John Curtin School Of Medical Research

The John Curtin School of Medical Research is an Australian multidisciplinary translational medical research institute and postgraduate education centre that forms part of the Australian National University in Canberra. The school was founded in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Sir Howard Florey and was named in honour of John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia at that time. In addition to Florey, Sir John Eccles and Peter Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, were Nobel Laureates as a result of research conducted at the JCSMR. Other notable researchers include Gordon Ada, Frank Fenner, and Sir Hugh Ennor. The Director of the School is Professor Simon Foote. Research focusDoherty's research discovered the way T cells interact with the Major Histocompatibility Complex in antigen recognition. Eccles was the Foundation Professor of Physiology at JCSMR when he received the Nobel Prize in 1963 for his study of nerve cells. Since 2012, the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience has been located in a new 60 million wing of JCSMR.

The John Curtin School of Medical Research is an Australian multidisciplinary translational medical research institute and postgraduate education centre that forms part of the Australian National University in Canberra. The school was founded in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Sir Howard Florey and was named in honour of John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia at that time. In addition to Florey, Sir John Eccles and Peter Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, were Nobel Laureates as a result of research conducted at the JCSMR. Other notable researchers include Gordon Ada, Frank Fenner, and Sir Hugh Ennor. The Director of the School is Professor Simon Foote. Research focusDoherty's research discovered the way T cells interact with the Major Histocompatibility Complex in antigen recognition. Eccles was the Foundation Professor of Physiology at JCSMR when he received the Nobel Prize in 1963 for his study of nerve cells. Since 2012, the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience has been located in a new 60 million wing of JCSMR.