In Conversation: Patricia Piccinini and Professor Melissa Little
Join us for a very special in-conversation event between renowned artist Patricia Piccinini and international stem cell expert Professor Melissa Little, moderated by Alanta Colley.
Patricia and Melissa will reflect on creativity, scientific innovation in stem cell research and societal impact, exploring how art can help us make sense of science and a field moving toward once‑unimaginable solutions.
The discussion will be anchored in Patricia’s new artwork Células Madre, commissioned for the EMERGENCE[Y] exhibition.
Células Madre revisits Patricia’s 2002 Still Life with Stem Cells and reflects the technological advances made in the last two decades. It explores innovation in research, the implication for future generations and the hope that is felt at the potential to cure the currently incurable.
Event details
1:00PM-2:00PM, Saturday 15 August
Science Gallery Melbourne
114 Grattan St
Parkville VIC 3052
This is a free event.
Professor Melissa Little
Professor Melissa Little is an international leader in kidney development and pioneer in kidney regeneration research. Her goal is to model the human kidney using stem cells in order to find therapies that replace or restore normal kidney function.
Professor Little is the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Chief Scientist at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and leader of the Kidney Regeneration Laboratory, Melbourne.
Partners
Presented in partnership with the Melbourne node of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Part of National Science Week.