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How light tells you when to sleep, focus and poo

We know that light exposure is crucial for our health but did you know that the timing is too? How does our body know when it’s time to sleep, focus and poo?

Plugging into pain: ant toxin causes electrical sting

IMB researchers are measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how toxins cause pain.

Coffee during pregnancy safe for baby’s brain development

IMB research has failed to find strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental difficulties in children

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Upcoming events

Cheese and Chats: Improving health equity

20 November 2024 5:00pm–7:30pm

in Cheese and Chats at The Atrium

Advances in medical research offer the promise of precision medicine tailored to a person's genome.

3rd Autoinflammatory Disease Symposium & Education Summit on Paediatric Rheumatology

21 February 2025 9:00am–22 February 2025 5:00pm

in 3rd Autoinflammatory Disease Symposium & Education Summit on Paediatric Rheumatology

Following previous meetings in 2017 (Garvan Institute) and 2022 (WEHI), the 3rd Autoinflammatory Disease Symposium will be combined with an Education Summit on Paediatric Rheumatology, in partnership with Zoe’s Angels, a non-profit organisation established to help benefit the lives of children diagnosed with juvenile rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions.

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