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Dr Renee Chow: From Falling in Love with Research in Musical Acoustics to ARMI
Dr Renee Chow is one of ARMI’s newest research group leaders, joining the Heart and Muscle Development and Regeneration theme. Her group will study heart valve development, disease, and regeneration using zebrafish as a model organism. Renee’s biomedical research career has had a relatively unusual start. She first found love for research during her undergraduate […]
2022 End of Year Address
2022 was a year of transition. Coming out of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns, ARMI and the greater Monash University campus began buzzing with activity anew. There was excitement about accelerating research, reuniting with friends in-person and resuming connecting with local and international peers at conferences. ARMI Institute Director Professor Peter Currie reflects over the past year, […]
ARMI Returns to Opening the Vault
With the disruptions caused by COVID-19, it has been a few years since ARMI’s last ‘Opening the Vault’ which invites members of the public for a “behind-the-scenes” look at the Institute. Last week marked the return of the event. If there were nerves or dusty science communications skills among ARMI’s cohort of volunteers, you couldn’t […]
ARMI Alumni in Industry: Celia Vandestadt
From being a full-time myotherapist to undertaking neuroregeneration research at ARMI with the Kaslin Group and then joining the world of data consulting after completing her PhD, ARMI alumni Celia Vandestadt’s career journey has been unconventional and unique. Today, Celia is a data consultant at Eliiza, a Melbourne-based consultancy that applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) and […]
ARMI Alumni in Industry: Harriet Manley
Postgraduate studies at ARMI can open up a number of potential career pathways. With the Institute’s strong focus on deepening ties with both the local and global biotechnology industry, it is no surprise that we find ARMI alumni scattered across the world, working in organisations and companies that vary in size, research field, and role […]
Rishika Turaga: ARMI’s Newest Social Media Ambassador
ARMI’s Master’s student Rishika Turaga is the newest recruit of the Institute’s Social Media Ambassador Program. As an Ambassador, Rishika will be mentored in using social media professionally and in science communications. “I think connectivity and sharing knowledge in science and social media’s role are critical,” commented Rishika. “If you want to talk to researchers, […]
Regen Med Researcher Recognised by Victorian Premier’s Awards
Dr Xiaodong (Ethan) Liu, a regenerative medicine researcher, based at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), was announced a winner at the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research in a ceremony on 4 April 2022 at Deakin Edge. Xiaodong was also named the winner of the Basic […]
Putting the Medicine in Regenerative Medicine
The translation and commercialisation of medicines and technologies is a long and complex process that can cost billions of dollars. While these advances have the potential to disrupt industries and improve the quality of life for patients, only a small fraction of these ever “escape” the laboratory and fulfil their potential. Identifying market applications in […]
Interview with Professor Alan Trounson, CEO of Cartherics
Cartherics’ partnership with ARMI and CCRM Australia is another step towards synergy between industry and academia in Australia’s biotechnology sector. CEO of Cartherics, Professor Alan Trounson AO, shares his views on the collaboration, translating medical research in Australia and the future of regenerative medicine. Q: What value does this partnership between ARMI, Cartherics and CCRM […]
The Diversification of ARMI’s Industry Advisory Committee
The ability to unlimitedly self-renew and develop into numerous cell types has made regenerative medicine a growing discipline of medical research. A strength of ARMI’s research program is the diversity of topic areas, ranging from organ engineering and synthetic biology to immunity and regeneration, all of which have commercial promise. In addition to cell-based therapies […]