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The second prestigious Shah Rukh Khan La Trobe University PhD Scholarship has been awarded to a New Delhi student with a passion to improve health outcomes for vulnerable communities, to study in Australia. During a Gala…

Professor Theo Farrell, who began as Vice-Chancellor in February this year, has met with a range of industry, government and trade representatives during a five-day visit to the country. La Trobe has a proud and successful history in…

La Trobe University research published in Appetite shows a preference for the term plant-based over vegetarian and vegan on food labels. The research, conducted among US and German consumers, examined the impact of…

In a new study published in The Lancet today, the experts from La Trobe University, University of Melbourne, Healthscope, and The Royal Women’s Hospital, believe this new approach needs to go beyond medical treatments to include valuable…

New findings, published in Nature, by an international team led by the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences have confirmed that stone tools at Korolevo are 1.4 million years old. La Trobe Archaeologist and director…

Researchers have provided evidence that maternal circadian disruption, from mothers returning to shift work, may have an impact on the timing of their breast milk hormone. “We observed a change in melatonin in participants’ breast milk,…

In her three-month Visiting Fellowship, taking place from April to June, Professor Carson will be investigating the role of mainstream news and social media in spreading and tackling electoral disinformation and mechanisms to preserve…

La Trobe Law School Dean Professor Fiona Kelly welcomed the Hon. Andrew Giles Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and Member for Scullin, who launched the clinic. Minister Giles said the clinic was an…

Research published in Communications Biology, shows for the first time that in mice, the removal of the protein BECLIN1 causes a condition with similarities to IBD. The study shows that removing BECLIN1 causes problems in the internal…

La Trobe University welcomes the release of the Australian Universities Accord report today by Minister for Education, Jason Clare. The University is pleased to see the majority of our own recommendations reflected and endorsed in the…