Brilliant minds
Meet our scientists – the unsung heroes making a real difference to the health of children.

Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Andrew Sinclair
Andrew discovered the gene responsible for testis development in 1990 providing the...
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Mimi Tang
Mimi developed an oral treatment for peanut-allergic children providing promise for a...
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Jane Halliday
Jane's research seeks to answer the long-standing question – what is a safe amount of...
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Nigel Curtis
Nigel's research is uncovering whether the vaccine invented for tuberculosis can prevent...
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor David Thorburn
A 25-year veteran of the Institute, David researches some of the world’s rarest diseases...
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Ruth Bishop & Professor Graeme Barnes
Ruth Bishop still remembers her first glimpse of rotavirus cells beneath the microscope....
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Meet our brilliant minds: Professor Kathryn North AM
Director Kathryn North is spearheading the international movement towards genomics and...
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