Did you know WA is home to 8 of the country’s 15 biodiversity hotspots and has one of the world's highest rates of new species discovery?

This is why we're so excited for tomorrow’s 2023 Biodiversity Conference.

Learn about this important collaboration: biodiversity2023.com

Congratulations to Professor Elaine Holmes of ANPC on her election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Elaine's research is unraveling how our gut microbiome impacts our health - and what we can do to improve it.

A partnership between Murdoch and Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group is aiming to address the shortage of Indigenous nurses in our health system.

Learn more about this terrific initiative - Moorditj Kaartdijin, Moorditj Warlang - in WAtoday

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Prof Elaine Holmes FAA is working to decode the chemical dialogue between the human body & the gut bacteria that play a crucial role in our health and metabolism. Her team has pioneered chemical fingerprinting methods to identify biomarkers of disease.

CMMIT FACE it to make #ChildhoodDementia impossible to ignore. Over 70 genetic conditions cause childhood dementia, most won't live to adulthood. More research & better is support needed. CMMIT @UTAS Childhood Dementia Initiative exploring if our genetic white out can help #faceit

Congratulations Rebecca Famlonga from Murdoch University and @TelethonKids - just announced as the 2023 Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year! More info about Rebecca Famlonga here: wa.gov.au/organisation/d…

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'Scientific curiosity is a fundamental quality that drives an innovative thinker to explore and seek knowledge, leading to the discovery of new connections and possibilities.'
- Prof Jeremy Nicholson, #4 most influential Analytical Scientist in the world

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Associate Professor RakeshVeedu in the spotlight for the recent launch of ProGenis Pharmaceuticals. CMMIT Murdoch University & Perron Institute are all very proud to have been involved with this groundbreaking research into type 2 #diabetes

ALS is the most common form of motor neurone disease.

One of the hallmarks of ALS is the movement and buildup of certain proteins, which Dr Sarah Rea of Perron Institute and CMMIT is exploring for therapies to target and tackle the disease.

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Did you know cement production is the single biggest industrial cause of carbon pollution?

Engineers at Murdoch have developed a new type of low carbon concrete made from waste to throttle that impact.

Today it took a big step toward industry adoption.

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If we must continue our plastic addiction, we need to develop cleaner and more efficient ways to make it.

Here's how two PhD students are using old frying oil and hungry moths to develop the bioplastics we will use tomorrow.

via Particle WA

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Cutting edge health research from Murdoch has taken a step closer to the clinic with the launch of ProGenis Pharmaceuticals.

'We believe precision medicine has the potential to transform healthcare,” founder Associate Professor RakeshVeedu says.

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Congratulations to Dr Grey Coupland! Click on the link to learn more about her incredible citizen science program inspiring our children to look after our planet.

Growing up in regional India, Professor Rajeev Varshney FRS saw subsistence farmers struggling to make gains and grew an affinity for improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people.

That beginning set him on a course to improve the lives of millions.

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In exciting news, Clinical Professor Allan Kermode and Dr Marzena Fabis-Pedrini (Perron Institute, UWA and Murdoch University) have contributed to an international study that has identified the first genetic marker for multiple sclerosis (MS) severity. ow.ly/hYSi50OZWJ8

New research discovery in this ⁦GRDC West⁩ ⁦Murdoch University Research⁩ ⁦UWA Research⁩ supported work ⁦- including the role of gravel in soil water and nutrient dynamics. Fantastic to have great grower and trial support for the work on ground facebook.com/661277065/post…

An excellent moment with Channel9 👏

Our Professor Rajeev Varshney FRS was given the opportunity to tell Perth audiences about his team's incredible research. Thanks to David Doepel for joining Rajeev, and for adding your intel from a grower's perspective 🍎

Know your Hardenbergia comptoniana from your Chorizema cordatum? They are some of WA's beautiful native pea plants and tonight on abctv's Gardening Australia, Dr Julie Ardley and honours student Peter Howe share how they saving them. Here's some BTS footage from the shoot 🎥