What makes mated and unmated female bees smell different? Metabolomics Australia’s University of Western Australia node is providing analytical services for CIBER’s project to determine if a difference in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles between mated and unmated queen honeybees is a result of substances transferred in a male’s ejaculate during copulation.

A major project with researchers from the Melbourne based Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre hopes to better understand the mode of action of new generation anti-cancer drugs. Dr. Rick Pearson and his team have access to over 50 different cancer cell lines...

The Metabolomics Australia node at The University of Melbourne is partnering with Dr John Wentworth from the Walter Eliza Hall Institute to identify novel biomarkers for early stage diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease to provide more effective treatment options.