April 2024
Mapping the maze – New research sheds light on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Dr Davis McCarthy and collaborators have published a pioneering study on the genetic factors that influence the development and progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), an incurable respiratory disease diagnosed in over 1,250 Australians each year.
April 2024
New funding to support innovative cancer research
Associate Professor Elaine Sanij has been awarded a Cancer Australia Ideas Grant for her groundbreaking work on innovative cancer therapies.
2024 Charity Golf Day
Our Charity Golf Day returns for 2024! Register today to support the valuable medical research being undertaken by SVI.
March 2024
Blood cancer breakthrough
The head of SVI's DNA Damage & Cancer Therapy Lab, Associate Professor Elaine Sanij and her collaborators have made a remarkable breakthrough on a new way to potentially treat one of the most common and aggressive forms of blood cancer.
February 2024
Congratulations to Dr Matthew Lacorcia
Matt has been awarded a JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship for his work on developing an early diagnostic test for type 1 diabetes.
February 2024
Congratulations to Professor André La Gerche
Congratulations to André La Gerche on his promotion to Professor.
January 2024
New early diagnostic test for Friedreich ataxia heart disease
Associate Professor Shiang (MAX) Lim has been awarded funding to work on the development of a new, non-invasive test to diagnose and monitor heart disease in people with a genetic condition that, up until now, has made diagnosis impossible.
January 2024
Exhausting study
In an article published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), A/Prof Bala Krishna Murthy turned this concept of immune exhaustion on its head, to stop immune cells from destroying insulin-producing cells in type 1 diabetes.