La Trobe University research has shed new light on how dead and dying cells are removed from the human body. The research could also lead to new ways to boost the body’s defence mechanisms and better treat a range of inflammatory diseases such as heart disease. Cell biologist Dr Ivan Poon has been studying a […]
October 16, 2013
The first large-scale public sculpture commissioned by the University from an Indigenous artist was unveiled on La Trobe’s Melbourne campus in October. Titled Murri Totems, the sculpture is by Reko Rennie, an interdisciplinary artist whose work on Indigenous culture and identity in modern urban environments has been shown internationally including Paris, New York, Berlin and […]
August 28, 2013
La Trobe offers real-time remote Synchrotron access for Victorian secondary schools La Trobe University is providing Victorian secondary school students with remote access to one of the nation’s largest and most expensive science facilities, the Australian Synchrotron, so they can conduct their own experiments. About 60 students from Parade College in Bundoora, William Ruthven Secondary […]
May 23, 2013
La Trobe University geneticist Dr Warwick Grant is one of only two Australians among 58 scientists world-wide recently awarded a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation With more than 120 million people at risk from a chronic debilitating parasitic disease called river blindness, his ground-breaking global health research focuses […]
March 5, 2013
Researchers at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) are working to develop a blood test for the early detection of colorectal cancer, a high-risk disease for people over the age of 50, and one of the most prevalent cancers in the western world. Biochemist Dr Suresh Mathivanan heads a laboratory focused on finding new […]
March 5, 2013
A new world-class research and education facility – the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) – was opened on the University’s Melbourne campus in February. The $100 million complex will continue to grow the University’s world-class research in molecular science, biotechnology and nanotechnology. It will train the next generation of scientists in these fields, […]
March 18, 2014
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