Queensland Institute of Medical Research (PhD 1990)
University of Queensland (BSc 1984)
Known for
Developing the world's first kidney in a dish
Scientific career
Fields
Nephrology Stem Cell Organoids
Institutions
University of Copenhagen, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Doctoral advisor
Peter Smith
Melissa Helen LittleAC FAA FAHMS is an Australian scientist and academic, currently Theme Director of Cell Biology, heading up the Kidney Regeneration laboratory at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.[1] She is also a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, and Program Leader of Stem Cells Australia.[2] In January 2022, she became CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine reNEW, an international stem cell research center based at University of Copenhagen, and a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia, and Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.[3]
She is internationally recognized both for her work on the systems biology of kidney development and also for her pioneering studies into potential regenerative therapies in the kidney.[4][5] In 2015, Professor Melissa Little and her team at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute produced the world’s first kidney in a dish.[6] Known today as kidney organoids, this research has become a foundation of ongoing work to find a regenerative solution for kidney disease.
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