Space Biology, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), Research programs, La Trobe University

Our space biology program utilises the unique challenges of space as a test bed for robust and universally deployable health and technological solutions.

Kate Kitagawa

Professor of Practice in Space Research and Education

Kim Johnson group

Plant biology, mechanosensing, cell wall, space biology

Adam Mechler group

Nanochemistry, self-assembling nanosystems, biomembranes, antimicrobial peptides

David Hoxley group

Biosensing applications of wide bandgap semiconductors

Evan Robertson group

Ibrahim Javed group

Patrick Humbert group

Cancer biology, cell polarity and tissue architecture

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