Peter Currie

Professor Peter Currie is a world-renowned developmental and evolutionary biologist at Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), where he serves as Director of Research. His work focuses on skeletal muscle stem cells, regeneration, and evolutionary mechanisms using zebrafish and shark models. Currie has pioneered zebrafish as a model for human muscle diseases and contributed to understanding vertebrate body plan evolution through shark embryology.

Research Interests:

• Genetic basis of muscle stem cell action
• Evolutionary origins of vertebrate body structures
• Regeneration mechanisms in muscle injury
• Zebrafish and shark developmental biology

Recent Projects:

• Genetic basis of skeletal muscle formation (2023–2027)
• Macrophage-based tissue regeneration (2023–2026)
• Evolution of vertebrate limb structures (2024–2027)

Key Awards:

• European Molecular Biology Organization Young Investigator Award
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Grants & Collaborations:

• Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for stem cell research
• International collaborations on muscle disease models and regeneration

Labs & Teams:

Leads the Currie Lab, a multidisciplinary team investigating developmental and regenerative biology using cutting-edge imaging and genetic tools.