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The quest for a world without Type 1 Diabetes
Poppy just turned 8 years old. Despite her young age, she has likely provided more saliva, blood, wee and poo research samples than most people ever will in their lives. Why? Because Poppy is involved in a study where she and her family share the vision of our researchers that one day, we will know what causes Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and we will have ways to prevent it.Â
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Transforming IVF: Biophotonics Grant to Revolutionise Embryo Quality Selection
³ÉÈË´óƬ early career researcher Dr Tiffany Tan has received a Berns-SPIE SPARK grant, aiming to improve the success rate of IVF through pushing the boundaries of reproductive technology.
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New treatment for boosting immune tolerance offers hope for early pregnancy loss
A new study from the Robinson Research Institute, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, is offering new hope for people who have experienced early pregnancy loss.
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Event summary: 2024 Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture
Professor Helena Teede AM, a globally renowned clinician-academic in women’s health and expert in health translation, delivered the annual Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture, focusing on the theme ‘Research with Impact: Translating Women's Health Research into Practice and Policy’.
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Lighting the way with accurate and safe 3D embryo imaging
The inability to accurately predict embryo viability prior to implantation is a key contributor in the low success rate of clinical in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but a team of experts is highlighting a safe way to study embryos using 3D optical imaging.
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Prestigious medal awarded to neurogenetics leader
Professor Jozef Gécz, Head of Neurogenetics at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has received the 2024 Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence. Â
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2024 Robinson Research Institute Symposium
Under the theme ‘Reflecting on the Past. Innovating for Tomorrow’, members, staff and affiliates of the Robinson Research Institute met for the annual Symposium last week.
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Skin may hold key to neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis
A genetic diagnostic method using a small sample of skin from the upper arm could identify rare neurodevelopmental disorders in a non-invasive way, according to researchers at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ.
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Confirmed link between maternal asthma and child allergies
For the first time, researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Robinson Research Institute, University of South Australia and University of Queensland have confirmed maternal asthma increases risks of child allergies.
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New guidance set to change the way we diagnose type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis could soon be transformed with newly released guidance developed with the input of an expert from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Robinson Research Institute, outlining how to detect and monitor early-stage T1D, before the point of symptom onset.
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