Australian Stem Cell Centre

Australian Stem Cell Centre
Founder(s)Alan Trounson (Founding Director)
Established2003 (2003)
MissionMedical research
Faculty
Location
Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct, Clayton
,
Melbourne
,
Victoria
,
Australia
Coordinates37°54′37″S 145°07′45″E / 37.9102°S 145.1293°E / -37.9102; 145.1293
Websitewww.stemcellcentre.edu.au[dead link‍]

The Australian Stem Cell Centre is an Australian medical research and development centre which focuses on regenerative medicine through the use of stem cells. Founded in 2003, the Centre is the National Biotechnology Centre of Excellence and has received over $100 million in funding in recent years.[1] It is Australia's premier stem cell research organisation.[2]

In June 2008, the Centre announced that it had begun working on induced pluripotent (iPS) cells (human embryonic stem cells, artificially created without human eggs or embryos).[3] This was the first time in Australia that such research had been carried out, and the first time that scientists had worked on this type of stem cell outside the US or Japan.[4]

It is based at Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct and was founded by nine leading Australian universities and medical research institutes.[5]

One of the founders of the Centre is Dr Alan Trounson, a Monash scientist who was part of the team that delivered Australia's first IVF baby in 1980. Trounson has also made several ground-breaking discoveries in stem cell research.[6] In 2000, Trounson led the team of scientists which first reported nerve stem cells derived from embryonic stem cells, which led to a dramatic increase in interest in the potential of stem cell research.

  1. ^ Australian Stem Cell Centre Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Scientists test potential of artificial stem cells". The Australian. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Aussies joining new stem cell research". The Age. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Australian Stem Cell Centre". Tenants: Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct. Monash University. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ ATSE – Alan Trounson 144 Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine