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The Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) is changing the rules in the fight against disease, embracing new perspectives for new solutions.

We're part of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

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Home to more than 700 researchers, 120 research groups and 200 international research collaborators, we're one of the largest – and highest quality – research institutes in the southern hemisphere.

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Discovery and research

With a growing pipeline of biomedical breakthroughs – such as our work with stem cells and immunology – we're accelerating discoveries in the lab into clinical treatments.

Graduate program

Hone your expertise under the guidance of at least two supervisors. Join our growing network of more than 270 PhD students across 100 labs, focused on making novel scientific discoveries.

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We're committed to making the discoveries that will relieve the future burden of disease. But we need your help.

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Our more than 120 specialised research labs are led by recognised leaders in the biomedical field.

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We're making the research discoveries that tackle global health issues.

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Humanity continues to face challenges in the fight against disease. Watch our two-minute video to discover what we're doing about it.

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Monash BDI general enquiries
T: +61 3 9902 9400
E: bdi-enquiries@monash.edu

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Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, 3800

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Institute news

The spindle is responsible for separating the chromosomes equally when the oocyte goes through specialist meiotic cell divisions. The spindle is made of fibres called microtubules (green) to which the chromosomes (red) are attached. The use of MitoQ or BGP-15 improves the organisation of the microtubules and alignment of the chromosomes to the centre of the spindle. The oocyte has an improved chance of properly separating chromosomes and thereby avoiding aneuploidy when the egg is activated by the fertilising sperm.

Treatments that may protect eggs against ageing in older women

A woman’s fertility decreases as she ages – largely because of fewer healthy oocytes or eggs, and those that are available for fertilisation often have chromosomal abnormalities which result in a higher incidence of miscarriage and genetic disorders such as Down’s syndrome.

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Uncovering how T cells recognise the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein

Dr Priyanka Chaurasia (L) Dr Jan Petersen(R)

The immune system is vitally important for resolving COVID-19 when individuals are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Moreover, the vaccines that are being administered to millions of people across the globe are designed to ‘pre-warn and arm’ the immune system so that if infected with SARS-CoV-2, individuals are significantly less likely to develop severe disease or die.  Here, two crucial arms of the immune system, namely B cells and T cells, play a central role.

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Monash University researchers unlock the key that could lead to the development of non-opioid painkillers to treat chronic pain

Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could pave the way for the development of novel non-opioid painkillers (analgesics) to safely and effectively treat neuropathic pain.

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Finding new ways to synthesise RNA in large volumes

Times Higher Education (THE) has published a feature story- Researchers target choke point in RNA revolution- about a new “dream team” assembled to tackle RNA supply issues, led by Monash BDI’s Associate Professor Traude Beilharz.

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Associate Professor Fasseli Coulibaly, Dr Hari Venugopal and Dr Joshua Hardy

Monash BDI researcher a Eureka finalist

Congratulations to Associate Professor Fasseli Coulibaly from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute who, as part of Team Chimera - in collaboration with University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute researchers, has been named as a finalist in the ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology category.

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