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Centenary Institute researcher Dr Aster Pijning, from the Centre for Cancer Innovations, has received a 2026 Professor Heimburger Award, which will support her research into why some people experience unexplained bleeding.

The Centenary Institute’s When Art Meets Science exhibition returned to Government House Sydney this year, as part of the Sydney Open program, giving visitors the opportunity to explore one of the city’s most iconic buildings while discovering the visual side of medical research. At the event, over 2,000 visitors viewed striking scientific images captured by ...

The Centenary Institute has established four new research laboratories, broadening its capabilities across the areas of infection and immunity, respiratory disease and biomedical artificial intelligence (AI).

Two Centenary Institute researchers have received scholarship funding to support work exploring new approaches to understanding inflammation and the immune system, with the aim of improving disease treatment.

Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have developed a modified version of the tuberculosis (TB) vaccine BCG that provided stronger and more sustained protection against TB. In preclinical tests in mice, the modified vaccine showed potential as a new approach to improving the effectiveness of TB vaccination. A bacterial infection caused ...

The winners of the People’s Choice and Staff Pick categories in the Centenary Institute’s ‘When Art Meets Science’ Prize have been announced, celebrating two striking scientific images that reveal the hidden detail and complexity of medical research.

Dr Thuy Luong’s journey into medical research began in the clinic, where his work as a dermatologist in Vietnam sparked a curiosity about the biological mechanisms behind skin disease.

The Centenary Institute's Dr Christine (Seul A) Lee has been awarded a Millennium Science–10x Genomics Fellowship in recognition of her research excellence.

The intersection of science and art has once again been celebrated at the Centenary Institute, with the winners announced for its annual ‘When Art Meets Science Image Prize’.

A breakthrough stem cell-coated contact lens designed to restore sight for people with corneal blindness will move closer to clinical use following a new Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant awarded to a national team of researchers.

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.