Research stories
We excel in ground-breaking, multidisciplinary translational medical research in fields including immunology, genomics, neuroscience, mental health, infectious diseases, obesity and metabolic disorders.
5 Aug 2020
Experts from the John Curtin School of Medical Research have published research today that increases our understanding of how the ZIC proteins work and...
15 Jul 2020
A research project, led by Professor Thomas Preiss at JCSMR and colleagues at the Czech Academy of Science, has further illuminated a fundamental process of...
10 Jul 2020
A recent study from Associate Professor Leonie Quinn’s group at the John Curtin School of Medical Research was selected as the “Research Highlight" for...
14 Apr 2020
Researchers led by Professor Eduardo Eyras at the John Curtin School of Medical Research have developed a new tool with the potential to provide insight into...
12 Nov 2019
Emily Rowland is on her way to studying a Master of Neuroscience at Oxford University as South Australia’s Rhodes Scholar.
21 Aug 2019
The unsung heroes of science: meet the people who make our research possible.
21 Aug 2019
Pictured is Dr Jonathan Roco, with artwork by Kelli Owen
21 May 2019
In a world first, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have shown previously ignored rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus.
19 Mar 2019
Dr Kondo, a Visiting Fellow at JCSMR, is resigned to the impossibility of not talking about the other Marie Kondo, cleanliness guru and Netflix star.
19 Mar 2019
Sometimes we overuse the word 'revolutionary'. Sometimes something revolutionary happens.
5 Feb 2019
A team from ANU and Monash University have answered one of the most long-standing questions about the immune system and the way it fights viruses.
18 Jan 2019
Researchers from JCSMR are part of a new consortium, led by the University of Queensland, to develop breakthrough vaccines against deadly infectious diseases.