Professor Melissa Little, BSc PhD GAICD, FAAHMS, FAA is the Theme Director of Cell Biology at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. She is internationally recognised for her work on the systems biology of kidney development.
For more than two decades, her work has investigated the molecular and cellular basis of kidney development and disease. This fundamental research has underpinned her pioneering studies into potential regenerative therapies for kidney disease. As a result, her team have developed approaches for directing the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to human kidney organoids. Her group are applying this knowledge to disease modelling, drug screening, cell therapy and tissue engineering. Professor Little is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow at MCRI, Program Leader of Stem Cells Australia and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne. Melissa is also President of the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research, Vice-President of the Board of ISSCR, and immediate past President of ASSCR. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
2019 Alfred Newton Richards Award
Honorary Doctorate
2017 Alumnus of the Year
2018 Senior Principal Research Fellowship
2018 Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship Biomedical
2018 Top Research Fellowship
2017 Fellow
2016 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research
2015 Fellow
2015 Oustanding Research Award
2015 Outstanding Researcher Award
2015 President's Medal
2015 Boorhaave Professorship
2015 Director's Award
2013 Senior Principal Research Fellowship
2009 Principal Research Fellowship
2013 Award Finalist
Honorary Research Fellowship
2006 Fellowship
2005 Smart State Award
2005 Nomination
2005 Award for Research Excellence
2004 Principal Research Fellowship
2004 Named
Credentials
Positions
Program Leader Of Stem Cells Australia
Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital
Themis Dept Access
Anatomy And Neuroscience
It Access
Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital
It Access
Anatomy And Neuroscience
Education
Company Directors Course
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Doctorate of Philosophy Biochemistry
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Science 1st Class Honours
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Science
University of Queensland