Media Releases
December
19 December 2011
Melanoma season is coming – so are better treatments for it
Better drug combinations to treat late-stage melanoma are on their way thanks to research published today by Centenary Institute scientists in Sydney.
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14 December 2011
Tanya Pilbersek MP visits Centenary Institute
Minister Tanya Plibersek will tour Centenary Institute
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14 December 2011
Centenary welcomes Australia's Minister for Health
Centenary Institute welcomed Australia's Minister for Health, The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, this morning.
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8 December 2011
Centenary researcher improves bone marrow transplants; wins medical prize
Sydney researcher Professor John Rasko has been recognised for his work in improving bone marrow transplants by lifting the quality and quantity of viable adult stem cells.
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November
2 November 2011
Starving prostate cancer
Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a potential future treatment for prostate cancer—through starving the tumour cells of an essential nutrient they need to grow rapidly.
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October
28 October 2011
A night at the races for research
Supporters of cutting-edge science and appreciators of fine art gathered in the fabulous Greenwich home of Julie and Simon Ford last night to raise money for the Centenary Institute.
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19 October 2011
Keeping our best young bioscience brains in Australia
The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize will be announced at 1.45 pm today, Wednesday 19 October 2011, at a lunch at UBS in Sydney. The winner will receive $25,000. The finalists are.
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19 October 2011
Inaugural Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize for Melbourne researcher to tackle lung cancer
The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). Having unravelled key information on how and why breast stem cells contribute to the progression of breast cancer, she is now turning to the challenge of lung cancer.
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18 October 2011
Immune peacekeepers discovered
How our skin says, “Don’t worry, these are good guys,” revealed today in PNAS. There are more bacteria living on our skin and in our gut than cells in our body. We need them. But until now no-one knew how the immune system could tell that these bacteria are harmless.
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September
20 September 2011
How our Liver kills "killer cells"
Our livers can fight back against the immune system—reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver disease. Scientists at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have seen for the first time how the liver goes independent, engulfing and destroying the body’s defence troops - T-cells.
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7 September 2011
Community group behind new genetic research into SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a devastating and tragic event in families. The Splash of Red Foundation is awarding young Centenary Institute PhD Candidate Annie Evans, a research scholarship of $25,000.
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August
25 August 2011
Centenary scientist honoured for stem cell discovery
The discovery of how to grow precious blood-forming stem cells in the lab, which may help cancer patients waiting for bone marrow transplants, has won Dr Jeff Holst, the Centenary Institute’s annual Axel Ullrich Award for paper with highest impact factor.
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24 August 2011
$25,000 creative prize for early career biomedical researchers
The Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is a $25,000 prize for early career scientists in biomedical research displaying a uniquely creative way of significantly contributing to their chosen field.
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12 August 2011
IT’S ON !!! SUN-HERALD City2Surf – Sunday August 14.
Good luck to everyone running for Centenary Institute’s Run4Research team. They’re running fast and slow, jogging and walking. And at the end, celebrating the achievement of knowing they and their supporters have helped medical research save lives. This year our 34 runners have raised over $11,000.
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9 August 2011
Science Lab Open Day
PUT on your lab coat and polish your safety glasses, the Centenary Institute is opening its lab doors. Just in time for Science Week, researchers and NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir will welcome the public to the Camperdown lab.
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June
17 June 2011
Business, both sides of politics and art unite to support medical research
PwC's Managing Partner, Joseph Carrozzi, will wear his Foundation Chairman’s hat when he hosts the Centenary Institute’s exclusive dinner, art sale and auction at the PwC offices tonight. The dinner brings together some unusual bedfellows
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1 June 2011
Is our obsession with cleanliness wiping out our immune system?
Too much cleanliness has been linked to an alarming rise in auto-immune and allergic diseases says Prof Barbara Fazekas de St Groth from the Centenary. But the answer to this dilemma could like our gut.
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May
26 May 2011
World's eyes on Centenary at international conference
Having the world’s most advanced flow cytometer has put Centenary Institute on the world map, said Dr Adrian Smith speaking from the CYTO 2011 Conference.
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18 May 2011
PhD awarded for work on disease-controlling enzymes
An exceptional PhD student was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy degree for research on two important enzymes believed to help control tumour growth and the severity of chronic liver disease.
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12 May 2011
Reprogrammed cells repair damaged livers - new research 'the holy grail' of liver transplant treatment
New research that has found a way to restore damaged livers using genetically programmed skin cells puts 'the holy grail' of liver transplant treatment within reach, says Professor Geoffrey McCaughan from the Centenary Institute.
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10 May 2011
Government protects medical research in Budget
Researchers and patients across Australia welcomed the Government’s commitment to medical research by maintaining dollars for discoveries in this year's Budget.
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April
12 April 2011
Rally for Research on Tuesday 12 April
Join scientists today to Rally for Research to protest against cuts to medical research funding. The Sydney rally will be held at Belmore Park (near Central Station) from 12.45pm
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7 April 2011
Help protect medical research funding
Medical research funding may be on the budget chopping block. Join the Discoveries Need Dollars campaign to tell politicians that cutbacks in research are not an option.
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March
24 March 2011
Super strains of tuberculosis on the rise in Australia
Experts at the Centenary warn about the increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis on World TB Day (Thursday 24 March).
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17 March 2011
Professor Jennifer Gamble receives top Heart Foundation research award
Professor Jennifer Gamble at the Centenary Institute has received the 2011 National Heart Foundation Ross Hohnen Award for innovative and outstanding research.
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February
23 February 2011
Supporters become a researcher for the night
More than 120 people will become honorary researchers with behind-the-scene tours of the Centenary Institute's labs
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9 February 2011
NHMRC honours Prof Chris Semsarian in "10 of the Best Research Projects"
Prof Chris Semsarian from the Centenary has been acknowledged in the NHMRC's 10 of the Best Research Projects 2010 for his work into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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1 February 2011
Family history key to identifying risk of sudden cardiac death
Each week up to 10 young Australians die from sudden cardiac death or arrest. Understanding the family history of sudden death is critical to identifying a young person who may be at risk, according to Professor Chris Semsarian.
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January
18 January 2011
Public reminder about need to improve liver transplant
Improving outcomes for people who have liver transplants is one of our core areas of research. There was a very public reminder of this ongoing need with Apple CEO Steve Jobs – who had a liver transplant two years ago – taking medical leave.
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5 January 2011
Gene mutations that sabotage kidney function identified
Researchers from the Centenary have identified gene mutations that impair kidney function leading to a rare kidney disorder. This discovery may also provide a clue to understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which could lead to a simple test to diagnose early onset OCD.
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