research blog

Blood is like milk, not toilet paper. You can’t just buy a lot of it and save it for later – you need to have a regular, fresh supply for patients who need it.

At the moment, fewer Australians are donating blood than usual. To a degree, we can understand why.

It’s often said that no matter who we are, “we all bleed red”. But although our blood may be the same colour, we’re as individual on the inside as we are on the surface.

Each year we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, to recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology.

I am interested in how platelets, the smallest blood cells, function.