Applications are now open for the $25,000 Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize for early-career biomedical researchers. We’re looking for early-career scientists in biomedical research with a uniquely creative way of significantly contributing to their chosen field.
Sydney researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell in skin that plays a role in fighting off parasitic invaders such as ticks, mites, and worms, and could be linked to eczema and allergic skin diseases. The team from the Immune Imaging and T cell Laboratories at the Centenary Institute worked with colleagues from…
Sydney team hopes to reduce the burden with research-led intervention 27 March 2013 Liver diseases have an impact on the Australian economy 40 per cent greater than chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes combined, according to a report released today. The report estimates the annual burden of liver diseases in Australia at more than…
Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize goes to young Brisbane researcher The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Dr Jian Yang, from the Diamantina Institute of the University of Queensland. He has solved one of the great puzzles of human genetics—why the genes typically implicated in inherited diseases like schizophrenia, obesity and diabetes…
Centenary scientists have won over $5 million in the latest NHMRC grant round – with seven research grants and three early career fellowships. The development of a TB vaccine, the genetic regulation of ageing, the fundamental workings of the immune system, the genetic basis of heart disease—these are some of the research areas of key…