Pioneering research awarded MRFF Funding

News: 15th March 2023

A multi-disciplinary team led by Associate Professor Andrew Deans has been awarded just under $1 million in funding for their cutting-edge gene editing research which aims to prevent children...

Wound healing technique to use patient’s own cells

News: 15th March 2023

Associate Professor Geraldine Mitchell has been awarded a prestigious Medical Research Future Fund grant to develop an alternative to skin flaps using bioengineered skin and incorporated...

Grant success gives ‘heart in a dish’ research new life

News: 15th March 2023

Dr Shiang (Max) Lim and Dr Jarmon Lees have each been awarded Medical Research Future Fund Grants for their projects to deliver new treatments for the currently untreatable debilitating...

Appointment of new auditors

News: 16th December 2022

SVI wishes to announce that the Auditors appointed to Audit the Financial Statutory Accounts for SVI have been changed, effective December 2022. The outgoing Auditors are William Buck Audit...

SVI scientists awarded NHMRC Ideas Grants

News: 01st December 2022

Congratulations to Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow and Dr Kim Loh, who were both awarded Ideas Grants in the Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council 2022 funding round. 

Help us help people like Phil

News: 01st December 2022

Around 250 Australians are diagnosed with dementia every day, with the majority of these people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. 

Sadly, it is predicted that this number will more than...

SVI donors show their love of science

News: 30th November 2022

Six young scientists will be able to pursue new projects in 2023, thanks to the commitment and generosity of SVI’s philanthropic donors who attended the recent For the Love of Science dinner....Read more

New grants for immune cell and bone research

News: 30th November 2022

Two new Australian Research Council grants awarded to SVI scientists will help define why immunity differs from person to person, and why bone strength declines as we age.

Professor Natalie...

SVI’s Support Group impact touches many

News: 27th October 2022

After a three-year hiatus, SVI’s Support Group recently held its ‘comeback’ Black Tie Dinner at The Athenaeum Club. 

“We were very pleased that we could bring everyone back together again,”...

NHMRC grant awarded to Professor Carl Walkley

News: 13th October 2022

Professor Carl Walkley’s research aimed at understanding the role of cellular RNA editing received a $2.3M boost with an Investigator Grant from the National Health and Medical Research...