to announced it's success in the most recent round of Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Funding.
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Hartland who has been awarded the 2010 Australian Society for Microbiology Frank Fenner Award.
Today is 65 Roses Day. It is dedicated to raising awareness and much needed funds to support invaluable research in Australia to conquer CF.
Motor neurone disease is a failure of the neurons that control muscle movement. About 10-20% of cases have a genetic cause, but most of the time the cause is unknown. Generally the onset is between the ages of forty and sixty years, beginning with muscle weakness and progressing rapidly within three to five years to total paralysis.
“The study of the genetics of epilepsy has been keeping us busy for a long while,” says Professor Berkovic, Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, whose work spans over 20 years.
Cold sores have a nasty habit of reoccurring to blight your appearance just when you want to impress a new date! And once you’ve contracted the herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores, you’re stuck with it for life. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to stop the virus in its tracks even before the infection takes hold?
Three University of Melbourne Professors have been elected to join the esteemed ranks of leading scientists as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.
Election to the Academy represents one of the highest honours awarded for individual contributions to science in Australia.
Congratulations to Professor Doug Hilton who has been announced as the new Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI).
Congratulations to Dr Nathan Faggian at the Centre for Neuroscience who was the recent winner of a competition for access to the OptIPortal, for which he submitted his research idea for the application of this new technology at the University of Melbourne.
'Science is the best job in the world if you like to travel' says Danny Hatters, winner of the 2009 Applied Biosystems Edman Award, which recognises outstanding research work by a biochemist or molecular biologist with less than seven years postdoctoral experience.
Laura Vella, the winner of the ASBMB Fellowship, is interested in how the Amyloid Precursor Protein - a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease - is processed, packaged and transported out of the cell.
`As a teacher you should do no harm: no wrong facts, state your prejudices and tell good stories,' says Graham Parslow, the 2009 winner of the Invitrogen education award of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Melbourne, 2 March 2009
Professor Phil Batterham (Genetics) has been interviewed in relation to the relationship between science and faith in evolutionary theory in The Age.
Melbourne, 8 December 2008
As infection rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase, their evolution may provide drug targets for which the so-called superbugs will have no defence, according to University of Melbourne scientists.
Melbourne, 27 November 2008
Globally snake bite affects the lives of some 4.5 million people every year. Conservative estimates suggest that at least 100,000 people die from snake bite and another 250,000 are permanently disabled.
Melbourne, 27 November 2008
Globally snake bite affects the lives of some 4.5 million people every year. Conservative estimates suggest that at least 100,000 people die from snake bite and another 250,000 are permanently disabled.
Melbourne, 7 November 2008
An Australian-led global initiative to improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders and reduce errors in the reporting of genetic variations was published in the prestigious scientific journal Science on Friday 7 November.
Melbourne, 7 November 2008
An Australian-led global initiative to improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders and reduce errors in the reporting of genetic variations was published in the prestigious scientific journal Science on Friday 7 November.
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