Melissa Little wins Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship

July 31, 2018

Professor Melissa Little, the stem-cell expert who developed ‘mini-kidneys’ at Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, has received one of Australia’s top awards for a woman in medical research.Professor Melissa Little, the stem-cell expert who developed ‘mini-kidneys’...

2 x $50,000 prizes for rising stars in stem cell research

July 31, 2018

The 2018 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research are now open. We're inviting mid-career stem cell scientists to apply. Two prizes, worth $50,000 each, will be awarded to one male and one female mid-career researcher.Applications for...

Meet our newest board member: cancer survivor and scientist Ngaire Elwood

July 31, 2018

The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia is delighted to announce that cord blood expert Dr Ngaire Elwood has joined our Board of Directors. Here is a story from one of our past newsletters about Ngaire and her...

Why stem cells decline as we age: Metcalf Prize winner on ABC's The Science Show

July 27, 2018

You, me and ABC's The Science Show host Robyn Williams - we all started life as a single stem cell. Our 2017 Metcalf Prize winner Jessica Mar was a guest on ABC RN's The Science Show, sharing her career journey from...

Mini-kidneys for chronic kidney disease research

June 26, 2018

A team of Australian and Dutch researchers have successfully built a mini-kidney from stem cells and transplanted it into a mouse where it has matured into tissue with blood vessels, which is capable of filtering blood....

Australian stem cell researcher Megan Munsie wins international public service award

June 20, 2018

Congratulations to Associate Professor Megan Munsie, who has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Public Service Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research. The award recognises her work promoting public understanding of stem...

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