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Professor Amander Clark presenting at a lectern in a seminar room, speaking and gesturing with her hands beside a computer monitor and microphone.

After hearing yesterday from Professor Amander Clark (UCLA), we’re thinking carefully about how pluripotent stem cells can model and regenerate ovarian tissue, and what ethical standards must guide that work. With reproductive science advancing, public engagement on these issues is vital.

Event slide for the ARCS + DIA Cell and Gene Therapy Summit 2026 featuring a headshot of Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea. Text highlights her role as Session co-chair and Deputy Director, Strategy and Planning at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, and lists the session title, date (25 February 2026) and time (3pm). ARMI logo in the top right.

Tomorrow, @mveg001.bsky.social (aka Marguerite Evans-Galea) co-chairs Session 4 at the ARCS Australia + DIA Cell and Gene Therapy Summit in Sydney. With James Wabby, she’ll discuss positioning Australia as an APAC hub for advanced therapies, diagnostics, data and manufacturing. More: bit.ly/4sdrgM5

Dr William Roman pipetting liquid into a culture dish inside a sterile lab cabinet, wearing gloves and a lab coat, with racks of tubes nearby.

We’re recruiting a postdoc in skeletal muscle tissue engineering. Lead iPSC and spatial transcriptomics projects in a serious, multidisciplinary lab environment. Applications close 22 March. More: bit.ly/4aJjQJg

Thanks to the Rebecca L Cooper Foundation for awarding a fellowship to Prof Nir Eynon (@nireynon.bsky.social). Prof Eynon will develop the world’s first multi-tissue, cell-type specific atlas of ageing biomarkers. Read more: armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Professor Liran Carmel presenting at the front of a seminar room, gesturing to a slide on paleogenomics as an audience sits facing him.

It was fascinating to hear Prof Liran Carmel speak at ARMI today about epigenetics in ancient DNA. By reconstructing DNA methylation maps, his team reveals how the shift to farming reshaped human biology – and how mammoths adapted to polar cold.

Seven ARMI researchers stand outdoors on a lawn at the Lorne Genome Conference, wearing conference lanyards. From left to right: Masoud Baghi, Jennifer Zenker, Nir Eynon, Bernadette Jones-Freeman, Elizabeth Reisman, Rushali Kullachanda Aiyanna and Yonghui Wang. Trees and navy umbrellas are behind them on a sunny day.

We’re at #LorneGenome this week. Jenny Zenker presents tomorrow on how microtubule organisation shapes stem cell fate. Our posters are covering limb development, muscle adaptation, ageing transcriptomics and exercise proteomics. At Lorne? Come say hello.

For the International Day of Women & Girls in Science we asked our women scientists a simple question: What would you tell your younger self about a career in science? Swipe to see what they said.

Professor Edwina McGlinn (@eddymcglinn.bsky.social) has been appointed our Deputy Director, Research Strategy & Impact. She plans to strengthen ARMI’s international research partnerships and focus on translating discovery science into clinical outcomes. More: armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Ageing is not just a linear process. We’ve developed a new tool, SNITCH, that reveals sharp shifts in DNA methylation at specific ages, exposing hidden genomic complexity. This finding has implications for ageing, disease risk and future therapeutic approaches. Read more: armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Proud to have collaborated on this Nature paper published overnight, revealing convergent evolution in brain immunity. Cells guarding brain borders evolved twice: lymphatic-derived in non-mammals, immune-derived in humans and other mammals.

Our 2025 ARMI reflection is live.

A year shaped by people, from student leadership and science communication to discovery, translation and community.

Read the end-of-year newsletter bit.ly/4aVBefp

The research focuses on how ageing unfolds across interconnected tissues, including the heart, skeletal muscle and blood, rather than studying each system in isolation.

Led by Professor Nir Eynon and Dr Macsue Jacques at ARMI, with clinical leadership from Professor Silvana Marasco (Alfred Hospital), the project brings together molecular biology, bioinformatics and frontline clinical expertise.

Congratulations to Professor @nireynon.bsky.social and team on securing $2.01M in NHMRC Ideas Grant funding for Molecular Maps of Ageing Across Multiple Tissues.

Grateful to EMBL Australia and partners for creating space for learning, reflection and connection at this stage of a research career.

Brenda reflected on how the course changed how she thinks about AI in her own research, and reinforced the responsibility scientists have to explain why their work matters.

The two-week residential program brings together PhD students from across Australia to explore interdisciplinary research, AI and machine learning, science communication and career pathways.

Our PhD students Brenda Briones Miranda and Thamodi Walpola recently took part in the EMBL Australia PhD Course at SAiGENCI in Adelaide.

Pipeline Accelerator 2025-26 (Round 1) successful recipients announced Phenomics Australia in partnership with Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA), Bioplatforms Australia (BPA), and ANSTO’s National Deuteration Facility (NDF), is thrilled to announce the successful re...

Congratulations to Dr William Roman on receiving a Phenomics Australia Pipeline Accelerator 2025–26 award.

His project uses genome-scale functional screening to identify new therapeutic targets for muscle atrophy and regeneration.

🔗 phenomicsaustralia.org.au/pipeline-acc...

A pleasure to welcome Professor Robyn Ward AO, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) @monashuniversity.bsky.social, to Aquacore earlier this month. The visit highlighted Aquacore’s role in supporting world-class research across Monash.

Thank you, Robyn, for your time and continued support.

Thank you to the del Monte-Nieto lab and the ANZSCDB VIC Chapter for organising the meeting.

Congratulations to our ARMI award recipients:
• Esther García-Domínguez
• Le Quan Tran
• Adam Rogerson

ARMI joined 113 researchers at last week’s XVII Victorian Cell and Developmental Biology Meeting. It was a friendly and supportive day for the Victorian community to share work and connect. More info: www.anzscdb.org/victoria

Some wounds never heal. Dr Yen-Zhen (Angel) Lu is working to change that. Her work reveals how sensory neurons and immune cells coordinate tissue repair and why this matters for chronic wounds. With an ARC DECRA, she is now uncovering how nerves first activate after injury. Read more: bit.ly/4rFbAl7

ARMI PhD candidate Thamodi Wapola joined 130 global students at PITCH 2025 in Jakarta, helping design fairer mobility solutions for Indonesia’s ride-hailing ecosystem.
Her team’s model, Jalan Bersama, earned the Judges’ Special Commendation Award 👏 Read more - bit.ly/49K94Ul

"I was energised about opportunities to better connect WA projects with ARMI’s strengths. I look forward to continued collaboration across states as Australia builds a strong, integrated regenerative medicine landscape.” - Prof Sharath Sriram

Great to host you, Sharath.

AquaCore supports Australia’s regenerative medicine community with zebrafish, medaka, killifish, axolotl and epaulette shark, enabling advanced studies in regeneration, development and disease.

We were pleased to welcome Prof Sharath Sriram, ChiefSciWA to ARMI for his first visit.

He explored ARMI’s capabilities and was especially excited by AquaCore, our world-class aquatic research facility and the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

Proud to celebrate ARMI’s Prof Mikaël Martino and Prof Graham Lieschke AM, recognised on the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list. A testament to their sustained impact and leadership in regenerative medicine and immunology. 🔗 More about the list: top2percentscientists.com/stanford-els...

This kind of structural insight could help improve how we grow and use stem cells in research, therapy, and regenerative medicine.📍From the lab bench to future treatments.

Adam’s work focuses on the cell’s internal skeleton — microtubules and centrosomes — and how their organisation supports stem cell identity.

By tracking these structures, he’s revealing new insights into how stem cells stay flexible.