Plenary presentation at TERMIS-AP
August 2026
Tony Weiss has been invited to give a Plenary presentation at this year's TERMIS-AP meeting in Christchurch. This follows his 6 plenary and keynote invitations in 2026.
Welcome to Julia Coogan
July 2026
We welcome Julia Coogan who has just started her PhD!
Double grants for Ziyu Wang
May 2026
Congratulations to Ziyu Wang as the lead investigator on another two grants this year - NSW Cardiovascular EMC Grant and Diabetes Australia Project Grant!
PhD for Miao Zhang
May 2026
Congratulations to Miao Zhang on her fine PhD!
Chair, NSW Emerging Technologies Commercialisation Fund Expert Panel
February 2026
Tony Weiss is Chair of the State's Expert Panel for the new Emerging Commercialisation Fund that selects bioscience companies for NSW grants as they expand their commercial activities. This follows on from his previous role as Chair of the NSW Bioscience Fund.
Linyang Sally Liu
February 2026
We are delighted to welcome back Linyang Sally Liu as a postdoc in the lab!
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant
January 2026
Tony Weiss starts another, consecutive NHMRC Investigator Grant (Level 3). This highly competitive award scheme provides individuals with substantial research funding in health and medical research.
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The Weiss Lab's research focuses on the use of human tropoelastin in tissue assembly and wound repair. We are very interested in the blend of biochemistry and cell biology, as well as the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine opportunities provided by this amazing elastic protein.
Weiss Lab
Location: Level 4 East, Charles Perkins Centre D17
University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 93513464
Email: tony.weiss@sydney.edu.au
Video: The Power of Elastin
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Prof. Tony Weiss
McCaughey Chair in Biochemistry
National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Fellow
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney
Founder, Elastagen Pty Ltd (sold to Allergan/AbbVie)
Chair, Fellows of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (TERMIS)