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Scientific seminar, 1pm 17 July 2018
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Open House Melbourne 28 July 2019
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Open House Melbourne

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

Associate Professor Tim Thomas - Epigenetics and Development Division
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 1:00pm to Wed, 17/07/2019 - 2:00pm

MYST family chromatin regulators: gene discovery to drug discovery

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Associate Professor Andy Tomkins - Monash University
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 6:30pm to Wed, 17/07/2019 - 7:30pm

​Meteorites & Cosmic Dust: Insights into the Early Solar System & Earth

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2019 Career speed dating event
6pm to 8.15pm

2019 Career speed dating event

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Dr Morten Thaysen Andersen - Macquarie University
Fri, 19/07/2019 - 11:00am to Fri, 19/07/2019 - 12:00pm

​Decoding Neutrophil Sugar-Biology in Innate Immunity and Infection

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