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Sydney, Australia
Joined November 2011
By uncovering the biology behind autoimmune disease, our researchers are opening pathways to faster diagnosis and better treatments. 🔗Help accelerate this research: ow.ly/lJ5B50ZZbhR #AutoimmuneDisease #MedicalResearch #GarvanInstitute
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Discovery After Dark is on this evening at Garvan🔬 Is discovery driven more by imagination or knowledge? Hear our researchers debate this question live, explore our Art of Discovery exhibition, then stay for refreshments and canapés. 🔗ow.ly/FzNk50ZZb3y #MedicalResearch
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Is discovery driven more by imagination or knowledge? 👀 Tomorrow evening, join us at Garvan for Discovery After Dark: a live debate, our Art of Discovery exhibition, followed by refreshments and canapés. 🔗Limited places remain: ow.ly/YaEO50ZYNms
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Why do autoimmune diseases affect so many more women than men? Dr Ksenia Skvortsova and her team at Garvan believe the answer may lie in our sex chromosomes. 🔗 ow.ly/VGTI50ZYOhX #AutoimmuneDiseases #MedicalResearch #WomenHealth #GarvanInstitute
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🎧 On the latest Medical Minds, Professor Christopher Goodnow explains how identifying rogue immune cells could lead to better treatments for autoimmune diseases. 🔗Listen to ‘Finding the needle in the haystack’: ow.ly/jPpa50ZYimH #AutoimmuneDisease #Research
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Congratulations to Professor Daniel MacArthur and Professor Joseph Powell, newly elected Fellows of @AAHMS_health. Their work underpins rare disease diagnosis and our understanding of how genetic variation leads to disease. 🔗 Read the full story: ow.ly/CULx50ZXRiE
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Is discovery driven more by imagination or knowledge? 👀 Join us at Discovery After Dark for a live debate, our Art of Discovery exhibition and light refreshments. 🔗Learn more or register here: ow.ly/g9qp50ZX2eM #DiscoveryAfterDark #MedicalResearch #GarvanInstitute
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Female and male immune systems work differently, but those differences have traditionally not been studied - despite 80% of people living with an autoimmune disease being women. Dr Skvortsova and her team are investigating what these differences mean. 🔗 ow.ly/zMQ650ZW898
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Congrats to Garvan's Dr Philipp C. Rommel on his Elite Researcher Grant from the NSW Office of Health and Medical Research to develop new immunotherapies against breast and ovarian cancers 🔗Read more: ow.ly/S7gV50ZVIpl #MedicalResearch #Immunotherapy #CancerResearch
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Applications for our Summer Scholarships Program are open👀 Work alongside leading researchers and gain hands-on experience in computational or wet-lab research at the frontier of medical discovery. 🔗 ow.ly/X1NP50ZVItj #SummerScholarship #ResearchOpportunity
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Is discovery driven more by imagination or knowledge?🔬 Join us at Discovery After Dark for a live debate, our Art of Discovery exhibition and light refreshments. 🔗Learn more and register here: ow.ly/7OBB50ZVHe7 #MedicalResearch #ScienceExhibition #ScienceEvent
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Celebrating 10 years of The Estée Lauder Companies supporting breast cancer research at Garvan. Congratulations to Dr Vanesa Quintano, who was awarded the 2026 The Estée Lauder Companies Breast Cancer Research Award. 🔗Learn more about her research: ow.ly/G37R50ZUMKT
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Thank you to everyone who joined our annual breast cancer public lecture, our 10th year partnering with The Estée Lauder Companies for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 🔗The full recording is now on our website: ow.ly/W6Yy50ZTNv7 #BreastCancerResearch #MedicalResearch
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Congratulations to Professor Jacqueline Center, awarded the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) Career Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to research, teaching and service in the bone and mineral field. 🔗 ow.ly/eRH250ZTnck
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A world-first test developed by Garvan researchers has identified the genetic cause of inherited muscle disease in people who spent years – sometimes decades – without answers. 👉 ow.ly/74om50ZStBU #GeneticResearch #MedicalResearch #InheritedMuscleDisease
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Discover the latest advances in breast cancer research. Hear from our researchers and clinicians on new treatments, overcoming drug resistance, preventing metastasis, and promising clinical trials. 🔗Register here: ow.ly/QiCJ50ZS1E2 #BreastCancerResearch
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The ballot for the 2027 TCS Sydney Marathon opens Tuesday, September 29th at 10am AEST. Or secure your place with Team Garvan. A guaranteed start, a team behind you and every kilometre in support of life-changing medical research. Register here👇 ow.ly/1ZVa50ZRfwk
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Pancreatic tumours can develop a fortress of scar tissue around them, making treatment harder. 🎧 Dr Brooke Pereira joins Medical Minds to explain how better understanding this environment could help uncover new ways to improve treatment. 🔗ow.ly/9gnO50ZQOS5
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New research at Garvan has uncovered fundamental differences between two closely related bowel diseases – and why it matters for colon cancer risk. 🔗 Read the full story on website: ow.ly/BguB50ZQqvF #BowelDisease #ColonCancerRisk #MedicalResearch
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Applications for our Summer Scholarships Program are open. We welcome applications from students who demonstrate initiative, original thinking and a genuine passion for discovery. 🔗Learn more or apply here: ow.ly/JjpF50ZPYhT #SummerScholarships #MedicalResearch
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