News & events
News
This July, eleven PhD, two MPhil, and nine Honours students completed their academic research and graduated from JCSMR.
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.
Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards. This prestigious recognition was announced at the Canberra Health Annual Research Meeting (CHARM), held from 17 to 21 June 2024.
Dr Abhimanu Pandey was awarded the Dewar-Milne Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of Immunology in 2022.
“Researchers are great people, but they live and survive in a tough environment," Professor Gardiner said.
JCSMR researchers have found rare coding variants in a lupus risk gene which could help understand how the immune system mistakenly targets the body's own tissues.
Events
Professor Natasha Rogers will present 'Understanding the role of matrix protein signalling in health and disease'
Join us in celebrating the significant milestone of JCSMR’s 75th anniversary, with Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Professor Peter Doherty as our Guest of Honour.
Professor Bruce Taylor will discuss 'Can we prevent multiple sclerosis? Insights and clues form epidemiology'.
Come along to the John Curtin School of Medical Research for the Honours Information Evening!
Professor David Tarlinton will present 'Defining plasma cell turnover at homeostasis and after immunisation to reveal the determinants of longevity'