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A/Prof Gavin Knott, Monash BDI Lab Head and Snow Medical Fellow, and Dr Cyntia Taveneau

Australian scientists have used AI to develop a precise, safe and fast way to keep CRISPR technology in check

Last year a ten-month old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively cured through the use of CRISPR gene editing technology. But the roll out of CRISPR across a wide range of genetic conditions
27 January, 2026 Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Dr Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado and Dr Leonard Ernst have been awarded prestigious HFSP Fellowships

Researchers awarded prestigious HFSP Fellowships for groundbreaking life science projects

Dr Luis Valentin-Alvarado and Dr Leonard Ernst have been awarded highly-competitive 2025 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term Fellowships.
25 August, 2025 Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Credit: Freepic

Australians join elite group of scientists using AI to create man-made proteins

For the first time, Australian scientists have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate a ready-to-use biological protein.
10 July, 2025 Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Dr Emily Pilkington checks the concentration of an mRNA product prior to packing it into a lipid nanoparticle formulation.

Leading the charge: Tackling tuberculosis and other diseases with mRNA

mRNA Core’s COVID mRNA-LNP vaccine shows promise in overcoming the challenge of immune imprinting, and scientists work to overcome these challenges to generate the next generation of mRNA medicines.
9 April, 2025 Medicine & health
Dr Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado has been awarded an HFSP Fellowship to undertake research in A/Prof Gavin Knott’s Lab.

Fellowship recipient seeks to explore the evolution of epigenetic enzymes

Dr Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado has been awarded a highly-competitive Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term Fellowship
5 April, 2025 Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Silenced genes are more accessible than previously believed

A new study has pushed the boundaries of molecular imaging to reveal surprising insights into how our genes are packed when silenced.
16 January, 2025 Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Biopharmaceutical leaders from South Korea visit Monash’s Parkville campus

Biopharmaceutical leaders from South Korea visit Monash’s Parkville campus

Monash Parkville campus welcomed a delegation of government and academic representatives from South Korea to collectively share knowledge on the advancing fields of biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences.
31 October, 2024 Research

Researchers ‘turbocharge’ vaccine delivery by jolting ‘bystander’ immune cells into action in animal models

Monash University researchers have developed a new technique to boost the effectiveness of both traditional and mRNA-based vaccines in animal models.
24 September, 2024 Translational Medicine
Lead author, Associate Professor Joseph (Sefi) Rosenbluh (L), and co-first authors Dr Ling Liu (top) and PhD student Matthew Neve (bottom).

Groundbreaking study reveals vital roles of circular RNAs in biological processes

A collaborative research team led by Monash University has made a significant breakthrough in understanding circular RNAs (circRNAs).
10 August, 2024 Biomedicine Discovery Institute