July 2024
Minister for Medical Research supports SVI’s efforts to turn science fiction into reality
Until recently, gene editing technologies were science fiction but now, Andrew’s team is developing cutting edge gene edition technologies that hope to prevent children and young adults from dying of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.
July 2024
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Researcher Joins SVI
SVI proudly welcomes Dr Elizabeth Paratz, who has joined SVI’s Heart, Exercise and Research Trials (HEART) Lab as a Team Leader. Dr Paratz will lead a team of SVI researchers, working closely with Professor La Gerche and scientists at VCCRI, who are also undertaking research into sudden cardiac arrest.
July 2024
Funding boost for multiple myeloma research
A four-year grant of $2.9M, announced in June from the Medical Research Future Fund’s Genomics Health Futures Grant will support a multi-centre and multidisciplinary team led by SVI’s Associate Professor Elaine Sanij to identify and validate blood biomarkers to provide early detection of multiple myeloma and to monitor disease progression and response to treatment.
June 2024
2024 Scholarship Dinner
SVI's Top-up Scholarships program is a highly successful community-led fundraising initiative which has been supporting our students for more than 30 years.
June 2024
World-first research offering hope for type 1 diabetes
In 2023, Professor Tom Kay and Helen Thomas celebrated 30 years of working together. In the same year, they also published the results of their type 1 diabetes clinical trial which offers hope for the improved treatment of the condition.
June 2024
Father-Daughter Duo Walk 80km to Fund Research for Type 1 Diabetes
“Type 1 diabetes can be unpredictable and time-consuming. Despite my experience living with this disease, watching Zoe navigate the grief, anger and sadness of this diagnosis is very difficult,” Craig said.
June 2024
Finding the key to metabolic health
As an internationally recognised expert on adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), Jon is building on the work of giants in the field like SVI’s Professor Bruce Kemp, who was the first in the world to sequence the enzyme.
June 2024
SVI Charity Golf Day 2024 – Good times as par as the eye can see
Thanks to the amazing support from our sponsors, SVI's charity golf day raised $100,000 to fund research that seeks to cure some of Australia’s most prevalent diseases, including cancer, type 1 diabetes and heart disease.