Monash BDI researchers secure more than $18M in NHMRC Investigator Grants Nine researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) have secured more than $18 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2026 Investigator Grant scheme, announced by Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler. Monash BDI’s NHMRC Investigator […]
Inaugural cohort of Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professors Monash University has established the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorships, a distinguished title that will be conferred to senior Monash University professors across our International Campus Network who are of sustained international pre-eminence in research or education within their discipline. Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorships (VCDP) will be conferred annually through a nomination process […]
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Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) is celebrating the achievement of Dr Mai Tran, who has been awarded a highly competitive Breakthrough T1D Australia Early Career Basic Researcher Fellowship 2026 through the Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network (T1DCRN). Dr Tran is one of only seven Australian researchers selected for this national fellowship, which supports exceptional early‑career […]
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New discovery rewrites the rules of antigen presentation 16 January 2026 Credit: Thinh-Phat Cao, Monash University. A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body’s immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of scientists into fundamental immune system function. The new study, published in Nature Communications, overturns a long […]
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Scientists discover natural molecules that help calm immune cells First author on the JEM publication, Monash BDI PhD student Mohamed Abdelaal, and co-senior and co-corresponding author, Dr. Wael Awad. Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the human body helps keep its immune system in check. The study found that when the body breaks down vitamin […]
https://rossjohnlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mohamed-Abdelaal.jpg419482Jennifer Huynh//rossjohnlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/monash.pngJennifer Huynh2026-01-14 08:52:132026-01-14 08:56:20Congrats Mohamed on your first authored JEM paper
Congrats Wael, Jia Jia and Jamie on securing NHMRC Investigator Grants
/in News /by Jennifer HuynhMonash BDI researchers secure more than $18M in NHMRC Investigator Grants Nine researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) have secured more than $18 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2026 Investigator Grant scheme, announced by Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler. Monash BDI’s NHMRC Investigator […]
Congratulations, Jamie on your appointment as Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor!
/in News /by Jennifer HuynhInaugural cohort of Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professors Monash University has established the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorships, a distinguished title that will be conferred to senior Monash University professors across our International Campus Network who are of sustained international pre-eminence in research or education within their discipline. Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorships (VCDP) will be conferred annually through a nomination process […]
Congrats Mai on your Breakthrough T1D Researcher Fellowship
/in News /by Jennifer HuynhMonash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) is celebrating the achievement of Dr Mai Tran, who has been awarded a highly competitive Breakthrough T1D Australia Early Career Basic Researcher Fellowship 2026 through the Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network (T1DCRN). Dr Tran is one of only seven Australian researchers selected for this national fellowship, which supports exceptional early‑career […]
Congrats Phat on your first authored Nature Communications paper
/in News /by Jennifer HuynhNew discovery rewrites the rules of antigen presentation 16 January 2026 Credit: Thinh-Phat Cao, Monash University. A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body’s immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of scientists into fundamental immune system function. The new study, published in Nature Communications, overturns a long […]
Congrats Mohamed on your first authored JEM paper
/in News /by Jennifer HuynhScientists discover natural molecules that help calm immune cells First author on the JEM publication, Monash BDI PhD student Mohamed Abdelaal, and co-senior and co-corresponding author, Dr. Wael Awad. Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the human body helps keep its immune system in check. The study found that when the body breaks down vitamin […]