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Congratulations to the 2018 Hudson Institute Travel Awards recipients, who will attend international conferences and visiting laboratories to build invaluable knowledge in their area of research. The Awards (supported by donations from the Grisha Sklovsky Memorial Fund and Philip Wind Travel Fund) support six Hudson Institute Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD students to gain experience relevant…  Read more

The Hudson Institute Equity Travel Awards assists a staff member who has a career disruption to progress their research and career development. Dr Genevieve PepinCentre for Innate Immunity and Infectious DiseasesResearch Group: Nucleic Acids and Innate ImmunitySupervisor: Dr Michael Gantier The award will enable Genevieve to present her data at the International Cytokines and Interferon…  Read more

Cutting edge genomics has now shown the female bladder is home to a community of bacteria – similar to the gut microbiome – even in the absence of infection. The research could provide new urinary tract infection (UTI) treatments.…  Read more

Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH) is able to provide a highly competitive travel award of $2,500 to each of one CRH post-doctoral fellow and one CRH PhD student.  This offers a wonderful opportunity for our future research leaders to showcase their accomplishments. 2018 CRH Travel Award recipients…  Read more

A new study has shown that children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) experience poor sleep that may impact their mood and quality of life, and this could even be associated with depression. The study, led by Professor Rosemary Horne’s team at Hudson Institute of Medical Research in collaboration with Monash University and the Royal…  Read more

A world-leading Melbourne innovation is rapidly changing the way cell therapies are manufactured to treat diseases including stroke and cerebral palsy, taking these treatments out of the lab and into hospitals. The new cell-processing technology, ROTEA, developed by Melbourne start-up, Scinogy in conjunction with Hudson Institute of Medical Research, is significantly reducing the costs and…  Read more

New research from Hudson Institute of Medical Research is showing how a pro-inflammatory protein could offer new hope for stomach cancer treatment. A study, led by Dr Virginie Deswaerte and Professor Brendan Jenkins, found that modifying key components of the inflammatory response in the body could help to prevent tumour growth. The findings have been…  Read more

A new study into tuberculosis has revealed a novel target – hidden in a gene – that could reduce susceptibility to one of the world’s most deadly diseases. The study involved scientists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and was led by Centenary Institute scientists, Dr Warwick Britton and Dr Carl Feng at the University…  Read more

For years, Kat was told by doctors she might never have children due to severe endometriosis. Now, the mother of twin girls, she wants to create more awareness, so that other women – and her daughters – don’t suffer.…  Read more

Overweight children who snore may have higher blood pressure during both sleeping and waking hours and their cardiovascular system may not properly ‘rest’ during sleep, a new study has found. A team of sleep researchers, led by Professor Rosemary Horne in The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute, studied five different groups of children during sleep, including…  Read more