Young Cancer Researchers hang up their Lab Coats, for now.

The Centenary Institute marked NAIDOC Week 2026 with a special event celebrating this year's national theme, '50 Years of Deadly', which recognises five decades of honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, achievements, leadership and culture.

An international study involving the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has uncovered a previously hidden genetic factor that appears to help explain why some people develop lung fibrosis, a condition in which lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred, or experience severe COVID-19.

The Centenary Institute recently hosted the 2026 Tuberculosis Centre of Research Excellence (TB-CRE) Annual Research Symposium. The event brought together leading researchers, clinicians and tuberculosis (TB) program partners dedicated to tackling TB across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

The Centenary Institute’s Associate Professor Dan Hesselson has been awarded $750,000 to accelerate pioneering research into heart regeneration, through a prestigious Senior Researcher Grant under the NSW Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program, funded by NSW Health.