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Looks at the impact of evidence based medical research globally, the researchers involved and the progress made leading to proven discovery on population health. Watch benchsidestory.com.

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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BUILDING ON TRUST AND COLLABORATION TO ROADMAP NEXT PHASE OF AUSTRALIA’S VACCINE SUCCESS Conference returns to lead charge in strengthening the entire life cycle of vaccine development, With Leah Goodman CEO, Biointelect youtu.be/Gf7pWRUEV8o
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
POTASSIUM-ENRICHED SALT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION, Dr Katrina Kissock Accredited Practicing Dietitian & Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health & Heart Foundation Postdoc Fellow & Conjoint Lecturer, UNSW, Sydney, Australia @georgeinstitute.bsky.social youtu.be/8ZmPwXztOPY
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
GUT MICROBIOME AND GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION IN PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, Researcher profile on Vic Lin, Final Year PhD Candidate, Gut-Brain Axis Laboratory, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/PUmUFVx06tk
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF COELIAC DISEASE AND GLUTEN-RELATED DISORDERS With Prof Jason Tye-Din, Director, Snow Centre for Immune Health & Head of Coeliac Research Lab at @wehi-research.bsky.social & Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital & Clinician Researcher, Australia youtu.be/mTfUVwZtLcQ
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
INFLUENCE OF GUT MICROBES AND INFLAMMATION ON BRAIN FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOUR IN AUTISM With Angela Renata Jiménez Perez, PhD Candidate, Gut-Brain Axis Laboratory, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/Grb547nLAas
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
GERONTOLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY IN FALLS PREVENTION & PREHABILITATION, With Dr Rik Dawson, Gerontological Physiotherapist & Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au & National President, Australian Physiotherapy Association youtu.be/oer3hhVzP5s
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
APPLYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO MEDICAL IMAGING FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DETECTION, With Parmida Ghorbanian, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia & Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research @perkinsinstitute.bsky.social, Western Australia youtu.be/_Cmr0emqYpY
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY USE OF MEDICINES, With Dr Manya Angley, Adjunct Professor, School of Health and Clinical Sciences, Health Professions Education, University of Western Australia & Director, Manya Angley Research and Consulting (MARAC), Adelaide, South Australia youtu.be/f9fGzGM1tnY
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ENGINEERED PROTEINS TO REPAIR OR REGROW DAMAGED HEART MUSCLE CELLS AND TISSUE, With Associate Professor Dan Hesselson, Head of the Centre for Biomedical AI, Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia youtu.be/752RKQXhiR4
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
HEALTHIER FOOD RETAIL, With Professor Anna Peeters AM, PhD Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth, Victoria, Australia youtu.be/8ivJ5AP35oA
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
WOMEN'S HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION IN GENERAL PRACTICE With Dr Ramya Raman, Specialist GP & Clinical Researcher, Discipline Head of General Practice, Uni of Notre Dame, Australia & VP & WA Chair Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australia youtu.be/R5eYL66w4fs
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
NOVEL THERAPIES & NEXT-GEN MEDICAL DEVICES IN CARDIOVASCULAR & VASCULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT With Prof Shirley Jansen AM, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital & @perkinsinstitute.bsky.social, Western Australia youtu.be/vudnkHUxjVc
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NUCLEAR MEDICINE & THERANOSTICS FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING & TARGETED THERAPY With Dr Aviral Singh, Clinical Head of Theranostics and Nuclear Medicine, GenesisCare, Murdoch, Western Australia youtu.be/SZej1h_1qz8
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
BIG DATA RESEARCH IN MATERNAL, PERINATAL AND RENAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY With Dr Erandi Hewawasam, Research Fellow, National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia youtu.be/OfETfROtv3w
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BRAIN AGEING, DEMENTIA AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Professor Perminder Sachdev AM, Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry & Co-director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney & Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia youtu.be/zrihzgtki64
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CASE STUDY increasing survival, free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants. In 2025 the PLUSS Trial received the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) Trial of the Year Award as well as the ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award. youtu.be/FivYWQyp8m8
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT With Dr Grace Xu, Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department, QEII Hospital, Brisbane & Emergency & Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia youtu.be/kmduxzB_tfo
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
POST STROKE BRAIN RECOVERY TARGETING BLOOD FLOW AND VESSEL HEALTH with Dr Daniel Beard @docbeardface.bsky.social, University of Newcastle, Australia & Visiting Scientist, University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk , United Kingdom & Founder/CSO, ShearFlow youtu.be/dZdOJaTx_D8
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
GIVE A RESEARCHER A GIFT OF PUBLICITY This International Clinical Trials Day you can support your friendly researcher by gifting them a video placement on Bench Side Story *** Half price for month of International Clinical Trials Day USD$499 (normally USD$998) *** benchsidestory.com/gift
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
IDENTIFYING AND TREATING AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS With Associate Professor Sudarshini (Darshi) Ramanathan, Neurologist & Head of Translational Neuroimmunology Group Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au , Australia youtu.be/IG-Pu2zmCTs
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST INFECTIONS TRIGGERING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE With Dr Deborah Burnett, Scientia Senior Lecturer & Laboratory Head, UNSW Sydney @unsw.edu.au , Australia youtu.be/r4nBueH14Gs
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
RENAL CARE & DATA LINKAGE OF TASMANIAN KIDNEY DISEASE CASES With Professor Matthew Jose, Kidney Specialist, Head of Unit, Nephrology, Royal Hobart Hospital & Professor of Medicine, University of Tasmania , Tasmania, Australia youtu.be/qEeMdLj7LZE
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
PAEDIATRIC HAEMORRHAGE AND AIRWAY PROCEDURES With Associate Professor Shane George, Paediatric Emergency physician & Paediatric intensive care physician, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland, Australia youtu.be/RtklERchVpk
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
PARAMEDICINE WORKFORCE ACROSS AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND, With Associate Professor Liz Thyer, Associate Professor in Paramedicine, Western Sydney University @westernsydneyu.bsky.social Australia youtu.be/nswOEm5o0t0
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
TRIALS IN TREATING STIs, VACCINES AND LIPID LOWERING MEDICATIONS With Dr Pi Lip Seet, Principal Investigator Paratus Clinical, BrIsbane & Surgical Registrar, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia youtu.be/Tflf4dG3zoU
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
THERAPY TO PREVENT HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN PEOPLE WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS With Prof John Olynyk, Liver Specialist, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, Fiona Stanley & Fremantle Hospitals & Clinical Engagement, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia youtu.be/o4mfaW2LE64
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
IDENTIFICATION & CHARACTERISATION OF MOLECULAR DRIVERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE Professor Pieter Eichhorn, Group Leader, Curtin Medical Research Institute & Dean of Research Infrastructure & Professor at Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Western Australia youtu.be/qSCXgts4huo
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
LIVER CANCER & PATIENT-DERIVED TUMOUR ORGANOIDS With Dr Benjamin Dwyer, Senior Research Fellow & Director, Western Australian Organioid Innovation Hub, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Western Australia youtu.be/GsRk0KWTGhI
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
DEVELOPING UPPER LIMB MOTOR BIOMARKERS OF DEMENTIA With Kaylee Rudd, Junior Research Fellow, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre University of Tasmania @utas.edu.au, Hobart, Tasmania youtu.be/pwL8cNa6AHM
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
METABOLIC PHENOTYPING, LIPIDOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS IN DEMENTIA With Dr Luke Whiley, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Western Australia youtu.be/JakyaiBn7uk
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY & CONCUSSION With Professor Melinda (Lindy) Fitzgerald, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Professor of Neurotrauma, Curtin University, Western Australia & CEO Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia youtu.be/LrRiwZaN6yo
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
LEUKAEMIA MICROENVIRONMENT & HIGH RISK CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA With Assoc Professor Laurence Cheung Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social & Research Lead, Curtin Medical Research Institute & Research Lead, The Kids Research Institute @thekidsau.bsky.social , Australia youtu.be/vXcMvrgi5s8
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NOVEL THERAPY FOR PANCREATIC CANCERS, TARGETING MOLECULAR FOUNDATION with Dr Michael KC Lee, Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/0W_6F9V1G5w
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
GENETICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF GLAUCOMA & MYOPIA, with Professor David Mackey AO, Professor of Ophthalmology, The Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia youtu.be/AnAXscStGqk
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
PAEDIATRIC OBESITY PREVENTION, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, With Dr Robyn Littlewood, Chief Executive, Health and Wellbeing Queensland & Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology & Griffith University, Australia youtu.be/Uj3Yge38Zyo
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
ANTIMICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES & DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORMS With Associate Professor Aaron Elbourne RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/nu3CucnN8-c
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In Nov 2025, The Kids Research Institute Australia celebrated 35 years of bold ideas and groundbreaking research. Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM, Paediatrician & Executive Director talks about the RESEARCH IMPACT of the Institute @thekidsau.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxJ8...
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
CASE STUDY : TRANSFORMING SURGICAL WAITLIST INTO A ‘PREPARATION LIST’ With Dr Andrew Marks, Staff Specialist Anaesthetist & Director of Perioperative Medicine & Dr Kanika Chaudhri, Anaesthetic Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia youtu.be/9MlrvGbvQho
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
SYSTEMS GENETICS TO DETERMINE RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES COMPLICATIONS Emeritus Professor Grant Morahan, Professor of Diabetes Research, University of Western Australia Centre for Medical Research (affiliated with Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research), Perth, Australia youtu.be/4sw1SPHb56I
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
PANCREATIC AND LUNG CANCERS DRIVEN BY MUTATIONS IN THE CANCER GENE KRAS, With Dr Mara Zeissig, Group Head, T Cell Immunotherapy Laboratory, Tumour Inflammation and Immunotherapy Program, SAiGENCI – South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute, Australia youtu.be/OqtILRZ6TpU
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS, With Dr Nicola Acevedo, Neuroscientist and Research Fellow Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/u6rXqvNw9ms
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
NANOPARTICLES & MICROPARTICLES TO COMBAT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE, With Dr Anjana Jayasree, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia youtu.be/rSgocsOf_5s
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON ORGANIC CONDUCTORS With Distinguished Professor Gordon Wallace AO, Executive Research Director, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia youtu.be/xeiM4N_fAng
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROPHARMACOLOGY AND EXERCISE SCIENCE With Dr Jacob Thorstensen, Neuroscientist & Assistant Professor, Bond University & Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Executive committee member of @ausbrainstimsoc.bsky.social youtu.be/nb4u4S2K2r8
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
NEW TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, With Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Director of Psychiatry Research Paratus Clinical, Australia & Associate Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/QAtxaQtM6Rw
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
NEW TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, With Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Director of Psychiatry Research Paratus Clinical, Australia & Associate Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/QAtxaQtM6Rw
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
MEDICALLY COMPLEX PREGNANCIES with Dr Shelley Wilkinson, Project Officer, Department of Obstetric Medicine, Mater Mothers' Hospital & Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia youtu.be/S-xrWHXMKIw
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA AND GENOMICS, With Professor Dipti Talaulikar, Senior Consultant in Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist, Canberra Health Services, Australia & ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/qfFy0egPxGs
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS With Professor Dileep Sharma, Head of Discipline Oral Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia youtu.be/5MhrJt-f04c
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Bench Side Story @benchsidestory.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
NOVEL FORMS OF BRAIN STIMULATION & PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY With Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Director, School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia & Principal Investigator, Paratus Clinical, Australia youtu.be/nmE-i3GGlBE
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