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.
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.
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.
14 Dec 2018
Happy 30 years of excellence to the Biomolecular Resource Facility!
12 Dec 2018
A new blood test is being developed that can detect patients at risk of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and potentially save millions people from...
11 Dec 2018
New research from JCSMR has identified mechanisms involved in food poisoning, and ways to target them, a discovery with the potential to save lives.
15 Nov 2018
Dr Anne Bruestle and Dr Vini Gautam win the ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Award for their work in immunology and neuroscience.
19 Oct 2018
Researchers at JCSMR have discovered a new genetic disease and a method for detecting more unexplained medical conditions.
31 Aug 2018
Our very own Cameron Jack, leader of the ANU Bioinformatics Consultancy, was recently part of a research project investigating ocean drifts and the future of...
29 Aug 2018
A team of engineers and biochemists at ANU has invented and trialled a bio-optics diagnostic device that can reveal the formation of blood clots and help...
26 Jul 2018
A research team from ANU and The University of Queensland has designed and made a molecule derived from a human protein that kills the parasite which causes...
29 Jun 2018
Written by Dr Riccardo Natoli, a retinal researcher at JCSMR and the ANU Medical School.