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Email

melissa.little@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics
Education
Graduate Certificate
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Doctorate
University of Queensland
Bachelors Degree
University of Queensland
Bachelors Degree
University of Queensland
ORCID

0000-0003-0380-2263

Prof Little, MH

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics

346 Scholarly works
10 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    In vitro plasticity between ureteric epithelial and distal nephron identity and maturity is controlled by extracellular signals
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2026.02.009
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The emergence of multiple testicular cell lineages in human stem cell-derived testis-like organoids
    DOI: 10.1242/dev.204772
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Advances and continuing challenges in differentiation of stem cells to human kidney tissue
    DOI: 10.1038/s41581-025-01018-0
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A novel paradigm for single-cell annotation in stem cell research
    DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102707
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Studying Early Human Kidney Development Using Stem Cells
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Pushing the Limits of Fluroescence Microscopy With Adaptive Optics (Non-Arc Cash)
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Super Resolution Confocal Microscopy Facility
Little, MH

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Julian Wells Medal
2019
Alfred Newton Richards Award
2019
2019 Alfred Newton Richards Award International Society for Nephrology
2019
Honorary Doctorate University of Leiden, The Netherlands

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol
    DOI: 10.1186/s12882-024-03926-y
  • 2025

    Journal article

    ‘Fly’ing Toward New Drugs to Treat Podocytopathies
    DOI: 10.1681/ASN.0000000786
  • 2025

    Journal article

    In vitro plasticity between ureteric epithelial and distal nephron identity and maturity is controlled by extracellular signals.
    DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.03.657609
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Challenges in maturation and integration of kidney organoids for stem cell–based renal replacement therapy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.10.028
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Correction to: Generation of proximal tubule-enhanced kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells (Nature Protocols, (2023), 18, 11, (3229-3252), 10.1038/s41596-023-00880-1)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41596-025-01233-w
  • 2024

    Journal article

    A genetically inducible endothelial niche enables vascularization of human kidney organoids with multilineage maturation and emergence of renin expressing cells
    DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.05.026

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Stem Cells Australia
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Stem Cells Australia

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