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Congratulations Professor Doug Hilton @WEHI_Director - 2020 Melburnian of the Year! A wonderful reflection of the important role medical research plays in the Melbourne community. @cityofmelbourne

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Congratulations to @DrMistyJenkins , @MelanieBahlo and @KRogers1001 , recognised today in the King’s Birthday Honours for their dedicated service to science and the broader community. #WomenInSTEM #KingsBirthdayHonours @BrainCancerCtr More:

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BREAKING NEWS: Institute Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller AC has been jointly awarded the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his pioneering immunology discoveries

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3 years

Congratulations to all recipients of @nhmrc Investigator Grants, including these 16 from WEHI 🎉

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Massive congratulations to all @NHMRC Investigator Grant recipients, including these 13 amazing WEHI researchers leading new projects across areas including cancer, immunology, infectious diseases and bioinformatics. (1/2)

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6 years

Tonight we’re lit up in orange, supporting the campaign to end violence against women

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4 years

Exciting announcement from @DanielAndrewsMP @JaalaPullford today! We're proud to join our collaborators @TheDohertyInst @TheRMH @unimelb @MCRI_for_kids @BurnetInstitute @CSL to establish an Australian Institute for Infectious Disease here in Melbourne.

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Congratulations to @NajouaLalaoui and @shalinhnaik on jointly winning the 2021 Burnet Prize – WEHI’s top science prize! 🏆

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Congratulations to WEHI's 11 Investigator Grant recipients, supported by $21M in @NHMRC & MRFF funding. Thank you @GregHuntMP for supporting these fantastic medical researchers!

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Scientists at WEHI & @MonashBDI have filmed DNA escaping from mitochondria. This may one day prove to be a crucial trigger for #autoimmunity @sciencemagazine

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Necroptosis is a form of inflammatory cell death driven by the protein MLKL. In three @NatureComms papers out today, a multidisciplinary team have revealed new aspects of MLKL's function, and linked changes in MLKL to a human inflammatory disease

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Nine outstanding and innovative WEHI projects were among those to receive @nhmrc Ideas Grants in today’s announcement. Congratulations @keeeeeeeeeeenan , Tim Thomas, @jo_hildebrand , Sandra Nicholson, Samir Taoudi, @mel9320107 @drmelhardy @KRogers1001 & David Huang 👏

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The Board of Directors of CSIRO has today announced that @WEHI_Director Professor Doug Hilton AO has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of @CSIRO . More:

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Australian scientists have discovered a new approach to targeting cancer: … @WEHI_research @MIPS_Australia @cancercrc @CSIROnews @PeterMacCC @SVIResearch @UniMelbMDHS

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Thank you to all the brilliant #WomenInScience collaborating, creating, leading and innovating to make discoveries that improve lives 👩‍🔬 #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInSTEM

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Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller on jointly winning the 2018 @JapanPrizeAward with Dr Max Cooper! The award recognises their discoveries of T and B cells and the subsequent impact on our understanding of immunity.

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Congratulations to WEHI researcher & clinician @ProfClareScott , recognised in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to gynaecological #oncology and other #rarecancers . (1/3)

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Congratulations to breast cancer researcher Professor Jane Visvader, who has been elected a Fellow of the @RoyalSociety ! #RSFellows

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Through almost four decades of dedication to WEHI and 14 years as @WEHI_Director , Prof Doug Hilton AO leaves a rich and lasting legacy.

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👏 👏 A huge congratulations to our 8 incredible researchers who have been awarded @NHMRC Ideas Grants to lead new projects investigating immune disorders, blood and infectious diseases and cancer. Read about their diverse projects in the three tweet replies below 🧵

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7 years

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute supports #marriageequality . See our statement at

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4 years

From today the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute becomes WEHI. Our new look and identity celebrates our history of working collaboratively to improve health outcomes in Australia and around the world. At WEHI, we are brighter together. Learn more:

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Big congrats to two of our exceptional researchers @ethangbaus and @LazarouLab on receiving 5-year, $1.5m fellowships from the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation ( @rlcmrf ).

WEHI researchers awarded $3m in esteemed fellowships

WEHI researchers Associate Professor Michael Lazarou and Professor Ethan Goddard-Borger have been awarded Rebecca L. Cooper Fellowships.

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Introducing the Professor Lynn Corcoran Early Learning Centre! Thanks to @JennyMikakos @VicGovAu , our incredible donors, precinct partners, staff and students for making this vision a reality

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Thank you to the health workers here in Melbourne and around the world for their dedication.

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Just released: a new biomedical animation from Etsuko Uno and @drewberryIV at 🎞 p53 Tumour Suppressor shows how the protein p53 plays a central role in determining whether a damaged cell lives or dies. Watch:

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A very happy 90th birthday to Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller AC! 🎂 Jacques is famous for his discovery of the function of the thymus, revolutionising our understanding of the immune system, infection and disease.

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Congrats to Institute researchers Prof David Huang, Prof Guillaume Lessene, A/Prof Peter Czabotar and Prof Andrew Roberts - recipients of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation! #PMPrizes @ScienceGovAu

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Congratulations to Professor Jane Visvader for being inducted as a Fellow into the most prestigious cancer academy – the @AACR . The induction honours Professor Visvader’s lifetime contributions towards understanding how normal cells give rise to breast cancer. #AACRFellows

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Thank you to all the amazing #WomenInScience working hard to make medical research discoveries that improve lives 👩‍🔬 @WomenScienceDay #womeninSTEM

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Thank you @GregHuntMP for boosting our search for new medicines for #COVID -19 |: $3M MRFF funding for finding new antibody-based medicines ( @tham_lab & collaborators) and drugs targeting viral deubiquitinases (led by David Komander) #WEHIDrugDiscovery

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WEHI president Jane Hemstritch AO has today announced that @WEHI_Director Professor Doug Hilton AO has decided to step down from his role, after almost four decades of unwavering dedication to WEHI and 14 years as director.  More:

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Wishing a very happy 90th birthday to our Honorary Governor and Patron, and former WEHI Director, Sir Gustav Nossal! 🎂

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Excited to announce the WEHI board has appointed Professor Ken Smith as our next director. 👏👏👏 We look forward to welcoming Ken when he commences in the role in May 2024. Read the story 👇

New director for WEHI

Professor Ken Smith appointed the next director of WEHI.

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Three @WEHI_research software projects limma, edgeR and Glimma led by Professor Gordon Smyth have received $290,000 from the @ChanZuckerberg Essential Open Source Software for Science program.

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Happy – slightly delayed – 90th birthday to Sir Gustav Nossal, past WEHI director ('65-'96).We finally managed to celebrate with Gus in person for morning tea at WEHI Parkville. @WEHI_Director joked that an infectious disease may have slowed us down, but immunology saved the day!

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New on WEHI-TV: A new animation by Etsuko Uno and narrated by @GemmaKelly_1 visualises more than 40 years of research how the ‘tumour suppressor’ protein p53 prevents cancer-causing changes in cells. Learn more and watch the full animation:

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The Art of Science online exhibition is now open. Spectacular images and video captured by WEHI researchers are on display in an interactive 3D experience. Start exploring: #WEHIResearch

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Wonderful news that leukaemia treatment venetoclax + rituximab will be added to the PBS, announced today by @GregHuntMP . Venetoclax is based on a WEHI discovery and many years of collaboration w/ @TheRMH @PeterMacCC @AbbVie_AU

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Congratulations to WEHI researchers Kate Sutherland @Sutherland_Lab , Andrew Roberts & @DrMistyJenkins and their teams, who each received $5M @nhmrc Synergy Grants for their research into brain, blood and lung #cancers

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WEHI researchers have made a discovery that could help more Australian women with ovarian cancer gain access to game-changing cancer treatments called PARP inhibitors. Led by @sashalouise2 @NesicKsenija @genomematt w/ @QIMRBerghofer @UniMelb

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3D #imaging of lymphoid organs has enabled @GroomLab @BrigDoesScience et al to identify specialised niches, which can determine how immune T cells function. Published in @NatImmunol #WEHIImaging

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Congratulations to WEHI Lab Head A/Prof Marco Herold @MarcoHerold_J on being awarded the David Syme Research prize for his work on adapting CRISPR to advance clinical research 👏 via @UniMelb

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New royalty rights deal to support investment in next big discoveries @GregHuntMP @JillHennessyMP @DanielAndrewsMP

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4 years

Tonight we are excited to announce the joint winners of the 2020 Burnet Prize, WEHI’s highest honour: Dr @Rhea_Longley and Dr Cyril Seillet. Congratulations Rhea and Cyril! 🧵 Learn more:

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A new study led by @DrMistyJenkins has shown CAR T cell therapy using specifically designed receptors can clear brain tumours in preclinical models. Published in @ClinTransImmuno .

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Big news! @GregHuntMP has announced $25m for our Drug Discovery Centre, significantly increasing Australian medical research’s capacity for developing new medicines for patients #WEHIDrugDiscovery

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WEHI is partnering with @DeadlyScience to foster the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scientists, in the first partnership of its kind. Read more about the partnership : #NRW2022 #BeBraveMakeChange

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🌈🏳️‍🌈 Happy #LGBTSTEMDay ! 🌈🏳️‍🌈 We're a proud sponsor of Australia's first ever LGBTSTEMday symposium - a wonderful event from @QueersInScience to showcase great minds in our LGBTQIA+ STEM community!

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🎉🎉Congratulations to Madhu Dass on 30 years at WEHI! As a member of our catering team, Madhu plays a vital role in keeping the Institute caffeinated and functioning ☕️🍪🍎😀

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WEHI is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha and Professor Marnie Blewitt as joint acting deputy directors. Read the story below 👇

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"Do not wait for the next lockdown" - Prof Doug Hilton @WEHI_Director joined other top scientists including the directors of @TheDohertyInst and @MCRI_for_kids to encourage eligible Victorians to get their COVID-19 vaccines, including second doses of AstraZeneca. 📷 @theheraldsun

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Congratulations Professor Andrew Roberts AM, appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contributions to advancing the understanding and treatment of blood cancers, and service to haematology and cancer organisations. #QueensBirthdayHonours

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Congratulations Prof Wai-Hong Tham ( @tham_lab ), inducted into the 2023 Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a Change Agent! A wonderful achievement in recognition of her significant contributions to #malaria and infectious diseases #research . Read more 👇

Infectious diseases researcher joins outstanding women on honour roll

Professor Wai-Hong Tham has been inducted to the 2023 Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a ‘Change Agent’ in recognition of her discoveries in malaria and infectious diseases research.

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It was great to welcome Premier @DanielAndrewsMP and Minister @JaalaPulford to WEHI today to discuss @VicGovAu 's $2 billion for the Breakthrough Victoria Fund and the way this will help enable vital medical discoveries here in Victoria. #VicBudget2020

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Massive congratulations to all the recipients of @NHMRC Investigator Grants, including our 17 remarkable researchers who are leading innovative projects covering malaria, blood cancer, the ubiquitin system, Parkinson's disease, brain cancer and beyond. 🧵1/4

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Finding new cancer treatments has been an all-consuming pursuit for WEHI's Prof Anne Voss and Assoc Prof Tim Thomas, who last night won the 2023 #EurekaPrize for Scientific Research. @austmus @eurekaprizes Read more in @theage 👇

How switching off cancer cells could help avoid ‘sledgehammer’ chemotherapy

Their son banned them from talking about science at the dinner table. Now, Tim Thomas and Anne Voss have been recognised for a cancer breakthrough decades in the making.

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WEHI and @CSL have joined forces to establish a Centre for Biologic Therapies to accelerate the development of new medicines, filling a gap in the Australian biotech landscape.

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Great news! Our #vivax #malaria research team has won the Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research 🦟🔬🌟 Congrats @tham_lab @rhea_longley @ljr_leanne @michaelwhite_36 and Ivo Mueller! #Eureka19 #EurekaPrizes @eurekaprizes

Eureka Prize for Institute malaria team | WEHI

Researchers tackling the world’s most widespread and insidious malaria threat have won a 2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prize.

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The Vivax Malaria Research Team @WEHI_research wins the 2019 AID Research Centre Eureka Prize for #InfectiousDiseases Research. Learn more: @UQ_News #Eureka19 #EurekaPrizes

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Congratulations Professors David Vaux and Andreas Strasser, awarded the 2019 CSL Florey Medal by @TallpoppiesAIPS for their pioneering research into the control of how cells die

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🎂🎈🎉 Immunology pioneer Professor Jacques Miller's recent 90th birthday was celebrated today with a special morning tea at WEHI. #WEHIAlumni

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We're very proud parents' room sponsors at the Lorne conferences 😍

Carolyn de Graaf

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thanks to @WEHI_research for sponsoring parents' room at @GenomeConf ! Made it possible for me to get to #LorneGenome while on maternity leave and has introduced this one to chromosome structure #myfirstconfernece #juniorscientist

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Congratulations to Professor Gordon Smyth and Associate Professor @SethMasters , who are among the @Webofscience Highly Cited Researchers for 2020 Search the full list:

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We’re celebrating the careers and retirement of seven leading Institute researchers: Professor Jerry Adams, Professor Lynn Corcoran, Professor Suzanne Cory AC, Professor Andrew Lew, Professor Nicos Nicola AO, Dr Ian Street and Professor David Vaux AO.

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Congratulations to bioinformatics researchers Professor Gordon Smyth, who has been awarded an @ABACBS Honorary Senior Fellowship, and @MRitchieAu who won the Open Science Open Source Award at #abacbs2020

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COMING SOON! Our annual Art of Science exhibition @FedSquare 10 – 19 August. Here's a glimpse of what’s to come...

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See inside our new childcare centre!

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An Australian-first childcare centre has opened in Melbourne's medical precinct in what's being hailed a landmark achievement for gender equality in science. @hannah_jenkins #7News

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How can immune cells be harnessed to fight cancer? @DrMistyJenkins ' @NHMRC -funded research towards immunotherapies for brain cancer has been included in the most recent NHMRC '10 of the Best' publication

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Congratulations Associate Professor Wai-Hong Tham @tham_lab , our 2018 Burnet Prize winner for her research into #malaria . Learn about one of her recent achievements:

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Huge congratulations to all the recipients of @NHMRC Investigator Grants, including our 13 remarkable researchers from WEHI who are leading innovative projects covering cancer, infectious diseases, immune defence, bioinformatics and beyond. 🧵1/2

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Happy International Women’s Day! At WEHI we are committed to advancing opportunities for women across all areas of the institute. Read about our gender equity initiatives at . #IWD2022 #InternationalWomensDay #WEHIWomen

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‘Single cell multi-omics’ technologies have allowed our researchers to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T and B lymphocytes. New research in @NatImmunol , led by @ShalinHNaik , @Zalcenstein , @Luyi_T , Jaring Schreuder & Sara Tomei. Read more:

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Scientists from WEHI and @genome_gov @NIH have discovered a new human #autoinflammatory disease and the mutation that causes it, in critical cell death regulator RIPK1. The research was published today in @Nature @NatureNews

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WEHI, @CSL & @UniMelb plan to launch a biotech incubator to support & grow early-stage Oz biotech companies, with financial & in-kind support from the partners & funding from @BreakthroughVic . The Incubator is due to open in 2023

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A blood cancer drug has shown promise in killing ‘silent’ #HIV cells and delaying reinfections, in a significant pre-clinical discovery that could lead to a future cure for the disease. The WEHI- @TheDohertyInst findings are now being translated into a clinical trial Watch👇 🧵1/2

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Congratulations to Institute Deputy Director Professor Alan Cowman AC, and to philanthropist and Institute supporter Mrs Pamela Galli AO on being recognised today with Queen’s Birthday Honours. #queensbirthdayhonours

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Congrats to all newly named @ScienceAU Superstars of STEM, including our own @dr_opatel and Dr Charis Teh! #SuperstarsofSTEM #womeninSTEM

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We are proud to lend our support to the drive to establish a First Nation’s voice to Parliament that is enshrined in the Constitution. Our submission in support of the #ulurustatement

Reconciliation | WEHI

As Australia’s premier medical research institute we aim to contribute towards reconciliation through activities that work towards ‘closing the gap’ in life expectancy, disease incidence and mortal...

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Congratulations to @DrMistyJenkins and all prize winners announced at tonight’s Indigenous STEM awards! @CSIROevents #IndigenousStemAwards #DeadlySTEM @CSIROnews

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When @WEHI_Director selfie skills fail and the PM takes control! Thrilled to host @AlboMP , @Mark_Butler_MP and @gedkearney at WEHI today and share the latest on our #COVID19 antiviral research.

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In collaboration with hospitals in Melbourne we're proposing a clinical trial of a preventative treatment for COVID-19 in doctors, allied healthcare workers and paramedics.

Transport costs skyrocket as work from home rises

This coronavirus article is unlocked and free to read in the interest of community health and safety. For full access to the Herald Sun/Leader journalism, subscribe here.

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A new era for global immunology research: the Snow Centre for Immune Health, being established at WEHI thanks to a $100m commitment from @SnowMedical . In partnership with @TheRMH the Centre will transform how we research and treat immune disease. More 👇

Snow Centre for Immune Health to revolutionise global immunology research

The Snow Medical Research Foundation will establish one of the world’s leading immunology research centres at WEHI through a partnership with an initial commitment of $100 million over 10 years.

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WEHI is proud to support a “yes” vote in the upcoming referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. 🧵1/2

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Congrats to @DrDJSheerin and @jo_hildebrand - winners of the 2021 Eve Mahlab Awards for Blue Sky Research, and to @mf_bennett as People's Choice winner. These awards fund the most exciting and promising research ideas from our talented #WEHIPostdocs . Congrats all! 👏👏👏

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🎉 Congrats to A/Prof Sant-Rayn Pasricha @srpasricha on being shortlisted in the @nature Research Awards for Driving Global Impact for his work to address the global burden of anaemia #DrivingGlobalImpact

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A new @nature study led by @WEHI_Research , @MIPS_Australia and @cancercrc reveals how a new class of drugs could put cancer cells to ‘sleep’ without damaging the cells’ DNA

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Today @AdamBandt , MP for Melbourne, visited us and launched the @Greens ’ science policy. #ausvotes

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2 years

🙌 Congratulations to our incredible researchers who’ve been awarded 3/4 @CancerVic Venture Grants, a $1.9m initiative supporting the state’s brightest cancer researchers. (1/4)

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The amount and activity of the inflammatory cytokine IL-1B is controlled by ubiquitination - new @NatureComms paper from Swarna Vijayaraj, @BekkyFeltham , @_KateLawlor and James Vince. Read more:

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2 years

Congratulations to WEHI cancer and immunology researcher @charis_teh on being named in the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians! 🎉 #AsianAusLeadership via @abcnews : Young Asian Australian leaders talk about how their families helped them succeed

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5 years

Congrats to our breast cancer researchers @biancacapaldo & @calebadawson , whose stunning visualisation of the branching lobes of a milk duct was selected as one of Scientific American @sciam ’s most beautiful science GIFs of 2019. Read full article:

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5 years

Fantastic to see WEHI in the top 20 on the 2019 @NatureIndex for international non-profit/non-governmental organisations for biomedical sciences - and top Australian NPO/NGO! #NatureIndex

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3 years

WEHI stands in solidarity with everyone marching today against gendered violence and calling for gender equality #March4Justice

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3 years

'Enough is enough!' Where, when and why March 4 Justice protests are taking place across Australia #march4justice

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2 years

We were delighted to recently host @VictorianCHO for talks around the ongoing #COVID19 wastewater monitoring program run by @AaronJex and lab. Methods developed by @WEHI_research are being used by @VicGovDH to guide the state’s public health response.

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2 years

Our very own @drng is a winner of the 2022 Metcalf Prize for Stem Cell Research! The prize will advance his pioneering research with #StemCells to find treatments for #BloodCancers . @AusStemCell

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5 years

Congratulations to #cancer researcher Dr Tracy Putoczki on winning a 2019 Viertel Fellowship @Equity_Trustees . The $1.25M funding will enable Tracy to continue untangling the role of cellular communication in #pancreatic and #bowel cancers.

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Thrilled to announce this new frontier tech centre that's set to revolutionise #drugdevelopment for hard-to-treat cancers. A brilliant initiative from WEHI, @KidsCancerInst and @MonashUni , backed by $15m in MRFF funding. Read more 👉 🧵1/2

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6 years

Celebrating our fabulous LGBTQIA colleagues! This display of #queersinSTEM will next be traveling around the Parkville precinct @QueersInScience

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3 years

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Thank you to all the inspiring #WomenInScience driving medical research forward and making discoveries to improve lives here in Australia and around the world 👩‍🔬 #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInSTEM

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