Baker Institute

Come along to Fed Square 21 May to learn how to make small changes in your life for a big impact. Chef and ambassador Gary Mehigan will cook up delicious food and our researchers will share evidence-based tips on how to transform your heart and body. baker.edu.au/support-us/get…

He’s a chemist who's using his expertise to develop mRNA nanotherapeutics to transform prevention and treatment of ❤️disease. And last night Dr Mark Vidallon was recognised as a finalist in the Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research. You’re a ⭐Mark, congrats!

Come along to Fed Square to learn how to make small changes in your life for a big impact. Chef and ambassador Gary Mehigan will cook up delicious, healthy food and our researchers will share evidence-based tips on how to transform your heart and body. baker.edu.au/support-us/get…

The Sir Laurence Muir Medal🎖️is our most prestigious prize so it was great that our 2025 winner, Dr Ishant Khurana caught up with our 2024 winner, Dr Corey Giles for some inspiration. Ishant aims to improve prediction of diabetic complications, including diabetic kidney disease.

Could showing someone a picture of plaque building up in their arteries be enough to save their life? Professor Tom Marwick and PhD candidate and Clinical Nurse, Kristyn Whitmore revealed this convinced people to keep taking statins over eight years. baker.edu.au/news/media-rel…

Professor Morag Young and Monica Kanki have discovered that balcinrenone, a new class of heart and kidney medication, could shield organs in people with type 1 diabetes while reducing risk of complications. baker.edu.au/news/institute…

As part of our centenary celebrations, we're getting together with Melbourne Djembe to create a Flash Mob performance in Melbourne CBD on 9 May. And you are welcome to join us. No experience needed - just a willingness to dance to the beat! Check out melbournedjembe.com.au/2026/02/flash-…

Congrats to Profs Jonathan Shaw, Alicia Jenkins and Andrew Murphy who were named Honorary Fellows at the World Congress of Diabetes and Obesity in Hyderabad, India — an event that drew more than 3,000 international delegates. Jonathan also shared his insights as Guest of Honour.

It’s our most prestigious prize– the Sir Laurence Muir🎖️& our 2025 winner, Dr Ishant Khurana, today showcased his pioneering work which led to this recognition. Undecided about a science career, he has found his home at the Institute & his area of exploration; human epigenetics❤️

So this week we threw ourselves a party🎉 After all, it’s not every year you celebrate 100 years! This year we’re going to take time out throughout the year to stop and celebrate our many achievements. Big thanks to everyone who has been part of our incredible journey😀

She was a trailblazer in global heart research and one of our most innovative scientists. A world authority on cardiac muscle biology, we pay tribute to Professor Winifred “Gwen” Nayler who exemplified our commitment to research excellence and impact. baker.edu.au/news/institute…

Thanks to Dr Kate Bolam for the discussion on building culturally safe relationships and programs through First Nations Self Determination. Great to gather for the Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony led by Willie Pepper from the Boon Wurrung Land & Sea Council last week too.

A Victorian paramedic has invented a live saving device to help first responders in an emergency. The inexpensive product takes the guesswork out of finding a pulse. @JackieQuist7

For Valentine's Day, we're sharing some innovative ways we’re trying to mend a 'broken' or failing❤️after a heart attack. Big thanks to our friends at 9 News Melbourne for making this happen. For 100 years, our scientists have been pioneering new ways to keep hearts beating.

Are plastics in our environment making heart attacks and strokes more likely? Dr Patrick Lelliott and Dr Anna Watson are investigating how micro and nanoplastics might damage blood vessels and trigger harmful immune responses that put hearts at risk. youtube.com/watch?v=QVFkiK…

Health professionals: Tune in to hear more about our WITHDRAW-AF study which has important clinical implications for some people with AF-mediated cardiomyopathy @drlouisesegan @drsunnyprabhu

Celebrating our LGBTQIA+ communities, including those across medical research and health. Proud to march in the #Midsumma festival in Melbourne today🌈

Big thanks to Daniel Witte, Professor of Diabetes Epidemiology at Aarhus University & the Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus in Denmark for a thought-provoking talk examining some of the evidence for heterogeneity in pre-diabetes and whether we can look at precision prevention in T2DM

It's well-known that diabetes can affect the eyes, kidneys, feet, heart and circulation. However, there are other complications of diabetes that are much less recognised. The Institute's Dr Joanna Gong and Della Wang explain. baker.edu.au/news/institute…

At #IBEC2026, Dr. Mark Febbraio from @MonashUni is being honored with the the International Biochemistry of Exercise Honor Award and will deliver the Jacques Poortman’s Lecture!! A well-deserved Congratulations!! Register for the meeting and post-course today!!