Inflammation

Emerging health threats

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Emerging health threats

Groups

The Ellyard Group

Our research focuses on understanding the causes of autoimmune diseases by investigating cytokine receptor signaling and nucleic acid sensors, aiming to develop targeted therapies.

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Elizabeth Gardiner lab 2024

The group investigates the molecular basis of processes coordinated by platelets across vascular biology.

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Simon Jiang Group Personalised Medicine and Autoimmunity

Identifying the genetic and cellular causes of immune mediated disease to personalise diagnosis and treatment.

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Steve Lee Group

Discovering biological physics through optics, computing, materials and fluid dynamics.

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The Li Group

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit (TORU) undertakes clinical and laboratory research in the field of orthopaedics.

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Si Ming Man

The Man Group investigates the role of innate immunity in infectious diseases and cancer.

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Projects

Our projects use genomics, cellular immunology, and transcriptomics to uncover the unique causes of chronic disease in Indigenous Australians, aiming to identify new treatment targets and improve community health outcomes.

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Our project explores novel antimicrobial peptides inspired by the immune system to understand their mechanism in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Our projects use advanced genomics, cellular immunology, and transcriptomics to investigate the unique causes of immune diseases in individuals, aiming to identify new treatment targets and improve patient outcomes.

Student intake

Open for PhD students

News

Professor Si Ming Man from JCSMR

Professor Si Ming Man from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) has been named among the world’s top 1% of researchers for the fourth time, according to the prestigious Highly Cited Researchers List by Clarivate.

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cell death si ming man

In a new comprehensive overview, leading researchers in innate immunity from Australia and the USA have critically assessed the literature to offer new perspectives and significant insights into the messages dying or dead cells convey to the immune system.

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Professor Si Ming Man will receive $788,014 to support research aimed at addressing the critical challenge of antimicrobial resistance by leveraging the immune system to design new drugs against superbugs.

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Yanran Fan

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

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Abhimanu Pandey - Si Ming Man

An immune system protein can be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, new ANU research has found.

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