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- Chloe Yap won the 2022 CSL Florey Next Generation Award for busting the myth that the gut microbiome – the billions of bacteria that live in the gut - causes autism.
- Associate Professor Frederic Gachon explains how shift work affects our health.
- Our choice of partner can have a direct effect on the genomes of our descendants, an IMB researcher has found in work that has led to a national award.
- The IMB Inflazome Translational Award recognises an outstanding IMB researcher working on a project with translational potential. The Award provides $125,000 over one year to accelerate the winner's translational research to enable future competitive funding success, commercialisation or community impact.
- Having three babies compared to none could decrease a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer by 50 per cent.
- IMB researchers have led the largest ever study of genetic variants that influence height.
- IMB has appointed Professor Waldemar Vollmer to join the Centre for Superbug Solutions.
- IMB Alumni Dr Robert McLeay is rewarded with the Colleges' UQ Alumni Award
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