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Congrats to Macsue Jacques, recipient of ARMI’s 2026 Accelerator Grant, which supports her move to independent research leader! Her work goes beyond blood/single-tissue ageing measures toward a systems-level view of how tissues age. Read more: bit.ly/4yZGkQB

Macsue Jacques, recipient of the 2026 ARMI Accelerator Grant, smiling at the camera in an office setting.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Big news! ARMI is a finalist in the 2026 Health Industry Hub Catalyst for Change Awards for Top Podcasts and Most Viewed Vodcasts. Thanks to everyone who watched, listened and engaged. Winners announced 5 Nov 2026 in Sydney. Fingers crossed. Listen to podcast. bit.ly/4AlAkmG

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New collaboration: ARMI and Evinco Therapeutics will test a new Alzheimer’s therapy against ARMI’s human stem cell-derived models of the ageing brain. Announced today, World Alzheimer’s Day. More: armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Microscope image of stem cell-derived astrocytes, a star-shaped support cell found in the brain, visualised using fluorescent markers.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're hiring! ARMI is seeking an outstanding Senior Research Fellow / Associate Professor (Research) to join as an EMBL Australia Group Leader. Build an independent research program with a relevant theme and lead the future of regenerative medicine. Closes: 2 Oct 2026. Link: bit.ly/4dHOBAr

ARMI signage on a glass wall inside the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, with the institute’s modern laboratory and research building visible in the background.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s five days until our next edition! Subscribe now and join a growing community of people interested in the future of medicine. Don't miss this opportunity to receive valuable industry information directly in your inbox – only four times a year. armi.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

RNA doesn't float inside a cell. It's hauled along tracks, to a fixed address, on a schedule. ARMI researchers can now watch it happen live, in a mouse embryo. armi.org.au/news-media/m...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Research advances when great minds connect. Thank you to Prof Didier Stainier (@stainierlab.bsky.social) and A/Prof Lincon Stamp (@stamphaolab.bsky.social) for sharing their work with the ARMI community this fortnight. These global partnerships are shaping the future of regenerative medicine.

Professor Stainier is standing with Dr Chow next to the ARMI banner.

Associate Professor Lincon Stamp and Dr William Roman stand either side of an Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute banner in the ARMI foyer, with two illuminated microscopy images of neurons on easels to the left.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Congrats to Prof Nir Eynon & Prof Mikaël Martino, awarded ARC Future Fellowships. Their work spans healthy ageing, immunology & regenerative biology and this funding means deeper research, new opportunities for early-career scientists, and a stronger global standing for Australia. armi.org.au

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What discoveries will shape regenerative medicine next? Stay ahead with REGENERATE, ARMI's quarterly newsletter featuring the latest ARMI news, industry insights, events, opportunities and success stories. Delivered to your inbox just 4 times a year. Subscribe today: bit.ly/4y1cpXW

A fluorescence image of a mid-gestation mouse embryo, showing bone (yellow) and developing nerves (teal).

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Zebrafish regrow muscle in ways human tissue can’t. Here, Prof Peter Currie explains what that means for muscular dystrophy research, and how NCRIS partners @emblaustralia.org, @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au and @therapeuticinnov.bsky.social make it possible.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Get the latest ARMI news with REGENERATE. Delivered just four times a year, each edition curates the developments that matter most for researchers, innovators and industry leaders. The next issue is on its way. Subscribe now. armi.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Abstract digital illustration showing streams of colourful data converging into a dense field of binary code, representing AI processing and analysing complex datasets.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The most-read story in our latest REGENERATE newsletter featured a landmark Nature Aging study led by ARMI researchers revealing that ageing leaves a distinct molecular fingerprint. Don't miss the next discovery. Subscribe to REGENERATE. The next edition is coming soon. Read article: bit.ly/45O5Agl

Illustration of organs in the body shaded to indicate age related change.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Your body doesn’t age at a constant rate. New ARMI analysis shows it shifts sharply at specific life stages. The tools used to study it were built around the opposite assumption, with significant implications for when anti-ageing treatments should be delivered. Read story: bit.ly/3UhxKxI

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congratulations to ARMI’s Dr Jan Manent on winning the 2026 ANZSCDB Image Award. His stunning 3D image visualises the developing nervous system (cyan) and skeleton (yellow) in a mouse embryo using tissue clearing and light sheet microscopy techniques. armi.org.au/about/our-pe...

3D image of a mouse embryo under microscope showing the developing nervous system and the developing skeleton.

Image of a man known as Dr Jan Manent a research fellow from ARMI’s McGlinn Group.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr Macsue Jacques on being named a finalist in the 2026 AAMRI Rising Star Award. Her study mapped DNA methylation across 15,000 tissue samples and found every organ ages differently. Winner announced tomorrow night @aamri.bsky.social dinner in Canberra. Good luck, Macsue!

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Great to welcome Professor Enzo Porrello from @mcri.bsky.social to ARMI last week for a guest lecture on his pioneering work in heart regeneration and cardiac organoids. Thank you for sharing your insights with our community.

Professor Enzo Porrello delivering a guest lecture on heart failure and cardiac research at ARMI.

Dr Renee Chow and Professor Enzo Porrello standing together at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Another successful Open Day at Monash Clayton. Our tours of the AquaCore facility were booked out as we showcased the extraordinary infrastructure supporting our research into regenerative medicine. More opportunities to visit ARMI are planned for 2026 so stay tuned. armi.org.au/study-educat...

Four Monash University volunteers in white vests stand smiling in a laboratory beside an Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute banner.

A group of Open Day visitors gathers around lab benches and microscope screens, while a staff member in an ARMI vest gestures toward the institute's banner in the foreground.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Zebrafish is shaping the future of healthcare... It's open day at Monash Clayton on Sunday 2 August. Join a tour and step inside ARMI's AquaCore facility. Meet our scientists, investigate what regenerative medicine means and find out why the zebrafish is so important. armi.org.au/study-educat...

Several zebrafish with distinctive blue and silver stripes swimming in an aquarium. Zebrafish are widely used in regenerative medicine research.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Watch cells produce protein in real time thanks to a new live-imaging tool by Dr Hongbin Jin. An exciting advance in biomedical imaging and cell biology. armi.org.au/news-media/u...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Regenerative medicine is global. ARMI has researchers from 30+ countries and partnerships across Europe, Japan and the US. Our Strategy 2030 is about making that reach count: deeper networks, global advisory roles, and an international conference on home soil. More at armi.org.au/strategy-2030

A group of conference delegates stand together on stage in front of a large screen at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society for Cell Biology in Hefei, China. All are wearing conference lanyards for a group photograph. ARMI Strategy 2030 branding appears at the bottom of the image.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ARMI celebrates our researchers on World Embryologists Day, uncovering how life begins, cell by cell, to understand how the biological processes that create complex organisms can also drive healing and regeneration, unlocking new approaches to treating disease. armi.org.au

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

On World Brain Day we ask: How do you study this complex organ? At ARMI, the Saurat Group grows sophisticated “brains in a dish” from human stem cells, helping researchers investigate brain ageing, Alzheimer's disease and approaches to neural repair. Learn more about the group’s work: bit.ly/4b1j4bI

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A deeply supportive work environment is standard at ARMI. Watching Accelerator Program recipients Dr Samuel Crossman (brain cancer targets) and Dr Yen-Zhen (Angel) Lu (neuro-immune repair in chronic wounds) shape their fields in real time is something special. Learn more armi.org.au/news-media/m...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Workforce is a top three barrier to growth in regen medicine. Our Strategy 2030 is targeting PhD growth, expanding the MBiotech internationally, and delivering the career pathways the sector needs. More at armi.org.au/strategy-2030

People gather around research posters displayed in the bright atrium of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. Large floor-to-ceiling windows fill the space with natural light as attendees discuss research. ARMI Strategy 2030 branding appears at the bottom of the image.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Double success for the Zenker Group at the ASSCR Victoria EMCR Symposium! Hongbin Jin won Best EMCR Flash Talk and Oliver Anderson won Best EMCR Lightning Talk. Adam Rogerson also delivered an outstanding Lightning Talk.

ARMI’s Oliver Anderson (L) and Hongbin Jin show off their certificates after winning best EMCR talks at July 2026 ASSCR Vic EMCR Symposium

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Big news from ARMI! Dr Nathalie Saurat & A/Prof Fabrice Jaffré have been awarded Pipeline Accelerator 2025-2026 (Round 2) vouchers to access the Victorian Centre for Functional Genomics, accelerating Alzheimer’s and heart disease therapeutics. Full story: armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Two people standing beside an Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) and Monash University banner in a bright research facility.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

200+ researchers from 30+ countries. ARMI’s Strategy 2030 articulates how our team will deliver ambitious but achievable outcomes: first-in-human clinical trials, two program grants and 22 Group Leaders, within five years. More at armi.org.au/strategy-2030

A researcher wearing safety glasses and blue gloves uses a pipette to transfer liquid into a sample tube in a laboratory. Benches around them are filled with scientific equipment and lab supplies. ARMI Strategy 2030 branding appears at the bottom of the image.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🖤💛❤️ NAIDOC Week started this week. 50 years of NAIDOC. Show your support: stream First Nations music, watch a First Nations film, buy from a Blak business (check where the profits go) and follow First Nations accounts. #NAIDOC2026 #NAIDOCWeek #50YearsOfDeadly

Official 2026 NAIDOC Week poster on a black background. Top left shows a circular badge reading "Celebrating 50 NAIDOC Week" surrounded by dots in yellow, red, black and teal. Below it, bold text reads "NAIDOC WEEK, 50 YEARS DEADLY, 5–12 JULY 2026," with a blue, red and teal block beside each line. Below this, text credits the artwork: "Paralpi by Zaachariaha Fielding," followed by a description explaining that the work extends the artist's Inma series and depicts the sounds of Paralpi, a significant place near Mimili on the eastern APY Lands in South Australia, where children are taught by Elders to mimic their Clan emblem, the maku (witchetty grub). Hashtags #NAIDOC2026, #FIFTYYEARSDEADLY and #NAIDOCWEEK appear below, along with NAIDOC's Facebook, Instagram and X handles, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags with attribution to Mr Harold Thomas and the late Mr Bernard Namok.
The right two-thirds of the poster shows the artwork itself: a dense, radiating spiral composition in red, orange, purple and black, with concentric rings of fine linework fanning outward from a bright central core, evoking sound waves or ripples moving out across Country.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

At our Strategy 2030 launch, Victoria's Lead Scientist said co-location shortens the distance from lab to patient. ARMI already has three spinout companies and one product in development. The co-location integral to ARMI's strategy will see us develop more of both: armi.org.au/strategy-2030

A speaker addresses an audience from a lectern in a sunlit event space, with ARMI banners visible during a Strategy 2030 presentation.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

ARMI’s A/P Jenny Zenker is now an associate editor for the journal Cell Biology International. As the only Australian on the editorial team, Jenny’s progressive style and research kudos will boost the journal’s reputation in our region. Learn more about Jenny’s research: armi.org.au/our-groups/z...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Too many promising regenerative medicine discoveries stall before reaching the people who need them. At our Strategy 2030 launch Sen. Dr Ananda-Rajah called it the ‘valley of death’. Our Clinical Translation strategic pillar details our plan to cross that valley. More at armi.org.au/strategy-2030

Three people stand smiling in a research facility lined with rows of aquatic tanks and equipment, photographed as part of ARMI’s Strategy 2030 campaign.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Your brain ages nothing like your liver. A new ARMI study has mapped ageing across 17 human organs and found one gene that seems to be central to how cells coordinate as the body ages. Full story on our website: armi.org.au/news-media/m... @nireynon.bsky.social

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

ARMI’s Strategy 2030 launched in April. Six pillars focused on three goals: a therapeutic into first-in-human trials, two major programmatic grants secured, and PhD enrolment growth to help close a sector-wide workforce gap. We’ll share more in coming weeks. armi.org.au/strategy-2030/

Audience members seated and standing in a bright event space listen to a speaker presenting at a lectern beside Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) banners during a Strategy 2030 event.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Full room at ARMI this week for A/Prof Emily Wong from @victorchang.edu.au. Topic: how ageing and exercise rewire gene regulation in the heart. We know exercise protects the ageing heart; Emily’s seminar covered what's happening at the genome level to make that true.

Associate Professor Emily Wong presenting at a lectern, with a screen behind her showing a slide titled "The ageing heart" comparing adult and aged heart anatomy, alongside notes on fibrosis and exercise as an intervention.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Modern biology generates more genetic data than anyone can manually sort. ARMI's new AI tool can sift through that data and identify which genes are driving a disease, which might flag it early, and which are relaying signals between the two. Read more bit.ly/4vOhQbE.

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The AI tool that finds needles in biology's biggest haystacks - Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

ARMI researchers have developed ExIR, an AI-powered tool that identifies disease drivers, biomarkers and mediators in complex biological datasets.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ARMI’s @mveg001.bsky.social a.k.a Dr Maggie Evans-Galea and Associate Professor Jenny Zenker will speak tomorrow at SAGE’s Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Symposium in Melbourne, about EDI challenges in medical research and how we can drive meaningful change. Register: bit.ly/4fL2Zdf.

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Melbourne | EDI Enablers in MRIs | Governance, Resourcing, and Capability

Join us for an in-person event bringing the medical research institute community together to share what's working to advance DEI across the sector.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Your liver and brain cells carry identical DNA. What makes them different is which genes are silent. Researchers at ARMI and BDI have found how a protein complex adjusts the level of gene silencing so cells can maintain their identity. New paper in Molecular Cell. armi.org.au/news-media/m...

Fluorescence image of a mid-gestation mouse embryo. Bones in yellow, developing nerves in teal. Adjusting one protein complex shifted the body plan and produced extra ribs – without changing a single gene.

Associate Professor Chen Davidovich, Samuel Agius and Professor Edwina McGlinn in a Monash University laboratory. The three researchers led the Molecular Cell study on epigenetic control of cell identity.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

ARMI's 2025 Annual Report is out now. Muscle regeneration, Alzheimer's models and skeletal self-repair are all featured in our regenerative medicine research in 2025. Read more: armi.org.au/news-media/a...

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

At Science Meets Parliament 2026, ARMI postdocs Liz Reisman and Benoit Haerlingen learnt how science can enter policy conversations. Their takeaway: evidence matters, but clarity, timing and relationships are just as important. Read the story on the ARMI website. armi.org.au/smp2026

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A pub, a projector, and a single cell 0.1mm across projected to fill a screen. A/Prof Jenny Zenker at @pintofscienceau.bsky.social Melbourne showed what the earliest moments of life look like and why that’s relevant to regenerative medicine. Thanks everyone for staying curious!

Associate Professor Jenny Zenker presenting to a full room at Munich Brauhaus, South Wharf, Melbourne. Behind her, a projected microscopy image of a single cell is labelled "ONE CELL" with a scale bar of 0.1mm and the Pint of Science Australia branding. The audience fills the foreground, seated at tables.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

ARMI's Peter Currie and Maggie Evans-Galea on Health Industry Hub podcast: Strategy 2030, bench-to-bedside realities, AI in research, and the science behind spinouts Mogrify and Myostellar. Subscription required; 14-day free trial available. Listen: bit.ly/4dy4qJn

Fluorescence microscopy image showing a zebrafish embryo brain viewed from above. Distinct cell populations are labelled in contrasting colours – red, orange, yellow-green, pink and blue – revealing the cellular architecture of developing brain regions against a black background.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

ARMI's Jenny Zenker is @pintofscienceau Melbourne next Tuesday, talking about what the start of life actually looks like, and why it matters for medicine. Munich Brauhaus, 19 May, 7pm. Tix: bit.ly/4tUVdB7

Pint of Science AU 2026. A/Prof Jennifer Zenker, ARMI. Talk: cinematic visualisation of how a single cell develops into new life. Munich Brauhaus, 19 May, 7–9pm.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our deputy director strategy and planning, Maggie @mveg001.bsky.social, visited biotech company Cartherics this week to explore collaboration opportunities and discuss the challenges facing the regenerative medicine sector. It’s these conversations that are helping us advance our strategic plan.

Two people stand outside a building beneath a sign reading "CARTherics." Autumn leaves are visible on a tree to the left. The building exterior features a large mural in the background. The pair are smiling at the camera.

Four researchers in full personal protective equipment — including hooded coveralls, face masks and gloves — work inside Cartherics' GMP manufacturing facility in Australia. The white, controlled-environment space contains stainless steel benches and pharmaceutical-grade equipment used in the production of off-the-shelf cell therapies ahead of first-in-human clinical trials.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

PIEZO channels sense force. Yesterday Dr @charlesdcox.bsky.social @victorchang.edu.au showed us exactly what happens next, and it's more connected to cardiovascular disease than anyone expected. Excellent seminar!

Dr Charles Cox presenting at a Monash University lectern, with a slide behind him showing a diagram of PIEZO2 sensory neuron pathways labelled for touch, pain and baroreception.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

ARMI Strategy 2030 is live. Six pillars, three priority outcomes, a five-year plan for regenerative medicine in Australia. armi.org.au/strategy-2030/

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Today ARMI launches Strategy 2030 – five years, six pillars, a clear path from discovery to the people who will benefit. Follow us to stay across the latest!

Fluorescent image of an early embryo. Blue cytoskeletal filaments form dense networks within each cell, highlighting internal structure.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A/Prof Jenny Zenker attended the joint CSCB-ICCB-APOCB conference in Hefei last week. She is on the APOCB Executive Committee and will organise the 2028 ICCB conference in Australia. The Asia-Pacific region is where regenerative medicine is growing fastest.

A/Prof Jenny Zenker (second from left) with Asian Pacific Organisation for Cell Biology Executive Committee members from China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, India and Australia at the 2026 joint conference in Hefei.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Dr Christian Nefzger (Uni of QLD) presented at ARMI this week as part of our External Seminar Series. His work shows ageing is a structured process, reusing developmental mechanisms to reshape cell identity. It focuses on how transcription factor networks, including AP-1, regulate these changes.

Dr Christian Nefzger presenting at an ARMI seminar with a slide on ageing and transcription factor networks behind him.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Axons from iPSC-derived motor neurons, glowing like lightning under a confocal microscope. This image models motor neuron disease, and won Dr Melinda Wang Best Optical Microscopy Image in Monash Micro Imaging’s annual competition.

Confocal image of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived motor neurons: orange-yellow axon bundles crossing a cyan and violet dendritic network against deep blue. Real neural architecture, used to model motor neuron disease.

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ARMI @armilabs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Muscle stem cells, tracked for 24 hours, computationally coloured, and mistaken for abstract art. Connor Leayr (Roman Lab) won Best Sci-Art Image at the Monash Micro Imaging competition. Data has never looked this good!

Connor Leayr stands next to his winning sci-art image on an easel — a large, intensely colourful print of computationally tracked muscle stem cells.

Computational visualisation of muscle stem cell movement over 24 hours. Each line = one cell's path, randomly coloured. Raw data, rendered as abstract art.

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