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News, seminars and the latest Biomedical discussion from Melbourne's Public Science hub.
The Convergence Science Network plays a fundamental role in communicating science and making scientists accessible to the community. Our engagement assists in promoting an awareness and understanding of advances in science and biotechnology, how they are impacting our lives and how they make a valuable contribution to society.
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Α personalised predictor of heart attacks
June 21, 2022
Category: NEWS
When it comes to your heartbeat, you want it the way Goldilocks does: just right. Imprope... Continue reading
Bionics Institute 2022 Graeme Clark Oration
June 21, 2022
Category: UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sudden cardiac death is a significant cause of mortality. Conventional measures to diagnose the condition are inaccurate and so unreliable. The intersection of engine... Continue reading
Keeping up with AI: the interplay between technology & Patent Law
May 25, 2022
Category: UPCOMING EVENTS
We’re living through and extraordinary moment in technological history. From Siri to autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence is developing at an ex... Continue reading
7 June 2022
World-leading research to build a better Mental Health system across Victoria
May 10, 2022
Category: NEWS
A year on from the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, what changes have been made, and how is research and innovation... Continue reading
My journey with CRISPR- Cas9 : Asrtrid Livitsanis
May 09, 2022
Category: PEOPLE
The Convergence Science Network was delighted to offer Astrid Livitsanis the opportunity to spend the recent summer break from her Bachelor of Science studies at Monash University to develop her co... Continue reading
People Conducting Research - Amelia McGuiness
April 05, 2022
Category: PEOPLE
100 trillion. That’s approximately how many bacteria and microbes, both good and bad, live inside your digestive system and ma... Continue reading
International Women in Biomedicine - Professor Edith Heard
April 05, 2022
Category: EVENT HIGHLIGHT
'The beginning of my career was marked with failure – which made me a very robust scientist,' says Professo... Continue reading
International Women in Biomedicine - Professor Edith Heard FRS
February 20, 2022
Category: PAST EVENTS
The International Women in Biomedicine series brings inspiring stories of leading women in biomedical research from around the world to our community. These outstanding women a... Continue reading
10 March 2022
Online Event
The Australian Bionic Eye: The people behind the technology
November 10, 2021
Category: EVENT HIGHLIGHT
You are most likely using your sense of sight to read this. Our vision is responsible for most of the infor... Continue reading
4 November 2021
Women in Biomedicine : Serena Duchi and Anita Quigley
October 24, 2021
Category: EVENT HIGHLIGHT
As part of the Women in Biomedicine series, two innovative women recently s... Continue reading
The Australian Bionic Eye: The people behind the technology
October 19, 2021
Category: UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 4 November 2021
BIOMED NEWS DIGEST
October 06, 2021
Category: BIOMED NEWS DIGEST
Here is a collection of recent news and opinion across the biomedical sciences:
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Innovation in Tissue Engineering
October 05, 2021
Category: PAST EVENTS
Tissue engineering is the field of biomedical engineering that blends biology with engineering for tissue repair caused by a disease or an accident. In Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital has lo... Continue reading
Tuesday 12 October
Online Event
WOMEN IN BIOMEDICINE: COLETTE MCKAY AND RACHAEL RICHARDSON
September 28, 2021
Category: EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Many remarkable women have made revolutionary contributions to the advancement of sci... Continue reading
8 September 2021
Women in Biomedicine - Colette McKay and Rachael Richardson
September 01, 2021
Category: PAST EVENTS
Many remarkable women make revolutionary contributions to the advancement of science, yet disparities continue to exist in gender equality and women empowerment around the world and in academia. Th... Continue reading
8 September 2021
Pillars of Biomedicine - Kim Cornish
May 12, 2021
Category: PEOPLE
Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor Kim Cornish is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist who is developing digital technologies to improve the lives of children with develo... Continue reading
Pillars of Biomedicine
People Conducting Research - Patricia Illing
May 09, 2021
Category: PEOPLE
Why do some people have hypersensitivity reactions to certain drugs? How can we use the immune response to influenza to design one, single vaccine? Dr Patricia Illing ha... Continue reading
People Conducting Research
People Conducting Research - Cristina Bitzilis
March 25, 2021
Category: PEOPLE
With genomic sequencing constantly evolving, precision medicine is on the horizon. Cristina Bitzilis is an Account Manager for the Clinical Genomics division of Illumina, ensuring... Continue reading
People Conducting Research
Welcome our new sponsor - Bio21 Institute
March 22, 2021
Category: NEWS
We are delighted to announce the addition to our Network's sponsors!
The University of Melbourne’s Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute seek... Continue reading
International Women in Biomedicine - Dr Natalia Trayanova
March 18, 2021
Category: EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Professor Natalia Trayanova was given a book about how rockets are propelled by her father at the age of three. She knew from then that she wanted... Continue reading
15 March 2021
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