In the press

Scientists from Monash University have discovered how the world’s deadliest fungi explode immune cells and shape-shift to defeat the immune system, providing new avenues for treatments and drug discovery.

Researchers from Monash University have developed miniature human kidneys from stem cells that could accelerate the search for treatments for acute kidney injury (AKI).

Two BDI educators, Dr Catherine Ryan and Associate Professor Meredith Hughes, alongside fifth-year medical student Jesselyn Sin, have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to microbiology education.

Researchers from Monash University in collaboration with the University of Warwick have discovered how the bacterial antibiotic ‘gladiolin’ can disarm Candida albicans, one of the leading causes of life-threatening fungal infections,

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new research from Monash University.

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown way that bacteria overcome one of life’s fundamental engineering challenges: how to generate more energy without redesigning the cell itself.

Researchers from Monash University and the Hudson Institute of Medical Research have grown live models of paediatric patients’ digestive systems to investigate solutions for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Dr Jinxin Zhao, a Research Fellow in Professor Jian Li’s laboratory, has received the highly competitive Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Nine researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) have secured more than $18 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) 2026 Investigator Grant scheme.