What's new in hepatitis C research?

Centre for Virology

Basic research underpins most major scientific discoveries. Within the Centre for Virology strong emphasis is placed on understanding how viruses manipulate their host cells in order to infect them.    More...

Centre for Immunology

The key questions for the program are why does the immune system attack normal cells it should ignore in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, but in cancer ignores the cells it should attack, and how is it that infectious agents avoid immune destruction.    More...

Centre for Population Health

Public health is an aspect of health services concerned with threats to the overall health and well being of a community based on population health analysis.    More...

What are our laboratory programs?

The Institute has four laboratory-based programs which are focused on fundamental, applied and clinical research into infectious diseases of global significance, as well as cancers and inflammatory diseases. These programs operate with an integrated and collaborative approach with a view to the translation of intellectual property into tangible commercial outcomes.