About JCSMR
Health through Discovery
Commitment to research, to our students and to serving the community
The John Curtin School - Australia’s national medical research
institute - is part of The Australian National University. It was created in
1948 as a result of the vision of Australian Nobel Laureate Howard Florey and
Prime Minister John Curtin.
Within 50 years its scientists have made major discoveries and contributions
to world health and won two of Australia's Nobel Prizes.
Fundamental discoveries have included the Nobel Prize-winning
elucidation of mechanisms of transmission of signals in the nervous system (Sir
John Eccles, 1963), and the discovery of the role of the major histocompatibility
complex for which Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel shared the 1996 Nobel Prize
for Medicine.
Many other international awards have been won by ANU scientists from the John
Curtin School. Professor Frank Fenner in particular has been honoured by the
award of the Japan Prize (1988), the Copley Medal of the Royal Society (1995),
the Albert Einstein Award (2000) and the Prime Minister's Science Prize (2002).
The John Curtin School of Medical Research is committed to excellence in both
research and research training, we also have over 70 research students.
The School is committed to carrying out fundamental
research in the sciences that underpin the practice of medicine and to
bring clinically useful discoveries into
application as soon as possible. The long term research strategy for which the
School is noted has produced several promising approaches to treating major
diseases. These include the anti-cancer drug, PI-88, which is in late phase
11 clinical trials and the HIV Co-X-Gene vaccine technology which will soon
enter large scale clinical trials.
Enquiries:
public.affairs@jcsmr.anu.edu.au
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Multimedia presentations
- The John Curtin School of Medical Research - Overview
- Tour the new JCSMR Building
In matters concerning animal experimentation and genetic
engineering The John Curtin School of Medical Research follows guidelines contained
in the NHMRC/AVCC Joint Statement on Research Practice. These guidelines can
be found at: http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/research/general/nhmrcavc.htm.
All JCSMR researchers adhere to the Australian Code of Practice for the Care
and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ea16syn.htm
