National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia
@ausstemcell.bsky.social
The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia's mission is to promote the study and use of stem cells in the prevention or control of human diseases and to enhance public education in this field.
https://www.stemcellfoundation.net.au
https://www.stemcellfoundation.net.au
‘The magic of the world's rarest blood type’ – BBC News reports on ways scientists are trying to replicate Rh null blood type aka ‘golden blood’, including use of stem cells: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The magic of the world's rarest blood type
Only one in every six million people have the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it could save lives.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
‘The magic of the world's rarest blood type’ – BBC News reports on ways scientists are trying to replicate Rh null blood type aka ‘golden blood’, including use of stem cells: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Our #MetcalfPrize winner Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social is full of surprises. On ABC Melbourne Mornings with Raf Epstein
🎙️Raf: “What did you want to be when you were a kid?”
🎸Maria: “I wanted to be a rock star!”
Why she's a stem cell rock star: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/maria_di_bia...
🎙️Raf: “What did you want to be when you were a kid?”
🎸Maria: “I wanted to be a rock star!”
Why she's a stem cell rock star: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/maria_di_bia...
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Our #MetcalfPrize winner Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social is full of surprises. On ABC Melbourne Mornings with Raf Epstein
🎙️Raf: “What did you want to be when you were a kid?”
🎸Maria: “I wanted to be a rock star!”
Why she's a stem cell rock star: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/maria_di_bia...
🎙️Raf: “What did you want to be when you were a kid?”
🎸Maria: “I wanted to be a rock star!”
Why she's a stem cell rock star: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/maria_di_bia...
Hear from our 2025 #MetcalfPrizes winners – Dr Maria Di Biase and Dr Lachlan Harris – on ABC Radio Gold Coast Drive with Bern Young. Listen from 43.51 on yesterday’s show: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@qimrb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @asscr.bsky.social
@qimrb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @asscr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hear from our 2025 #MetcalfPrizes winners – Dr Maria Di Biase and Dr Lachlan Harris – on ABC Radio Gold Coast Drive with Bern Young. Listen from 43.51 on yesterday’s show: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@qimrb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @asscr.bsky.social
@qimrb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @asscr.bsky.social
Meet the winners of our 2025 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research: stemcellfoundation.net.au/2025_metcalf...
🧠 Dr Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Lachlan Harris @qimrb.bsky.social
They're already making headlines ahead of the award ceremony on the Gold Coast today. @asscr.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Lachlan Harris @qimrb.bsky.social
They're already making headlines ahead of the award ceremony on the Gold Coast today. @asscr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Meet the winners of our 2025 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research: stemcellfoundation.net.au/2025_metcalf...
🧠 Dr Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Lachlan Harris @qimrb.bsky.social
They're already making headlines ahead of the award ceremony on the Gold Coast today. @asscr.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Lachlan Harris @qimrb.bsky.social
They're already making headlines ahead of the award ceremony on the Gold Coast today. @asscr.bsky.social
‘Scientists discover new way to shape what a stem cell becomes’ – How do stem cells know what to become? New @colorado.edu study offers key insights: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Scientists discover new way to shape what a stem cell becomes
New research shows that cellular storage units known as “P bodies” play a critical role in cell differentiation. The findings could open new avenues for fertility treatments and regenerati...
www.eurekalert.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
‘Scientists discover new way to shape what a stem cell becomes’ – How do stem cells know what to become? New @colorado.edu study offers key insights: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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👻 No tricks, just good science and lots of treats - 10 days till #ASSCR2025 on the Gold Coast!
Registrations close soon!
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October 31, 2025 at 4:41 AM
👻 No tricks, just good science and lots of treats - 10 days till #ASSCR2025 on the Gold Coast!
Registrations close soon!
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Registrations close soon!
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Please join us for the last Stem Cell Conversation for 2025!
Join us to celebrate an amazing year of conversations and hear some highlights from the ASSCR NSW and VIC EMCR Symposia: Exploring Retinal Disease and Infection-Driven Colonic Repair
See you Wednesday 5/11/25 at 11-11:30 AM AEDT.
Join us to celebrate an amazing year of conversations and hear some highlights from the ASSCR NSW and VIC EMCR Symposia: Exploring Retinal Disease and Infection-Driven Colonic Repair
See you Wednesday 5/11/25 at 11-11:30 AM AEDT.
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Please join us for the last Stem Cell Conversation for 2025!
Join us to celebrate an amazing year of conversations and hear some highlights from the ASSCR NSW and VIC EMCR Symposia: Exploring Retinal Disease and Infection-Driven Colonic Repair
See you Wednesday 5/11/25 at 11-11:30 AM AEDT.
Join us to celebrate an amazing year of conversations and hear some highlights from the ASSCR NSW and VIC EMCR Symposia: Exploring Retinal Disease and Infection-Driven Colonic Repair
See you Wednesday 5/11/25 at 11-11:30 AM AEDT.
‘Could stem cell therapy help keep weak hearts beating after a heart attack?’ – Results of an international clinical trial: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/cou...
Paper: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
Could stem cell therapy help keep weak hearts beating after a heart at
Could stem cell therapy help keep weak hearts beating after a heart attack?
Patients with weak heart function who receive stem cell therapy shortly after a heart attack are at a lower risk
www.scimex.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
‘Could stem cell therapy help keep weak hearts beating after a heart attack?’ – Results of an international clinical trial: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/cou...
Paper: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
‘A medical miracle: is period blood the most overlooked opportunity in women’s health?’ – @theguardian.com an
on potential use of menstrual blood samples in medical research, quoting our Board member Prof Caroline Gargett, who discovered endometrial stem cells: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
on potential use of menstrual blood samples in medical research, quoting our Board member Prof Caroline Gargett, who discovered endometrial stem cells: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?
Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
‘A medical miracle: is period blood the most overlooked opportunity in women’s health?’ – @theguardian.com an
on potential use of menstrual blood samples in medical research, quoting our Board member Prof Caroline Gargett, who discovered endometrial stem cells: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
on potential use of menstrual blood samples in medical research, quoting our Board member Prof Caroline Gargett, who discovered endometrial stem cells: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab’ – CNN reports on research progress on creating lab-grown teeth, including a recent @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social study: edition.cnn.com/science/lab-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
Paper: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab | CNN
Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.
edition.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
‘Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab’ – CNN reports on research progress on creating lab-grown teeth, including a recent @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social study: edition.cnn.com/science/lab-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
Paper: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
‘Gray hair could play surprising role in cancer defense, study suggests’ – Researchers in Japan reveal how pigment-producing stem cells in hair follicles can ‘respond to stress in dramatically different ways’: www.foxnews.com/health/gray-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Gray hair could play surprising role in cancer defense, study suggests
Scientists have discovered why gray hair and deadly melanoma are connected through the same stem cells that respond to DNA damage in opposite ways depending on their environment.
www.foxnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
‘Gray hair could play surprising role in cancer defense, study suggests’ – Researchers in Japan reveal how pigment-producing stem cells in hair follicles can ‘respond to stress in dramatically different ways’: www.foxnews.com/health/gray-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
‘Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them’ – Interesting read in @nature.com on NAMS aka ‘novel alternative methods’ using stem cells differentiated into almost any cell type in the body: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them
Biomedical research techniques that don’t involve the use of animals are gaining momentum, but those using innovative approaches still face resistance from some quarters.
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
‘Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them’ – Interesting read in @nature.com on NAMS aka ‘novel alternative methods’ using stem cells differentiated into almost any cell type in the body: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Congratulations to Prof Caroline Gargett for receiving the 2025 #ASSCR President's Award 👏
We're fortunate to have Caroline serve on our Board as an independent non-executive director; chair of the science and ethics committee; and chair of the Metcalfs jury.
We're fortunate to have Caroline serve on our Board as an independent non-executive director; chair of the science and ethics committee; and chair of the Metcalfs jury.
🌟 Congrats to Prof Caroline Gargett, recipient of the 2025 #ASSCR President’s Award! 👏
A pioneer in endometrial stem/progenitor cell research, her work continues to shape women’s health & inspire our field. 🧬✨
#StemCells #Leadership #ScientificExcellence
A pioneer in endometrial stem/progenitor cell research, her work continues to shape women’s health & inspire our field. 🧬✨
#StemCells #Leadership #ScientificExcellence
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Congratulations to Prof Caroline Gargett for receiving the 2025 #ASSCR President's Award 👏
We're fortunate to have Caroline serve on our Board as an independent non-executive director; chair of the science and ethics committee; and chair of the Metcalfs jury.
We're fortunate to have Caroline serve on our Board as an independent non-executive director; chair of the science and ethics committee; and chair of the Metcalfs jury.
‘Study reveals how bacteria-made sugar triggers intestinal stem cell regeneration’ – University of Toronto shows ‘unexpected way’ gut microbiome contributes to health, furthering study of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: www.utoronto.ca/news/study-r...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
Study reveals how bacteria-made sugar triggers intestinal stem cell regeneration
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the intestinal lining after injury – uncovering an unexpected way in which the gut mic...
www.utoronto.ca
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
‘Study reveals how bacteria-made sugar triggers intestinal stem cell regeneration’ – University of Toronto shows ‘unexpected way’ gut microbiome contributes to health, furthering study of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: www.utoronto.ca/news/study-r...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
‘How Mesoblast’s founder proved the shorters wrong’ – Immunologist-turned-businessman Silviu Itescu talks to The Australian Financial Review about how his ‘gamble to bring stem cell treatments to market is finally paying off’: www.afr.com/companies/he...
@mesoblaste.bsky.social
@mesoblaste.bsky.social
How Mesoblast’s founder proved the shorters wrong
After 20 years of false starts, a “stubborn” Silviu Itescu says his gamble to bring stem cell treatments to market is finally paying off.
www.afr.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
‘How Mesoblast’s founder proved the shorters wrong’ – Immunologist-turned-businessman Silviu Itescu talks to The Australian Financial Review about how his ‘gamble to bring stem cell treatments to market is finally paying off’: www.afr.com/companies/he...
@mesoblaste.bsky.social
@mesoblaste.bsky.social
‘Scientists grow mini human livers that predict toxic drug reactions’ – Human liver organoid platform developed by @cincychildrens.bsky.social and Roche ‘recreates immune-driven liver injury in the lab’: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/advs...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/advs...
Scientists grow mini human livers that predict toxic drug reactions
A new human liver organoid microarray developed by Cincinnati Children’s and Roche recreates immune-driven liver injury in the lab. Built from patient-derived stem cells and immune cells, it accuratel...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
‘Scientists grow mini human livers that predict toxic drug reactions’ – Human liver organoid platform developed by @cincychildrens.bsky.social and Roche ‘recreates immune-driven liver injury in the lab’: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/advs...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/advs...
‘The Stem Cell Secrets of This Tiny Worm Could Help Unlock Human Regeneration’ – New findings from Stowers Institute for Medical Research on how flatworm stem cells regrow body parts: www.sciencealert.com/the-stem-cel...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
The Stem Cell Secrets of This Tiny Worm Could Help Unlock Human Regeneration
A tiny animal with an extraordinary ability could teach us how to regenerate lost or damaged body parts.
www.sciencealert.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
‘The Stem Cell Secrets of This Tiny Worm Could Help Unlock Human Regeneration’ – New findings from Stowers Institute for Medical Research on how flatworm stem cells regrow body parts: www.sciencealert.com/the-stem-cel...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
‘Stem Cell Technique Could Preserve Endangered Bird Species’ – Scientists grow stem cells from bird species that can be frozen, ‘grown again', and inserted into an egg which is then incubated: www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@caltech.edu @keckschoolusc.bsky.social
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@caltech.edu @keckschoolusc.bsky.social
Stem Cell Technique Could Preserve Endangered Bird Species
A new technique enables stem cells from bird species to be frozen and revived
www.caltech.edu
October 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
‘Stem Cell Technique Could Preserve Endangered Bird Species’ – Scientists grow stem cells from bird species that can be frozen, ‘grown again', and inserted into an egg which is then incubated: www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@caltech.edu @keckschoolusc.bsky.social
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@caltech.edu @keckschoolusc.bsky.social
‘Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells’ – University of Cambridge scientists generate human blood stem cells, offering future hope for patients in need of bone marrow transplants to use their own cells: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Paper: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Paper: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells
Breakthrough raises new possibilities for regenerative medicine, which uses patient’s own cells to repair damaged tissues
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
‘Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells’ – University of Cambridge scientists generate human blood stem cells, offering future hope for patients in need of bone marrow transplants to use their own cells: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Paper: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Paper: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
‘Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations’ – Interesting read in @newscientist.com on a paper that ‘clearly shows older fathers have a higher risk of passing on more pathogenic mutations’: www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations
Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the testes with age
www.newscientist.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
‘Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations’ – Interesting read in @newscientist.com on a paper that ‘clearly shows older fathers have a higher risk of passing on more pathogenic mutations’: www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
‘Unlocking the Skin’s Natural Healing Power’ – study reveals ‘one of the earliest steps in how skin stem cells learn to repair tissue – knowledge that could help engineer improved skin grafts for transplantation’: medicine.yale.edu/stemcell/new...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Unlocking the Skin’s Natural Healing Power
Researchers show that embryonic skin stem cells rely on a specialized mechanism to resist injury. The findings could lead to new strategies for repairing wounds
medicine.yale.edu
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
‘Unlocking the Skin’s Natural Healing Power’ – study reveals ‘one of the earliest steps in how skin stem cells learn to repair tissue – knowledge that could help engineer improved skin grafts for transplantation’: medicine.yale.edu/stemcell/new...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
‘Why organ chips could transform cancer treatment and drug testing’ – CBC reports on progress of organs on a chip including a study of eight patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma by McGill University and @harvard.edu: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Why 'organ chips' could transform cancer treatment and drug testing | CBC News
Cancer treatments don't always work as expected, leaving patients to suffer side effects of chemotherapy without gaining benefits. Now scientists are exploring whether tiny proxy organs made in the la...
www.cbc.ca
October 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
‘Why organ chips could transform cancer treatment and drug testing’ – CBC reports on progress of organs on a chip including a study of eight patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma by McGill University and @harvard.edu: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
‘Researchers discover a new type of diabetes in babies’ – International research team's discovery turns on advanced DNA sequencing technologies and ‘a new model of stem cell research’: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Researchers discover of a new type of diabetes in babies
Advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research has enabled an international team to discover a new type of diabetes in babies. The University of Exeter Medical School worke...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
‘Researchers discover a new type of diabetes in babies’ – International research team's discovery turns on advanced DNA sequencing technologies and ‘a new model of stem cell research’: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Congratulations to Declan Turner from the Rhiannon Werder Lab reNEW Melbourne for winning #ARTxSCIENCE2025 with ‘A Deep Breath’: renew.science/artxscience/...
Rhiannon is one of our 2024 Metcalf Prize winners: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/rhiannon_wer...
We're announcing 2025 winners next month.
Rhiannon is one of our 2024 Metcalf Prize winners: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/rhiannon_wer...
We're announcing 2025 winners next month.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Congratulations to Declan Turner from the Rhiannon Werder Lab reNEW Melbourne for winning #ARTxSCIENCE2025 with ‘A Deep Breath’: renew.science/artxscience/...
Rhiannon is one of our 2024 Metcalf Prize winners: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/rhiannon_wer...
We're announcing 2025 winners next month.
Rhiannon is one of our 2024 Metcalf Prize winners: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/rhiannon_wer...
We're announcing 2025 winners next month.
'John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals’ – @nytimes.com commemorates the scientist whose work ‘laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine’: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
'John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals’ – @nytimes.com commemorates the scientist whose work ‘laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine’: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...