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The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Canberra The Centre for Personalised Medicine is proud to announce the launch of the Zinkernagel Medical PhD Scholarship, generously funded by Nobel Laureate Professor Rolf Zinkernagel. The prestigious award is designed to support the next generation of clinician-scientists by funding a junior clinician to undertake a PhD in immunology at The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR). Professor Zinkernagel shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in...

There are moments in the history of a research institution that define its legacy. Last week, the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) experienced a profound "full-circle" moment as we welcomed back two of the most influential figures in immunological history - Professor Rolf Zinkernagel and Professor Peter Doherty. Professor Rolf Zinkernagel and Professor Peter Doherty speaking to JCSMR students. Photo supplied by ANU College of Science and Medicine It has been 30 years since the...

Congratulations to Dr Morgan Downes and Sonia Nambadan - their research paper, “Rare and Novel RELA Variants Contribute to Systemic Autoimmunity,” has been published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology. The study identified RELA gene variants in patients with diverse autoimmune conditions and demonstrated that some variants caused elevated signalling in an immune pathway known to be a key driver of systemic autoimmunity.Their work reinforces an important role for RELA in a range of...