😡 For many there is a sense that society is crumbling as we grapple with the division and polarisation of our democracies – leading to moral outrage. New research suggests it's not just the divisive players, but rising inequality that's contributing 👉unimelb.me/3SSxrpz

Did you know University of Melbourne has one of the largest collections of Tasmanian tiger specimens in Australasia? @ZoologyRohan, curator and researcher at the Harry Brookes Allen Museum, reveals detailed studies of five thylacine skulls for the first time → unimelb.me/3WEsd38

Using a revolutionary gene-editing technology, new research from Doherty Institute was shown to significantly reduce levels of HBV proteins, usually found in blood of individuals living with the hepatitis B virus, paving the way for future treatments. 👇 unimelb.me/3ySeeNN

How much sugar do you think the average Australian consumes over a lifetime? Head to Fed Square on Sat 24 Aug to see The Sweet Truth: What’s Sugar Doing to My Body to understand the long-term health implications of excessive sugar intake. Learn more → unimelb.me/3Z2P89A

Be inspired as health entrepreneurs from the Faculty and @Jumarbio share the innovative products they are developing, how they made their start on their research commercialisation journey, and navigated opportunities and uncertainties. Register 👉 go.unimelb.edu.au/48w8

E-scooter head injuries are often severe, including traumatic brain injury. These injuries have devastating consequences for patients and their families, driving research for new treatments Read more 👉 unimelb.me/3WXbuXw

Congrats to Prof Prof Marta Garrido, who has been awarded $1.3M funding from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation to study the perceptions of people with psychosis in the hope it could lead to new treatments 👏👏 Read more 👉 unimelb.me/3YXfWrY

🚀 Unveiling our 2023 Impact Report! Dive into the breakthroughs and milestones in research, public health, and education. doherty.edu.au/impact-report-… UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital University of Melbourne #impact #research #education #publichealth

💙 Thank you to our 2023 Student Advisory Council 💙 We were delighted to host our Inaugural Student Advisory Council recently, to acknowledge their significant contributions, providing advice and insights from the student voice to the Faculty. More 👉 unimelb.me/3TtoJhZ

Congratulations to three University of Melbourne academics who were awarded the 2023 Reel Impact Prize, last month. The Reel Impact Prize encourages academic staff to develop creative research translations that communicate their impact within society to a lay audience 👉unimelb.me/3YsrP98

🎧 Listen: Inspiring Stories with Prof Professor Natalie Hannan, PhD, GAICD. 🎙️ In the first episode of our new podcast, Prof Hannan chats with former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp about her successes, failures and her commitment to 'having a go'. Listen to the podcast 👉 unimelb.me/3WUlyAE

Join us for the World Congress on Alcohol and Addictions. The congress will explore the latest insights and developments in biomedical research on alcoholism and alcohol-related biomedical phenomena from leading researchers from around the globe 👉 isbra2024.com

Follow Marthilda for a day as a Master of Public Health student at #UniMelb 💙 Tap through to learn more about the Master of Public Health → unimelb.me/3X3Qmz5

We're delighted to share that NHMRC has awarded five new #UniMelb Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) $15 million over five years to undertake collaborative research. Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/4dYa8m8

Want to make an impact through neuroscience research? 🧠 Join The Florey's Open Day & find out what it’s like to study at the largest brain research institute in the Southern Hemisphere. 🧑‍🔬 Meet scientists 🔬 Tour labs 🧪 Explore research projects 🔗 unimelb.me/3z1vkcf

Three of our outstanding researchers have been awarded #UniMelb's prestigious Marles and Woodward medals! 🏅 Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis 🏅 Dr Oanh Nguyen 🏅 Dr Louise Rowntree Learn more about the awardees and their work → unimelb.me/3AK2f5v

Inherited Retinal Diseases are the leading cause of blindness in working-age Australians. UniMelbDOVS's Dr @AlexisCeecee explains how advances in genetic testing and clinical trials are improving diagnosis and paving the way for new treatments → unimelb.me/3Tejdzg

What if we shifted the focus of healthcare from treating a condition to treating a person? That's the idea behind Person-Centred Value-Based Health Care, where the focus is on a patient's values, goals and preferences. Learn more → unimelb.me/3XeYMUd

Please join us for this year's Grimwade Lecture on Sept 22 with Stanford Medicine's Prof Brian Kobilka, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof Kobilka will give an oration on ‘The role of protein dynamics in GPCR signaling’. 🔗 Register → unimelb.me/4eeJfLb

What if tuberculosis originated from the ocean? Researchers from Doherty Institute have discovered a bacterium found in a marine sponge from the Great Barrier Reef that closely resembles the TB pathogen → unimelb.me/3T8t5uD