The Australasian Society for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering (ASBTE) 29th Annual Conference was held in Brisbane, Australia on 22-24 April 2025. This 3-day conference saw the opportunity for the Gelmi Group to network and present research (poster/presentation formats) to other HDR students, ECRs and academics alongside the opportunity to network with leading industry partners in [...]

Each year, the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering offers the chance for researchers to nominate for different awards: ASBTE Award of Excellence ASBTE Emerging Investigator Award ASBTE Early Career Research Award ASBTE Lab travel awards ASBTE Conference Attendance Award It is with immense pride that the Gelmi Group congratulate Veronica and Chayla on [...]

The Gelmi Group welcomes the onboarding of two Honours project students, Noah McNamara and Sebastian Tizzano, who will begin the start of their research journey in March 2025. Noah looks to extend his passions for cell biology looking to gain experience using AFM where he will investigate cytoskeletal remodeling of stem cells in a controlled [...]

ASBTE 2024 Vic Regional Showcase On Friday 22nd November, the Gelmi Group headed out to University of Melbourne to attend the ASBTE (Australasian Society of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering) Vic Regional Showcase, to present their research and network with other PhD students and ECRs in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering. The Gelmi Group [...]

AWTRS & MBSANZ 2024 Conference Kaiwen and Chayla attended the 2024 AWTRS (Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society) and MBSANZ (Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand) Conference in Fremantle, Australia. This was a 4-day conference held from October 28th to October 31st and featured a broad spectrum of talks  from members of both [...]

The Gelmi Group offers a well overdue welcome to Mercyjayapriya who embarked on her dual PhD program back in August. She is an RMIT-funded fellow through the AcSIR-RMIT Cotutelle Research Program and with the Gelmi Group will investigate the potential of genetic-code-expanded protein-based biomaterials that she has developed to facilitate bone regeneration in stem cells. [...]

The Gelmi Group welcomes the arrival of two additional members, Luke Martino and Veronica Perera, who begin their PhD journey under the guidance of Dr Gelmi in June and July, respectively. Luke originates from a background in Biomedical Engineering where he will work to design, fabricate and characterise novel devices to be used for electrical [...]

On Thursday 9th May 2024, Chayla attended the RMIT School of Science Student Prize Awards night along with several other students from the STEM College. She was awarded the 'Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Prize' - awarded to the best undergraduate student in Biotechnology and Biological Sciences in their final year in 2023.  [...]

  Starting her third year at Monash University, undertaking a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Honours), Emily applied and was granted an internship through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) in conjunction with CSIRO which looks to offer undergraduates early opportunity to experience life as a researcher in a laboratory setting. As a recipient of [...]