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CCRM Australia receives funding from MTPConnect’s Project Fund Program
Thursday, 26 October 2017 – Melbourne, Australia: MTPConnect – the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Centre – today announced it will provide a proposed $780,000 provisional funding over two years, with matched funding coming from the sector. The funding will allow CCRM Australia to implement the first two years of the documented proposed 5 Year Strategy […]
Life science and women in STEMM champion Dr Lusia Guthrie lauded by peers
Each year, the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Industry Excellence Awards are presented at the AusBiotech national conference, recognising the highest achievers in Australian life sciences. From researchers who successfully translate their discoveries to clinical practice, to companies who pioneer the developments of new treatments and reliable diagnostics, these prestigious Awards recognise the leading lights of […]
Passionate and optimistic: Jeannette Hallab representing the Ramialison Group and ARMI at the Lebanese Order of Physicians conference.
In an exciting opportunity, Jeannette Hallab was invited to be a member of the Australian-Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA) health delegation from Australia to Beirut in July 2017. Jeannette Hallab (third from right) meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad El Hariri (seventh and fourth from right respectively). It’s easy to see Jeannette’s […]
ARMI Annual Report 2016
2016 saw yet another year of exceptional research excellence at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI). The number of papers published in leading journals with an impact factor of greater than 10, more than doubled in 2016. The year was bolstered with new opportunities to commercialise research at the Institute, with the announcement of a […]
Regenerate Newsletter – Spring Edition 2017
The Spring 2017 of the ARMI newsletter, Regenerate, is now available for download in the ‘Resources’ section. Here are just some of the highlights for ARMI in the third quarter of 2017: ARMI is proud to announce four of our researchers have received awards – Ben Cao, Hozana Castillo, Peter Currie and Ziad Julier. Mark Tuesday, […]
ARMI partners with ReNerve for tissue engineering
ReNerve is a biotechnology startup with tissue engineering technology which has been developed right here in Melbourne. The startup is working with ARMI and its unique laboratory facilities to further develop its technology. Complementary skills David Rhodes, Chief Scientific Officer of ReNerve and a member of the ARMI Leadership Board (ARMILAB), says embedding with ARMI makes sense […]
Communication will help achieve vision
Dr Zita Unger, who sits on the Australian Regenerative Medicine Leadership Advisory Board (ARMILAB), believes communication is the key to fulfilling the vision of ARMI. If you looked beyond the outstanding career of Dr Zita Unger as an evaluator, educator and entrepreneur, you would discover that she is a keen diver with extensive experience in […]
Laslett Group makes inroads with new antibodies to help study stem cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells that can self-renew and have the potential to become any cell type found in the body. Human iPS and ESC cells are fundamental in regenerative medicine research, particularly understanding what makes a cell have this potential and being able to classify […]
A campaign that’s One in a Million
The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) launched the One in a Million: Women in STEMM campaign on 1 June to fund scholarships for talented female researchers from around the world to join the ARMI research team. Women that are one in a million ARMI Development Advisor, Peter Dalton, explains the focus of the campaign. “The […]
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Exclusive award for optimistic Australian researcher The Nilsson Groups’s Ben Cao was optimistic when he applied for the 2017 Gilead Sciences International Research Scholars Program in Hematology/Oncology, but knew just how competitive it was. He was thrilled to be announced as one of the first Australian researchers to receive the award, which provides funding over 2 years. “The research […]