Drug Discovery Biology

Uncovering the secrets of the human body

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Find out more about the Drug Discovery Biology theme.

Research labs

Our research groups are supported by government grant schemes and key industry partnerships, and collaborate extensively with national and international researchers.

Therapeutic areas

Learn about the five therapeutic areas that underpin the focus of our research.

PhD program

Discover what a higher degree with us entails and find out about available projects.

Research capabilities

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Dr Xin (Cindy) Zhang and Dr Stanley Xie

Commonwealth government backs MIPS early career researchers

MIPS will be home to two researchers awarded close to $1M in funding through the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme.
20 September, 2022 Research
L-R: Dr Nicholas Veldhuis, Dr Roey Elnathan, Associate Professor Darren Creek

MIPS researchers receive nearly $3M from ARC Future Fellowships scheme

Three outstanding mid-career researchers and new ARC Future Fellows, Associate Professor Darren Creek, Dr Nicholas Veldhuis and Dr Roey Elnathan have received close to $3M in funding to advance research projects addressing a range of medical needs.
14 September, 2022 Research

Patrick Sexton wins the 2022 Gordon Hammes Lectureship Award

The annual award honours an individual whose scientific contributions have had a major impact on research across all of biological chemistry.
18 August, 2022 Research

The “master regulator” of inflammation: Monash researchers publish review on promising emerging drug target to treat chronic inflammatory states

Monash researchers, in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London, have published a state-of-the-art review on an emerging druggable target called FPR2, a key receptor involved in the regulation of inflammation.
4 August, 2022 Medicine & health

New development for hormone-free male contraceptive pill

A new study led by a team of Monash researchers working to develop a male contraceptive pill has identified that stinging nettle leaf extract has the potential to block a protein that controls the movement of sperm.
2 August, 2022 Medicine & health

New Monash biotech company receives funding to tackle cognitive disorders

A new Monash biotech company called Phrenix Therapeutics has received funding to advance research to develop new therapeutics for cognitive disorders, particularly in schizophrenia.
20 July, 2022 Medicine & health

Monash University scientists review breadth of preclinical models of diabetic heart failure in pursuit of new treatments

A team of leading drug researchers have published a high impact review that sets out to provide guidance on how pre-clinical studies of diabetic heart failure should be designed to most closely mimic the human disease.
4 July, 2022 Medicine & health

Dr Xin Zhang awarded 2021 Mollie Holman Award for FPPS best doctoral thesis

Her PhD thesis is entitled "Understanding structure and activation of GLP-1R".
1 July, 2022 Research
Amylin-template peptides activate amylin receptors through distinct mechanism to calcitonin-template peptides. The image was created by Dr Sarah Piper.

Monash University researchers make a breakthrough discovery for development of new obesity treatments

World first: Researchers from Monash University have harnessed cutting-edge technology to fill key gaps in our understanding of how promising new therapeutics could work for the treatment of obesity.
25 March, 2022 Medicine & health