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Scientific seminar, 1pm 24 July 2019
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Open House Melbourne 28 July 2019
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Welcome to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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Photograph of Cellular Immunology staff taken in 1967/68

Celebrating 100 years of discoveries for humanity

For more than 100 years, the institute’s discoveries have advanced scientific thinking, improved clinical practice and resulted in new and more effective treatments for patients.

As we look to the future and what it will hold for medical research, we are developing strategies to ensure we continue to make discoveries that improve lives and benefit humanity.
 

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News

Researchers looking at iPad Melanoma patient outcomes predicted by computational biology

Our researchers have used computational biology to discover a ‘gene signature’ that identifies a group of melanoma patients with improved rates of survival. 
25 June 2019
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Researcher smiling at camera Institute enters global top 20 on Nature Index

The 2019 Nature Index has ranked the Institute in the top 20 global not-for-profit/non-governmental organisations in biomedical sciences.
21 June 2019
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Associate Professor John Wentworth Trial finds type 1 diabetes can be delayed

Type 1 diabetes can be delayed by an immune therapy, according to findings from an international clinical trial involving the expertise of researchers from the  Institute and The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
10 June 2019
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Professor Alan Cowman Queen's Birthday honours for malaria scientist, philanthropist and board member

Institute Deputy Director Professor Alan Cowman AC is among the Australians recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
10 June 2019
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Events

Brent McKenzie PhD - Genentech, South San Francisco
Tue, 23/07/2019 - 11:00am to Tue, 23/07/2019 - 12:00pm

​Targeting multi-pathway signalling kinases in inflammatory disease

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Dr Leïla Perié - Institute Curie, France
Wed, 24/07/2019 - 9:30am to Wed, 24/07/2019 - 10:30am

​Family matters: the role of single cell families in hematopoiesis

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Mr Roberto Bonelli - Population Health and Immunity division
Wed, 24/07/2019 - 1:00pm to Wed, 24/07/2019 - 2:00pm

Integration of multi-’omics data identifies genetic and metabolic causes of Macular Telangiectasia

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Professor Nicole La Gruta - Monash University
Thu, 25/07/2019 - 1:00pm to Thu, 25/07/2019 - 2:00pm

​CD8+ T cell Immunity: What Makes it and What Breaks It

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