Meet the 100+ people behind the UQ COVID vaccine. And what’s especially striking? Look at the broad diversity of the group across so many demographics. People from so many backgrounds and ages and skills. Thank you all for your inspiring work!💉🙌 couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan…

An immediate injection of funding is needed to prop up the health and medical research sector and secure the highly trained workforce. But it must be accompanied by sustainable funding into the future. The health and prosperity of Australia is relying upon it.

Congratulations to our The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Directors Dr Erin McGillick and Dr Lila Landowski for well-deserved recognition as being #superstarsofSTEM. 👩🏼‍🔬⭐️👩🏻‍🔬⭐️

This has been an ongoing issue for years. An The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) poster from the 1980’s; “Medical Research means getting it right. Getting it going means MONEY.” It’s about adequately and sustainably investing across health and medical research to #advanceaustraliacare for ALL Australians.

Want to make a submission, but would like more anonymity? Please submit your anonymous information to the ASMR here: surveymonkey.com/r/GFTLR75 The ANAO can fully investigate any anonymous submissions.

“Education is our saviour, research is our weapon and the public is our friend.” Kelvin Kong AM, The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) 2021 Medalist

Congratulations to The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Executive Officer, Ms Cath West, who has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her dedication and service to the Society and the health and medical research sector. Bravo Cath!

The Journal of #Neurology studied "the impact of device-assisted therapies on the #GutMicrobiome in #Parkinson’s disease". #microbiota SpringerMicrobiology Professor Carolyn Sue Ryan Davis 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Delighted our team of Professor Carolyn Sue Aleksandra Filipovska Mike Ryan David Stroud @DrDStojanovski Ryan Davis Dave Coman, Sean Murray Mito Foundation & collaborators can now establish a national Mito Diagnostics Network to integrate multi-omics into mito Dx health.gov.au/ministers/the-…

Do's and Don't's for Influenza Prevention. Spanish Flu, 1918.

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An absolute honour to serve as the The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) president in the society’s 60th year. Thank you to all those who have contributed and supported throughout the year. All the very best to Tony Kenna for his presidency. There is much to do.

Congratulations to the Kolling Institute's ED Prof Carolyn Sue who will join a dynamic group of Australian leaders on the new National Health & Medical Research Council. Carolyn's expertise in rare diseases is set to come to the fore. Northern Sydney Local Health District Sydney Health kollinginstitute.org.au/high-profile-a…

Check out our matters arising paper in AJHG that redefines the risk and penetrance in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

Neurology Video Journal Club: Dr. Robert Pitceathly and Dr. William Macken discuss an article in Neurology on the use of whole-genome sequencing. Watch now: bit.ly/3Lh15C0 Article link: bit.ly/3LxwArE Will Macken Robert Pitceathly London Mitochondrial Centre MRC MitoCluster

Neurology Journal Will Macken London Mitochondrial Centre MRC MitoCluster Great fun discussing this interesting paper by Davis et al on first line WGS in mitochondrial diseases with Will Macken. Many thanks for the invitation Neurology Journal. London Mitochondrial Centre MRC MitoCluster UCL_QS_CNMD UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Neurology Journal Robert Pitceathly London Mitochondrial Centre MRC MitoCluster Really enjoyed reading this lovely piece of work in Neurology Journal from researchers in Sydney Ryan Davis Professor Carolyn Sue

🔎Looking for guidance for interpreting splice-altering variants? Check out the latest from Sullivan et al! 👉Data-driven insights to inform splice-altering variant assessment cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/…

Are you looking for data-driven heuristics to help you interpret splice-altering variants? Then don’t waste a moment. Click on over to AJHG to check out our new paper that was described as a “tour de force”! Mark Cowley Mark Pinese Patricia Sullivan Pamela Ajuyah Robertson