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26 Feb 2021

Frontier health outcomes for stroke and epilepsy patients

The University of Melbourne has welcomed a Federal Government announcement of more than $70 million from the Medical Research Future Fund for two major research projects to transform diagnosis and treatment of stroke and epilepsy.

26 Feb 2021

Vice-Chancellor welcomes renewed focus on research translation

Vice-Chancellor Duncan Maskell joined the Federal Minister for Education and Youth, Alan Tudge, at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus on Friday for the launch of the Better Commercialising University Research Consultation Paper.

26 Feb 2021

Support for COVID-19 policy response and willingness to get vaccinated high, according to new survey

Support among Australians for the policy response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and willingness to get vaccinated is high, according to new University of Melbourne research.

25 Feb 2021

University announces preliminary financial results for 2020

The University of Melbourne today provided an update on its financial position for the year ending 31 December 2020 and its financial outlook for 2021.

25 Feb 2021

AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial opens in India

The AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) has been expanded into India, with the first patients recruited last week to the first two sites, Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana in Punjab and Sterling Multispecialty Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra

23 Feb 2021

Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo

A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting.

22 Feb 2021

Climate, canola and coping with changing conditions

New University of Melbourne research has used ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing to understand the impacts of short-term heat stress on the productivity of canola plants, paving the way to the development of more heat-tolerant crops.

19 Feb 2021

What happens to immunity levels post COVID-infection?

Melbourne scientists have described the evolution of immunity levels up to four months following COVID-19 infection, finding that while antibody levels drop dramatically in the first one to two months, the decrease then slows down substantially.

18 Feb 2021

Immune system protects children from severe COVID-19

Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found.

18 Feb 2021

Fall in support for COVID-19 vaccine could risk jeopardising herd immunity: survey

Just over one quarter of Australians are unwilling or uncertain about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, potentially delaying achieving herd immunity, insights from the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation Research Insight reveal.

17 Feb 2021

Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits

An estimated 1.1 billion people were living with untreated vision impairment in 2020, but researchers say more than 90 per cent of vision loss could be prevented or treated with existing, highly cost-effective interventions.

16 Feb 2021

Australian leaders recognised for their role in our world-leading pandemic response

Unsurprisingly, Australia’s COVID-19 response has featured heavily in weighing the nominees to be shortlisted for the 2020 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.

16 Feb 2021

Children of same-sex parents outperform others at school

Children with same-sex parents outperform other children on multiple indicators of academic achievement, new research shows.

16 Feb 2021

Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified

Researchers have used the zebrafish (Danio rerio) to identify the role of a gene involved in cardiac rhythm, which could help explain the fundamentals of what it takes to make a human heartbeat.

15 Feb 2021

First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras

Drilling a 270,000-year old core from a Tasmanian lake has provided the first Australian record of a major global event where the Earth’s magnetic field ‘switched’- and the opportunity to establish a precedent for developing new paleomagnetic dating tools for Australian archaeology and paleosciences.

12 Feb 2021

Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high

Australians welcome the COVID-19 vaccine but levels of mental distress and financial stress remain high, particularly among the young, according to the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey.

11 Feb 2021

Mapping an effective immune response to COVID-19

Melbourne researchers have systematically mapped the immune response to COVID-19 identifying how antibodies develop in response to SARS-CoV2 and new insights into why some people develop severe disease.

10 Feb 2021

New ways to ‘see’ under melting Antarctic ice shelves for more accurate climate modelling

A breakthrough by Australian climate modelling researchers has led to a deeper understanding of the micro-scale processes that melt Antarctic ice shelves from below.

9 Feb 2021

New research will enable Australians to better predict wage theft

A University of Melbourne research team is developing a suite of tools to help Australian workers and regulators address exploitation and ‘wage theft’ in a new project launched today.

6 Feb 2021

Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient

The creator and driving force behind the Gondwana Voices, Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Indigenous Choir, has been recognised for transforming the country’s choral landscape, harnessing in the last 30 years the musical power of young voices, in particular Indigenous voices.

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Frontier health outcomes for stroke and epilepsy patients

Vice-Chancellor welcomes renewed focus on research translation

Support for COVID-19 policy response and willingness to get vaccinated high, according to new survey

University announces preliminary financial results for 2020

AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial opens in India

Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo

Climate, canola and coping with changing conditions

What happens to immunity levels post COVID-infection?

Immune system protects children from severe COVID-19

Fall in support for COVID-19 vaccine could risk jeopardising herd immunity: survey

Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits

Australian leaders recognised for their role in our world-leading pandemic response

Children of same-sex parents outperform others at school

Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified

First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras

Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high

Mapping an effective immune response to COVID-19

New ways to ‘see’ under melting Antarctic ice shelves for more accurate climate modelling

New research will enable Australians to better predict wage theft

Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient