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Meet Oliver Anderson: ARMI’s Newest Social Media Ambassador
In the field of science, communication plays a crucial role in the advancement of research and discovery. One of the best ways to communicate and share ideas in today’s digital age is through social media. Meet Oliver Anderson, the newest social media ambassador for the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI). Oliver is a dedicated stem […]
William Roman: Global Scientist Lands At ARMI
Dr William Roman, one of ARMI’s newest research group leaders, will commence at ARMI in June. With a focus on skeletal muscle cell biology, regeneration, and repair, as well as tissue bioengineering of skeletal muscle organs, his group joins the Organ Engineering and Synthetic Biology theme at ARMI. Using cutting-edge technology, including microscopy, tissue engineering […]
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 […]
Honours for ARMI Leaders
Congratulations to Professor Graham Lieschke AM and Emeritus Professor Claude Bernard AM, who have both been recognised as part of the Australia Day Honours this year! Graham has been made a member (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia for “significant service to medicine as a haematologist, and to medical research.” Graham, […]
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, […]
Jennifer Zenker: Making her Mark
ARMI group leader Dr Jennifer Zenker is here to make her mark on the field of stem cell research and on the Institute, as both a 2022 Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellow and the head of ARMI’s Diversity & Inclusion committee. An initiative of the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation, the prestigious fellowship means […]
Dr Katie Allen: Transforming Evidence into Impact
Dr Katie Allen, the newest member of ARMI’s Leadership Advisory Board (ARMILab), is focused on creating impact in society with robust evidence and unwavering commitment. A medical doctor, a leading researcher in several fields with publications in high-impact journals and a former federal member of parliament, Katie’s expertise, experience and leadership will help drive ARMI’s […]
Advancing Biomedical Sciences with International Collaborations
The international partnership between Monash University and Osaka University continues to grow and strengthen with the 4th Monash University – Osaka University Joint Symposium on Advanced Biomedical Sciences last week. While COVID-19 related travel difficulties meant the symposium was online again this year, this did not detract from the breadth and depth of discussion among […]
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 […]
npj Regenerative Medicine Hits New Heights
npj Regenerative Medicine, an online journal created by ARMI in partnership with Nature Springer, has reached new heights with an Impact Factor (IF) of 14.404. The journal has also ranked second in the “cell and tissue engineering” category and fifth in the “biomedical engineering” category. Recently released in the annual Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate […]