Ten PhD candidates from across the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) delivered an outstanding showcase of research excellence at the 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™)  Competition, held on 27 May.

The powerful role of exercise in maintaining skeletal muscle could be the key to improving health and resilience in older age, according to new research from Monash University.

Small habits like walking up flights of stairs or carrying your shopping instead of using a trolley could be the key to preventing Type 2 Diabetes, according to world-first research led by Monash University.

Researchers from Monash University have uncovered how long‑term dietary protein restriction can surprisingly improve weight‑bearing exercise ability - by reshaping how the body budgets energy and activating brown fat thermogenesis.

All animals, including humans, experience stress. Not the type where you worry about paying bills, but metabolic stress – triggered by starvation, obesity or bacterial infections.

Professor Renea Taylor from Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and the team she leads at the BDI’s Prostate Cancer Research Group have received one of 12 Grants-in-Aid from Cancer Council Victoria.

A/Prof Claire Foldi and her team show that movement history and dietary restriction influence how the psychedelic substance affects sociability and immune signaling in a relevant preclinical model.

Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers received seven National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants for funding commencing in 2026, collectively worth more than $10 million.

The Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) came together in December 2025 to honour the remarkable achievements of its staff and students at the annual Monash BDI Celebration and Awards for Outstanding Achievement ceremony.