Garvan Institute of Medical Research

What a night at our recent Discovery After Dark event 🔬

Our researchers debated one big question: is discovery driven more by imagination or knowledge?

Guests explored our Art of Discovery exhibition. Thanks for joining us!

Keep an eye on our page for more public events 👀

A drug that reactivates p53 – a key natural defence against cancer – slowed cancer growth in preclinical models of ER+ breast cancer that had stopped responding to standard treatment.

📄New Garvan-led paper in the journal Breast Cancer Research:
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80% of people with an autoimmune disease are women.

Garvan's researchers are uncovering why women are more susceptible to autoimmune diseases than men – opening new pathways for earlier diagnosis and better treatments for people like Monique.

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Professor Sue Clark shared the honour with Monash University’s Professor Gail Risbridger, and together they delivered the opening oration, ‘Two Cancers, Two Careers, One Conversation’, at the 9th International PacRim Breast and Prostate Cancer Meeting in South Africa.

Interested in a PhD that helps find better ways to treat arthritis?
Join our Masle-Farquhar Lab on a UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship, with the chance to spend two to four months at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Applications close 11 November 2026. ow.ly/4Hfx5102NVz