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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) was founded in 1915
as a benevolence of the perpetual charitable Walter and Eliza Hall Trust.
"...an Institute as the Southern Hemisphere has never known ...[which] shall
above all things devote itself to medical research in a broad and comprehensive spirit"
"... the birthplace of discoveries rendering signal service to mankind in the
prevention and removal of disease and the mitigation of suffering"
[Quotes from documents of Sir Harry Allen, Dean of
Medicine, University of Melbourne, 1915]
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About WEHI ...
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, located in Parkville, just north of Melbourne's CBD, is one of the world's leading medical research centres. The work of the Institute covers cancer, genetics, malaria, autoimmune diseases, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and translational research taking scientific discoveries from the laboratory to the clinic. Over many decades, the Institute's advances and discoveries have led to significant benefits for patients around the world. The WEHI Biotechnology Centre, located in the La Trobe University R&D Park, provides laboratories for the commercial incubation of the Institute's discoveries, including the establishment of start-up biotechnology companies.
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Employment Opportunities
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WEHI's Drs Lindeman and Visvader recognised for outstanding breast cancer research
Drs Jane Visvader and Geoff Lindeman, researchers at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, have been presented with the GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence for their outstanding contribution to breast cancer research. [More ...]
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US honour for WEHI's Professor Jerry Adams
The National Academy of Sciences of the United States has announced that WEHI'S Professor Jerry Adams has been elected a member of this prestigious organization of scientists and engineers. The NAS citation notes that he was elected in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." [More ...]
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Australian Synchrotron
in Medical Visualisation Advance
The Premier, Mr John Brumby, in August 2007 announced that scientists from WEHI had now visualised how a "molecular switch" that regulates the life span of normal cells and cancer cells could be flipped. The visualised molecular switch regulates the normal and healthy process of cell death, whereby cells that are damaged or no longer needed are induced to self-destruct. [More ...]An animation of the process is available in Quicktime format or Windows Media Player format .
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PhD Research Opportunities Forum
Registrars and supervisors of training are invited to a PhD Research Opportunities Forum at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research from 6-8:30pm on Wednesday, 7th May 2008. Topics will include a showcase of high quality research linked to clinical problems, funding opportunities to do research, career development for clinician scientists, and the future of health care and biotech industries in Australia. [ More ...]
Speakers: Professor Suzanne Cory, Dr Andrew Roberts, Dr Bob Anderson, Dr Clare Scott, Dr Kylie Mason and Dr Julie Mercer
The Forum program is available here.
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Latest News
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WEHI's Drew Berry
Launches Apoptosis Animation
WEHI's BAFTA and Emmy Award winning biomedical animator Drew Berry's paper, "Molecular Animation of Cell Death Mediated by the Fas Pathway" is in the April 2007 issue of Science. Web (35MB) and iPod (28MB) versions of the animation described in that paper are available.
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Affiliated with The University of Melbourne
and The Royal Melbourne Hospital
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