Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Did you know venom – a toxic substance injected by one animal into another – has evolved around 100 times?

This very fluffy (yet spiky) caterpillar has toxins from a surprising origin - and could be key to delivery of life-saving drugs.

Researchers have reared cone snails for the first time and found that juveniles have different venoms to adults.

Research using venom from a rare tarantula, and revolutionary PET scanning are two ways IMB researchers are fighting back against MND

Professor David Craik has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

IMB researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves

IMB researchers have shown it is possible to scale up production of medicines in plants

An anti-inflammatory found in probiotic bacteria shows promise for treating inflammatory bowel disease.