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The Fielding Foundation Fellowship 2017 has been jointly awarded to two outstanding immunology researchers at Hudson Institute, Dr Niamh Mangan, from the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, and Associate Professor Marcel Nold, from The Ritchie Centre.…  Read more

The 2017 Fielding Innovation Award has been awarded to Dr Tracey Edgell, from the Centre for Reproductive Health, to further her research into stimulating factor CSF3 and its role in improving female fertility.…  Read more

Professor Kate Loveland has been appointed Head of the Centre for Reproductive Health at Hudson Institute of Medical Research starting in January 2017.…  Read more

Hudson Institute of Medical Research researchers have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships in the latest funding announcements.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).…  Read more

Melbourne researchers have shown that a century-old topical antiseptic used to treat wounds and ‘sleeping sickness’ in Australian soldiers in World War One could activate the immune system to protect against viral infection, and may prove key in the fight against antibiotic resistance.…  Read more

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and is frequently associated with cachexia. Cachexia is a devastating syndrome of weight and muscle wasting, affecting as many as 80 per cent of advanced cancer patients.…  Read more

Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University have announced a new research collaboration with the Swiss-based healthcare company Roche (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.) The collaboration aims to develop next generation treatments for autoimmune diseases, focused on proteins targeting novel molecular pathways.…  Read more

Dr Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos is one of 10 leading young researchers who will be recognised with a prestigious Young Tall Poppy Science Award in a ceremony at Swinburne University on Monday, 7 November. The Tall Poppy awards are run by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) to honour up-and-coming scientists who combine world-class research…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor John Funder AC, who received the 2016 Ipsen Award of the Fondation Ipsen (Paris) at the combined Chinese Society for Endocrinology/International Congress of Endocrinology meeting in Beijing.…  Read more