Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos conducting a Lupus research in the ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) facilities

Success stories

Learn more about our researchers ground-breaking success stories which will help change the landscape of medicine tomorrow.

Dr Abhimanu Pandey JCSMR
Thursday, 07 Mar 2024
  • News
  • Success story

Dr Abhimanu Pandey was awarded the Dewar-Milne Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of Immunology in 2022.

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Elizabeth Gardiner JCSMR
Friday, 01 Mar 2024
  • Academic profile
  • News
  • Success story
  • Staff profile

“Researchers are great people, but they live and survive in a tough environment," Professor Gardiner said.

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Yanran Fan
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
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  • Research story
  • Success story
  • Student profile

Yanran Fan always thought she’d become a lawyer. Instead, she's pursuing a PhD.

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Anne Bruestle MS Australia
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
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  • Success story

Associate Professor Anne Bruestle received a major grant from the latest MS Australia funding round to study the connection of innate cells for multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment.

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Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024
  • Research story
  • Success story

JCSMR led researchers discovered platelets have another function that removes old and damaged red blood cells (RBC) from circulation.

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Ian Cockburn Andy Xin Gao
Friday, 09 Feb 2024
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  • Research story
  • Success story

The discovery of a previously unknown ability of a group of cells, known as ABCs, to fight infections could open doors for longer lasting malaria treatments.

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