Story type: Culture

Pioneering Australian clinicians, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren first reported in 1982 that the stomach bacterium, Helicobacter pylori (H.plylori) causes gastritis and is a major risk factor in peptic ulcer disease and stomach cancer. Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for their discovery, which has resulted in…  Read more

A collection of data extracted from more than 1000 paediatric brain tumour samples will improve Hudson Institute scientists’ ability to tackle childhood brain cancer through targeted therapies. The new Paediatric Brain Tumour Atlas (PBTA), launched by the US-based Children’s Brain Tumour Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) on Monday, includes data collected from 30 unique childhood brain tumour…  Read more

The Hudson Monash Precision Medicine Program hopes to significantly improve treatment for childhood cancer patients with the greatest unmet clinical need – those diagnosed with brain cancers and solid tumours. Launched today (February 7) ahead of International Childhood Cancer Day on February 15, the two year program is being established with a $1.3 million investment…  Read more

Hudson Institute welcomes postdoctoral microbiology researcher, Dr Jaclyn Pearson, who joins the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases as Head of the Host-Pathogen Interactions Research Group. Dr Pearson joins the Institute from the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, where she led research on pathogenic E. coli in the laboratory of Hudson Institute’s new…  Read more

Scientists from across the world discussing immunology research…  Read more

International delegates will visit Hudson Institute of Medical Research during the 16th International Congress of Immunology 2016 in Melbourne on Tuesday, August 23. Around 3000 immunology researchers and experts will converge on Melbourne for ICI, one of the largest meetings of its kind. The main theme for ICI 2016 is “Immunotherapy: Harnessing the Power of the…  Read more

Hudson Institute Director and distinguished cancer researcher Professor Bryan Williams has been invited to speak at a Hope Funds for Cancer Research meeting in New York.…  Read more

The Australian Minister for Health, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, has officially opened the Translational Research Facility at the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP) yesterday (Thursday, March 10). The new $84million Translational Research Facility brings together researchers, clinicians, and patients in an innovative collaboration that allows patient needs to better inform medical research. Bringing together the expertise…  Read more

researcher in the current climate, but to also be a recipient of an inaugural veski inspiring women fellowship, is an outstanding achievement for Hudson Institute of Medical Research’s Dr Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos. Dr Liaskos, who works within the Institute’s Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, submitted her grant application shortly before commencing maternity leave.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s Associate Professor Caroline Gargett and Professor Alan Trounson have played a leading role in securing a prestigious scientific stem cell research meeting for Melbourne in 2018.…  Read more