New route into cells could make gene therapies safer

Centenary Institute researchers played a prominent role at the Australian Biology of Ageing Conference 2025 this week, contributing new scientific insights on how Australians can live healthier lives as they age.

Associate Professor Patrick Bertolino, Head of the Centre for Infection & Immunity at the Centenary Institute, and Associate Professor David Bowen from the same centre, have been awarded a 2025 Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Project Grant. The $50,000 grant will support their study ‘Decoding Microbiome–Liver Communication via Portal Tracts.’

The Centenary Institute has contributed to a major international study that has mapped how the human body responds to respiratory infections at a molecular level.

Congratulations to Professor Devanshi Seth, who has won the Healthcare Impact category in the STEM Sisters 2025 Women of Colour in STEM Awards.

A recent discovery from the Centenary Institute has been recognised as the 200th scientific breakthrough funded by cancer charity Tour de Cure since it began supporting research in 2007.

Two researchers from the Centenary Institute have secured competitive Pipeline Accelerator Grants from Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA), supporting the development of promising medical innovations.

A research team led by Professor Jennifer Gamble from the Centenary Institute’s Centre for Healthy Ageing has been awarded a prestigious Catalyst Partnership Grant from the Heart Foundation.

Professor Mark Gorrell from the Centenary Institute’s Centre for Cancer Innovations has been awarded a Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award celebrating his outstanding editorial work for the highly respected journal Scientific Reports. The award recognises editorial board members who have made a notable contribution to the journal’s peer-review and publishing processes. Professor Gorrell has served ...

Two Centenary Institute researchers—Professor Philip Hogg and Dr Alex Cole—have been awarded grants under the Tour de Cure cancer research funding scheme. The funding will support their groundbreaking research into melanoma, and aggressive cancers, including ovarian and pancreatic cancers.

Associate Professor Guy Lyons, a Laboratory Head at the Centenary Institute’s Centre for Cancer Innovations, has been awarded the prestigious Barry Preston Award by the Matrix Biology Society of Australia & New Zealand.

Dr Jessamy Tiffen, Head of the Centre for Cancer Innovations at the Centenary Institute, and her master’s student Laura Nicholls, have been awarded a $10,000 research grant from the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation.

The Centenary Institute has hosted the annual symposium of the Centre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control (TB-CRE), bringing together over 130 specialists in tuberculosis (TB).