News Stories

01.02.07

Network scientists help to map parasite genome responsible for the sexually transmitted human infection, trichomoniasis. »

Dr Jacqui Upcroft and Prof. Peter Upcroft, parasitologists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), and their PhD student, Rebecca Dunne, are part of a group of 64 researchers worldwide who have recently published “Draft Genome Sequence of the Sexually Transmitted Pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis” in Science (Vol 315 12 January 2007 www.sciencemag.org).

06.10.06

Network scientists solve one of the biochemical mysteries of malaria »

Prof Kiaran Kirk, Head of the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BaMBi) at the Australian National University (ANU) and Prof Geoff McFadden, at the University of Melbourne won a Network travel award for Researcher Exchanges between their labs for their work on the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Their collaborative research has resulted in a Nature paper published 6 October 2006 and Roselani Henry, Megan Downie and Dr Kylie Mullin, three of the young researchers from their labs who all took part in this Researcher Exchange are profiled here.

30.05.06

Geoff Mcfadden awarded a 2006 ARC Federation Fellowship »

Congratulations to Howard Hughes International Scholar, Professor Geoff McFadden, based at the Botany School, at the University of Melbourne who was recently awarded an ARC Federation Fellowship. These awards are highly prestigious and designed to develop and retain the skills of Australian researchers.

Geoff is the first parasitologist to win a Federation Fellowship and he talked to Lisa Jones about the award on 30 May 2006.

27.02.06

A vaccine for malaria »

Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) scientists have found that that, in animal studies, an immune response can protect against infections of different strains of the malaria parasite. Malaria vaccine trials in humans are expected to start in Brisbane later this year.

Professor Michael Good from QIMR talks to Carly Johnson about the malaria vaccine trials.

14.06.03

Japanese museum touches something deep inside »

Article from the Sydney Morning Herald