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Our researchers work across more than 90 labs and platforms, which bring together people with a range of skills to solve important questions about health and disease.

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Prof Wai-Hong Tham
Lab Head • Tham Lab
Prof Ken Smith
Director
A/Prof Jeff Mitchell
Joint Head, NDDC (Operations and Medicinal Chemistry) • National Drug Discovery Centre
Jacob Ellis
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MAGEC laboratory
Michael Roberts
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Ritchie Lab
Vihanda Wickramasinghe photographed in a light-filled corridor, smiling at the camera
Wickramasinghe Lab
A/Prof Kym Lowes
Head, Screening Lab & Joint Head, NDDC (Screening) • Chemical biology and drug discovery of cell death
Katie Loi
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Prof Matthew Ritchie
Division Head • Ritchie Lab
Dr Belinda Phipson
Lab Head • Phipson Lab
Pailene Lim
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Joshua Reid
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Dr Rebecca Harding
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Blewitt Lab
Prof Guillaume Lessene
Division Head • Chemical biology and drug discovery of cell death
17 members of the Breast Cancer Lab are pictured together for a group photo on the WEHI balcony, all are facing the camera and smiling.
Breast Cancer Laboratory
Dr Laura Dagley
Head, Proteomics Laboratory • Proteomics Lab
Mai Margetts
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Jie Zhou
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Dr Lucy Gately
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Prof Gemma Kelly
Lab Head • Kelly Lab
Kerry Ramsay
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