Medical Research Acceleration Fund success

News: 27th August 2018

SVI's Metabolic Signalling Lab, led by Associate Professor Jon Oakhill, has been awarded almost $100,000 through the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund to uncover new drug targets...

Natalie Sims awarded NHMRC Fellowship

News: 12th August 2018

Associate Professor Natalie Sims has been awarded a Research Fellowship in the most recent round of NHMRC funding, announced yesterday.

Natalie’s work is focused on understanding the...

Passion for a healthier future drives bequestor

News: 25th July 2018

In our most recent newsletter, Bernadette Dennis, a long-term SVI supporter and member of the Jack Holt Society, shared her reasons for leaving a Bequest to SVI in her Will: 

“My association...

Understanding lithium key to treatments

News: 19th July 2018

Since Australian psychiatrist John Cade employed lithium to successfully treat one of his bipolar patients in the 1940s, scientists have tried, and largely failed, to understand why the...

SVI Winter Newsletter 2018

News: 28th June 2018

The theme for the Winter Newsletter is 'Rising stars', and features stories on some of our best and brightest researchers. It also features stories about the impact of medical research, and...