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Fresh Ideas Grant – Andrew White

  • 20 August 2025
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Read about how the CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant has helped to support the reserarh work being done by Dr Andrew White from the Malins Group at Australian National University.

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Fresh Ideas Grant – Dr Xinyun Jian

  • 7 July 2025
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Read about how a CIPPS Fresh Ideas Grant has helped to support  the research work being done by Dr Xinyun Jian from the Challis and Cryle Groups at Monash University.

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K’gari Field Report

  • 14 June 2024
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Our researchers are unlocking the peptide universe of unique Australian animals and plants. Read the report from their recent trip to beautiful K’gari.

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CIPPS Alumni Simon Tang

  • 12 June 2024
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CIPPS Alumni Simon Tang completed his honours as a part of the Belov Group. In 2023 he received the University Medal (USyd) for his project – When Frogs Fight Back: Developing multi-omics resources to characterise antimicrobial peptides in the stuttering frog (Mixophyes balbus). Since submitting he has written up his thesis into a first-author publication […]

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Profiling a killer

  • 15 February 2021
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Prof Glenn King, co-leader of our Discover theme, and his team are on the hunt to unravel the toxin arsenals of iconic Australian killers the box and Irukandji jellyfish. Sequencing the genomes of these two jellyfish, the researchers will be able to explain why the toxins of these jellyfish are so deadly with an aim […]

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Anti-inflammatory proteins from ticks

  • 12 June 2020
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What’s one good thing about ticks? That question may not seem to have a logical answer, but Charlotte Franck and Professor Richard Payne’s research may transform tick saliva into novel treatments for inflammatory disease! Tick saliva contains a mix of proteins that prevent inflammation and reduce pain. This complex protein mix is why a host […]

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Scientists crack the genetic code of koalas

  • 23 May 2019
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An international team scientists – including CIPPS researcher Katherine Belov – have successfully sequenced the full koala genome. A total of 54 scientists from 29 different institutions across seven countries were engaged in the effort which was led by Professor Katherine Belov, University of Sydney and Professor Rebecca Johnson, Director of the Australian Museum Research […]

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