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Research stories

Meet our researchers and students as they share their stories and the research that is advancing health and medicine. 

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Thomas Preiss JCSMR ANU SDCRI
Wednesday, 31 Jul 2024
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Scientists at The Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation (SDCRI) are teaming up with the community to unlock the full potential of ribonucleic acid (RNA). It could lead to breakthroughs in everything from cancer treatments and new therapies for complex diseases, to age-related macular degeneration and crop resilience.

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Sarah Mann
Monday, 29 Jul 2024
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If you've ever been brought to tears by music, you know its power. An ANU study has explored how people respond to singing.

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Paul Marshall
Monday, 22 Jul 2024
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A specific type of DNA structure could hold the key to regulating our memory, a new ANU study has shown.

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Child covering ears.LightField Studios
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
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Despite the complexity of autism spectrum and PTSD, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Queensland may have found a link that could help to better understand the two.

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Computational Biomedical CCBS
Friday, 03 May 2024
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The Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences (CCBS) is on a mission to usher in a new era of biomedical discovery through computational innovation.

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Chelisa Cardinez
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2024
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A world-first ANU discovery has found a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, debilitating autoimmune diseases that patients say carry stigma in the community.

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Riccardo Natoli Genevieve Bell VC-Awards-Ceremony-2023-2024
Thursday, 21 Mar 2024
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Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli has been recognised for his outstanding ability to mentor talented students and early career researchers with the Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence in Supervision.

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Elizabeth Gardiner JCSMR
Friday, 01 Mar 2024
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“Researchers are great people, but they live and survive in a tough environment," Professor Gardiner said.

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Dr Julia Ellyard Dr Yayuan Zhang lupus JCSMR
Thursday, 29 Feb 2024
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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.

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