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- IMB researchers have been awarded US funding to combat the increasing problem of skin cancer cases in US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Mark Blaskovich is manipulating the laws of attraction to develop new drugs to stave off the world’s next pandemic – the rise of drug-resistant superbugs.
- Enakshi Sinniah is exploring the untapped powers of DNA to discover what influences and causes heart disease.
- Two of IMB’s brightest rising stars Dr Sonia Shah and Dr Larisa Labzin have been recognised in the QLD Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS) has launched its headquarters at IMB.
- Dr Hana Starobova's research focuses on relieving children from chemo side-effects which can last into adulthood.
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