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8 Oct 2020

Researchers receive $17 million investment in pathogen genomics

The prevention and control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australia has been significantly bolstered thanks to almost $17 million in funding awarded to Melbourne researchers by the Commonwealth Government.

8 Oct 2020

Taking the STING out of MND

Melbourne researchers are working towards a potential treatment to slow the progression of motor neuron disease (MND), offering hope to people with this debilitating and incurable illness.

7 Oct 2020

Partnership to support Sustainable Development Goals for City of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne’s Connected Cities Lab and the City of Melbourne will work together to implement the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

7 Oct 2020

University welcomes $5 million for Centres of Research Excellence

The health benefits of affordable, secure and quality housing and the prevention of early mental disorders are the focus of two new Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) at the University of Melbourne.

6 Oct 2020

Solar panel efficiency could mean consumer savings of 20 per cent

Researchers at the University of Melbourne will use new materials to try to tap more efficiency from solar panels.

6 Oct 2020

University appoints new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

The University of Melbourne has appointed Professor Marie Sierra as the new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, home of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

2 Oct 2020

Beach erosion citizen science project finalist in major award

Volunteer scientists are being recognised for their work to save Victorian beaches with a team managed by the University of Melbourne and Deakin University shortlisted for this year’s Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science.

1 Oct 2020

Age Discrimination Commissioner heads COVID-19 ageing panel

Serious problems that coronavirus (COVID-19) has exposed in Australia’s aged care system will be among issues tackled by eminent health experts at a high-level virtual panel discussion next week.

1 Oct 2020

Australian Pride in Sport awards highest honour to Melbourne University Sport

Melbourne University Sport (MU Sport) has been awarded the highest honour for LGBTQIA+ initiatives in Australian sport at the 2020 Australian Pride in Sport Awards.

30 Sep 2020

A burden shared is a burden halved: twins in breast cancer study

Melbourne identical twins Raie Moss and Judy Kohn are sharing their breast cancer journey to encourage other twins to join a major new Australian study aiming to identify factors in early life that may predict risk of breast cancer.

29 Sep 2020

Important opportunities for workplace gender diversity media coverage: new report

Many gender diversity workplace issues can be explored more deeply by mainstream Australian print media, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.

29 Sep 2020

Insect Armageddon: low doses of the insecticide, Imidacloprid, cause blindness in insects

New research has identified a mechanism by which low levels of insecticides such as, the neonicotinoid Imidacloprid, could harm the nervous, metabolic and immune system of insects, including those that are not pests, such as our leading pollinators, bees.

28 Sep 2020

More than half of construction industry insiders think industry is not sustainable, study finds

A new University of Melbourne research project on the health of the Australian construction industry has found more than half of industry insiders who were surveyed thought the industry was not healthy or sustainable.

25 Sep 2020

Workplace COVID-19 saliva testing pilot underway in Victoria

A workplace saliva test pilot program has begun in Victoria to help better understand the logistics of continuous testing in higher-risk workplaces.

25 Sep 2020

Update on University response to COVID-19 pandemic

The University of Melbourne has provided an update on its plan to combat an almost $1 billion revenue shortfall as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

17 Sep 2020

Tool uses fat in bone and muscle to diagnose disease, predict falls and fractures

Doctors will soon be able to use fat to diagnose musculoskeletal disease within seconds and predict the risk of falls and fractures in older people, thanks to a world-leading tool developed by Melbourne researchers.

17 Sep 2020

New Dean of Science appointed

The University of Melbourne has appointed Professor Moira O’Bryan as Dean of the Faculty of Science.

16 Sep 2020

Using environmental DNA to help stop frogs from croaking it

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and University of Pittsburgh, USA have found that diseases that affect frogs can be detected in environmental samples like soil and water, helping conservationists in their efforts to address declining amphibian populations.

15 Sep 2020

Drug used to reduce kidney patient heart disease ineffective: study

A drug used to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease patients does not do so, a large-scale clinical trial has found.

14 Sep 2020

$1.3 million Indigenous data project to transform community outcomes

Indigenous researchers and experts from around the country are leading a $1.3 million project that will allow Indigenous community organisations to better analyse their data and make decisions to improve outcomes for their communities.

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