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MHTP showcases its Translational Research Facility for the Minister for Industry and Science
Today, the Federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ian Macfarlane visited the Monash Health Translation Precinct’s (MHTP) Federally-funded, $84 million Translational Research Facility, due for completion in October 2015, to experience the advances in Australia’s science and research infrastructure and translation.… Read more
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Scientists discover new pathways controlling deadly inflammation
Inflammation is an important response to infection or injury, but needs to be carefully controlled as too much inflammation can cause conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.… Read more
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Do certain contraceptives increase STI susceptibility?
The MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research has received $1M AUD from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate the relationship between some oral contraceptives and an increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.… Read more
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Robert Connor Dawes PhD
Congratulations to Richa Kohli, the first Robert Connor Dawes PhD scholarship recipient, awarded by the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation.… Read more
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Scientists override the body’s inflammatory response
Scientists who have discovered the mechanism of a protein that suppresses inflammation in the body, say the information could potentially be used to develop new drugs to control inflammation.… Read more
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IVF pioneer, Alan Trounson, returns to the Institute
IVF pioneer Professor Alan Trounson has returned to the Hudson Institute as a world-renowned scientist, 24 years after he founded the Institute (then called Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development) with Professor David de Kretser.… Read more
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Researchers receive Australia Day Honours
MIMR-PHI Professors John Funder and Peter Fuller have been awarded honours in the 2015 Australia Day honours list.… Read more
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$1 million Fellowship and Award Program to boost rising research stars
Early to mid-career researchers are set to get a boost thanks to the announcement of the $1 million Fielding Fellowship Program and Award for Innovation by Melbourne Businessman and Fielding Foundation Executive Chair, Mr Peter Fielding.… Read more
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Professor John Funder’s lifetime of achievement recognised
Distinguished MIMR-PHI Institute Scientist, Professor John Funder has received the ISH Tigerstedt Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding career as a research leader and mentor.… Read more
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Clinical trial in India for hormone to help asphyxia babies
Professor Graham Jenkin and Monash Children’s Hospital Neonatologist, Dr Atul Malhotra recently travelled to Lucknow, India to help rollout training ahead of their global collaboration to reduce the incidence of birth asphyxia in low resource settings.… Read more
