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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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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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Yanran Fan
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
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Yanran Fan always thought she’d become a lawyer. Instead, she's pursuing a PhD.

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Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024
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JCSMR led researchers discovered platelets have another function that removes old and damaged red blood cells (RBC) from circulation.

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