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A Periodic Table of Food for better health globally

Vegetables at a food market

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers are contributing to a global effort to quantify the makeup of the world’s food supply, enabling data-driven solutions to human and planetary health challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change and malnutrition.

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Healthy investment in better patient outcomes

Goodman cres

A new precision treatment approach which could improve the lives of people with severe sinusitis and asthma is one of five ³ÉÈË´óƬ health projects to secure a share of more than $5.7 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

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³ÉÈË´óƬ reappoints Chancellor

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ Council has announced the reappointment of former Federal Court Judge and Crown Solicitor of South Australia, The Honourable Catherine Branson AC QC, as Chancellor for a further two years.

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ Council has announced the Honourable Catherine Branson AC KC will serve a third term as Chancellor.

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Strongest contender in decades in fight against breast cancer

Breast cancer

For decades, hormonal treatment of breast cancer has been going in one direction – blocking estrogen. Now a global study involving researchers at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has discovered there may be another, less toxic way to defeat the most common form of breast cancer.

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Young Australians are still struggling

Teacher with student

A new report into the mental wellbeing of Australia’s youth, written by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has shown young people across the country are struggling with their resilience and mental health.

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Bright minds to fulfill potential in US scholarship

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ's 2024 Fulbright Scholars

Three ³ÉÈË´óƬ graduates in the fields of healthcare systems, dermatology and musical theatre are taking flight to further their studies internationally, as part of the 2024 Fulbright Scholarships.

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One of the most consequential Australians of the past 100 years

Lowitja O’Donoghue

One of Australia’s most highly respected Aboriginal leaders,ÌýDr Lowitja O’DonoghueÌýAC CBE DSG has passed aged 91. The Yankunytjatjara woman, who fought endlessly for the rights of her people, died surrounded by family yesterday.

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A step up in Australia’s fastest growing start-up capital

ThincSeed participants get support for their start ups

When you talk about ranking the world’s most entrepreneurial cities – it can never be a simple comparison.

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New drug halts growth of aggressive breast cancer

Image comparing triple negative breast cancer cells before and after treatment. Taken from under a microscope, the cells on the left are bright green. The cells on the right are grey.

A promising drug could lead to a new treatment for the most aggressive form of breast cancer, which affects thousands of women each year.Ìý

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Leading environmental scientist takes the reins

Environment Institute Director, Professor Andy Lowe

Plant, ecological and evolutionary geneticist, Professor Andrew Lowe will lead the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Environment Institute as its newly appointed Director.

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