Professor Guillaume Lessene has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) for ...

Founded through an extraordinary act of generosity more than 100 years ago, WEHI has always been shaped by people who believe in the power of medical research to improve lives. Today, supporters ...

Around 12% of the world’s total cancer cases in 2024 were likely caused by an infection, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO). The study, published in The Lancet Oncology ...

Keeping mitochondria healthy depends on tight quality control, and ubiquitination has emerged as a central mechanism governing mitochondrial dynamics, protein import into mitochondria, mitophagy, and ...

Heraud-Farlow JE, Taylor SR, Chalk AM, Escudero A, Hu S-B, Goradia A, Sun T, Li Q, Nikolic I, Li JB, Fidalgo M, Guallar D, Simpson KJ, Walkley CR. GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self ...

Renowned immunologist Professor Laura Mackay FAA FAHMS recently joined WEHI as the inaugural Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology. This prestigious new role supports ambitious research that ...

Our laboratory focuses on chemical biology approaches at a basic research level to identify and understand new biological mechanisms. We also concentrate on harnessing medicinal chemistry methods to ...

A compilation of wehi.tv DNA animations created between 2002-2014. This edit was created for the exhibition “The Future Starts Here” at the V&A South Kensington, UK (2018).

We have a particular focus on how the transmembrane domains of receptors contribute to the structure and function of immune-signalling complexes. These are not mere anchors for extracellular and ...

WEHI president Jane Hemstritch AO has today announced that Professor Ken Smith has been appointed as the next WEHI director. Prof Smith will assume the role in May 2024 after returning to Australia ...

A novel combination of two cancer drugs has shown great potential as a future treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), one of the most common types of blood cancer. A new study by ...

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the fundamental rules of biology and open a new frontier in science. Published ...