Professor Enzo Porrello FISHR FAHMS is Director of Stem Cell Medicine, founding Co-Director of the Melbourne Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Regenerative Medicine, Node Director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW) and Head of the Heart Regeneration Group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (since 2017). He previously held appointments as founding Co-Director of the UQ Centre for Cardiac and Vascular Biology and Head of the Heart Regeneration Group at The University of Queensland (2012-2017). Over the course of his career, Prof Porrello has made important contributions to our understanding of mammalian heart regeneration and has pioneered the development of human cardiac organoids for drug discovery.

Prof Porrello’s research has been recognised by numerous awards. He is an elected Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Prof Porrello is also a biotech founder - his companies Dynomics and Ibnova Therapeutics are developing new treatments for heart failure based on breakthrough stem cell technologies developed by his group.