Dr Julianne DjordjevicPrincipal Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases; Medicine, Westmead Clinical School; The Westmead Institute for Medical Research - Fungal Pathogenesis Group

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The Westmead Institute awards the best published research work of 2015

The Westmead Institute for Medical Research has announced the winners of its annual Science Prizes – awarded to those who have published the most significant research findings of the past year. Read More

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Developing a new drug to treat fungal infections that kill 1.6 million people per year world-wide

A team from the Westmead Institute for Medical Research is a step closer to developing a drug to treat life-threatening fungal infections that cause more than 1.6 million deaths annually. Read More

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Starving fungi could save millions of lives each year

Researchers have identified a potentially new approach to treating lethal fungal infections that claim 1.6 million lives each year. Read More

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Researchers identify a key cellular pathway crucial for virulence of a killer fungus

Researchers from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) have discovered a key enzyme that could drive the development of urgently needed anti-fungal drug alternatives in the fight against an AIDS-related fungus responsible for more than 500,000 deaths a year. Read More

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Scientific discovery recognised at awards night

The Westmead Institute has marked another year of medical research achievement with its annual Discovery Night awards. Read More

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Researchers create wimp version of killer fungal pathogen

Researchers at the Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research have created a ‘wimp’ version of the AIDS-related fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans, the fungal pathogen that causes a million cases of meningo-encephalitis and 600,000 deaths in HIV-infected patients each year. Read More