Griffith University acknowledges research excellence at Institute for Glycomics

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Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics celebrates the promotion of six of its researchers, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to research. Associate Professor Kate Seib, Research Leader at the Institute for Glycomics, has been promoted to Professor. “I am very excited about this promotion, and so grateful to my team, my collaborators and my mentors […]

NHMRC awards Griffith University $4.5 million in research funding

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Key Griffith University research projects have received $4.5 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Announced on December 15 by the Federal Minister for Health, The Honorable Greg Hunt MP, the seven Ideas Grants projects will contribute to vital health and medical research. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) Professor Mario Pinto said […]

Institute for Glycomics awarded $2.66 million in NHMRC funding

Institute for Glycomics
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Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics has been awarded $2.66 million in Ideas Grant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to aid four vital research projects. Director Professor Mark von Itzstein AO was delighted with the grant awards and said they cemented the Institute’s reputation as a leading biomedical research institute. “Our […]

Researchers from Institute for Glycomics fight antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea

Institute for Glycomics
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A research project by Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics seeks to identify and develop new drugs and a vaccine to protect against antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea. The bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, which has significant impact on global health, infecting more than 100 million people each year. “In 2018, ‘super gonorrhoea’, resistant […]