The Malaghan Institute has been awarded four grants from the prestigious Marsden Fund to explore bold new ideas in cancer, allergy and infectious disease research. www.malaghan.org.nz/news-and-res...

Marsden funding to drive discovery and innovation in cancer, allergy and infectious disease research

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The Malaghan Institute’s CAR T-cell programme has won the PwC Breakthrough Project Award at the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards 2025, recognising a breakout project that has recently launched to success and demonstrates best-practice commercialisation of publicly-funded research.

The Malaghan’s Dr Lisa Connor spoke with RNZ's Ruth Hill about the extraordinary potential of mRNA technology – from infectious disease, cancer and autoimmune diseases to rare conditions – and why New Zealand’s role is more vital than ever.

US funding cuts make NZ vaccine research more critical

Fortunately, New Zealand now has the capacity to develop home-grown vaccines, through the mRNA Platform, which has received $70m in government funding.

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The Malaghan Institute has been awarded three Health Research Council grants, totalling $7.4M over five years, to improve cancer immunotherapies, protect vulnerable populations from measles outbreaks and investigate new therapeutic targets for eczema

Cancer, measles and allergic disease research funded in latest HRC grants round

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Fantastic to have Johanne Jacobsen at @malaghan.bsky.social this week presenting her beautiful work on germinal centre T cells, in all their complexity.

Tama Braithwaite-Westoby explores how framing the immune system through a te ao Māori lens offers an opportunity to engage Māori communities and to better support public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ

Just as infection signals imbalance in Western medicine, in te ao Māori it indicates a deeper disharmony that requires restoring the relationships that sustain life.

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Postdoc Theresa Pankhurst is redefining leadership! As a Kia Niwha Leader Fellow, she is exploring leadership through the lens of Māori history, culture, and perspectives. “Leadership takes many forms,” she says—and she’s proving it every day 🙌 #IWD2025 @linterman.bsky.social @malaghan.bsky.social

New research from the Malaghan's Dr Kerry Hilligan in collaboration with colleagues at NIH, published in Science Immunology, is changing what we know about how our bodies fight off infections @niaidnews.bsky.social @jamiemorton.bsky.social @science.org @scinews.bsky.social @kerryhilligan.bsky.social

What NZ scientists are discovering about how our bodies fight infection

Ever wondered if catching one viral nasty spares you from being hit hard by another?

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Had a great time presenting my poster at ASI2024 Sydney Australia! We’re studying how the lung’s cellular landscape shifts during infection and influences future infections, using high-dimensional flow cytometry to profile and characterise pulmonary cells at steady state and during infection! 🫁

Prof Kjesten Wiig has been appointed Director of the Malaghan Institute as Professor Graham Le Gros continues in a leadership capacity as Deputy Chair of the Trust Board and advisor to the new Director @grahamlegros.bsky.social

Kjesten Wiig appointed Director of Malaghan Institute as Graham Le Gros steps into new role

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Super privileged to have been apart of this amazing tour-de-force study from @pauljbaker.bsky.social, @mayerbarber.bsky.social and team showing how inflammatory history of the 🫁 alters susceptibility to #covid19. Congrats team!! 🎉🎉

Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD@mayerbarber.bsky.social · 2y ago

Best #Nikolaus 🎅! Our paper on how the 🫁 microenvironment can shape #innate immunity against #viruses is out @sciimmunology.bsky.social This was a herculean effort brilliantly led by @pauljbaker.bsky.social who singlehandedly established the model in the lab during the pandemic. 🧪 #Immunosky 1/9