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Susan Alberti Mother’s Day Luncheon 2021
Event: 06th May 2021
We’re pleased to announce that the Susan Alberti Medical Research Foundation Mother’s Day Luncheon has been confirmed for 2021, with special guest speaker, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Sally Capp....Read more
Participants sign on for type 1 trial
News: 30th March 2021
At least one-quarter the number of participants sought for SVI’s type 1 diabetes clinical trial have signed up since the trial’s launch last November. Pictured here is Lucy, the first...
Read moreBrain energy key to new mental health treatments
News: 30th March 2021
There have been no new effective treatments for people with bipolar disorder since Australian psychiatrist John Cade first used lithium to treat patients in the 1940s. To this day, the...
Read moreStemming the tide of heart damage
News: 30th March 2021
Every minute in Australia, someone is hospitalised for cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases). Every day 118 Australians die of these diseases, and every year the...
Read morePhD students ready to ‘dive deep’
News: 30th March 2021
Dr Davis McCarthy values everything a good PhD student brings to his lab team – creativity, enthusiasm and, most importantly, new ideas. “When a PhD student joins a research group, they have...
Read moreRising to the challenge of cancer
News: 30th March 2021
The body can give us signals as to whether someone is at greater risk of developing cancer. We just need to know how to read them. SVI’s Dr Rohan Bythell-Douglas is part of a world-leading...
Read moreA word from Tom
News: 30th March 2021
Our year living with COVID has shone a bright (and many would say very welcome) light on the role medical research plays in ensuring we can all live longer, healthier lives. Nobel laureate...
Read moreHonours flow to SVI community
News: 29th January 2021
Many congratulations to members of the SVI family who were officially recognised in the 2021 Australia Day Honours List – Brenda Shanahan, Christine Tarascio and Claire O'Callaghan – while...
Read moreFunding boost for metabolic research
News: 18th December 2020
Dr John Scott, Leader of the Neurometabolism Team in SVI’s Protein Chemistry & Metabolism Unit, has been awarded both an NHMRC Ideas Grant and an ARC Discovery Project for his work on the...
Read moreSummer 2020 Newsletter
News: 10th December 2020
The theme of our last newsletter for 2020 is 'Research in action: Improving health outcomes for those in need', and it speaks directly to how our research can make a real impact on those...
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