Celebrating 100 years of discoveries for humanity

To mark our centenary year, the institute held an exciting and diverse program of public events and activities, celebrating our achievements so far and looking to the future direction of medical research.

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Centenary events

Celebrating our centenary with the community, international guests, public figures and colleagues.

Selected events were recorded and are now available to view online.

Science in the Square

Science brought to life through comedy, film, visual arts and public talks at Federation Square, Melbourne.

• More information and video

Centenary public talks 

Hosted by Sir Gustav Nossal, this series of talks explored the latest medical research developments and how they’re affecting the future treatment of disease.

• Event information and videos

Centenary scientific seminars

The institute hosted a number of internationally renowned scientists for a series of keynote presentations:

• Professor Brenda Schulman, St Jude’s Children’s Hospital, US
  Dynamic mechanisms in ubiquitin-like protein conjugation cascades
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• Dr David Williams, Boston Children’s Hospital, US
  Successes in gene therapy for monogenic diseases: a platform for future genome editing in the clinic​​
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• Dr Eric Betzig, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, US
  Imaging life at high spatiotemporal resolution
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• Dr Vishva Dixit, Genentech, US
  Lessons from death: the inflammasome and beyond
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Centenary scientific symposium

A scientific symposium featuring distinguished international speakers, prominent Australian scientists and the latest research from the institute.

The symposium included Nobel laureates Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (University of California San Francisco, US) and Professor Tom Steitz (Yale University, US).

Where permission has been granted, videos of presentations are now available on our seminars YouTube Channel. Download a copy of the Centenary scientific symposium program for full details, including speakers and presentation titles.

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