Media Releases

December

1 December 2009
Healthier outlook for expectant mothers
Researchers in Sydney have made a scientific breakthrough concerning preeclampsia, an age-old condition that has troubled expectant mothers for years. The discovery reinforces the startling theory that preeclampsia might involve the rejection of the fetus by its mother’s immune system. 
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November

13 November 2009
Head of research group delivers prestigious oration
Professor Barbara Fazekas de St Groth, Head of the T-Cell group at Centenary, was recently given the honour of presenting the Ian Mackay Oration at the 13th Australasian Autoimmunity Workshop, held this past month in Adelaide. 
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9 November 2009
Exceptional research recognised by NHMRC
Centenary researchers have again performed extremely well in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant announcements, receiving over $11 million in funding overall.
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6 November 2009
Movember Supports Centenary Research
Movember is an annual month-long celebration of the moustache highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.  Last year, the event raised over $8 million that helped to fund vital research into these diseases. Check out Centenary Institute Associate Faculty member Dr Jeff Holst, as he discusses how proceeds from Movember have helped his research into prostate cancer. http://au.movember.com/news/view/id/91/category/national/
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October

16 October 2009
Centenary Scientist Awarded Prestigious RPA Medal
 The Centenary Institute congratulates Professor Chris Semsarian on receiving the 2009 RPA Foundation Medal for Excellence in Medical Research. This prestigious honour recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement in medical research at RPA.  Professor Semsarian was given this award for his research into the clinical and genetic basis of heart disease in the young.
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September

28 September 2009
Postdoctoral Scientist Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Dr Fiona Warner of the Centenary Institute was recently honoured with the AstraZeneca Career Development Fellowship.  The award, given annually by the Gastroenterological Society of Australia, will fund Dr Warner’s vital research into liver inflammation and cancer for the next three years.
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25 September 2009
Young Scientists on a Fast Pace Discovery
One of the Centenary Institute’s up-and-coming young scientists recently accomplished the magnificent feat of crystallizing a protein in less than twenty-one days.
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22 September 2009
Executive Director Honoured
The Executive Director of the Centenary Institute, Professor Mathew Vadas, was recently honoured by the Australian Vascular Biology Society (AVBS) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field.
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18 September 2009
Student Receives International Honour
The Centenary Institute is pleased to announce that PhD candidate Jonathan Nambiar has received the prestigious honour of representing Australia at the Novartis International Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp).
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August

24 August 2009
Centenary Hosts Internationally Renowned Scientist and Discusses Possible Collaboration
In August, the Centenary Institute hosted Prof Thomas N. Sato, Head of the Division of Biodynamics and Integrative Biology at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in Japan. Prof Sato is one of the foremost researchers in understanding the molecular basis of cardiovascular disease.
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21 August 2009
World-First: National Genetic Heart Disease Registry
Every week eight young Australians die suddenly from a genetic heart disease, however this is no longer a certainty following the launch today of the world’s first genetic heart disease registry.
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June

9 June 2009
Chris O'Brien
Chris had a vision. The vision of building a Comprehensive Cancer Centre, where the best care could be extended cancer patients in an environment where researchers and clinicians worked together to discover and translate new ways of diagnosing, treating and managing cancer patients.
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March

24 March 2009
Deadly ancient disease knocking on Australia's door
Many Australians probably think tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of the past. They are wrong. Professor Warwick Britton, who leads Australia’s largest TB research program at the Centenary Institute in Sydney, says this ancient disease is clever enough to mutate and outsmart our immune system.
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February

12 February 2009
Deciphering the body's healing secrets
Healthy blood vessels play a key role in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and are critical to the regulation of blood vessel growth and function. Researchers at the Centenary Institute have discovered a mechanism that helps control the development of endothelial cells.
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9 February 2009
$8 million research program to tackle one of Australia's fastest increasing cancers
Researchers from Centenary Institute have been awarded $8 million over five years to investigate the causes and treatment of liver cancer, the incidence of which has more than doubled in Australia in the past decade.
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4 February 2009
Cancer rejection: scientists discover crucial molecule
Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a molecule on the surface of immune cells which plays a critical role in cancer rejection.
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