New insights into equitable and symmetric cell division

Mitochondrial distribution and interactions with microtubules at cell division dictates growth potential to daughter cells in fission yeast.

How HIV adapted for pandemic spread

Pandemic-causing HIV strain sneaks past cellular sensors that activate immune destruction of viruses.

Dynamic Cellular Organisation

What if we could draw up a map showing the complex organisation of cellular compartments, and use it to look up specific changes in this cellular organisation associated with a disease?

UNSW receives more than $17m for 41 ARC Discovery Projects

UNSW Sydney academics from the faculties of Science, Engineering, Medicine & Health, UNSW Business School, Arts, Design & Architecture, as well as UNSW Canberra, have secured funding in the latest Discovery Project round from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

UNSW researchers awarded more than $2.3m to build research infrastructure

The two projects aim to produce materials used in electronic, magnetic, and optical devices and infrastructure for the bioprinting of 3D models of organs and tissues.

Researchers awarded over $23m in NHMRC innovative project grants

25 UNSW academics receive Ideas Grants for research in medicine and health, science and engineering.

UNSW leads Australian universities, attracting $65 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants

UNSW researchers have secured funding for 36 world-leading projects in the latest National Health and Medical Research Council funding round.

T cells use force to destroy cancer cells

New research reveals the mechanical processes used by T cells to kill cancer cells more efficiently.

Bacterial pore formers pack a punch, one molecule at a time

Dynamics of how pathogenic bacteria punch through the membranes of host cells revealed with single-molecule microscopy.

Demystifying DNA hybridization kinetics

UNSW Sydney researchers identify physical factors that determine how quickly two DNA strands can come together, resolving a decades-old conundrum.

RNA metabolism tied to cell size

Inner workings of RNA concentration homeostasis in mammalian cells revealed with image-based genome-wide screening.

Focusing on gender equity in STEM

By sharing a new-found love of microscopy, UNSW Sydney medical researcher, Dr Krystyna Gieniec is championing equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM.