- Professor Andrea O'Connor
Shanahan Chair in Frontier Medical Solutions and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
We’re closer to ‘engineering’ blood vessels
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue.
Engineering magnetics to grow human tissue
Tissue engineering can restore damaged or lost tissue; University of Melbourne research is working to scale up the technology to regenerate human organs.
Enlisting nanoparticles in the fight against superbugs
University of Melbourne bio-engineers have developed a material made from nanoparticles that can fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs like Golden Staph.