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14 Jan 2022

Determination and resilience pays off as 2022 student offers are released

Five courses at the University of Melbourne – the Bachelors of Arts, Science, Commerce, Biomedicine and Design – are ranked in the top 10 most popular courses for domestic students in Victoria, according to Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) first preference applications for 2022.

14 Jan 2022

New $23.3M Melbourne hub a significant boost to diabetes research

The University of Melbourne will lead one of two new national research centres – the Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations (ACADI) – with funding of $23.3 million over the next four years, aimed at improving the lives of people living with diabetes.

13 Jan 2022

Atom by atom: new silicon computer chip technique opens up quantum computing construction possibilities

Quantum computers could be constructed cheaply and reliably using a new technique perfected by a University of Melbourne-led team that embeds single atoms in silicon wafers, one-by-one, mirroring methods used to build conventional devices, in a process outlined in an Advance Materials paper.

13 Jan 2022

Automated pollen counter to revolutionise hay fever management

Australia's first automated pollen counter – which will significantly improve the way airborne pollen is recorded and help hay fever sufferers better manage their allergies – has been installed by researchers at the University of Melbourne.

12 Jan 2022

Seizure study first step towards revealing which children are at risk of developing epilepsy

Findings from an international genetic study involving the University of Melbourne means it may now be possible to predict which children are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life based on their genotype (the risk genes they may carry).

12 Jan 2022

Researchers discover a new approach to breaking bacterial antibiotic resistance and rescue frontline drug treatments

Researchers may have uncovered a key to making existing frontline antibiotics work again, against the deadly bacteria that cause pneumonia.

10 Jan 2022

Spleen function discovery could lead to better treatments for infectious diseases

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have discovered a new gene that plays an important role in the way the spleen functions, potentially leading to new treatments for infectious diseases.

3 Jan 2022

T cells fit to tackle Omicron, suggests new study

Research from the University of Melbourne and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed T cells, one of the body’s key defences against COVID-19, are expected to be effective in mounting an immune response against Omicron despite its significantly higher mutations compared to previous variants of concern.

23 Dec 2021

Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial

An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the University of Melbourne and Monash University receive $4.2 million to establish a six-month clinical trial lead by Northern Hospital in collaboration with Oxford University.

21 Dec 2021

University joins world-first consortium to fight global blindness

Australian leaders in corneal bioengineering have collaborated to form BIENCO, a consortium to develop bioengineered eye tissue to treat corneal blindness.

19 Dec 2021

Retinal immune cells may hold key to preventing diabetes-related vision loss

New research could form the basis for developing life-changing therapies that limit the impact of diabetic eye disease – a condition that could potentially affect some 1.7 million Australians, suffering from type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

16 Dec 2021

Minister updated on research into Omicron variant, AIID Foundation Partners Agreement signed

Victoria’s Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy Jaala Pulford today visited the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity - one of the Foundation Partners of the new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) along with the Burnet Institute and the University of Melbourne - to be briefed on the latest public health and research activities underway to better understand the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

16 Dec 2021

“Resilience and grit”: Top VCE students awarded scholarship

After a challenging final two years of school spent mostly learning from home, the highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne.

15 Dec 2021

New biotech incubator in Melbourne to drive world-class medical research

CSL, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), and the University of Melbourne announced today they have secured funding to create a start-up incubator to support and grow early-stage Australian biotech companies.

15 Dec 2021

University of Melbourne and Hancock Prospecting team up to advance carbon conversion technology

The University of Melbourne has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) to develop CarbelecTM, an innovative technology that utilises electrolysis at low temperature to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into reusable carbon and oxygen.

9 Dec 2021