Research News
A picture is worth a thousand words if you want to change the world
If you want to get your message across, be an agent for organisational change, or be elected to public office, then finding a story that resonates with your audience is crucial. “A lot of people think that we communicate through facts but if we really want to persuade people, we need to tell a good story,” says Dr Richard Badham, Professor in Management at MGSM. “That goes for whether...
New agreement opens the door to next generation cell therapies
Macquarie University and clinical-stage regenerative medicine company Regeneus Ltd have formalised an agreement to commercialise a breakthrough cell selection technology. It will allow high potency secreting stem cells to be identified and selected for the manufacture of next generation cell therapies. The technology was developed in a research group led by Professor Ewa Goldys and Dr Guozh...
Research Spotlight: Dr David Mullan
Being asked to help a client create and sell ‘weather futures’, which allows you to buy a sunny, 32 degree day in November, was a sharp wake-up call for then corporate lawyer Dr David Mullan. It made him realise that not enough had been done to change the regulation of financial products since the global financial crisis. He returned to university in 2011 to research whether consumers w...
An inspirational addition to the Hearing Hub
In October, Macquarie welcomed Professor David McAlpine as the new Professor of Hearing, Language and the Brain and Director of Hearing Research. “I was attracted to Macquarie by the sheer vision and opportunity afforded by the world-class Australian Hearing Hub,” says Professor McAlpine. “Nothing exists like it anywhere else. For me, the Hub is evidence of a radical university, on...
Creating a Secure Planet
Scientists from Macquarie University are helping researchers around the world to understand how Antarctica helps drive global climatic systems – with some help from deep diving Antarctic seals. The work is being undertaken under Macquarie’s Strategic Research Framework 2015 – 2024: World-Leading Research; World-Changing Impact: Secure Planet priority area. The Secure Planet priorit...
Building prosperous economies
In an increasingly borderless world, economic upheavals have multinational consequences. Macquarie is working to create robust solutions to emerging economic issues, strengthen economic productivity and promote prosperity in our diverse world. Prosperous economies is one of the key focus areas of our Strategic Research Framework 2015 – 2024: World-Leading Research; World-Changing Impact. ...