Improving lives through brain research
Welcome to the home of 600 medical researchers where great minds are discovering the secrets of the brain. Our quest is to prevent illness, advance treatment and bring to light cures for the one in four people affected. Improving the lives of individuals all over the world is our inspiration. Join us.
The Florey studies these diseases and disorders
- Addiction
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bipolar disorder
- Brain cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Concussion
- Depression
- Digestive diseases
- Epilepsy
- Huntington’s disease
- Motor neurone disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Schizophrenia
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain & spinal cord injury
What's new
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Lightning strikes twice for potential Parkinson’s disease and MND drug
A phase 1 human clinical trial of the CuATSM compound developed at the Florey and University of Melbourne is showing promise in alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
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Shawna Farquharson elected President, Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists
The Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists (SMRT), a Section of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has appointed Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc.(R), as its new President
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Healthy Brain Project volunteers will be first in Australia to trial Alzheimer’s diagnosis tool
A revolutionary new diagnostic eye test will be offered to volunteers in the Healthy Brain Project, an Australia-wide study of healthy middle-aged adults with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease that aims to identify risk factors for the disease.
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Precision genetic medicine - public lecture now available to view
Florey director, Professor Steven Petrou, presents our latest free public lecture: Precision Medicine for Genetic Disease
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Autumn 2019 issue of Brain Matters
Welcome to the first edition of Brain Matters for 2019. In this issue we outline many exciting things that are happening at the Institute, including news about rare syndromes, motor neurone disease and a thank you to a major donor, Dr Mark Nelson.
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World leaders
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Translating discoveries
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